| Common Name |
Genus &
species
cv. or syn. |
WSR(a)
Type(b) |
Habit |
Zone |
Height
Spread |
Origin |
Aesthetics |
Sun |
Water |
Soil |
Salt Tolerance
(a) |
Roadside Performance
(b) |
| Crested wheat grass, Fairway crested wheatgrass,
Fairway wheatgrass, Wheatgrass |
Agropyron
cristatum |
G
G |
Clump forming |
2-5 |
1.5-3'
upto 4' |
Eurasia |
Bluish-green foliage, cluster of flower in late
spring |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well- drained loam |
|
|
| Lady's mantle |
Alchemilla
mollis |
G
P |
Clump forming |
4-7 |
12-18"
24" |
Asia Minor |
Large round leaves that hold moisture droplets |
Full sun or partial shade |
Moist |
Well- drained loam |
F |
G |
| Lady's mantle |
Alchemilla
mollis
'Thriller' |
G
P |
Compact clump |
4-7 |
6-12"
18" |
Asia Minor |
Large round leaves that hold moisture droplets,
bright yellow flowers |
Sun or shade |
Moist |
Well- drained loam |
|
|
| Big bluestem, Bluejoint, Turkeyfoot |
Andropogon
gerardii
'Round Tree' |
G
G |
Bunchgrass |
3-9 |
4-8'
2-3' |
USA |
Attractive foliage change color season-
ally. Purplish red flowers |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Light, fertile |
|
|
| Heath aster, Snow flurry aster |
Aster
ericoides
'Snow Flurry' |
G
P |
Dense, clump forming |
3-9 |
3-6"
3-12" |
|
Covered with thousands of flowers in Sept. |
Full sun to partial shade |
Drought tolerant |
Well-
drained |
|
|
| Basket of gold, Goldentuft, Goldentuft alyssum,
Rock madwort |
Aurinia
saxatilis
'Gold Ball' |
G
P |
Mat forming |
3-7 |
6-10"
12-18" |
Europe |
Evergreen, green-gray foliage, yellow blooms
in spring |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well- drained |
|
|
| Bluejoint, Bluejoint reedgrass, Canadian reedgrass,
Pine marsh- grass, Marsh reedgrass |
Calamagrostis
canadensis |
G
G |
Rhizomatous |
3-7 |
60"
? |
North America |
Blue green foliage, summer blooms |
Full sun |
Moist |
Well- drained |
|
|
| Blue sedge, Carnation grass, Glaucous sedge, Heath
sedge |
Carex
glauca |
G
G |
Dense, clump forming |
4-8 |
6-12"
12-15" |
Europe, Northern Africa, North America |
Blue-green evergreen foliage |
Full sun to shade |
Drought tolerant |
Well-
drained |
|
|
| Blue leadwood, Dwarf plumbago, Leadwort, Plumbago |
Ceratostigma
plumbaginoides |
G
P |
Mat forming |
5-9 |
8-12"
12-18" |
Western China |
Star-shaped deep blue flowers in summer to fall |
Full sun to partial shade |
|
Well-
drained |
|
|
| Hardy ice plant, Trailing ice plant |
Delosperma
nubigenum |
G
P |
Mat forming, trailing |
4-10 |
1-2"
36" |
South Africa |
Succulent light green foliage, light yellow flowers
midspring |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well- drained |
|
|
| Canada wild rye |
Elymus
canadensis |
G
G |
Bunchgrass |
3-8 |
36-60"
4-24" |
North America |
Nodding long seed head, year round foliage |
Full sun |
Moist |
Well- drained acid soil |
|
|
| Bigroot cranesbill, Feited cranesbill, Hardy geranium,
Scented cranesbill |
Geranium
macrorrhizum |
G
P |
Rhizomatous,
mat- to clump- forming |
3-8 |
12-18"
15" |
Southern Europe |
Foliage turns crimson with orange tints
in fall. Pink or creamy white flowers in summer |
Full sun to shade |
Moist |
Well-
drained |
|
|
| Creeping baby's breath |
Gypsophila
repens |
G
P |
Mat forming |
3-8 |
6"
18-24" |
Europe |
White to pale purple flowers in spring |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well- drained |
|
F/P |
| Alumroot (Coral bells) |
Heuchera
americana
'Chocolate Veil' |
G
P |
Clump forming |
4-9 |
18-24"
12" |
Eastern US |
Deep red foliage, delicate pink flowers |
Shade |
Moist |
Moist, fertile |
|
|
| Blue star creeper, Laurentia, Pratia, Swamp isotoma |
Laurentia
fluviatilis |
G
P |
Mat forming |
6-8 |
2"
18" |
Australia |
Starry, light blue flowers in late spring to
early fall |
Full sun to partial shade |
Drought tolerant |
