Best Perennials and Biennials for the Southwest
Acanthus spinosus var. spinosissimus
(spiny bear's breeches)
Achillea filipendulina (fern-leaf yarrow)
Achillea tomentosa (woolly milfoil)
Achillea x 'Moonshine' (moonshine yarrow)
Alstroemeria aurantiaca (Peruvian lily)
Anthemis tinctoria (golden marguerite)
Aquilegia chrysantha (golden columbine)
Aquilegia x hybrida (hybrid columbine)
Centranthus ruber (red valerian)
Chrysanthemum coccineum (painted daisy, pyrethrum)
Coreopsis verticillata (threadleaf coreopsis)
Dianthus barbatus (sweet William)
Dianthus plumarius (cottage pink)
Gaillardia x grandiflora (blanket-flower)
Galium odoratum (sweet woodruff)
Gaura lindheimeri (white gaura)
Hemerocallis hybrids (daylilies)
Heuchera sanguinea (coralbells)
Iberis sempervirens (edging candytuft)
Iris ensata (Japanese iris)
Kniphofia uvaria (red-hot poker)
Lavandula stoechas (Spanish lavender)
Liatris spicata (spike gayfeather)
Limonium perezii (sea lavender)
Linum perenne (blue flax)
Oenothera missouriensis (Ozark sundrops, Missouri primrose)
Oenothera speciosa (showy evening primrose)
Penstemon barbatus (beard-tongue)
Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian sage)
Petrorhagia saxifraga (tunic flower)
Phlomis russeliana (sticky Jerusalem sage)
Santolina chamaecyparissus (lavender cotton, gray santolina)
Sedum x telephium 'Autumn Joy' (autumn joy stonecrop)
Stachys byzantina (lamb's-ears)
Verbena canadensis (clump verbena)
Yucca filamentosa (Adam's needle)
