Genus, Species, Cultivar or Biotype |
Common Name |
Type |
Height |
Spread |
Habit |
Aesthetics
(flower color, bloom season, foliar interest) |
Origin |
Hardiness Zone |
Preference for: |
Salt Tol.** |
Sun |
Water |
Soil |
Agropyron cristatum 'Roadcrest' |
Roadcrest Crested Wheat Grass |
Grass |
18-30" |
12" |
Bunchgrass |
- |
Eurasia |
4 |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained loam |
N/A |
Alchemilla mollis |
Lady's Mantle |
Peren |
12-18" |
24" |
Clump forming |
Large round leaves that hold moisture droplets |
Asia Minor |
4-7 |
Sun or shade |
Moist |
Well-drained loam |
low |
Alchemilla mollis 'Thriller' |
Lady's Mantle |
Peren |
6-12" |
18" |
Compact clump |
Large round leaves that hold moisture droplets, bright yellow flowers |
Asia Minor |
4-7 |
Sun or shade |
Moist |
Well-drained loam |
low |
Ammophila breviligulata 'Cape May' |
American Beachgrass |
Grass |
2-4' |
Indefinite |
Upright |
Gray-green foliage, late summer bloom |
NE US |
3-8 |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained, sandy |
N/A |
Andropogon gerardii 'Roundtree' |
Big Bluestem |
Grass |
4-8' |
2-3' |
Upright |
Purple fall colors |
E US |
3-9 |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Asclepias tuberosa |
Butterfly Milkweed |
Peren |
12-36" |
12-24" |
Sprawling |
Bright orange flowers in terminal cymes in summer |
North America |
3-9 |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Sandy |
N/A |
Aster ericoides 'Snow Flurry'
(syn. Symphyotrichum ericoides)
|
White Heath Aster |
Peren |
6-8" |
12-24' |
Sprawling |
White flowers early fall |
E US |
3-9 |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained |
mod. |
Aurinia saxatilis 'Gold Ball' |
Basket of Gold |
Peren |
4-6" |
18" |
Mat forming |
Evergreen, green-gray foliage, yellow blooms in spring |
Europe |
3-7 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Buchloe dactyloides 'Texoka' |
Buffalograss |
Grass |
4-8" |
Indefinite |
Creeping |
Green turf |
Central US |
1-8 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Drought and flood tolerant |
Tolerates compact soils |
N/A |
Calamagrostis canadensis |
Bluejoint Grass |
Grass |
60" | - |
Rhizomatous |
Blue green foliage, summer blooms |
North America |
7 |
Full sun |
Moist |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Carex flaccosperma |
Blue Wood Sedge (Thinfruit Sedge) |
Sedge |
6-12" |
6-16" |
Upright |
Wide blue-green foliage |
E US |
5-8 |
Moderate shade to shade |
Drought tolerant |
Tolerates wide range |
N/A |
Carex glauca
(syn. flacca) |
Heath Sedge (Glaucus Sedge) |
Sedge |
6-12" |
12-15" |
Upright |
Blue-green foliage |
Europe |
4-9 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides |
Blue Leadwood (Plumbago) |
Peren |
8-12" |
12-18" |
Semi-prostrate |
Blue summer blooms |
China |
5-9 |
Full sun |
Medium mositure |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Dichanthelium clandestinum 'Tioga' (syn. Panicum c.) |
Deertongue |
Grass |
1-3' |
Indefinite |
Upright |
Yellow blooms spring |
E US |
5-8 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained, organic |
N/A |
Elymus canadensis |
Canada Wild Rye |
Grass |
36-60" |
- |
Bunchgrass |
Nodding long seed head, year round foliage |
North America |
3 |
Full sun |
Moist |
Well-drained acid soil |
N/A |
Gypsophila repens |
Creeping Baby's Breath |
Peren |
6" |
18-24" |
Mat forming |
White to pale purple flowers in spring |
Europe |
3 |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Heuchera americana 'Chocolate Veil' |
Alumroot (Coral Bells) |
Peren |
12-24" |
24" |
Clump forming |
Deep red foliage, delicate pink flowers |
Eastern US |
4-9 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Moist |
Moist, fertile |
N/A |
Leymus arenarius 'Blue Dune'* |
Blue Lyme Grass |
Grass |
24-36" |
Indefinite |
Creeping grass |
Blue foliage, attractive seed head |
