Perennials: List
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Scientific Name | Common Name | Soil Moisture 1=Dry 2=Med 3=Wet |
Partial shade tolerance | Drought Tolerance 1=Low 2=Med 3=High |
Salt Tolerance 1=Low 2=Med 3=High |
Pollution tolerance | Compaction tolerance | Flower colour | STEP star! | Illustration |
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Achillea millefolium ssp. Lanulosa | Common Yarrow | 2 | 2-3 | 2 | Y | Y | O | ☆ | ||
Agastache foeniculum | Giant Hyssop | 2-3 | Y | 2-3 | 3 | Y | 3 | ☆ | ||
Alisma plantago-aquatica | American Water-plantain | 3 | 1 | 2 | O | |||||
Allium schoenoprasum var. sibiricum | Wild Chives | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Amsonia hubrichtii | Arkansas Blustar flower | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Amsonia tabernaemontana | Eastern Bluestar | 2 | Y | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Anaphalis margaritacea | Pearly Everlasting | 2-3 | 3 | 3 | Y | O | ☆ | |||
Anemone canadensis | Canada Anemone | 2 | Y | 1-2 | 2 | O | ||||
Antennaria spp. | Pussytoes | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Aquilegia canadensis | Wild Columbine | 2 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | 1 | |||
Armeria maritima 'Dusseldorf Pride' | Dusseldorf Pride Sea Thrift | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||
Artemisia schmidtiana | Silver Mound Artemesia | 1-2 | Y | 2-3 | 3 | O | ||||
Aruncus dioicus | Bride's Feathers | 2-3 | Y | 1-2 | 2 | O | ||||
Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata | Swamp milkweed | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Milkweed | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 2 | ☆ | ||||
Baptisia alba | Rattlebox, White Wild Indigo | 1 | Y | 3 | 3 | O | ||||
Baptisia australis | Blue Wild Indigo | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||
Bidens cernua | Nodding Beggar-ticks | 3 | Y | 1 | 2 | Y | 2 | |||
Bidens frondosa | Devil's Beggar-ticks | 2 | Y | 1-2 | 2 | Y | 2 | |||
Boltonia asteroides | Boltonia, False Aster | 2 | 2 | 2 | O | ☆ | ||||
Caltha palustris | Marsh Marigold | 2-3 | Y | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum | Field Chickweed | 1 | Y | 2 | 2 | O | ||||
Chelone glabra | White Turtlehead | 2-3 | 1 | 1 | O | ☆ | ||||
Chelone lyonii | Pink Turtlehead e.g. cultivar 'Hot Lips' | 2 | Y | 1 | 1 | 1 | ☆ | |||
Coreopsis lanceolata | Lance-leaved Coreopsis | 1-2 | Y | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||
Coreopsis rosea | Pink-flowered Tickseed | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Desmodium canadense | Showy Tick-trefoil | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3 | Y | 1 | ||||
Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata (Aster umbellatus) | Flat-top White Aster | 2-3 | 1 | 2-3 | O | ☆ | ||||
Echinacea purpurea | Eastern Purple Coneflower | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ☆ | ||||
Epilobium coloratum | Purple-leaf Willow-herb | 3 | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | 1 | |||
Erigeron pulchellus | Robin's Plantain Fleabane | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Eupatorium maculatum ssp. maculatum | Spotted Joe-pye Weed | 3 | 2 | 2 | Y | 1 | ☆ | |||
Eupatorium perfoliatum | Common Boneset | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 1 | Y | O | |||
Euthamia graminifolia | Flat-top Goldentop | 2 | Y | 2-3 | 2 | Y | Y | 2 | ||
Fragaria virginiana ssp. virginiana | Common Strawberry | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | O | ||
Gaillardia aristata | Great Blanket-flower | 2 | 2-3 | 1-2 | Y | 2 | ☆ | |||
Geranium maculatum | Wild Crane's-bill / Wild Geranium | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Geum triflorum | Prairie Smoke | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Helianthus divaricatus | Woodland Sunflower | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 3 | Y | 2 | |||
Helianthus strumosus | Pale-leaf Sunflower | 1-2 | Y | 2-3 | 2-3 | 2 | ||||
Helianthus tuberosus | Jerusalem Artichoke | 1 | Y | 2 | 3 | Y | Y | 2 | ||
Heliopsis helianthoides | Oxeye Sunflower | 2 | 2-3 | ? | 2 | |||||
Hosta ssp. | Hosta (various) | 1-3 | Y | 1-2 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Hydrophyllum virginianum | John's Cabbage / Virginia Waterleaf | 2 | Y | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Impatiens capensis | Spotted Touch-me-not | 2 | Y | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Iris versicolor | Blue Flag Iris | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ☆ | ||||
Lespedeza capitata | Round-head Bush-clover | 1-2 | Y | 2-3 | 3 | Y | O | |||
