Perennial flowers listed alphabetically by botanical name (common name follows). Click on plant name for growing information. See listing by common name first below.
- Abronia — Sand Verbena
- Acanthus — Bear’s Breeches
- Achillea — Yarrow
- Achimenes — Magic Flower
- Aconitum — Monkshood
- Actaea — Baneberry
- Adonis Pheasant’s Eye
- Aegopodium — Bishop’s Weed
- Aethionema — Stone Cress
- Agastache — Hyssop
- Ajuga — Bugleweed
- Alcea Rosea — Hollyhocks
- Alchemilla — Lady’s Mantle
- Alstroemeria — Peruvian Lily
- Althaea – Marsh Mallow
- Amsonia — Blue Star Flower
- Anaphalis — Pearly Everlastings
- Anchusa – Bugloss
- Androsace — Rock Jasmines
- Anemone Windflower
- Angelica — Wild Parsnip
- Anigozanthos — Kangeroo Paw
- Anthemis — Golden Marguerite
- Aquilegia — Columbine
- Arabis — Wall Rockcress
- Armeria — Sea Thrift
- Artemisia — Wormwood
- Aruncus — Goat’s Beard
- Asarum — Wild Ginger
- Asclepias — Milkweed
- Asperula – Sweet Woodruff
- Asphodeline — Jacob’s Rod
- Asteriscus — Gold Coin
- Aster
- Astilbe
- Astrantia — Masterwort
- Aubrieta — False Rockrose
- Aurinia — Basket-of-Gold
- Baptisia — Blue False Indigo
- Belamceanda
- Bellis – English Daisy
- Bergenia
- Bidens
- Boltonia
- Brugmansia — Angel’s Trumpet
- Brunnera
- Calamintha — Calamint
- Calceolaria — Pocketbook Plant
- Callirhoe — Poppy Mallow
- Caltha — Marsh Marigold
- Campanula — Bellflower
- Cardiospermum — Love-in-a-Puff
- Cassia – Wild Senna
- Catananche — Cupid’s Dart
- Centaurea cineraria — Dusty Miller
- Centaurea montana — Cornflower
- Centranthus — Red Valerian
- Cerastium — Snow-In-Summer
- Ceratostigma — Dwarf Plumbago
- Chamaemelum — Chamomile
- Cheiranthus – Wallflower
- Chelone – Pink Turtlehead
- Chrysanthemum
- Chrysogonum — Goldenstar
- Cimicifuga — Bugbane
- Clematis
- Coleus
- Convolvulus – Ground Morning Glory
- Coreopsis — Tickseed
- Coronilla – Crown Vetch
- Cortaderia – Pampass Grass
- Corydalis — Fumewort
- Crambe — Colewort
- Cuphea ignea — Cigar Plant
- Cuphea — Mexican Heather
- Dasylirion — Desert Spoon
- Delphinium
- Dendranthema — Chrysanthemums
- Dianthus – Pinks
- Diascia — Twinspur
- Dicentra — Bleeding Heart
- Dictamnus — Gas Plant
- Dietes — Fortnight Lily
- Digitalis — Foxglove
- Dodecatheon — Shooting Stars
- Doronicum — Leopard’s Bane
- Echinacea — Coneflower
- Echinops — Globe Thistle
- Epimedium — Bishop’s Hats
- Episcia — Flame Violet
- Eremurus — Foxtail Lily
- Erigeron — Fleabane
- Erodium — Cranesbill
- Eryngium — Sea Holly
- Erysimum — Wallflower
- Eupatorium — Joe-Pye Weed
- Euphorbia
- Euphorbia — Crown of Thorns
- Euphorbia — Cushion Spurge
- Euryops
- Exacum — Persian Violet
- Felicia — Blue Marguerite
- Filipendula — Queen-of-the-Prairie
- Gaillardia — Blanket Flower
- Galium — Sweet Woodruff
- Gaura — Wand Flower
- Gazania — Treasure Flower
- Gentiana — Gentian
- Gerbera – Transvaal Daisy
- Geranium — Cranesbill
- Geum
- Gloriosa — Flame Lily
- Gypsophila — Baby’s Breath
- Hedyotis — Bluets
- Helenium — Sneezeweed
- Helianthus — Sunflower
- Helichrysum — Strawflower
- Heliopsis — Sunflower
- Heliotropium — Heliotrope