Europe |
2-9 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Liriope spicata 'Majestic' |
Creeping Lily Turf |
Peren |
8-12" |
12" |
Clump forming |
Evergreen grass-like foliage, purple flower spikes |
China, Japan |
4-10 |
Sun or shade |
Drought tolerant |
Any well-drained |
N/A |
Lysimachia punctata 'Alexander' |
Large Yellow Loosestrife |
Peren |
2-3' |
9-12" |
Erect |
Yellow summer blooms in whorls, green and white variagated foliage |
Eur/Asia |
4-9 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Moist |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Mentha x piperita* |
Peppermint |
Peren |
12-24" |
Indefinite |
Spreadig |
Blue flowers in summer |
Europe |
3-8 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Moist |
Any |
N/A |
Nepeta subsessilis |
Catmint |
Peren |
12-18" |
24" |
Upright |
Blue flowers in summer |
Japan |
5-9 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Moist |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Nepeta x faassenii 'Walker's Low' |
Catmint |
Peren |
18-24" |
24-36" |
Upright |
Long lasting blue flowers in spring-summer |
Eurasia, Africa |
3-9 |
- |
Drought tolerant |
Any well-drained |
low |
Phlox subulata 'Emerald Blue' |
Moss Phlox |
Peren |
4-6" |
24" |
Mat forming |
Profusion of early spring blue blooms, evergreen |
Northeastern US |
3-9 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Moist |
Well-drained loam |
mod. |
Potentilla nepalensis 'Shogran' |
Nepal Cinquefoil |
Peren |
12" |
Indefinite |
Trailing |
Crimson flowers in summer |
Himalayas |
5-9 |
Full sun |
Moist |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Rubus tricolor x R. fockeanus 'Betty Ashburner' |
Creeping Raspberry |
Woody |
4-6" |
Indefinite |
Spreading |
Rugose dark glossy larger evergreen leaves |
Taiwan |
7 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldstrum' |
Orange Coneflower (Black-eyed Susan) |
Peren |
18-30" |
12-24" |
Erect |
Daisy-like bright orange-yellow flowers with black centers |
E US |
3-9 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Moist |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Schizachyrium scoparium (syn. Andropogon scoparium) 'The Blues' |
Little Bluestem |
Grass |
24-48" |
18-24" |
Bunchgrass |
Slender blue-green leaves turning to bronze in fall |
Eastern North America |
3-9 |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Sedum spurium 'John Creech' |
Two-row Stonecrop |
Peren |
3-6" |
3-12" |
Creeping |
Pink flowers fall, fleshy evergreen leaves |
Europe |
3-8 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Solidago sphacelata 'Golden Fleece' |
Autumn Goldenrod |
Peren |
18-24" |
24-36" |
Upright |
Late summer yellow blooms |
Southeastern US |
3-8 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained |
high |
Sporobolus heterolepis |
Northern Prairie Dropseed |
Grass |
36" |
- |
Bunchgrass |
Fine textured grass blooming late summer |
North America |
4 |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Stachys byzantina |
Lamb's Ears |
Peren |
12-18" |
24-36" |
Clump forming |
Evergreen, gray-green wooly foliage |
Caucasus |
4-8 |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained |
mod. |
Teucrium canadense (syn. prostrata) |
Canada Germander |
Peren |
6-12" |
24-30" |
Spreading |
Pale purple flowers in summer, dark green fine foliage |
North America |
5-8 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Thymus serpyllum 'Suffolk County' |
Creeping Wild Thyme |
Peren |
1-3" |
Indefinite |
Mat forming subshrub |
Red foliage, purple summer flowers |
Europe, Asia |
3-9 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained, no lime |
N/A |
Veronica peduncularis 'Waterperry' |
Speedwell |
Peren |
4-6" |
12-18" |
Spreading |
Pale blue flowers summer, fine foliage |
Asia |
5-8 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Moist |
Well-drained |
N/A |
