Best Perennials and Biennials for the Pacific Northwest
Best Perennials and Biennials for the Pacific Northwest
Acanthus spinosus var. spinosissimus
(spiny bear's breeches)
Achillea filipendulina (fern-leaf yarrow)
Achillea millefolium (common yarrow)
Achillea x 'Moonshine' (moonshine yarrow)
Aconitum spp. (monshoods)
Ajuga Reptans (bugleweed, carpet bugle)
Alchemilla mollis (lady's mantle)
Anaphalis triplinervis (three-veined pearly everlasting)
Anemone x hybrida (Japanese anemone)
Angelica archangelica (wild parsnip, cow parship, archangel)
Aquilegia x hybrida (hybrid columbine)
Arabis caucasica (wall rock cress)
Armeria maritima (sea pink, thrift)
Artemisia spp. (mugsworts)
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed)
Asphodeline lutea (Jacob's-rod, king's spear)
Aster x frikartii (Frikart's aster)
Aubrieta deltoidea (rock cress)
Aurinia saxatilis (basket-of-gold)
Begonia grandis (hardy begonia)
Belamcanda chinensis (blackberry lily)
Bellis perennis (English daisy)
Bergenia spp. (bergenias)
Boltonia asteroides (white boltonia)
Campanula spp. (bellflowers)
Centaurea montana (mountain bluet)
Centranthus ruber (red valerian, Jupiter's beard)
Cerastium tomentosum (snow-in-summer)
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides (leadwort, plumbago)
Chrysanthemum coccineum (painted daisy)
Chrysanthemum x morifolium (chrysanthemum, garden mum)
Chrysanthemum x rubellum (hybrid chrysanthemum)
Chrysanthemum x superbum (shasta daisy)
Coreopsis verticillata (threadleaf coreopsis)
Corydalis lutea (yellow corydalis)
Crambe cordifolia (colewort)
Cynara cardinculus (cardoon)
Delosperma cooperi (hardy iceplant)
Delphinium x elatum (delphinium)
Dianthus spp. (pinks)
Dicentra formosa (western bleeding heart)
Dicentra spectabilis (common bleeding heart)
Digitalis purpurea (foxglove)
Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower)
Echinops ritro (globe-thistle)
Epimedium spp. (barrenworts)
Erigeron x hybridus (fleabane)
Eryngium amethystinum (amethyst sea holly)
Euphorbia epithymoides (cushion spurge)
Filipendula spp. (queen-of-the-prarie)
Gaura lindheimeri (white gaura)
Geranium spp. (hardy geraniums)
Geum quellyon (geum, Chilean avens)
Gypsophila paniculata (baby's breath)
Helenium autumnale (sneezeweed)
Helianthus angustifolius (fall sunflower, swamp sunflower)
Heliopsis helianthoides scabra (false sunflower)
Helleborus spp. (Lenten roses)
Hemerocallis hybrids (daylilies)
Hesperis matronalis (dame's rocket)
Heuchera spp. (coralbells)
Iberis sempervirens (edging candytuft)
Iris hybrida (bearded iris)
Iris siberica (Siberian iris)
Lamium maculatum (spotted dead nettle)
Lavandula stoechas (Spanish lavender)
Liatris spicata (spike gayfeather, blazing stars)
Ligularia stenocephala (golden ray)
Limonium latifolium (sea lavender, statice)
Linum perenne (blue flax)
Liriope muscare (blue lilyturf)
Lobelia siphilitica (big-blue lobelia)
Lupinus hybrids (lupine)
Lychnis chalcedonia (Maltese cross)
Lychnis coronaria (rose campion)
Lysimacchia nummulara (moneywort, creeping Jenny, creeping Charley)
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife)
Malva alcea (hollyhock mallow)
Mazus reptans (mazus)
Monarda didyma (bee-balm, oswego tea)
Myosotis scorptoides (forget-me-not)
Nepeta x faassenii (catmint)
Omphaloides verna (blue-eyed Mary)
Origanum vulgare 'Aureum' (golden oregano, golden marjoram)
Paonia lactiflora (Chinese peony, garden peony)
Papaver nudicaule (Iceland poppy)
Penstemon barbatus (common beard-tongue)
Berovskia atriplicifolia (Russian sage)
Phlomis russeliana (sticky Jerusalem sage)
Phlox paniculata (garden phlox, summer phlox)
Phlox subulata (moss pink)
Physostegia virginiana (obedient plant, false dragonhead)
Platycodon grandiflorus (balloon flower)
Polemonium caeruleum (Jacob's ladder)
Polygonatum odoratum 'Variegatum' (variegated fragrant Solomon's
seal)
Polygonum bistorta (snakeweed, knotweed)
Potentilla tabernaemontani (spring cinquefoil)
Primula x polyantha (polyanthus primrose)
Pulmonaria spp. (lungworts)
Pulsatilla vulgaris (pasque flower)
Rodgersia aesculifolia (fingerleaf rodgersia)
Rudbeckia fulgida (orange coneflower)
Rudbeckia nitida (shining coneflower)
Ruta gravolens (rue)
Salvia officinalis (garden sage)
Salvia pratensis (meadow sage, meadow clary)
Salvia x superba (hybrid blue salvia, hybrid sage)
Saponaria ocymoides (rock soapwort)
Scabiosa caucasica (pincusion flower, scabious)
Sedum spp. (stonecrops)
Sidalcea malviflora (checkerbloom, prarie mallow)
Sisyrinchium striatum (Argentine blue-eyed grass)
Solidago hybrids (goldenrod)
Stachys byzantina (lamb's-ears)
Stokesia laevis (Stokes' aster)
Thalictrum spp. (meadow-rues)
Verbascum x hybridum (mullein)
Verbena bonariensis (Brazilian verbena)
Verbena canadensis (clump verbena, rose verbena)
Veronica spp. (speedwells)
Viola cornuta (horned violet, tufted pansy)
Viola labradorica var. purpurea (Labrador violet)
Viola odorata (sweet violet)
Viola tricolor (Johnny-jump-up)
Yucca filamentosa (Adam's needle, needle palm)
