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| Achillea millefolium || Yarrow || 1-2 ||  || White
 
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Revision as of 19:07, 19 March 2018

Scientific name Common name Soil Moisture

1=Dry 2=Med 3=Wet

Partial shade tolerance Colour
Achillea millefolium Yarrow 1-2 White
Allium schonaprasum Chives 2-3 MediumOrchid
Aquilegia canadensis Wild columbine 1-3 Y LightCoral
Calendula sp. Marigold 2 Orange
Carex sp. Sedge 3 Y Green
Centaurea sp. Bluet 1-2 SlateBlue
Coreopsis grandiflora 'Early sunrise' Large-flowered tickseed 1-2 Gold
Coreopsis lanceolata Lanceleaf coreopsis 1-2 Yellow
Coreopsis tripteris Tickseed 1-2 Yellow
Cosmos sp. Cosmos 1-3 Violet
Equisetum hymale Rough horsetail 2-3 Y SeaGreen
Erysimum sp. Wallflower 1-2 DeepPink
Geranium maculatum Wild geranium 2 Y Orchid
Geranium psilostemon 'Rozanne' Cranesbill Geranium 2-3 Y MediumPurple
Leucanthemum superbum Shasta daisy 1-2 LemonChiffon
Liatris spicata Blazing star 2 DarkViolet
Lobelia siphilitica Blue cardinal flower 2-3 Y LightSteelBlue
Lolium multiflorum Ryegrass 1-3 Y LimeGreen
Lupinus polyphyllus Large leaf lupin 1-3 Y MediumSlateBlue
Monarda fistulosa Bee balm 1-3 Orchid
Monarda punctata Horsemint 2 Thistle
Panicum virgatum Switchgrass 1-3 LightGreen
Papaver rhoeas Corn poppy 1-3 Salmon
Penstemon digitalis White Beardtongue 1-2 White
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Narrowleaf mountain mint 1-2 Y White
Rudbeckia hirta blackeyed Susan 1-3 Y Yellow
Rudbeckia nitida 'Herbstsonne' Cutleaf coneflower 2 Y Yellow
Rudbeckia laciniata 'Goldquelle' Golden glow coneflower 2 Y Yellow
Saponaria officinalis Soapwort 2-3 Y LavenderBlush
Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem 2 LightGreen
Sedum sp. Stonecrop 1-3 Chartreuse
Sempervivum sp. Houseleek 1-2 MediumSeaGreen
Silene sp. Campion 1-2 Y Snow
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England Aster 2 MediumPurple
Trifolium repens White clover 3 Ivory