Perennial Plant of the Year Plants
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Allium 'Millenium'
'Millenium' Ornamental Onion blooms in July and August, producing lots of 2" purplish lavender round clusters of flowers like drumsticks on 15" stems. The onion scented leaves are glossy and strap-like, making a thick clump from which the long lasting blooms arise. Many insects and butterflies feed off them but deer and rabbits will not touch them. All Ornamental Onions do well under Black Walnuts. Allium 'Millenium' is the product of Mark McDonough's hard work with Ornamental Onions. 2018 Perennial Plant of the Year.
H: 18 Inches · S: 12 Inches · Zone: 5
Amsonia hubrichtii
The delicate light blue flowers of Arkansas Amsonia appear in May. It also has stunning orange and yellow fall foliage. This tough multi-season plant can handle a broad range of site conditions. 2011 Perennial Plant of the Year, and Dr. J.C. Raulston's favorite perennial.
H: 36 Inches · S: 36 Inches · Zone: 5
Anemone x 'Honorine Jobert'
Anemone x 'Honorine Jobert' is a Japanese Anemone with tall single white flowers, fall blooming. It prefers moist, humus-rich sites, and will make a large clump in time. 2016 Perennial Plant of the Year.
H: 36 Inches · S: 36 Inches · Zone: 5
Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum'
Japanese Painted Fern has showy silver, purple and green foliage. It is a deciduous creeper. Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum' was the 2004 Perennial Plant of the Year.
H: 18 Inches · S: 24 Inches · Zone: 3
Baptisia australis
Blue False Indigo, also known as Redneck Lupine, has blue pea-like flowers in May and June, A long-lived perennial. 2010 Perennial Plant of the Year. All Baptisias are very roadside salt tolerant and dry site tolerant.
H: 40 Inches · S: 36 Inches · Zone: 4
Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' PP13859
'Jack Frost' Heartleaf Brunnera has blue flowers in mid to late spring. The green foliage has a showy silver overlay. Cool shady conditions are best. 2012 Perennial Plant of the Year, introduced by Walters Gardens.
H: 16 Inches · S: 18 Inches · Zone: 4
Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' has tan seedheads, is early blooming and has an upright habit. A 2001 Perennial Plant of the Year, 'Karl Foerster' Feather Reed Grass was named after our friend Tim Foerster's cousin, the great German nurseryman. Winter foliage is a pale tan, and 'Karl Foerster' shows excellent salt tolerance. Karl Foerster found this lovely spontaneous cross at the Hamburg Botanical Gardens.
H: 48 Inches · S: 24 Inches · Zone: 4
Calamintha nepeta subsp. nepeta
Lots of small white to lavender flowers cover grey-green fragrant foliage in mid summer to fall. A good pollinator-friendly informal groundcover.
H: 12 Inches · S: 16 Inches · Zone: 5
Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam'
'Moonbeam' Threadleaf Tickseed has pale yellow flowers and is an excellent repeat bloomer. For best performance, deadhead after first flush of blooms. 1992 Perennial Plant of the Year.
H: 18 Inches · S: 18 Inches · Zone: 5
Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Firewitch'
'Firewitch' ('Feuerhexe') Cheddar Pinks has shocking pink fragrant flowers, low growing blue foliage, and is an excellent repeat bloomer. The fragrance is wonderful, like so many of the Carnation family. 2006 Perennial Plant of the Year.
H: 6 Inches · S: 8 Inches · Zone: 5
Echinacea purpurea
Pink to light purple daisy-like flowers above hairy green leaves from June through August. Exhibits seedling variation in color and height. An important food source for songbirds.
H: 36 Inches · S: 24 Inches · Zone: 3
Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus'
'Magnus' Purple Coneflower has pink flowers in June and July. The dried seeds feed Goldfinches in the fall. From the Jelitto Seed Company. 1998 Perennial Plant of the Year.
H: 36 Inches · S: 24 Inches · Zone: 4
Geranium x 'Rozanne' PP12175
'Rozanne' ('Gerwat') Cranesbill has large blue-purple flowers with pale blue centers. It has a somewhat sprawling habit. This Geranium blooms all summer! A Blooms of Bressingham® selection found in England. 2008 Perennial Plant of the Year.
