Anemone–commonly called windflower–is an upright perennial with divided, dark green basal leaves. Windflowers produce large daisy-like flowers, some double, from late summer to early fall. Windflowers arise from corms and are slow spreading. Anemone is suitable for the border, wild garden, or rock garden. The most popular types are the autumn-flowering, fibrous-rooted Japanese Anemone, and…
Anaphalis–commonly called pearly everlastings–is a gray furry-leaved perennial that bears clusters of papery daisies. The foliage is perhaps the most outstanding characteristic of Anaphalis. Anaphalis has a mounding habit with erect, branching stems that carry the flowers. It is one of the few gray-leaved plants that thrive in partial shade. Anaphalis is heat tolerant but…
Amsonia bears clusters of flowers with funnel-shaped bases and flared, starry faces. Amsonia is commonly known as bluestar, blue star flower, or dogbane. Amsonia leaves are lance-shaped to ovate or rounded. Stems contain a milky sap. Amsonia is related to milkweed. Amsonia species are perennials or subshrubs. There are about 20 species in the genus….
Alstroemeria–commonly called Peruvian Lily–produces large clusters of brilliant-colored azalea like flowers. Colors range from hot to red and pink to cool mauve and purple. Peruvian lilies are often massed in groups or mixed borders. Alstromeria is a genus of South American plants, members of the Amaryllis family that grow from tuberous roots are treated like…
Tiarellas are clump-forming perennials that bear small white, sometimes pinkish, star-shaped flowers on erect stems. Tiarella grows best in full or partial shade in moist, but not wet soil. Tiarella grows from rhizomes; rhizome spread can be vigorous. Plants from clumps of basal, ovate to heart-shaped or rounded leaves that are toothed. Foliage often turns…
Sidalcea — commonly called false mallows, miniature hollyhocks, or checkerbloom–are North American wildflowers closely related to hollyhocks (Alcea). Sidalcea bears erect racemes of five-petaled hollyhock-like flowers. Flowers come in shades of pink, purple-pink, and white. Sidalcea flowers appear above clumps to rounded to kidney-shaped leaves. Sidalcea is suitable for growing in a mixed or herbaceous border. Sidalcea…
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