
Perennial Plants
Long-lived perennial plants are the backbone of the flower garden. Some quickly provide texture and color to the early spring garden, while others burst into show in the heat of summer, followed by the harmonious addition of late summer and fall blooming specimens.
We are careful to provide premier choices in both tender perennials, which need loving protection in the colder zones, and hardy perennials, which will withstand even the coldest of winters. Our perennial plants have been carefully selected to offer you the most unusual forms of flower and leaf. Here at Heronswood, we are especially keen on Hellebores, Poppies, Geranium and unusual shade plants. Most are of rare providence, yet all have been exhaustingly garden-tested in several hardiness zones to ensure their virtuoso performances.
Achillea (Yarrow)
Aconitum (Monkshood)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Sun, Part shade
Actaea (Snakeroot)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Part to full shade
Adiantum (Maidenhair Fern)
Allium
Anemone
Arisaema (Jack in the Pulpit)
Aster
Class: Perennial
Siting: Full Sun
Class: Perennial
Siting: Full Sun
Astilbe
Astilboides
Astrantia
Class: Perennial
Siting: Sun, Part shade
Athyrium (Lady Fern)
Begonia (Hardy Begonia)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Pt to Full Sun
Bergenia
Brunnera (Siberian Bugloss)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Part to full shade
Buddleia (Butterfly Bush)
Campanula (Bellflower)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Sun to part shade.
Carex
Cardiocrinum (Giant Himalayan Lily)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Shade Part
Chelone (Turtle Head)
Chrysanthemum (Hardy Mum)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Full Sun
Clematis
Convallaria (Lily of the Valley)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Part to full shade
Coreopsis
Class: Perennial
Siting: Full Sun
Corydalis
Class: Perennial
Siting: Pt to Full Shade
Delphinium
Dianthus
Dicentra (Bleeding Heart)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Part to full shade
Digitalis (Foxglove)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Pt Shade to Full Sun
Disporopsis
Class: Perennial
Siting: Shade, Part shade
Disporum (Fairy Bells)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Part Shade
Echinacea (Cone Flower)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Sun
Epimedium (Fairy Wings)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Part Shade
Class: Perennial
Siting: Full to Partial Shade
Class: Perennial
Siting: Part to full shade
Eryngium
Erythronium
Class: Perennial
Siting: Part to full shade
Eucomis (Pineapple Lily)
Geranium (Hardy Geranium)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Full to partial sun
Class: Perennial
Siting: Full Sun
Class: Perennial
Siting: Full Sun
Class: Perennial
Siting: Part to full shade
Class: Perennial
Siting: Part to full shade
Class: Perennial
Siting: Part to full shade
Class: Perennial
Siting: Sun to part shade.
Gunnera
Helleborus (Hellebore)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Part to full shade
Class: Perennial
Siting: Pt to Full Shade
Class: Perennial
Siting: Pt to Full Shade
Class: Perennial
Siting: Full Shade
Class: Perennial
Siting: Full Shade
Class: Perennial
Siting: Shade, Shade Part
Class: Perennial
Siting: Shade, Shade Part
Class: Perennial
Siting: Shade, Shade Part
Class: Perennial
Siting: Shade, Shade Part
Class: Perennial
Siting: Shade, Shade Part
Class: Perennial
Siting: Part to full shade
Class: Perennial
Siting: Part to full shade
Class: Perennial
Siting: Part to full shade
Hibiscus (Mallow)
Iris
Class: Perennial
Siting: Sun, Shade Part
Kniphofia (Red Hot Poker)
Lamium
Class: Perennial
Siting: Part Shade
Lavatera
Leucanthemum (Shasta Daisy)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Sun
Liriope
Class: Perennial
Siting: Sun, Part shade
Lobelia (Cardinal Flower)
Lychnis (Rose Campion)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Full Sun
Lysimachia (Loosetrife)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Shade Part
Class: Perennial
Siting: Part Shade
Monarda (Bee Balm)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Pt to Full Sun
Paeonia (Peony)
Papaver (Poppy)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Full sun
Class: Perennial
Siting: Sun
Class: Perennial
Siting: Sun
Penstemon
Perovskia (Russian Sage)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Sun
Petasites
Class: Perennial
Siting: Pt to Full Shade
Phlox
Class: Perennial
Siting: Sun
Polygonatum (Solomon's Seal)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Part Shade
Pulmonaria (Lungwort)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Part to full shade
Class: Perennial
Siting: Part to full shade
Rodgersia (Rodger's Flower)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Part Shade
Salvia (Garden Sage)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Sun
Class: Perennial
Siting: Sun
Sanguisorba (Burnet)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Sun
Saxifraga (Saxifrage)
Schizophragma (False Hydrangea Vine)
Class: Vine
Siting: Pt To Full Shade
Sedum (Stonecrop)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Full Sun
Stachys
Class: Perennial
Siting: Sun
Spigelia (Indian Pink)
Thalictrum (Meadow Rue)
Class: Perennial
Siting: Sun, Part Shade
Tricyrtis (Toad Lily)
Trillium
Class: Perennial
Siting: Part to full shade
Uvularia
Veronica
Class: Perennial
Siting: Sun
Adiantum (Maidenhair Fern)
Athyrium (Lady Fern)
Blechnum (Deer Fern)
Hydrangeas
Class: Shrub
Siting: Shade Part
Class: Shrubs
Siting: Pt Shade
Class: Shrubs
Siting: Pt Shade
Class: Shrub
Siting: Full Sun
Class: Shrub
Siting: Full Sun
Class: Shrub
Siting: Full sun
Class: Shrub
Siting: Part Shade
Class: Shrub
Siting: Full Sun
Class: Shrub
Siting: Full Sun
Class: Shrub
Siting: Sun
Class: Shrub
Siting: Sun-Shade
Class: Shrub
Siting: Full sun
Actinidia (Kiwi Vine)
Clematis
Lonicera
Class: Vine
Siting: Full Sun
Schizophragma (False Hydrangea Vine)
Class: Vine
Siting: Pt To Full Shade

