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|''Heliopsis helianthoides''|| Oxeye Sunflower || 2 ||  || 2-3 || ? ||  ||  ||style=background:Yellow| 2 ||  
 
|''Heliopsis helianthoides''|| Oxeye Sunflower || 2 ||  || 2-3 || ? ||  ||  ||style=background:Yellow| 2 ||  
 
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|''Hosta spp.''|| Hosta (many varieties) || 1-3 || Y || 1-2 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:Lavender| 3 ||  
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|''Hosta spp.''|| Hosta (various) || 1-3 || Y || 1-2 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:Lavender| 3 ||  
 
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|''Hydrophyllum virginianum''|| John's Cabbage / Virginia Waterleaf || 2 || Y || 2 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:Lavender| 3 ||  
 
|''Hydrophyllum virginianum''|| John's Cabbage / Virginia Waterleaf || 2 || Y || 2 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:Lavender| 3 ||  
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|''Iris versicolor''|| Blue Flag Iris || 3 ||  || 1 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:RoyalBlue| 3 || ☆
 
|''Iris versicolor''|| Blue Flag Iris || 3 ||  || 1 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:RoyalBlue| 3 || ☆
 
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| Lespedeza capitata || Round-head Bush-clover || 1-2 || Y || 2-3 || 3 ||  || Y ||style=background:Snow| O ||  
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|''Lespedeza capitata''|| Round-head Bush-clover || 1-2 || Y || 2-3 || 3 ||  || Y ||style=background:Snow| O ||  
 
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| Leucanthemum x superbum || Shasta Daisy || 1-2 ||  || 3 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:LightYellow| 2 ||  
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|''Leucanthemum x superbum''|| Shasta Daisy || 1-2 ||  || 3 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:LightYellow| 2 ||  
 
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| Lobelia siphilitica || Great Blue Lobelia || 2-3 || Y || 1 || 1 ||  ||  ||style=background:CornflowerBlue| 3 || ☆
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|''Lobelia siphilitica''|| Great Blue Lobelia || 2-3 || Y || 1 || 1 ||  ||  ||style=background:CornflowerBlue| 3 || ☆
 
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| Lysimachia ciliata || Fringed Loosestrife || 2 || Y || 2 || 1-2 ||  ||  ||style=background:LemonChiffon| 2 ||  
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| Lysimachia ciliata''|| Fringed Loosestrife || 2 || Y || 2 || 1-2 ||  ||  ||style=background:LemonChiffon| 2 ||  
 
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| Matteucia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica || Ostrich Fern || 2-3 || Y, preferred || 2 || 1-2 ||  ||  ||style=background:DarkSeaGreen| O ||  
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| Matteucia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica''|| Ostrich Fern || 2-3 || Y, preferred || 2 || 1-2 ||  ||  ||style=background:DarkSeaGreen| O ||  
 
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| Monarda fistulosa || Wild Bergamot Bee-balm || 1-3 ||  || 2-3 || 2-3 || Y || Y ||style=background:Orchid| 1 || ☆
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|''Monarda fistulosa''|| Wild Bergamot Bee-balm || 1-3 ||  || 2-3 || 2-3 || Y || Y ||style=background:Orchid| 1 || ☆
 
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| Onoclea sensibilis || Sensitive Fern || 2-3 || Y, perferred || 1-2 || 1-2 ||  ||  ||style=background:DarkSeaGreen| O ||  
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|''Onoclea sensibilis''|| Sensitive Fern || 2-3 || Y, perferred || 1-2 || 1-2 ||  ||  ||style=background:DarkSeaGreen| O ||  
 
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| Opuntia fragilis || Spreading Prickly-Pear || 1 || Y || 3 || 3 ||  ||  ||style=background:LemonChiffon| 2 ||  
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|''Opuntia fragilis''|| Spreading Prickly-Pear || 1 || Y || 3 || 3 ||  ||  ||style=background:LemonChiffon| 2 ||  
 
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| Osmunda cinnamomea || Cinnamon Fern || 2-3 || Y, preferred || 1-2 || 1 ||  ||  ||style=background:DarkSeaGreen| O ||  
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|''Osmunda cinnamomea''|| Cinnamon Fern || 2-3 || Y, preferred || 1-2 || 1 ||  ||  ||style=background:DarkSeaGreen| O ||  
 
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| Packera paupercula || Balsam Ragweed || 1-2 ||  || 3 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:Gold| 2 ||  
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|''Packera paupercula''|| Balsam Ragweed || 1-2 ||  || 3 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:Gold| 2 ||  
 
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| Penstemon digitalis || Foxglove Beardtongue || 1-2 ||  || 2-3 || 2-3 || Y ||  ||style=background:White| O ||  
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|''Penstemon digitalis''|| Foxglove Beardtongue || 1-2 ||  || 2-3 || 2-3 || Y ||  ||style=background:White| O ||  
 
