List 7: Perennials and Annuals 3-28-03

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Campanula medium, Canterbury Bells

Family: Campanulaceae Light: Full sun
Water: Evenly moist Height: 3'
Bloom Time and color: Midsummer; rose, white or purple Comments: Biennial with a taproot, alternate leaves, bell shaped flowers.  Flower buds are pleated
Propagation: Seeds Hardiness: Biennial

Centaurea cyanus, Cornflower; Bachelor's Buttons

Family: Asteraceae Light: Full sun
Water: Evenly moist, can tolerate some dryness but will adversely affect the performance Height: 1'-2' tall; 2'wide
Bloom Time and color: Spring to early summer; maroon, pink, red, violet, white Comments: Good for cut flowers and drying, also self-seeds
Propagation: Seed Hardiness:

Gypsophila elegans, Annual Baby's Breath

Family: Caryophyllaceae Light: Full sun
Water: Evenly moist Height: 12"-16" tall; 12" wide
Bloom Time and color: Summer; white or pink Comments: These prefer alkaline soil
Propagation: Seed Hardiness: Hardy annual

Impatiens walleriana, Impatiens; Busy Lizzy

Family: Balsaminaceae Light: Part to full shade
Water: Evenly moist Height: 6" to 24" tall
Bloom Time and color: Summer to frost; many colors Comments: Tender annual; the #1 selling bedding plant
Propagation: seed Hardiness: Tender annual

Lobularia maritima, Sweet Alyssum

Family: Brassicaceae Light: Full sun
Water: Evenly moist-but tolerates dry Height: 2"-12" tall
Bloom Time and color: Spring to fall; pink, rose-red, lilac, violet Comments: Mounded form with tiny leaves
Propagation: Seed Hardiness: Hardy annual

Mimulus  x hybridus, Common Monkey Flower

Family: Scrophulariaceae Light: Full sun to part shade
Water: Moist Height: 6"-12" tall
Bloom Time and color: Spring to fall; shades of red, pink, orange, yellow; flowers often speckled with contrasting colors Comments: Perennials in temperate climates, has tubular two-lipped flowers
Propagation: Seed, division in spring, cuttings in spring or summer Hardiness: Hardy annual

Nicotiana x sanderae, Hybrid Flowering Tobacco

Family: Solanaceae Light: Full sun
Water: Evenly moist Height: 1'-2' tall and 1' wide
Bloom Time and color: Summer to frost; pink, purple, lime-green, red, salmon peach Comments: Prone to aphids; attract hummingbirds; flowers don't open on hot days
Propagation: Seeds Hardiness: Half-hardy annual

Tagetes patula, French Marigold

Family: Asteraceae Light: Full sun
Water: Tolerate drought, but do better with regular watering Height: 6-12" tall and 12" wide
Bloom Time and color: All summer; yellow, orange, mahogany, rust, maroon, creamy yellowish white Comments: Need to dead head for repeat blooms; can get spider mites and thrips
Propagation: Seeds Hardiness: Half-hardy annual

Thunbergia alata, Black-eyed Susan Vine

Family: Acanthaceae Light: Full sun
Water: Evenly moist Height: Can reach 8' in frost free areas
Bloom Time and color: Summer to fall; orange, orange-yellow, yellow or creamy white Comments: Good in hanging baskets, or climbing.  Square stems and opposite big, green leaves
Propagation: Cuttings, layering or by seeds Hardiness: Half-hardy annual

Zinnia x hybrida, Zinnia

Family: Asteraceae Light: Full sun
Water: Moderate Height: 6"-4' tall, depending on cultivar
Bloom Time and color: Summer to fall; orange, red, bronze, hot pink, orange-red, yellow-orange, white, pale pink, cream, green Comments: Needs to deadhead for continued blooming. Prone to diseases-grey mold, Botrytis, leaf blight, Alternaria, root rots
Propagation: Seeds Hardiness: Half-hardy annual

Tropaeolum majus, Nasturtium

Family: Tropaeolaceae Light: Full sun
Water: Evenly moist Height: 12"-18" tall
Bloom Time and color: Summer to Fall; red, orange, yellow Comments: Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies
Propagation: Seed, cuttings in spring or summer Hardiness: Tender annual

Antennaria microphylla, Rosy Pussytoes

Family: Asteraceae Light: Full sun to light shade
Water: Dry Height: 2" tall without flower spikes
Bloom Time and color: Early summer; whitish-pink Zone: 4-8
Propagation: Division in spring or by seeds Comments: Tolerates poor, infertile soils; Native

Bellis perennis, English Daisy

Family: Asteraceae Light: Full sun to part shade
Water: Moderate Height: 2"-8" tall
Bloom Time and color: Summer; pink, red, white Zone: Grown as a biennial
Propagation: Seed, division Comments: Low growing and stoloniferous

Dicentra spectabilis, Bleeding Heart

Family: Fumariaceae Light: Full to part shade
Water: Moist Height: 18"-36" tall and 18" wide
Bloom Time and color: Spring; pink, white Zone: 2-8
Propagation: Division in early spring Comments: Deeply cut compound leaves; flowers in racemes

Doronicum oriental, Leopard's Bane

Family: Asteraceae Light: Part sun
Water: Moist Height: 12" tall
Bloom Time and color: Spring; yellow Zone: 4-7
Propagation: Comments:  Spreads by rhizomes; leaves kidney to heart shaped and deeply toothed

Galium odoratum, Sweet Woodruff

Family: Rubiaceae Light: Part to deep shade
Water: Moist Height: 6"-8" tall
Bloom Time and color: Spring to summer; white Zone: 4-7
Propagation: Divide in spring or fall Comments: Groundcover; smells like new-mown hay when crushed

Myosotis sylvatica, Forget-Me-Not

Family: Boraginaceae Light: Full sun or light shade
Water: Moist Height: 6"-8" tall and 6" wide
Bloom Time and color: Spring and Early Summer; blue, pink or white Zone: 3-7
Propagation: Seeds or division in spring Comments: Inflorescence coiled like the tail of a scorpion; a short lived perennial

Paeonia hybrids, Garden Peony

Family: Paeoniaceae Light: Full sun
Water: Moist Height: 1.5'-3' tall; form 3-4' wide clumps
Bloom Time and color: Late spring to early summer; white, red, pinks Zone: 3-8
Propagation: Divide in late summer or early fall Comments: Do not over fertilize

Sysirinchium angustifolium, Blue-eyed Grass

Family: Iridaceae Light: Full sun
Water: Moist, but requires good drainage Height: 6"-18" tall and 6"-12" wide clumps
Bloom Time and color: Spring and summer; yellow, white, mauve, dark blue Zone: 3-8
Propagation: Seeds or division in spring or fall Comments: Has small star-shaped flowers