Well-
drained |
|
|
| Blue lyme grass*, Blue-downy lyme grass, Marram
sea grass, Narrow bent, Rancheria grass, Sea lyme gras |
Leymus
arenarius
'Blue Dune' |
G*
G |
Creeping grass |
3-9 |
24-48"
Indefinite |
Europe |
Blue foliage, attractive seed head |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well- drained |
|
G |
| Creeping lily turf |
Liriope
spicata
'Majestic' |
G
P |
Clump forming |
4-10 |
8-12"
6-12" |
China, Japan |
Evergreen grass-like foliage, purple flower spikes |
Light shade |
Drought tolerant |
Well- drained |
|
|
| Black peppermint*, Peppermint |
Mentha
x piperita |
G*
P |
Spreadig |
3-8 |
12-24"
Indefinite |
Europe |
Blue flowers in summer |
Full sun to partial shade |
Moist |
Slightly moist |
|
G |
| Cypress, Russian arborvitae, Siberian cypress |
Microbiota
decussata |
G
W |
Low- growing, woody |
2-8 |
6-24"
3-12' |
Russia |
Bright green foliage turns bronze in fall
and winter |
Full sun to partial shade |
Moist |
Well-
drained |
|
|
| Catmint |
Nepeta
subsessilis |
G
P |
Upright |
5-9 |
12-24"
12-24" |
Japan |
Blue flowers in summer |
Full sun to partial shade |
Moist |
Well- drained |
P |
G |
| Blue catmint, Mauve catmint, Walker's low catmint |
Nepeta
x faassenii
'Walker's Low' |
G
P |
Upright |
3-8 |
18"
18" |
Eurasia, Africa |
Long lasting blue flowers in spring-summer |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Any well- drained |
P |
G |
| Moss phlox |
Phlox
subulata
'Emerald Blue' |
G
P |
Mat forming |
3-9 |
4-6"
24" |
North- eastern US |
Profusion of early spring blue blooms, evergreen |
Full sun |
Moist |
Well- drained loam |
F/G |
G |
| Nepal cinquefoil |
Potentilla
nepalensis
'Shogran' |
G
P |
Trailing |
5-8 |
12-18"
Indefinite |
Himalayas |
Crimson flowers in summer |
Full sun |
Moist |
Well- drained |
|
|
| Creeping raspberry |
Rubus
tricolor x R. fockeanus
'Betty Ashburner' |
G
W |
Creeping and rooting |
7 |
4-6"
Indefinite |
Taiwan |
Rugose dark glossy larger evergreen leaves |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Drought tolerant |
Well- drained |
|
|
| Black-eyed susan , Golden coneflower |
Rudbeckia
fulgida
'Goldstrum' |
G
P |
Rhizomatous |
3-9 |
30"
12-24" |
North America |
Bright, golden yellow flowers with brown center
in summer and fall |
Full sun to partial shade |
Moist |
Heavy, but well-
drained |
|
|
| Little bluestem |
Schizachyrium
scoparium
(syn. Andropogon scoparium) |
G
G |
Bunchgrass |
5-9 |
20-40"
12-24" |
Eastern North America |
Slender blue-green leaves turning to bronze in
fall |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well- drained |
|
|
| Dwarf goldenrod |
Solidago
sphacelata
'Golden Fleece' |
G
P |
Upright |
2-8 |
18"
2' |
South- eastern US |
Late summer yellow blooms |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well- drained |
G |
G |
| Northern dropseed, Northern prairie dropseed |
Sporobolus
heterolepis |
G
G |
Bunchgrass |
3-4 |
24-48"
18-24" |
North America |
Fine textured grass blooming late summer |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well- drained |
|
|
| Lamb's ears, Woolly betony, Woolly woundwort |
Stachys
byzantina |
G
P |
Clump forming |
4-8 |
12-18"
24-36" |
Caucasus |
Evergreen, gray-green wooly foliage |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well- drained |
|
G |
| American germander, Wild germander, Wood sage |
Teucrium
canadensis |
G
P |
Clump forming |
5-8 |
12-36"
24-30" |
North America |
Purple, cream, or pink flowers in July
- Sept. |
Full sun to partial shade |
Drought tolerant |
Well-
drained |
|
|
| Creeping red thyme, Creeping wild thyme, Wild
thyme |
Thymus
serpyllum
'Suffolk County' |
G*
W |
Mat forming subshrub |
3-8 |
3-6"
18" |
Europe, Asia |
Red foliage, purple summer flowers |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Drought tolerant |
Low fertility, moderate acidic |
F/G |
G |
