Best Perennials and Biennials for the Northeast
Achillea filipendulina (fern-leaf
yarrow)
Achillea x 'Moonshine' (moonshine yarrow)
Aconitum spp. (monkshoods)
Alcea rosea (hollyhock)
Alchemilla mollis (lady's mantle)
Anaphalis triplinervis (three-veined pearly everlasting)
Anemone x hybrida (Japanese anemone)
Aquilegia canadensis (American columbine)
Aquilegia x hybrida (hybrid columbine)
Arabis caucasica (wall rock cress)
Armeria maritima (sea pink, thrift)
Artemisia spp. (mugworts)
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)
Boltonia asteroides (white boltonia)
Brunnera macrophylla (Siberian bugloss)
Caltha palustris (marsh marigold)
Campanula spp. (bellflowers)
Centaurea montana (mountain bluet)
Cerastium tomentosum (snow-in-summer)
Chelone spp. (turtle-heads)
Chrysanthemum nipponicum (nippon daisy, Montauk daisy)
Chrysanthemum weyrichii (miyabe)
Chrysanthemum x morifolium (chrysanthemum, garden mum)
Chrysanthemum x rubellum (hybrid chrysanthemum)
Cimicifuga simplex (Kamchatka bugbane)
Coreopsis verticillata (threadleaf coreopsis)
Cordatis lutea (yellow corydalis)
Dianthus spp. (pinks)
Dicentra eximia (fringed bleeding heart)
Dicentra spectabilis (common bleeding heart)
Dictamnus albus (gas plant)
Digitalis spp. (foxgloves)
Doronicum caucasicum (leopard's bane)
Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower)
Echinops ritro (globe-thistle)
Epimedium spp. (barrenworts)
Erigeron x hybridus (fleabane)
Eryngium spp. (sea hollies)
Eupatorium fistulosum (Joe-Pye weed)
Euphorbia epithymoides (cushion spurge)
Filipendula spp. (queen-of-the prairies)
Galium odoratum (sweet woodruff)
Geranium spp. (cranesbills, geraniums)
Gypsophila paniculata (baby's breath)
Helenium autmnale (sneezeweed)
Heliopsis helianthoides scabra (false sunflower)
Helleborus niger (Christmas rose)
Helleborus orientalis (Lenten rose)
Hemerocallis hybrids (daylilies)
Hesperis matronalis (dame's rocket, sweet rocket)
Heuchera spp. (coralbells)
Hosta species and hybrids (hostas)
Iberis sempervirens (edging candytuft)
Iris cristata (crested iris)
Iris ensata (Japanese iris)
Iris hybrida (bearded iris)
Iris siberica (Siberian iris)
Lamium maculatum (spotted dead nettle)
Lavandula angustifolia (lavender, English laender)
Liatris spicata (spike gayfeather, blazing star)
Ligularia stenocephala (golden ray)
Lobelia cardinalis (cardinal flower)
Lobelia siphilitica (big-blue lobelia)
Lychnis coronaria (rose campion)
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife)
Macleaya cordata (plume poppy)
Monarda didyma (bee-balm, oswego tea)
Myosotis scorpioides (forget-me-not)
Nepeta x faassenii (catmint)
Origanum vulgare 'Aureum' (golden oregano, golden marjoram)
Paeonia lactiflora (Chinese peony, garden peony)
Papaver nudicaule (Iceland poppy)
Papaver orientale (Oriental poppy)
Penstemon barbatus (beard-tongue)
Phlox spp. (phloxes)
Physostegia virginiana (obedient, plant, false dragonhead)
Platycodon grandiflorius (balloon flower)
Polemonium caeruleum (Jacob's ladder)
Polygonatum biflorum (small Solomon's seal)
Polygonum bistorta (knotweed, snakeweed, European bistort)
Potentilla tabernaemontani (spring cinquefoil)
Primula japonica (Japanese primrose)
Primula veris (cowslip primrose)
Pulmonaria spp. (lungworts)
Pulsatilla vulgaris (pasque flower)
Ratibida pinnata (yellow coneflower)
Rudbeckia fulgida (orange coneflower)
Rudbeckia nitida (shining coneflower)
Salvia x superba (hybrid blue salvia, hybrid sage)
Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot)
Saponaria ocymoides (rock soapwort)
Scabiosa caucasica (pincushion flower, scabious)
Sedum spp. (stonecrops)
Sempervivum tectorum (hens-and-chicks, houseleek)
Solidago hybrids (goldenrod)
Stachys byzantina (lamb's-ears)
Tiarella cordifolia (Allegheny foamflower)
Tradescantia x andersoniana (spiderwort, Virginia spiderwort)
Tricyrtis hirta (toad lily)
Trollius europaeus (globeflower)
Veronica spp. (speedwells)
Viola labradorica var. purpurea (Labrador violet)
