Home Gardener's Perennials & Bulbs. Miranda Smith

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      Daisylike flowers, —such as tickseed and this boltonia, have round centers surrounded by lots of narrow petals. These blooms are actually composed of disc flowers that make up the center, and ray flowers (which often look like petals) that circle the central disc flowers.

      Tubular flowers —are elongated and sometimes flare at the top. They are more narrow and slender than trumpets. Good examples are foxglove (Digitalis species) and this nicotiana.

       BLOOMING SEASON

       Spring-blooming Perennials:

      • Bergenia (Bergenia species)

      • Bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis)

      • Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens)

      • Christmas rose (Helleborus niger)

      • Cranesbill (Geranium species)

      • Columbine (Aquilegia species)

      • Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)

      • Garden pinks (Dianthus species)

      • Goatsbeard (Aruncus dioicus)

      • Iceland poppy (Papaver nudicaule)

      • Iris (Iris species and cultivars)

      • Lady’s mantle (Alchemilla species)

      • Lenten rose (Helleborus orientalis)

      • Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale)

      • Peony (Paeonia species)

      • Primrose (Primula species)

      • Red-hot poker (Kniphofia uvaria)

      • Salvia (Salvia species)

      • Sweet violet (Viola odorata)

      • Thrift (Armeria maritima)

       Summer Perennials:

      • Baby’s breath (Gypsophila paniculata)

      • Balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus)

      • Beard-tongue (Penstemon species)

      • Bee balm (Monarda didyma)

      • Bellflower (Campanula species)

      • Blanket flower (Gaillardia x grandiflora)

      • Blazing star (Liatris spicata)

      • Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa)

      • Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)

      • Catmint (Nepeta x faassenii)

      • Coneflower (Rudbeckia species)

      • Cranesbill (Geranium species)

      • Daylily (Hemerocallis cultivars)

      • Delphinium (Delphinium species)

      • False indigo (Baptisia australis)

      • False spirea (Astilbe species)

      • Fringed bleeding heart (Dicentra eximia)

      • Garden phlox (Phlox paniculata)

      • Garden pinks (Dianthus species)

      • Great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)

      • Lavender (Lavandula species)

      • Ligularia (Ligularia species)

      • Meadowsweet (Filipendula species)

      • Monkshood (Aconitum species)

      • Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana)

      • Pincushion flower (Scabiosa caucasica)

      • Plantain lily (Hosta species)

      • Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)

      • Red-hot poker (Kniphofia uvaria)

      • Rose mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos)

      • Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia)

      • Salvia (Salvia species)

      • Showy primrose (Oenothera speciosa)

      • Speedwell (Veronica species)

      • Sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa)

      • Thrift (Armeria maritima)

      • Tickseed (Coreopsis species)

      • Tufted pansy (Viola cornuta)

      • L Yarrow (Achillea species)

       Late Summer and Fall Perennials:

      • Aster (Aster species)

      • Autumn Joy stonecrop (Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’)

      • Blazing star (Liatris species)

      • Boltonia (Boltonia asteroides)

      • Bugbane (Cimicifuga species)

      • Coneflower (Rudbeckia species)

      • Garden chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum x grandiflorum)

      • Goldenrod (Solidago cultivars)

      • Monkshood (Aconitum species)

      • Obedient plant (Phystostegia virginiana)

      Bleeding heart

      Tickseed

      Blazing star

      Purple coneflower

      Daylily

      Bellflower

      Red-hot poker

      Christmas rose