Perennials are plants that live from season to season in contrast to annuals that live one year or season and then die.
DECIDUOUS PERENNIALS
Deciduous perennials usually bloom during one season and go dormant in the winter when they have few or no leaves.
Ground Orchid (Pleone Formosa)
Oenothera missouriensis
Oenothera fruticosa ‘African Sun’
Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum odoratum) fall color. ‘Variegatum’ is top 2 photos. They bloom in April.
Lungwort (Pulmonaria longifolia)
Bugloss (Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’)
Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis)
White Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis ‘Alba’)
Chocolate Cosmos (Cosmos atrosanguineus). The flowers are chocolate color and smell like chocolate.
Astilbe chinensis var. taquetii
Astilbe chinensis pumila with Trachelium
Astilbe arendsii white variety
Pink Astilbe
Meadowsweet (Filipendula rubra)
Globe Thistle (Echinops ritro)
Coneflower (Echinacea)
See also Echinacea post of 8/4/19
Lobelia cardinalis
Lobelia speciosa ‘Starship Deep Rose’
Lobelia gerardii ‘Vedrariensis’
Lobelia tupa
Hummingbird Bush (Dicliptera sericea)
Daylily (Hemerocallis)
See Daylily post of July 17, 2020
Ballon Flower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
Foxtail Lily (Eremurus isabellinus)
Peach-leafed Bluebell (Campanula persifolia)
Campanula primulifolia
Verbena bonariensis This plant is more or less evergreen at Dawn Gardens but it is cut back every year.
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida) spreads by rhizomes.
Gloriosa Daisy (Rudbeckia hirta) doesn’t spread; the clump just gets bigger in diameter.
Rudbeckia ‘Henry Elders’
Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’
Helianthus maximillanii
Coreopsis verticillata ‘Zagreb’ (left) and ‘Moonbeam’ (right)
Maltese Cross (Lychnis chalcedonica)
Canna Lily (Canna)
Allium ‘Millennium’
Japanese Windflower (Anemone x hybrida)
New England Aster (Aster ‘Purple Dome’)
Aster oblongifolius ‘Dream of Beauty’
New York Aster (Aster novi-belgii cv. ) blooming in August.
Alstroemeria hybrids come in many different colors.
Garden Phlox (Phlox paniculata)
Sneezeweed (Helenium cv.)
Aster ‘Snow Furry’
Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Firetail’
Persicaria amplexicaulis ‘Alba’
Bidens ‘Bee Bold’
Russian Sunflower (Helianthus angustifolia)
See on this blog: “Russian Sunflower” posted Jan. 8, 2020
Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium maculatum)
White Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium fistulosum ‘Ivory Towers’)
See post of Dec. 22, 2019 – The Beauty of Winter
Disney Ginger (Hedychium ‘Disney’)
Arkansas Bluestar (Amsonia hubrichtii) fall color and blue flowers in the Spring.
Aster ‘Monte Cassino’
Copper Canyon Daisy (Tagetes lemmonii)
Falkia repens
Veronica spicata ‘Glory’
Culver’s Root (Veronocastrum virginianum)
Blue False Indigo (Baptisia australis)
Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris)
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
Technically Foxglove is a biennial – planted one year, blooms the next. But at Dawn Gardens they tend to last several years.
Burnet (Sanguisorba obtusa)
Sanguisorba cv.
Corydalis flexuosa ‘Porcelain Blue’
Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ summer & fall
Columbine (Aquilegia Pagoda Pink & White)
Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
Feverfew (Chrysanthemum parthenium)
Dahlias
