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| Achillea millefolium ssp. Lanulosa   || Common Yarrow || 2 ||  || 2-3 || 2 || Y || Y ||style=background:White| O || ☆
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|''Achillea millefolium ssp. Lanulosa''|| Common Yarrow || 2 ||  || 2-3 || 2 || Y || Y ||style=background:White| O || ☆
 
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| Alisma plantago-aquatica || American Water-plantain || 3 ||  || 1 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:White| O ||  
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|''Alisma plantago-aquatica''|| American Water-plantain || 3 ||  || 1 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:White| O ||  
 
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| Allium schoenoprasum var. sibiricum || Wild Chives || 2 ||  || 2 || 1 ||  ||  ||style=background:Plum| 1 ||  
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|''Allium schoenoprasum var. sibiricum''|| Wild Chives || 2 ||  || 2 || 1 ||  ||  ||style=background:Plum| 1 ||  
 
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| Amsonia hubrichtii || Arkansas Blustar flower || 1-2 || Y || 2 || 1 ||  ||  ||style=background:LightCyan| 3 ||  
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|''Amsonia hubrichtii''|| Arkansas Blustar flower || 1-2 || Y || 2 || 1 ||  ||  ||style=background:LightCyan| 3 ||  
 
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| Amsonia tabernaemontana || Eastern Bluestar || 2 || Y || 2 || 1 ||  ||  ||style=background:LightBlue| 3 ||  
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|''Amsonia tabernaemontana''|| Eastern Bluestar || 2 || Y || 2 || 1 ||  ||  ||style=background:LightBlue| 3 ||  
 
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| Anemone canadensis || Canada Anemone || 2 || Y || 1-2 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:White| O ||  
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|''Anaphalis margaritacea''||Pearly Everlasting ||
 
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| Antennaria spp. || Pussytoes || 1-2 || || 3 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:LavenderBlush| 1 ||  
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|''Anemone canadensis''|| Canada Anemone || 2 || Y || 1-2 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:White| O ||  
 
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| Aquilegia canadensis || Wild Columbine || 2 || Y || 2 || 2 ||  || Y ||style=background:Salmon| 1 ||  
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|''Antennaria spp.''|| Pussytoes || 1-2 || || 3 || 2 ||  || ||style=background:LavenderBlush| 1 ||  
 
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| Armeria maritima 'Dusseldorf Pride' || Dusseldorf Pride Sea Thrift || 1-2 || || 3 || 3 ||  || ||style=background:Magenta| 1 ||  
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|''Aquilegia canadensis''|| Wild Columbine || 2 || Y || 2 || 2 ||  || Y ||style=background:Salmon| 1 ||  
 
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| Artemisia schmidtiana 'Silver Mound' || Silver Mound Artemesia || 1-2 || Y || 2-3 || 3 ||  ||  ||style=background:GhostWhite| O ||  
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|''Armeria maritima 'Dusseldorf Pride'''|| Dusseldorf Pride Sea Thrift || 1-2 || || 3 || 3 ||  ||  ||style=background:Magenta| 1 ||  
 
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| Aruncus dioicus || Bride's Feathers || 2-3 || Y || 1-2 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:Ivory| O ||  
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|''Artemisia schmidtiana 'Silver Mound'''|| Silver Mound Artemesia || 1-2 || Y || 2-3 || 3 ||  ||  ||style=background:GhostWhite| O ||  
 
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| Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata || Swamp milkweed || 3 || || 2 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:Violet| 1 ||  
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|''Aruncus dioicus''|| Bride's Feathers || 2-3 || Y || 1-2 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:Ivory| O ||  
 
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| Asclepias tuberosa || Butterfly Milkweed || 1-2 ||  || 2-3 || 2-3 ||  ||  ||style=background:DarkOrange| 2 ||
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|''Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata''|| Swamp milkweed || 3 ||  || 2 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:Violet| 1 ||  
 
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| Baptisia alba || Rattlebox, White Wild Indigo || 1 || Y || 3 || 3 ||  ||  ||style=background:White| O ||  
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|''Asclepias tuberosa''|| Butterfly Milkweed || 1-2 || || 2-3 || 2-3 ||  ||  ||style=background:DarkOrange| 2 ||
 
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| Baptisia australis || Blue Wild Indigo || 1 || || 3 || 3 ||  ||  ||style=background:MediumSlateBlue| 3 ||  
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|''Baptisia alba''|| Rattlebox, White Wild Indigo || 1 || Y || 3 || 3 ||  ||  ||style=background:White| O ||  
 
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| Bidens cernua || Nodding Beggar-ticks || 3 || Y || 1 || 2 || Y ||  ||style=background:Yellow| 2 ||  
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|''Baptisia australis''|| Blue Wild Indigo || 1 || || 3 || 3 || ||  ||style=background:MediumSlateBlue| 3 ||  
 
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| Bidens frondosa || Devil's Beggar-ticks || 2 || Y || 1-2 || 2 || Y ||  ||style=background:Gold| 2 ||  
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|''Bidens cernua''|| Nodding Beggar-ticks || 3 || Y || 1 || 2 || Y ||  ||style=background:Yellow| 2 ||  
 
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| Boltonia asteroides || Boltonia, False Aster || 2 || || 2 || 2 || ||  ||style=background:White| O ||
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|''Bidens frondosa''|| Devil's Beggar-ticks || 2 || Y || 1-2 || 2 || Y ||  ||style=background:Gold| 2 ||  
 
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| Caltha palustris || Marsh Marigold || 2-3 || Y || 1 || 1 ||  ||  ||style=background:Gold| 2 ||  
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|''Boltonia asteroides''|| Boltonia, False Aster || 2 || || 2 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:White| O ||
 
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| Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum || Field Chickweed || 1 || Y || 2 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:White| O ||  
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|''Caltha palustris''|| Marsh Marigold || 2-3 || Y || 1 || 1 ||  ||  ||style=background:Gold| 2 ||  
 
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| Chelone glabra || White Turtlehead || 2-3 || || 1 || 1 ||  ||  ||style=background:White| O ||
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|''Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum''|| Field Chickweed || 1 || Y || 2 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:White| O ||  
 
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| Chelone lyonii || Pink Turtlehead e.g. cultivar 'Hot Lips' || 2 || Y || 1 || 1 ||  ||  ||style=background:Pink| 1 || ☆
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|''Chelone glabra''|| White Turtlehead || 2-3 ||  || 1 || 1 ||  ||  ||style=background:White| O || ☆
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|''Chelone lyonii''|| Pink Turtlehead e.g. cultivar 'Hot Lips' || 2 || Y || 1 || 1 ||  ||  ||style=background:Pink| 1 || ☆
 
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| Coreopsis lanceolata || Lance-leaved Coreopsis || 1-2 || Y || 3 || 3 ||  ||  ||style=background:Gold| 2 ||  
 
| Coreopsis lanceolata || Lance-leaved Coreopsis || 1-2 || Y || 3 || 3 ||  ||  ||style=background:Gold| 2 ||  

Revision as of 19:05, 13 September 2017

Sortable table, click on header you wish to select flowering pernnials by
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!
Achillea millefolium ssp. Lanulosa Common Yarrow 2 2-3 2 Y Y O
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
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' 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 spp. Hosta (many varieties) 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 x 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 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 1-2 1-2 O
Opuntia fragilis Spreading Prickly-Pear 1 Y 3 3 2
Osmunda cinnamomea Cinnamon Fern 2-3 Y+ 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
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+ 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