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 Illustration STEP star!
Achillea millefolium ssp. Lanulosa Common Yarrow 2 2-3 2 Y Y O Yarrow (Achillea millefolium).jpg
Agastache foeniculum Giant Hyssop 2-3 Y 2-3 3 Y 3 Agastache anisata3.jpg
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