Herbaceous Plants, Lab 7: Shade Perennials (and two for sun)

Aconitum carmichaelii (Arendsii Group) ‘Arendsii’, azure monkshood ‘Arendsii’, Ranunculaceae

dark blue hooded flowers that bloom from the top of the spike, deer resistant, poisonous, later blooming, leaves cut to the midrib in 3-5 lobes

Ageratina altissima, white snakeroot, Asteraceae

small white disk flowers, aggressive spreader, upright habit, sharp-toothed, lanceolate, nettle-like leaves

Anemone hupehensis, Japanese anemone, Ranunculaceae

glabrous petioles, puffy seed pods, late bloom time, trifoliate leaves, leaflets have three lobes, long petioles

Astilbe x arendsii, hybrid astilbe, Saxifragaceae

shriveled, needs moisture, black hairs on petioles, 2-3 ternately compound, doubly serrate, dark green to bronze

Coreopsis tripteris ‘Gold Standard’, tall tickseed ‘Gold Standard’, Asteraceae

pinnately trifoliate leaves, entire lanceolate leaves, persisting inflorescence, 2-8’ in habit

Eurybia divaricata, white wood aster, Asteraceae

star-like white flowers, drought and deer resistant, cordate coarsely-toothed leaves

Hosta lancifolia, narrow-leaved hosta, Asparagaceae

thinner petioles, denser clustered petioles, destroyed by deer, resistant otherwise

Hosta sieboldiana, Siebold hosta, Asparagaceae

giant petioles, less dense, destroyed by deer, blue-green broad foliage, flowers earlier than lancifolia

Iris germanica ‘Immortality’, bearded iris ‘Immortality’, Iridaceae

flat, linear upright foliage, white cultivar, distinct bearded flower

Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum ‘Variegatum’, fragrant Solomon’s seal, ‘Variegatum’, Asparagaceae

angular stems with 8-12 elliptic-like leaves with entire margins, alternate on the stem, white color on outside of leaves, not deer resistant, yellow fall color

Spigelia marilandica, Indian pink, Loganiaceae

sessile almost perfoliate leaves, glossy obovate to lanceolate entire leaves

Tricyrtis hirta, hairy toad lily, Liliaceae

sofftly hairy leaves, speckled flowers, not deer resistant, flowers through frost, late blooming, shade plant