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 |