- Helleborus — Lenten Rose
- Hemerocallis — Daylily
- Hepatica
- Hesperis — Sweet Rocket, Dame’s Rocket
- Heuchera — Coral Bells
- Hibiscus — Rose Mallow
- Hosta
- Hypericum – St.-John’s-Wort
- Iberis — Candytuft
- Impatiens
- Incarvillea — Hardy Gloxinia
- Inula — Elecampane
- Iris
- Justicia — Shrimp Plant
- Knautia — Blue Buttons
- Kniphofia — Red-Hot Poker
- Lachenalia — Cape Cowslip
- Lamium — Spotted Dead Nettle
- Lantana
- Lathyrus – Sweet Pea
- Laurentia — Blue Star Creeper
- Lavandula — Lavender
- Lavatera — Tree Mallow
- Leonotis — Lion’s Ear
- Leontopodium — Edelweiss
- Lespedeza — Bush Clover
- Leucanthemum — Shasta Daisy
- Lewisia — Bitterroot —
- Liatris — Blazing Star
- Ligularia — Leopard Plant
- Limonium — Statice
- Linaria — Toadflax
- Linum — Flax
- Liriope — Lilyturf
- Lithodora
- Lobelia
- Lunaria
- Lupinus — Lupine
- Lychnis
- Lysimachia — Gooseneck Loosestrife
- Lythrum — Loosestrife
- Macleaya — Plume Poppy
- Malva alcea — Hollyhock Mallow
- Mazus
- Meconopsis – Himmalayan Blue Poppy
- Mentha — Mint
- Mertensia — Virginia Bluebells
- Mirabilis — Four-O-Clocks
- Monarda — Bee Balm
- Monstera — Swiss Cheese Plant
- Myosotis — Forget-Me-Not
- Nepeta — Catmint, Catnip
- Nertera — Bead Plant
- Nierembergia – Cupflower
- Nipponanthemum — Nippon Daisy
- Oenothera — Evening Primrose
- Omphalodes — Blue-eyed Mary
- Ophiopogon – Mondograss
- Origanum — Marjoram — Oregano
- Osteospermum — African Daisy
- Oxalis — Shamrock
- Pachystachys — Lollipop Plant
- Paeonia — Peony
- Pansy
- Papaver — Oriental Poppy
- Patrinia
- Pelargonium — Geranium
- Penstemon
- Pericallis — Florists’ Cineraria
- Perovskia — Russian Sage
- Phlomis — Jerusalem Sage
- Phlox
- Phormium – New Zealand Flax
- Physalis — Ground Cherry
- Physostegia — Obedient Plant
- Platycodon — Balloon Flower
- Poinsettia
- Polemonium — Jacob’s Ladder
- Polygala — Milkwort
- Polygonatum — Solomon’s Seal
- Polygonum
- Potentilla — Cinquefoil
- Primula vulgaris — English Primrose
- Pulmonaria — Lungwort
- Pulsatilla — Pasque Flower
- Pyrethrum – Chrysanthemum
- Rhoeo — Moses-In-A-Cradle
- Ricinus — Castor Bean
- Rogersia
- Romneya — Matilija Poppy
- Rudbeckia — Black-Eyed Susan
- Ruellia — False Petunia
- Ruta — Rue
- Salvia x superba — Perennial Blue Salvia
- Sanguisorba — Burnet
- Santolina — Cotton Lavender
- Saponaria — Soapwort
- Sarracenia — Pitcher Plant
- Saxifraga — Strawberry Begonia
- Scabiosa — Pincushion Flower
- Scaevola — Fan Flower
- Sedum spectabile — Stonecrop
- Selaginella — Club Moss
- Senecio — Dusty Miller
- Sidalcea — False Mallow
- Sisyrinchium — Blue-Eyed Grass
- Solidago — Goldenrod
- Solidaster
- Stachys — Lamb’s Ear
- Stokesia — Stokes’ Aster
- Strelitzia — Bird of Paradise
- Strobilanthes — Persian Shield
- Stylophorum — Celandine Poppy
- Stylophorum — Welsh Poppy
- Syngonium — Arrowhead Vine
- Tanacetum — Tansy
- Tellima — Fringe Cups
- Thalictrum — Meadow Rue
- Thermopsis — False Lupine
- Thymus — Thyme
- Tiarella — Foamflower
- Tradescantia — Wandering Jew
- Trollius — Globeflower
- Uvularia — Merrybells
- Valeriana — Heliotrope
- Verbascum — Mullein
