Herb Plnt Test #1

Achillea spp or yarrow

Perennial Plant full sun Drought Tolerant

good for butterfly’s and pollinators

Ageratum Houstonianum or Floss Flower

Annual Flower Full sun MWD

Bedding flowers

Ajuga Reptans or Bungleweed

Perennial Plant shade part shade MWD

Cultivars for nicer leaves

Allium or Flowering Onion

Perennial Plant BULB full sun and well drained looks like fire works

Angelonia or Angelonia

Annual Plant High Heat and Hummity and Smells Wonderful

Antirrhinum Majus or Snapdragon

Annual plant, Hates Heat,

cut flower, can make the mouth move

Aquilegia Hybrids or Columbine

Perennial plant Native/Self seeding

Flowers shoot off like shooting stars

Artemesia Schmidtiana or Silver mound

Perennial plant heat and drought tolerant

No flower

Senecio Cineraria or dusty miller

Annual plant not drought tolerant and needs moisture

mass planted and no flower

Aruncus Dioicus or Goatsbeard

Perennial Plant, wet soil and shade

Asclepias tuberosa or Butterflyweed

Perennial Plant, Native plant, survives without interruption, doesn’t transplant well

Astilbe Chinesis or Astilbe, false spirea

Perennial Plant shade wet soil tolerates

Multiple cultivars red, pink, white and purple

Bacopa/ Sutera or Bacopa

Annual Plant full sun WDS

Spiller/Basket Plant

Athyrium Nipponicum var. pictum or Japanese painted fern

Perennial Plant shade evenly moist organic soil

front boarder group planting

Baptisia Australis or Blue False Indigo

Perennial Plant Native Plant easy to grow Legume Full sun

Black seed pods

Begonia x semperflorense or Wax begonia

Annual Plant Shade or full sun even moisture easy to grow

Dragon wing cultivars

Begonia dragon wing or Dragon Wing Begonia

Annual Plant similar to normal Begonia

Brassica Oleracea or Flowering Cabage

Winter Annual grows in good winters planted in fall

mass planting cool night best for growing survives frost

Brunnera Macrophylla or Brunnera Siberian bugloss

Perennial Plant shade dear doesn’t like to eat sandpaper leaves

jack frost is the best cultivar

Calibrachoa Hybrids or Million Bells

Annual Plant full sun grows from cuttings

Container/spiller need constant haircuts and feedings

Every Color

Calamagrostis x acutiflora or Fether Reed Grass/ Karl Foerster Grass

Perennial Plant Full sun low maintenance

Canna Hybrids or Canna

Annual Plant full sun tubers can be stored till next year

back border/ cut flower

Tropical Warm Colors

Capsicum annum or Ornamental Pepper

Annual loves heat but needs water

edible and grown for foliage or fruit

Red Orange Yellow

Catharanthus roseus or Vinca

Annual/ Full sun/ Best annual for heat and humidity

Bedding Plant Self Cleaning/ Always a center dot

Valentines’ colors plus white

Celosia Argentea CRISTATA or Crested Cockscomb

Annual Plant/Full sun/Heat tolerant

Very Soft/ Self Seeding/ Cut flower/ Must be dead headed

Red Orange Yellow Purple

Celosia argentea PLUMOSA or Plumed Cockscomb

Annual Plant/ Full sun/ Heat tolerant

Very Soft/ Self Seeding/ Cut Flower/ Must be dead headed

Red Orange Yellow Purple

Cerastium Tomentosum or Snow-In-Summer

Perennial Plant/ Full Sun/ Heat and Drought Tolerant

Late spring bloom ground cover/ low maintenance

White

Cerastium Plumbaginoides or Plumbago

Perennial Plant/ Full Sun

Aggressive ground cover/ Long bloom late June till frost

True Blue only

Chrysanthemum morifolium or Garden Mum

Perennial Full Sun/ Stinky

Needs to be put in the ground while they are still green to last

All kinds of colors

Colocasia/Alocasia or Elephant Ears

Annual Plant/ Full Sun/ shade dependent on cultivar

No flower Tuber plant/ Big Plant/ Huge Leaves

Green and purple and gold

Colues x Hybridus or Coleus

Annual Plant/ Full sun/ Part Shade

Foliage Plant with ugly flowers

