Perennials Week 11 Flashcards
Common Monkshood
Aconitum napellus
RANUNCULACEAE
Tall, sun-part shade flowers in summer
Wall Rock Cress
Arabis caucasica
BRASSICACEAE
Low, Sun. Flowers in early spring
Wormwood
Artemisia spp.
ASTERACEAE
Sun-part shade, flowers in early summer.
Anise hyssop
Agastache foeniculum
LAMIACEAE
Flowers in summer
Hollyhock
Alcea rosea
MALVACEAE
Flowers in summer, tall
Astilbe
Astilbe x arendsii
SAXIFRAGACEAE
Shade, flowers in summer
Black bugbane
Actaea racemosa syn. Cimicfuga racemosa
RANUNCULACEAE
Tall. Flowers in summer-fall
Siberian bugloss
Brunnera macrophylla
BORAGINACEAE
Low. Part shade. Flowers in early spring
Lamb’s ears
Stachys byzantina
LAMIACEAE
Low. Sun-part shade. Flowers early summer although grown for its foliage
Pig-squeak
Bergenia crassifolia
SAXIFRAGACEAE
Sun-part shade, flowers in spring
Spike speedwell
Veronica spicata
PLANTAGINACEAE
sun-part shade. Flowers in summer
Adam’s needle
Yucca filamentosa
ASPARAGACEAE
Full sun. Tall flower stems in summer. Evergreen
Northern sea oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
POACEAE
Zone 3. Shade tolerant. Moist soil and self seeding
Porcupine grass
Miscanthus senensis ‘Strictus’
POACEAE
Zone 5 typically 5-6’ grown for foliage
Switch grass
Panicum virgatum
POACEAE
Zone 4. Typically 3-4’ foliage colouration changes over the seasons