- Verbena
- Veronica – Speedwell
- Vinca — Periwinkle
- Viola
- x Heucherella — Heucherella
- Yucca Zauschneria — California Fuchsia
Alphabetical by common name
- African Daisy — Osteospermum
- Angel’s Trumpet — Brugmansia
- Arrowhead Vine — Syngonium
- Asters
- Astilbe
- Baby’s Breath — Gypsophila
- Balloon Flower — Platycodon
- Baneberry — Actaea
- Basket-of-Gold — Aurinia
- Bead Plant — Nertera
- Bear’s Breeches — Acanthus
- Bee Balm — Monarda
- Belamcanda
- Bellflower — Campanula
- Bergenia
- Bidens
- Bird of Paradise — Strelitzia
- Bishop’s Hats — Epimedium
- Bishop’s Weed — Aegopodium
- Bitterroot — Lewisia
- Black-Eyed Susan — Rudbeckia
- Blanket Flower — Gaillardia
- Blazing Star — Liatris
- Bleeding Heart — Dicentra
- Blue Buttons — Knautia
- Blue-Eyed Mary — Omphalodes
- Blue False Indigo — Baptisia
- Blue Marguerite — Felicia
- Blue Star Creeper — Laurentia
- Blue Star Flower — Amsonia
- Blue-Eyed Grass — Sisyrinchium
- Bluets — Hedyotis
- Boltonia
- Brunnera
- Bugbane — Cimicifuga
- Bugleweed — Ajuga
- Bugloss – Anchusa
- Burnet — Sanguisorba
- Bush Clover — Lespedeza
- Calamint — Calamintha
- California Fuchsia — Zauschneria
- Candytuft — Iberis
- Cape Cowslip — Lachenalia
- Castor Bean — Ricinus
- Catmint, Catnip — Nepeta
- Celandine Poppy — Stylophorum
- Chamomile — Chamaemelum
- Chelone – Pink Turtlehead
- Chrysanthemum — Dendranthema
- Chrysanthemums
- Cigar Plant — Cuphea ignea
- Cinquefoil — Potentilla
- Clematis
- Club Moss — Selaginella
- Coleus
- Colewort — Crambe
- Columbine — Aquilegia
- Coneflower — Echinacea
- Coral Bells — Heuchera
- Cornflower — Centaurea montana
- Cotton Lavender — Santolina
- Cranesbill — Erodium
- Cranesbill — Geranium
- Crown of Thorns — Euphorbia
- Cup Flower – Nierembergia
- Cupid’s Dart — Catananche
- Cushion Spurge – Euphorbia
- Dame’s Rocket — Hesperis
- Daylily – Hemerocallis
- Delphinium
- Desert Spoon — Dasylirion
- Dusty Miller — Centaurea cineraria
- Dusty Miller — Senecio
- Dwarf Plumbago — Ceratostigma
- Edelweiss — Leontopodium
- Elecampane — Inula
- English Daisy – Bellis
- English Primrose — Primula vulgaris
- Euphorbia
- Euryops
- Evening Primrose — Oenothera
- False Lupine — Thermopsis
- False Mallow — Sidalcea
- False Petunia — Ruellia
- False Rockrose — Aubrieta
- Fan Flower — Scaevola
- Flame Lily — Gloriosa
- Flame Violet — Episcia
- Flax — Linum
- Fleabane — Erigeron
- Florists’ Cineraria – Pericallis
- Foamflower — Tiarella
- Forget-Me-Not — Myosotis
- Fortnight Lily — Dietes
- Four-O-Clocks — Mirabilis
- Foxglove — Digitalis
- Foxtail Lily — Eremurus
- Fringe Cups — Tellima
- Fumewort — Corydalis
- Gas Plant — Dictamnus
- Gentian — Gentiana
- Geranium — Pelargonium
- Geum
- Globe Thistle — Echinops
- Globeflower — Trollius
- Goat’s Beard — Aruncus
- Gold Coin — Asteriscus
- Golden Marguerite — Anthemis
- Goldenrod — Solidago
- Goldenstar — Chrysogonum
- Gooseneck Loosestrife — Lysimachia
- Ground Cherry — Physalis
- Ground Morning Glory – Convolvulus
- Hardy Gloxinia — Incarvillea
- Heliotrope – Heliotropium
- Heliotrope — Valeriana
- Hepatica
- Heucherella — x Heucherella
