Best Perennials and Biennials for the Mid-Atlantic
Acanthus spinosus var. spinosissimum (spiny
bear's breeches)
Achillea filipendulina (fern-leaf yarrow)
Achillea millefolium (common yarrow)
Achillea x 'Moonshine' (moonshine yarrow)
Aconitum spp. (monkshoods)
Ajuga reptans (bugleweed, carpet bugle)
Alcea rosea (hollyhock)
Alchemilla mollis (lady's mantle)
Amsonia tabernaemontana (willow amsonia)
Anaphalis triplinervis (three-veined pearly everlasting)
Anemone x hybrida (Japanese anemone)
Aquilegia canadensis (American columbine)
Aquilegia flatbellata (hybrid columbine)
Aquilegia vulgaris (granny's bonnet)
Aquilegia x hybrida (hybrid columbine)
Arabis caucasica (wall rock cress)
Armeria maritima (sea pink, thrift)
Artemisia x 'Powis Castle' (Powis castle mugwort)
Aruncus dioicus (goat's beard)
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed)
Aster novi-belgii x novae-angliae (Michaelmas daisy, fall aster)
Aster x frikartii (Frikart's aster)
Astilbe spp. (astilbes)
Aubrieta deltoidea (rock cress)
Aurinia saxatilis (basket-of-gold)
Baptisia australis (blue wild indigo)
Begonia grandis (hardy begonia)
Bergenia spp. (bergenias)
Boltonia asteroides (white boltonia)
Caltha palustris (marsh marigold)
Campanula spp. (bellflowers)
Centranthus ruber (red valerian)
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides (leadwort)
Chelone lyonii (pink turtle-head)
Chrysanthemum nipponicum (nippon daisy, Montauk daisy)
Chrysanthemum parthenium (feverfew)
Chrysanthemum x morifolium (chrysanthemum, garden mum)
Chrysanthemum x rubellum (hybrid chrysanthemum)
Chrysanthemum x superbum (shasta daisy)
Chrysanthemum weyrichii (miyabe)
Chrysogonum virginianum (goldenstar)
Cimicifuga simplex (Kamchatka bugbane)
Coreopsis verticillata (threadleaf coreopsis)
Corydalis lutea (yellow corydalis)
Dianthus spp. (pinks)
Dicentra spp. (bleeding hearts)
Dictamnus albus (gas plant)
Digitalis purpurea (foxglove)
Doronicum caucasicum (leopard's bane)
Ecinacea purpurea (purple coneflower)
Echinops ritro (globe-thistle)
Epimedium spp. (barrenworts)
Erigeron x hybridus (fleabane)
Eryngium spp. (sea hollies)
Eupatorium coelestinum (mist flower, hardy ageratum)
Eupatorium purpureum (Joe-Pye weed)
Euphorbia epithymoides (cushion spurge)
Filipendula rubra (queen-of-the-prairie)
Galium odoratum (sweet woodruff)
Gaura lindheimeri (white guara)
Geranium spp. (hardy geraniums)
Hedyotis caerulea (bluets, quaker ladies)
Helenium autumnale (sneezeweed)
Helianthus angustifolius (fall sunflower, swamp sunflower)
Heliopsis helianthoides scabra (false sunflower)
Helleborus orientalis (Lenten rose)
Hemerocallis hybrids (daylilies)
Hesperis matronalis (dame's rocket, sweet rocket)
Heuchera spp. (coralbells)
Hibiscus moscheutos (rose mallow, swamp mallow)
Hosta species and hybrids (hostas)
Iberis sempervirens (edging candytuft)
Iris spp. (irises)
Kniphofia uvaria (red-hot poker, torchlily)
Lamium maculatum (spotted dead nettle)
Lavandula angustifolia (lavender)
Liatris spicata (spike gayfeather)
Liriope muscari (blue lilyturf)
Lupinus hybrids (lupine)
Lychnis flos-jovis (flower-of-Jove)
Lychnis chalcedonia (Maltese cross)
Lysimachia nummulara (moneywort, creeping Jenny, creeping Charley)
Lysimachia punctata (yellow loosestrife, circle flower)
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife)
Macleaya cordata (plume poppy)
Mazus reptans (mazus)
Myosotis scorpiodes (forget-me-not)
Nepeta x faassenii (catmint)
Oenothera spp. (evening primroses and sundrops)
Omphaloides verna (blue-eyed Mary, navel seed)
Peonia lactiflora (Chinese peony, garden peony)
Papaver oriental (Oriental poppy)
Penstemon harbatus (common beard-tongue)
Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian sage)
Phlox spp. (phloxes)
Platycodon grandiflorus (balloon flower)
Polygonatum biflorum (small Solomon's seal)
Polygonatum odoratum 'Variegatum' (variegated fragrant Solomon's seal)
Primula japonica (Japanese primsorse)
Primula veris (cowslip primrose)
Primula x polyantha (polyanthus primrose)
Pulmonaria spp. (lungworts)
Pulsatilla vulgaris (pasque flower)
Rodgersia aeculifolia (fingerleaf rodgersia)
Rudbeckia fulgida (orange coneflower)
Rudbeckia nitida (shining coneflower)
Salvia officinalis (garden sage)
Salvia x superba (hybrid blue salvia, hybrid sage)
Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot)
Saponaria officinalis (bouncing Bet)
Scabiosa caucasica (pincustion flower, scabious)
Sedum spp. (stonecrops)
Senecio aureus (golden groundsel)
Solidago hybrids (goldenrod)
Stachys byzantina (lamb's-ears)
Stokesia laevis (Stokes' aster)
Thalictrum spp. (meadow-rues)
Thermopsis caroliniana (southern lupine, Carolina lupine)
Tiarella cordifolia (Allegheny foamflower)
Tradescantia x andersoniana (spiderwort, Virginia spiderwort)
Tricyrtis birta (toad lily)
Verbena bonariensis (Brazilian verbena)
Verbena canadensis (clump verbena, rose verbena)
Veronica spp. (speedwells)
Viola spp. (tufted pansies, violets)
Yucca filamentosa (Adam's needle, needle palm)
