Genus, Species, Cultivar or Biotype |
Common Name |
Type |
Height |
Spread |
Habit |
Aesthetics
(flower color, bloom season, foliage interest) |
Origin |
Hardiness Zone |
Preference for: |
Salt tol.** |
Sun |
Water |
Soil |
Achillea tomentosa 'King Edward' |
Woolly Yarrow |
Peren |
6-12" |
Indefinite |
Erect, spreading |
Evergreen, grayish foliage, yellow flowers |
Temperate Zone |
2-9 |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained, low fertility |
N/A |
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Pt. Reyes' |
Bearberry |
Woody |
1-4" |
Indefinite |
Creeping, woody |
Leathery evergreen leaves, red berry drupe persisting in winter |
North America |
2-7 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained, acidic |
N/A |
Arenaria montana |
Mountain Sandwort |
Peren |
2-4" |
8-10" |
Mat forming |
Tiny gray-green leaves, white spring flowers |
Europe |
4 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Moist |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Carex pensylvanica |
Pennsylvania Sedge |
Grass |
16" |
Indefinite |
Sod forming |
Green foliage |
Northeastern US |
4-8 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Cerastium tomentosum |
Snow in Summer |
Peren |
3-6" |
12" |
Mat forming |
Evergreen, silvery foliage, white profusion of flowers mid to late spring |
Italy |
2-7 |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained, low fertility |
N/A |
Epimedium x perralchicum 'Frohnleiten' (E. perraderianum x E. pinnatum) |
Bishop's Hat (Barrenwort) |
Woody |
8-12" |
8-12" |
Semi-prostrate |
Yellow blooms spring |
Garden (N Afr/Iran) |
5-9 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Moist |
Well-drained, fertile |
N/A |
Houstonia serpyllifolia |
Thymeleaf Bluets |
Peren |
2" |
6" |
Mat forming |
Light blue flowers |
Southeastern US |
6 |
Sun or shade |
Drought tolerant |
Acid soil |
N/A |
Hydrangea anomala ssp. peteolaris |
Climbing Hydrangea |
Woody |
3-6" |
Indefinite |
Woody climber, sprawling when unsupported |
Large showy fragrant white flowers in summer |
China, Japan |
4-8 |
Full sun to dense shade |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained, fertile |
N/A |
Iberis saxatilis |
Rock Candytuft |
Woody |
3-6" |
48" |
Sprawling subshrub |
Profusion of white flowers in late spring, evergreen |
Europe |
3-8 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Moist |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron' |
Japanese Blood Grass |
Grass |
12-24" |
Indefinite |
Creeping grass |
Scarlet to wine-red foliage |
Japan |
6 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Moist |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Lamiastrum galeobdolon 'Herman's Pride' |
Yellow Archangel |
Peren |
8-18" |
Indefinite |
Trailing |
Foliage with silver variegation, yellow flowers in spring |
Europe |
4-9 |
Moderate Shade |
Moist |
Fertile loam |
N/A |
Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea' |
Moneywort |
Peren |
1-2" |
Indefinite |
Mat forming, trailing |
Lime green foliage, bright yellow flowers early summer to fall |
Europe |
3-9 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Moist |
Most soils |
N/A |
Minuartia verna |
Moss Sandwort |
Peren |
3-6" |
10" |
Carpet forming |
White flowers in spring |
Europe |
2 |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Oenothera pallida |
Pale Evening-Primrose |
Peren |
12-24" |
24-36" |
Upright |
Fragrant white summer flowers aging to pink |
Western North America |
6 |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Phlox stolonifera 'Sherwood Purple' |
Creeping Phlox |
Peren |
6-12" |
Indefinite |
Mat forming, trailing |
Purple flowers in mid to late spring, evergreen foliage |
Eastern US |
3 |
Light to moderate shade |
Moist |
Fertile loam |
N/A |
Sarcococca hookeriana v. humilis |
Sweet Box |
Woody |
12-24" |
4-6' |
Mounding |
Evergreen, glossy leaves, white flowers, black fruit |
China |
7-9 |
Moderate shade to shade |
Moist |
Well-drained, organic |
N/A |
Silene caroliniana |
Sticky Catchfly |
Peren |
8" |
- |
Spreading |
Pink flowers in summer |
Eastern and Central North America |
5 |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Silene saxifraga |
Campion |
Peren |
4-8" |
12" |
Spreading |
White flowers |
Europe |
4 |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Tiarella cordifolia 'Running Tapestry' |
Heartleaf Foamflower |
Peren |
1-2" |
12-15" |
Spreading |
White flowers spring, heart-shaped foliage |
E US |
3-8 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Not drought tolerant |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Vaccinium angustifolium 'Brunswick' |
Lowbush Blueberry |
Woody |
1-2' |
1-2' |
Spreading |
Fine foliage, white flowers, edible berries |
NE US |
2-6 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Moist |
Tolerates wide range |
N/A |
Vaccinium macrocarpon |
American Cranberry |
Woody |
3-6" |
24" |
Spreading, woody |
Glossy dark green leaves, red fruit in summer |
Eastern North America |
2 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Moist |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Veronica repens |
Creeping Speedwell |
Peren |
2-4" |
Indefinite |
Mat forming |
Blue flowers in summer, dark green leaves |
Europe |
5 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Moist |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Veronica x (alpina v. alba x spicata) 'Goodness Grows' |
Speedwell |
Peren |
10-12" |
- |
Upright |
Long blue flower spikes |
Europe |
3-8 |
Full sun |
Moist |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Viburnum trilobum 'Compactum'
(syn V. opulus) |
American Cranberrybush |
Woody |
8-12' |
8-12' |
Upright |
Dense rounded top, white flowers, red-purple flal color, red drupe fruit persist to winter |
N US |
2-7 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
Moist |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple' |
Alumroot (Coral Bells) |
Peren |
10" |
- |
Clump forming |
Purple-bronze foliage, small white flowers |
Western US |
4-9 |
Full sun to moderate shade |
- |
- |
N/A |
Schizachyrium scoparium (syn. Andropogon scoparium) 'Prairie Blues' |
Little Bluestem |
Grass |
36" |
18" |
Bunchgrass |
Slender blue-green leaves turning to bronze in fall |
Eastern North America |
3-9 |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained |
N/A |
Salvia x sylvestris 'Blue Hill' |
Wood Sage |
Peren |
24" |
16" |
Erect |
Blue |
Europe, Asia |
4-8 |
Full sun |
Drought tolerant |
Well-drained |
N/A |