- Hollyhock Mallow — Malva alcea
- Hollyhocks — Alcea Rosea
- Hosta
- Hyssop — Agastache
- Impatiens
- Iris
- Jacob’s Ladder — Polemonium
- Jacob’s Rod — Asphodeline
- Jerusalem Sage — Phlomis
- Joe-Pye Weed — Eupatorium
- Kangeroo Paw — Anigozanthos
- Lady’s Mantle — Alchemilla
- Lamb’s Ear — Stachys
- Lantana
- Lavender — Lavandula
- Lenten Rose — Helleborus
- Leopard Plant — Ligularia
- Leopard’s Bane — Doronicum
- Lilyturf — Liriope
- Lion’s Ear — Leonotis
- Lithodora
- Lobelia
- Lollipop Plant — Pachystachys
- Loosestrife — Lythrum
- Love-in-a-Puff — Cardiospermum
- Lunaria
- Lungwort — Pulmonaria
- Lupine — Lupinus
- Lychnis
- Magic Flower — Achimenes
- Marjoram — Oregano — Origanum
- Marsh Mallow – Althaea
- Marsh Marigold — Caltha
- Masterwort — Astrantia
- Matilija Poppy — Romneya
- Mazus
- Meadow Rue — Thalictrum
- Merrybells — Uvularia
- Mexican Heather — Cuphea
- Milkweed — Asclepias
- Milkwort — Polygala
- Mint — Mentha
- Mondograss – Ophiopogon
- Monkshood — Aconitum
- Moses-In-A-Cradle — Rhoeo
- Mullein — Verbascum
- New Zealand Flax – Phormium
- Nippon Daisy — Nipponanthemum
- Obedient Plant — Physostegia
- Oriental Poppy — Papaver
- Pampass Grass – Cortaderia
- Pansy Viola
- Pasque Flower — Pulsatilla
- Patrinia
- Pearly Everlastings — Anaphalis
- Penstemon
- Peony — Paeonia
- Perennial Blue Salvia — Salvia x superba
- Periwinkle — Vinca
- Persian Shield — Strobilanthes
- Persian Violet — Exacum
- Peruvian Lily — Alstroemeria
- Pheasant’s Eye – Adonis
- Phlox
- Pincushion Flower — Scabiosa
- Pinks – Dianthus
- Pitcher Plant — Sarracenia
- Plume Poppy — Macleaya
- Pocketbook Plant — Calceolaria
- Poinsettia
- Pokeweed — Phytolacca
- Poppy Mallow — Callirhoe
- Queen-of-the-Prairie — Filipendula
- Red Valerian — Centranthus
- Red-Hot Poker — Kniphofia
- Rock Jasmines — Androsace
- Rogersia
- Rose Mallow — Hardy Hibiscus
- Rue — Ruta
- Russian Sage — Perovskia
- Sand Verbena — Abronia
- Sea Holly — Eryngium
- Sea Thrift — Armeria
- Senna – Cassia
- Shamrock — Oxalis
- Shasta Daisy — Leucanthemum
- Shooting Stars — Dodecatheon
- Shrimp Plant — Justicia
- Sneezeweed — Helenium
- Snow-In-Summer — Cerastium
- Soapwort — Saponaria
- Solomon’s Seal — Polygonatum
- Speedwell – Veronica
- Spotted Dead Nettle — Lamium
- St.-John’s-Wort – Hypericum
- Statice — Limonium
- Stokes’ Aster — Stokesia
- Stone Cress — Aethionema
- Stonecrop — Sedum spectabile
- Strawberry Begonia — Saxifraga
- Strawflower — Helichrysum
- Sunflower — Helianthus
- Sunflower — Heliopsis
- Sweet Pea – Lathyrus
- Sweet Rocket — Hesperis
- Sweet Woodruff — Galium
- Swiss Cheese Plant — Monstera
- Tansy — Tanacetum
- Thyme — Thymus
- Tickseed — Coreopsis
- Toadflax — Linaria
- Transvaal Daisy – Gerbera
- Treasure Flower — Gazania
- Tree Mallow — Lavatera
- Twinspur — Diascia
- Verbena
- Virginia Bluebells — Mertensia
- Wall Rockcress — Arabis
- Wallflower – Cherianthus
- Wallflower — Erysimum
- Wand Flower — Gaura
- Wandering Jew — Tradescantia
- Welsh Poppy – Stylophorum
- Wild Ginger — Asarum
- Windflower – Anemone
- Wormwood — Artemisia
- Yarrow — Achillea
- Yucca