Variegated Leaves

Coreopsis x grandiflora or Tickseed Coreopsis

Perennial Plant/ Full sun/ Native

Heat tolerant/ Needs a haircut

Yellow

Coreopsis verticillata or Threadleaf Coreopsis

Perennial Plant/ Full sun/ Native

Yellow sometimes pink and maybe red

Crocosmia

Perennial Plant/ Full Sun/ Bulb Plants

flower looks like crocodile tail/ Can be used as a cut flower

Orange Yellow

Crocus Chrysanthus or Crocus

Perennial Plant/ Loves cold weather/ Bulb Plant

Purple Yellow White

Dahlia hybrids or Dahlia

Annual plant, Full sun, Tuber

Must dead head, doesn’t love extreme heat, Cut flower

Every color except blue

Dianthus barbatus or Sweet William

Mostly annual plant/ Full sun

Smells good/ Likes colder weather better

Red, Pink, White, Purple with streaks

Dianthus deltoides or Maiden Pinks

Perennial plant/ Full sun

Smells good/ Likes colder weather better

Red, Pink White, Purple with just solid colors

Dicentra exima or Fernleaf Bleeding Heart

Perennial Plant/ Shade even moisture

Front boarder grouping plants

Not very long

Pink

Dicentra spectabilis or Old-Fashioned Bleeding Heart

Perennial Plant/ Shade may go dormant in summertime

Middle boarder

May-June

Hot pink red and all white

Digitalis purpurea or Foxglove

Biennial Plant/ Full sun/ cut flower/ Heart medicine

June

Purplle pink white

Dracaena indivisa or Spikes

Annual Plant/ Full sun/ Low maintenance

Thriller in containers

Echinacea pallida or Pale Purple Coneflower

Perennial Plant/ Full sun/ Native/ Cut flower/ Self seeding

Mass Planting/ Tough/ Wildlife

June

pink ON TEST

Echinacea paradoxa or Yellow Coneflower

Perennial Plant/ Full sun/ Native/ Self seeding/ Cut flower

Mass Planting/ Tough/ Wildlife

June

Yellow

Echinacea purpurea or Purple Coneflower

Perennial/ Full Sun/ Native/ Self Seeding Cut Flower/ Smells Nice

Pollinator plant/ Easy to grow/ Has all the cultivars

May- Almost till frost

Pink/White

Eupatorium purpureum or Joe-Pye Weed

Perennial Plant/ Full sun Native/ Pollinator/ Cut Flower

Huge and dies to the ground/ Back boarder

Aug-Sep

Pink

Fuchsia hybrids or Fuchsia

Annual Plant/ Part shade/ Shade/ Self Cleaning

High Maintenance/ Container plant/ Hanging plant/ Filler spiller

All Summer

Red Pink Purple

Gaillardia grandiflora or Blanket Flower

Perennial Plant/ Full sun/ fuzzy center

looks like ray of ray of sunshine/ Front boarder/ Must deadhead

May- Till frost

Sunshine

Galanthus nivalis or Snow drop

Perennial/ Full sun/ Bulb

Fall planted bulbs, naturalizing bulbs do spread

late February- April

White

Geranium sanguineum or Cranesbill

Perennial Plant/ part shade/ Sprawly

May-June

Pinkish Purple Blue White

Gerbera jamesonii or Gerber Daisy

Annual Plant/ Full Sun/ Bright cut flower/ Color doesn’t fade

Looks like weed when not flowering/ Bedding plant/ Container

All summer

red orange yellow white and shades of those

Gladiolus x hortulanus or Gladiolus

Perennial Plant/ Full Sun/ Bulbie plant/ Summer plant

Cut flower/ Back boarder/ flowers from bottom up

June-July

All colors except blue

Gompherna globosa or Glove Amaranth

Annual Plant/ Full Sun/ Heat tolerant

Good Dried Flower/ Sometimes a cut flower

Bedding Plant/ Filler/ Holds their color very well

All Sumer bloom

Purple Red Orange

Helianthus annus or Sunflower

Annual Plant/ Full Sun/ Even moisture

Horticulture uses are dwarfed and variegated/ They face the sun

June onward

Yellow

Helictotrichon sempervirens or Blue Oat Grass

Perennial Plant/ Full Sun/ Heat and Drought Tolerant

Semi Evergreen/ Good for winter interest/ Plum looks like oats

Summertime

Heliotropium arborescens or Heliotrope

Annual Plant/ Full Sun/ Grown for the great smell/ Needs deadheading

Container/ Pollinator plant

All summer

Purple