Perennial Flowers

Horticulture I CPMr. Traeger

December 2013

Aster SpeciesAster, spp.

• Height: 12 – 48 inches• Color: blue, violet, white

and pink• Flower shape always looks

like a daisy.• Prefers full sun exposure.• Hardiness Zone 5-8.• Propagation: Division and

cuttings.

Black-eyed SusanRudbeckia fulgida

• Height: 18 – 30 inches• Prefers full sun to partial

shade.• Prefers well drained soils.• Landscape Importance: One

of the most popular perennials and one of the hardiest.

• Propagation: Division and seed.

Butterfly WeedAsclepias tuberosa

• Height 24-36 inches• Prefers full sun.• Flower color: orange

red and yellow.• Landscape Importance:

Nectar source and larval food source for Monarch Butterfly.

• Propagation: Seed

Bleeding HeartDicentra spectabilis

• Height 14 – 24 inches.• Color: Rose pink and white.• Hardiness zone: 2 – 9• Prefers: Partial Shade• Propagation: Division and

seed.• Frequently grown in

greenhouses. The plants are forced to bloom for Valentine’s Day.

• Native to Japan.

Cardinal FlowerLobelia cardinalis

• Height: 36 -48 inches• Color: Red• Hardiness Zone: 3 -9• Prefers Partial Shade• Propagation: seeds,

cuttings & division.• Landscape Importance:

Brilliant red colors.

Purple ConeflowerEchinacea purpurea

• Height: 24-36 inches• Color: Rose pink or white

with golden centers.• Hardiness Zone: 3-8• Prefers: Full sun to partial

shade.• Propagation: Root cuttings

& division.• Landscape Importance:

Extremely tough perennial and drought tolerant.

HollyhockAlsea rosea

• Height 24” to 60”• Color: white, yellow,

pink, purple• Old fashioned flower.• Biennial flower.• Blooms spring to fall.• Prefers full sun.• Can be seeded during

the winter.

AstilbeAstilbe x arendsii

• Height 24” to 48”• Color: White, red & pink• Blooms early to mid

summer• Hardiness zone: 4-8• Prefers partial shade to

full sun.

Hardy BegoniaBegonia grandis

• Height: 24”• Southern heirloom

plant.• Flower Color: Pink• Propagation: Bulb• Hardiness zone: 6-9• Blooms: Summer to fall.• Prefers: Partial shade.

DelphiniumDelphinium cultivar

• Height: 36” – 60”• Flower Color: Blue,

violet & white.• Prefers: Full sun.• Blooms: Summer• Propagation: Seed• Hardiness Zone: 2-7• Toxic Plant

FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea

• Height: 24” – 60”• Blooms: Late Spring• Prefers: sun to partial

shade.• Flower color: white,

yellow, cream, pink• Hardiness Zone 4-9• Toxic Plant

Shasta DaisyChrysanthemum x superbum

• Height: 12” to 36”• Blooms: Spring &

Summer• Prefers: Full Sun• Flower Colors: White w/

Yellow centers.• Hardiness Zone: 4-9• Landscaping: Old

fashion flowers used along borders.

Baby’s BreathGypsophila paniculata

• Height: 18” to 36”• Blooms: Summer• Flowers: white, pink & rose.• Toxic Plant: All parts• Hardiness Zone: 3 – 8• Propagation: seed, tissue

culture, grafting• Prefers full sun.• Used in landscaping & cut

flowers.

Gypsophila paniculata