Best
Perennials and
Biennials for the South
Ajuga reptans (bugleweed,
carpet bugle)
Alstroemeria aurantiaca (Peruvian lily)
Amsonia tabernaemontana (willow amsonia)
Anemone x hybrida (Japanese anemone)
Aquilegia canadensis (American columbine)
Aquilegia x hybrida (hybrid columbine)
Artemisia 'Valerie Finnis'
Artemisia ludoviciana var. albula (white sage, wormwood)
Aster x frikartii (Frikart's aster)
Astilbe x arendsii (astilbe)
Baptista australis (blue wild indigo)
Boltonia asteroides (white boltonia)
Chrysanthemum nipponicum (nippon daisy,Montauk daisy)
Chrysanthemum x rubellum (hybrid chrysanthemum)
Chrysanthemum x superbum (shasta daisy)
Chrysogonum virginianum (goldenstar)
Cimicifuga racemosa (snake-root)
Coreopsis grandiflora (coreopsis)
Coreopsis verticillata (threadleaf coreopsis)
Dianthus barbatus (sweet William)
Dianthus gratianopolitanus (cheddar pink)
Dianthus plumarius (cottage pink)
Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman's breeches)
Dicentra eximia (fringed bleeding heart)
Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower)
Epimedium spp. (barrenworts)
Gaillardia x grandiflora (blanket-flower)
Gaura lindheimeri (white gaura)
Helianthus angustifolius (fall sunflower)
Heliopsis helianthoides scabra (false sunflower)
Helleborus orientalis (Lenten rose)
Hemerocallis hybrids (daylilies)
Heuchera spp. (coralbells)
Hibuscus moscheutos (rose mallow)
Hosta species and hybrids (hostas)
Iberis sempervirens (edging candytuft)
Iris cristata (crested iris)
Iris ensata (Japanese iris)
Iris pseudacorus (yellow flag iris)
Iris siberica (Siberian iris)
Iris versicolor (blue flag iris)
Lamium maculatum (spotted dead nettle)
Liatris spicata (spike gayfeather, blazing star)
Linum perenne (blue flax)
Liriope muscari (blue lilyturf)
Lobelia spp. (cardinal flowers)
Myosotis scorpioides (forget-me-not)
Oenothera speciosa (showy evening primrose, Mexican evening primrose)
Oenothera tetragona (common sundrops)
Paeonia lactiflora (Chinese peony, garden peony)
Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian sage)
Phlox divaricata (wild blue phlox)
Phlox maculata (wild sweet William, spotted phlow)
Phlox paniculata (garden phlox)
Phlox pilosa ozarkana (downy phlox)
Phlox stonifera (creeping phlox)
Phlox subulata (moss pink)
Physostegia virginiana (obedient plant)
Platycodon grandiflorus (balloon flower)
Polygonatum odoratum 'Variegatum' (variegated fragrant solomon's seal)
Rudbeckia hirta (black-eyed Susan, gloriosa daisy)
Salvia x superba (hybrid blue salvia, hybrid sage)
Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot)
Saponaria officinalis (bouncing Bet)
Sedum spectabile (showy stonecrop)
Sedum x telephium 'Autumn Joy' (autumn joy stonecrop)
Senecia aureus (golden groundsel)
Stachys byzantina (lamb's-ears)
Stokesia laevis (Stokes' aster)
Thalictrum aquilegifolium (columbine meadow-rue)
Thermopsis caroliniana (southern lupine)
Tiarella cordifolia (Allegheny foamflower)
Tradescantia x andersoniana (spiderwort)
Tricyrtis hirta (toad lily)
Verbena bonariensis (Brazilian verbena)
Veronica spicata (spiked speedwell)
Veronicastrum virginicum (culver's root)
Viola odorata (sweet violet)
Viola tricolor (Johnny-jump-up)
