| Category | Name | Othername | Zone | Size | Growthrate | Water | Pollination | Bloom | Color | Time | Light | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perennials | FRINGED BLEEDING HEART | Dicentra eximia | 3 | 12-18'' | M | Pink | Spring-earl sum | Shade | Longer blooming and foliage persists longer than old-fashioned but smaller flowe More ... | |||||
| Perennials | BLEEDING HEART | Dicentra spectabilis | 4 | 2-3'' | M | Pink or white | Spring | Shade | Large plant with showy dangling flowers goes dormant in summer | |||||
| Perennials | SUNSET FOXGLOVE | Digitalis obscura | 4 | 14-24'' | M-X | Orange | Summer to fall | Sun-pt shade | Evergreen with willowy leaves better in some sun | |||||
| Perennials | COMMON FOXGLOVE | Digitalis purpurea | 2-3'' | W | Pink | Summer | Part shade | Biennial with tall spikes of showy pink flowers with dark markings | ||||||
| Perennials | FALSE STRAWBERRY | Duchesnea indica | 4 | 2-4'' GC | X | Yellow | Summer | Sun or shade | Like a strawberry but with small tasteless fruit; use as filler | |||||
| Perennials | OZARK YELLOW CONEFLOWER | Echinacea paradoxa | 3 | 1-3'' | M-X | Yellow | Summer | Sun | Striking yellow coneflower with drooping petals; Ozark native | |||||
| Perennials | PURPLE CONEFLOWER | Echinacea purpurea | 3 | 1-2'' | XX | Pink-purple | Summer | Sun | Large daisies attract butterflies; 'Alba' has white flowers | |||||
| Perennials | NEW CONEFLOWERS | Echinacea purpurea varieties | 3 | 1-2'' | XX | Orange or yellow | Summer | Sun | Petals are orange on surfaces pink-purple underneath or yellow | |||||
| Perennials | TENNESEE CONEFLOWER | Echinacea tenneseensis | 4 | 18-24'' | M | Rose-pink | Spring-fall | Sun | Relative of fireweed from the Alps spreads less & blooms longer silvery seedhead More ... | |||||
| Perennials | GLOBE THISTLE | Echninops ritro | 3 | 2-3'' | X | Blue | Late summer | Sun | Cobwebby thistle-like foliage topped by round balls of steel blue flowers | |||||
| Perennials | FLEABANE DAISY | Erigeron hybrid | 4 | 1-2'' | XX | Blue-purple | Early summer | Sun | Bright daisy flowers are easy to grow | |||||
| Perennials | SULFUR BUCKWHEAT | Eriogonum umbellatum | 3 | 4-8'' | XXX | Yellow | Early summer | Sun | Native alpine plant is very tough showy in bloom leaves red in cold; we often ca More ... | |||||
| Perennials | CUSHION SPURGE | Euphorbia polychrome | 4 | 12'' | X | Yellow | Spring | Sun | Nice mound with chartreuse color early | |||||
| Perennials | PURPLE-LEAVED EUPHORBIA | Euphorbia X 'Bonfire' | 4 | 18'' | X | Yellow | Spring | Sun | Bronzy-purple leaves set off bright yellow flowers mounding | |||||
| Perennials | HARDY TIGER'S JAW | Faucaria sp. | 3'' | XX | Yellow | Spring | Sun | Interesting succulent for rock garden | ||||||
| Perennials | WILD STRAWBERRY | Fragaria americana | 3 | 4-6'' GC | X | White | Summer | Sun | Native with small intensely flavored berries | |||||
| Perennials | ALPINE STRAWBERRY | Fragaria vesca | 4 | 4-6'' | X | White | Summer | Sun | No runners so doesn't spread; same great little berries; also available with bri More ... | |||||
| Perennials | HARDY FUCHSIA | Fuchsia magellanica | 5 | 1-3'' | W-M | Fuchsia | Summer | Shade | Overwinters here! Needs some shade and moist soil | |||||
| Perennials | NATIVE GAILLARDIA | Gaillardia aristata | 4 | 1-2'' | XXX | Red & yellow | Summer | Sun | Our native can be short-lived but reseeds if happy | |||||
| Perennials | GAILLARDIA | Gaillardia x grandiflora | 3 | 18-30'' | XX | Red & yellow | Summer | Sun | Burgundy' has deep red flowers 'Dazzler' has red &yellow flowers | |||||