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| Penstemon hirsutus || Hairy beardtongue || 1-2 || Y || 3 || ? ||  ||  ||style=background:Thistle| 3 ||  
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|''Penstemon hirsutus''|| Hairy beardtongue || 1-2 || Y || 3 || ? ||  ||  ||style=background:Thistle| 3 ||  
 
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| Podophyllum peltatum || May Apple || 2 || Y || 1 || ? ||  ||  ||style=background:White| O ||  
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|''Podophyllum peltatum''|| May Apple || 2 || Y || 1 || ? ||  ||  ||style=background:White| O ||  
 
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| Potentilla anserina || Silverweed || 3 ||  || 3 || 2 || Y || Y ||style=background:LemonChiffon| 2 ||  
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|''Potentilla anserina''|| Silverweed || 3 ||  || 3 || 2 || Y || Y ||style=background:LemonChiffon| 2 ||  
 
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| Rudbeckia fulgida || Orange Coneflower || 1-2 ||  || 3 || ? ||  ||  ||style=background:DarkOrange|2 ||  
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|''Rudbeckia fulgida''|| Orange Coneflower || 1-2 ||  || 3 || ? ||  ||  ||style=background:DarkOrange|2 ||  
 
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| Rudbeckia hirta || Black-Eyed Susan || 1-3 ||  || 2-3 || 3 ||  ||  ||style=background:Gold| 2 || ☆
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|''Rudbeckia hirta''|| Black-Eyed Susan || 1-3 ||  || 2-3 || 3 ||  ||  ||style=background:Gold| 2 || ☆
 
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| Rudbeckia laciniata || Green-Headed Coneflower, Cut-leaf Coneflower || 2-3 || Y || 2 || 2 || Y || Y ||style=background:Yellow| 2 ||  
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|''Rudbeckia laciniata''|| Green-Headed Coneflower, Cut-leaf Coneflower || 2-3 || Y || 2 || 2 || Y || Y ||style=background:Yellow| 2 ||  
 
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| Sedum album || White Stonecrop || 1-2 ||  || 3 || 2 || Y ||  ||style=background:FloralWhite| O || ☆
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|''Salvia spp.''|| Sage (various) || 1-2 ||  || 3 || 2 || Y ||  ||style=background:SlateBlue| 3 || ☆
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|''Sedum album''|| White Stonecrop || 1-2 ||  || 3 || 2 || Y ||  ||style=background:FloralWhite| O || ☆
 
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| Sedum hybridum || Hybrid Stonecrop || 1-2 ||  || 3 || 2 || Y ||  || style=background:Khaki|2 || ☆
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|''Sedum hybridum''|| Hybrid Stonecrop || 1-2 ||  || 3 || 2 || Y ||  || style=background:Khaki|2 || ☆
 
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| Sedum reflexum || Jenny's Stonecrop || 1-2 ||  || 3 || 2 || Y ||  ||style=background:Yellow| 2 || ☆
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|''Sedum reflexum''|| Jenny's Stonecrop || 1-2 ||  || 3 || 2 || Y ||  ||style=background:Yellow| 2 || ☆
 
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| Sedum sexangulare || Tasteless Stonecrop || 1-2 || Y || 3 || 2 || Y ||  ||style=background:Yellow| 2 || ☆
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|''Sedum sexangulare''|| Tasteless Stonecrop || 1-2 || Y || 3 || 2 || Y ||  ||style=background:Yellow| 2 || ☆
 
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| Sedum spurium || Dragon's Blood Sedum || 1-2 ||  || 3 || 2 || Y ||  ||style=background:Crimson| 1 || ☆
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|''Sedum spurium''|| Dragon's Blood Sedum || 1-2 ||  || 3 || 2 || Y ||  ||style=background:Crimson| 1 || ☆
 
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| Sisyrinchium montanum || Strict Blue-eyed-grass || 2-3 ||  || 2 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:MediumSlateBlue| 3 ||  
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|''Sisyrinchium montanum''|| Strict Blue-eyed-grass || 2-3 ||  || 2 || 2 ||  ||  ||style=background:MediumSlateBlue| 3 ||  
 
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| Solidago altissima var. altissima || Tall Goldenrod || 2-3 || Y || 2 || 2 || Y || Y ||style=background:Yellow| 2 ||  
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|''Solidago altissima var. altissima''|| Tall Goldenrod || 2-3 || Y || 2 || 2 || Y || Y ||style=background:Yellow| 2 ||  
 
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| Solidago canadensis var. canadensis || Canada Goldenrod || 2-3 || Y || 2 || 2 || Y || Y ||style=background:Yellow| 2 ||  
 
| Solidago canadensis var. canadensis || Canada Goldenrod || 2-3 || Y || 2 || 2 || Y || Y ||style=background:Yellow| 2 ||  

Revision as of 14:30, 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 ☆
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' 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 (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 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, 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

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A cultivated variety of a plant created by horticultural practice, often closed in large numbers from a similar individual. Cultivar names typically appear after the scientific name of a species, e.g. Prunus virginiana ‘Shubert’.

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