Herb Plnt list 3

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 Globe 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