Leucanthemum superbum | Shasta Daisy | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||
Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | 2-3 | Y | 1 | 1 | 3 | ☆ | |||
Lysimachia ciliata | Fringed Loosestrife | 2 | Y | 2 | 1-2 | 2 | ||||
Matteucia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica | Ostrich Fern | 2-3 | Y, preferred | 2 | 1-2 | O | ||||
Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Bee-balm | 1-3 | 2-3 | 2-3 | Y | Y | 1 | ☆ | ||
Onoclea sensibilis | Sensitive Fern | 2-3 | Y, perferred | 1-2 | 1-2 | O | ||||
Opuntia fragilis | Spreading Prickly-Pear | 1 | Y | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||
Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern | 2-3 | Y, preferred | 1-2 | 1 | O | ||||
Packera paupercula | Balsam Ragweed | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||
Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove Beardtongue | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2-3 | Y | O | ||||
Penstemon hirsutus | Hairy beardtongue | 1-2 | Y | 3 | ? | 3 | ||||
Podophyllum peltatum | May Apple | 2 | Y | 1 | ? | O | ||||
Potentilla anserina | Silverweed | 3 | 3 | 2 | Y | Y | 2 | |||
Rudbeckia fulgida | Orange Coneflower | 1-2 | 3 | ? | 2 | |||||
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-Eyed Susan | 1-3 | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | ☆ | ||||
Rudbeckia laciniata | Green-Headed Coneflower, Cut-leaf Coneflower | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | 2 | ||
Salvia spp. | Sage (various) | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | 3 | ☆ | |||
Sedum album | White Stonecrop | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | O | ☆ | |||
Sedum hybridum | Hybrid Stonecrop | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | 2 | ☆ | |||
Sedum reflexum | Jenny's Stonecrop | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | 2 | ☆ | |||
Sedum sexangulare | Tasteless Stonecrop | 1-2 | Y | 3 | 2 | Y | 2 | ☆ | ||
Sedum spurium | Dragon's Blood Sedum | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | 1 | ☆ | |||
Sisyrinchium montanum | Strict Blue-eyed-grass | 2-3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||
Solidago altissima var. altissima | Tall Goldenrod | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | 2 | ||
Solidago canadensis var. canadensis | Canada Goldenrod | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | Y | 2 | ||
Solidago flexicaulis | Zig-zag Goldenrod | 2 | Y | 2 | 2-3 | Y | 2 | |||
Solidago nemoralis ssp. nemoralis | Grey Goldenrod | 1 | Y | 2 | 3 | Y | Y | 2 | ||
Solidago patula | Roundleaf Goldenrod | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Solidago ptarmicoides(Oligoneuron album) | Prairie Goldenrod | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | Y | 2 | ||||
Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa | Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod | 2 | 1-2 | 2 | Y | 2 | ||||
Stachys byzantina | Lambs' Ears | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2 | 3 | |||||
Symphyotrichum cordifolium | Heart-leaved Aster | 1 | Y | 2-3 | 2-3 | Y | 1 | ☆ | ||
Symphyotrichum ericoides var. ericoides | White Heath Aster | 1-2 | 2 | 2-3 | Y | Y | O | ☆ | ||
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum | Panicled Aster | 2 | Y | 2 | 2-3 | Y | Y | O | ☆ | |
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster | 2 | Y | 2 | 2-3 | Y | Y | 3 | ☆ | |
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense | Sky-blue Aster | 1 | Y | 2-3 | 2 | Y | 3 | ☆ | ||
Symphyotrichum puniceum | Swamp Aster | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3 | ☆ | ||||
Thalictrum pubescens | Tall Meadow-Rue | 2-3 | Y | 2 | 2 | O | ||||
Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens | Marsh Fern | 2-3 | Y, preferred | 1 | 1-2 | O | ||||
Thymus serpyllum | Mother-of-Thyme | 1-2 | 3 | 2-3 | Y | 1 | ||||
Tradescantia virginiana | Virginia Spiderwort | 2 | Y | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Trichostema brachiatum (Isanthus brachiatus) | False Pennyroyal | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||
Verbena hastata | Blue Vervain | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2-3 | Y | Y | 3 | ☆ | ||
Verbena stricta | Hoary Vervain | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2 | Y | 3 | ||||
Verbena urticifolia | White Vervain | 2 | Y | 3 | 2 | Y | O | |||
Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's root | 2 | 3 | 2 | O | ☆ | ||||
Waldsteinia fragarioides | Barren Strawberry | 1-2 | Y | 2 | 2-3 | O | ||||
Yucca filamentosa | Narrow-Leaved Yucca | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2 | O | |||||
Zizia aurea | Common Alexanders | 2 | Y | 2 | 2 | Y | 2 |