herbaceous ornamentals list 5

asclepias species

butterfly or silk weed

smooth stalk, upright habit, glaborous, alternate

leaves: linear, entire,

blooms: upright reflex petals, orange, cluster bloom

crocosmia x crocosmiiflora

crocosmia

aggressive, clustered at base

leaves: flat plane or sword life leaves, stalk then thin leaves, ribbed,

bloom: funnel form, raceme, 3-5 blooms

veronica x "Sunny border blue"

speedwell

leaves: rugous, teeth in margin, ovate to lanceolate

blooms: raceme, blue,

chasmanthium latifolium

northern sea oats

aggressive, ornamental grass

leaves: leaves off stem, lanceolate, central stem

blooms: flattened panicle flowers

canna x generalis

canna

leaves: tropical, green or burgandy, colored veination, rubbery, super thick

blooms:

hosta hybrid

plantain lily

shade edging

mass, basal clump

leaves: cordate-heart shape, individual stem, parallel veins,

blooms: leafless flower stalk, funnel form, raceme, white or lavender

tricyrtis formosana

toad lily

individual stems

leaves: zig zag nodes, thick, sheathing petiole, green or varigated, pubescent all over

bloom: terminally

hippeastrum hybrid

amaryllis

leaves: flexible strap like foliage, obtuse tip, wider than agapanthus, 6 stems per stalk, rubbery

bloom: skape

gaura lindheimeri

gaura

individual stem, no branching

leaves: clasp stem, alternate, reddish foliage, scatter teeth, red stem

blooms: open panicle, long exerted stamen, 4 petaled

lantana camera

lantana

leaves: scratchy, smelly, shrub like, square stem, opposte, rugous, scaborous, thorns at petiole

blooms: terminal cluster, solid or bicolor

rudbeckia fulglida "goldstrum"

black eyed susan

colonizing, rounded habit

leaves: ovate, rugous, slightly hairy, throw teeth

blooms: raised brown disk, yellow petals

amsonia hubrichtii

blue star

looks like nerium oleander

leaves: white midvein, linear, smells, alternate, leaves all over, looks needly, soft, non branching, upright, yellow fall color