H: 16 Inches · S: 18 Inches · Zone: 3
Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Biokovo'
'Biokovo' Cambridge Geranium is a charming semi-evergreen groundcover which thrives in well drained sunny locations. The white blooms are tinged with pink at the base of the petals and are enhanced by red calyces. The flowers are produced in June and July, and hover gracefully over the low green foliage. The fall and winter color is also attractive, turning shades of bronze and red. Geranium 'Biokovo' was a natural hybrid found in the Biokovo Mountains of Croatia, so its cold tolerance is excellent. 2015 Perennial Plant of the Year.
H: 6 Inches · S: 8 Inches · Zone: 5
Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'
The striking yellow and green foliage of Golden-Variegated Hakone Grass helps make this and 'All Gold' our absolute favorite shade grass. Tan color in fall and winter is preceded by delicate, feathery seed panicles. A 2009 Perennial Plant of the Year, and a slow-spreading groundcover.
H: 12 Inches · S: 36 Inches · Zone: 6
Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple'
'Palace Purple' Alum Root boasts deep, shining purple foliage and tolerates some dryness. Flowers are small ivory spikes in early summer. 1991 Perennial Plant of the Year.
H: 16 Inches · S: 16 Inches · Zone: 4
Leucanthemum x superbum 'Becky'
'Becky' Shasta Daisy has white flowers over glossy green leaves for an extended summer bloom period. It was named for Becky Steward of Decatur, GA. 2003 Perennial Plant of the Year. Salt tolerant.
H: 36 Inches · S: 18 Inches · Zone: 5
Nepeta x faassenii 'Walker's Low'
'Walker's Low' Catmint has lots of light blue flowers over gray-green aromatic foliage. It is dry site tolerant and named after the Irish Garden, 'Walker's Low', but it is also a low-growing Nepeta. 2007 Perennial Plant of the Year. Deadhead to make it rebloom.
H: 18 Inches · S: 18 Inches · Zone: 5
Panicum virgatum 'Northwind'
'Northwind' Switchgrass has green-tan seedheads above blue-green foliage with a very upright habit. Introduced by Roy Diblik of Northwind Perennial Farm in Wisconsin. Our favorite upright Panicum, and the perfect tall grass for tight spots. An excellent tan in the winter. 2014 Perennial Plant of the Year. Bruce Neary of BCN Horticultural Services loves 'Northwind' because it never flops.
H: 72 Inches · S: 24 Inches · Zone: 4
Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red'
'Husker Red' Smooth White Penstemon has pinkish-white flowers on tall stems in June and burgundy-red new foliage. The tall white spikes make great cut flowers. 1996 Perennial Plant of the Year.
H: 24 Inches · S: 18 Inches · Zone: 4
Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Superba'
'Superba' Russian Sage has blue flowers in July and August and silver-green fragrant foliage. It is dry site tolerant. 1995 Perennial Plant of the Year.
H: 48 Inches · S: 36 Inches · Zone: 4
Phlox paniculata 'David'
'David' Garden Phlox has fragrant white flowers in July and August and disease resistant foliage. 2002 Perennial Plant of the Year. From FM Mooberry of the Brandywine Conservancy, where Phlox paniculata 'David' was found as a seedling.
H: 36 Inches · S: 24 Inches · Zone: 4
Phlox paniculata 'Jeana'
'Jeana' Garden Phlox is an unusually mildew-resistant Phlox with bright lavender-pink flowers which have a sweet fragrance. 'Jeana' blooms for an extended time from mid summer to early fall. It was found by (and named after) Jeana Prewitt of Nashville, Tennessee, and the North Creek people got us all enthusiastic about it.
H: 36 Inches · S: 24 Inches · Zone: 3
Polygonatum odoratum 'Variegatum'
Variegated Solomon's Seal has white flowers in the spring, over green leaves with white edges. Polygonatum odoratum 'Variegatum' likes moist sites and will colonize slowly to form a large patch eventually. It is also surprisingly dry site tolerant. 2013 Perennial Plant of the Year.
H: 24 Inches · S: 24 Inches · Zone: 4