Best
Perennials and Biennials for the Midwest
Acanthus spinosus var. spinosissimum
(spiny bear's breeches)
Alcea rosea (hollyhock)
Amsonia tabernaemontana (willow amsonia)
Anemone x hybrida (Japanese anemone)
Aquilegia x hybrida (hybrid columbine)
Arabis caucasica (wall rock cress)
Armeria maritima (sea pink, thrift)
Artemisia x 'Powis Castle' (Powis castle mugwort)
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed)
Aster novi-belgii x novae-angliae (Michaelmas daisy, fall aster)
Aster x frikartii (Frikart's aster)
Astilbe chinensis var. pumila (dwarf Chinese astilbe)
Aurinia saxatilis (basket-of-gold)
Baptisia australis (blue wild indigo)
Bergeniia cordifolia (heart-leaf bergenia)
Boltonia asteroides (white boltonia)
Campanula glomerata (clustered bellflower)
Centranthus ruber (red valerian)
Chrysanthemum nipponicum (nippon daisy, Montauk daisy)
Chrysanthemum parthenium (feverfew)
Chrysanthemum x morifolium (chrysanthemum, garden mum)
Chrysanthemum x rubellum (hybrid chrysanthemum)
Coreopsis grandiflora (coreopsis, tickseed)
Coreopsis verticillata (threadleaf coreopsis)
Corydalis lutea (yellow corydalis)
Dianthus gratianopolitanus (cheddar pink)
Dicentra spectabilis (common bleeding heart)
Dictamnus albus (gas plant)
Ecinacea purpurea (purple coneflower)
Echinops ritro (globe-thistle)
Epimedium spp. (barrenworts)
Eryngium amethystinum (amethyst sea holly)
Eupatorium purpureum (Joe-Pye weed)
Euphorbia epithymoides (cushion spurge)
Filipendula rubra (queen-of-the-prairie)
Gaillardia x grandiflora (blanket-flower)
Gaura lindheimeri (white guara)
Geranium spp. (hardy geraniums)
Gypsophila paniculata (baby's breath)
Helenium autumnale (sneezeweed)
Helianthus angustifolius (fall sunflower, swamp sunflower)
Heliopsis helianthoides scabra (false sunflower)
Hemerocallis hybrids (daylilies)
Hesperis matronalis (dame's rocket, sweet rocket)
Heuchera spp. (coralbells)
Hosta species and hybrids (hostas)
Iberis sempervirens (edging candytuft)
Iris hybrida (bearded iris)
Iris siberica (siberian iris)
Lamium maculatum (spotted dead nettle)
Liatris spicata (spike gayfeather, blazing star)
Linum perenne (blue flax)
Lunaria annua (money-plant, honesty)
Lychnis coronaria (rose campion)
Lythrum salicaria (purlple loosestrife)
Macleaya cordata (plume poppy)
Nepeta x faassenii (catmint)
Oenothera speciosa (showy evening primrose, Mexican evening
primrose)
Oenothera tetragona (common sundrops)
Peonia lactiflora (Chinese peony, garden peony)
Papaver oriental (Oriental poppy)
Penstemon harbatus (common beard-tongue)
Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian sage)
Phlox maculata (wild sweet William)
Phlox paniculata (garden phlox)
Phlox subulata (moss pink)
Physostegia virginiana (obedient plant)
Platycodon grandiflorus (balloon flower)
Potentilla tabernaemontani (spring cinquefoil)
Pulsatilla vulgaris (pasque flower)
Rudbeckia fulgida (orange coneflower)
Rudbeckia nitida (shining coneflower)
Salvia x superba (hybrid blue salvia, hybrid sage)
Scabiosa caucasica (pincustion flower, scabious)
Sedum spp. (stonecrops)
Sempervivum tectorum (hens-and-chicks)
Sidalcea malviflora (checkerbloom, prairie mallow)
Solidago hybrids (goldenrod)
Stachys byzantina (lamb's-ears)
Thermopsis caroliniana (southern lupine, Carolina lupine)
Tiarella cordifolia (Allegheny foamflower)
Tradescantia x andersoniana (spiderwort, Virginia spiderwort)
Veronica spp. (speedwells)
Viola labradoria var. purpurea (Labrador violet)
Viola tricolor (Johnny-jump-up)
Yucca filamentosa (Adam's needle, needle palm)
