Herbaceous ornamentals Plant list 4

stachs byzantina

lamb's ear

edging plant; evergreen perennial; clump forming

leaves: serrate; very pubescent; square stem; silver foliage

bloom: bilabiate; lavender; flower stalk

gladiolus x hortulanus

gladiola

border bloom, cut flower, corm, flat plane of sword like leaves

leaves: ribbed leaves; green cast;

bloom: one sided raceme; 3 pteal 3 sepal;

agapanthus hybrids

blue african lily

rhizome; perennial

leaves: strap like foliage; flexible flat flimsy;

blooms: globous cluster of blooms; 6 petals; open bell shape; skape bloom

platycodon grandiflorus

balloon flower

late spring; upright; sperate stems; each stem terminates in bloom; grass like clump

leaves: alternate almost clasping; rounded to a point; ovate/lanceolate; teeth in margin; glaborous

bloom: bud is "inflated"; 5 lobed corolla

kniphofia uvaria

red hot poker

bulb; evergreen; similar to day lily foliage but stiffer; border

leaves: waterslide; stiff; serrate under midvein towards tip

bloom: raceme of flowers; come out orange fade yellow

gaillardia x grandiflora

blanket flower

cross between annual and perennial gaillardia; evergreen for us; basal clump

leaves: obvious pubescence; grayish cast; entire crenate or lobed; entire on stem foliage

bloom: continuous; showy; smells good; red yellow bicolor

iris hybrids

bearded iris

bulb; fan like; creeps; super thick; width on sword is widest of all irises;

leaves: "scales" rub off; almost gray

bloom: insect landing pad; every color but only for bearded

iris sibirica

siberean iris

evergreen; clump; not as thick

leaves: sword like; medium green; narrow

bloom: blue purple white yellow;

coreopsis gradifolia

tickseed

native wildflower; short lived perennial; barely scented; clump

leaves: lanceolate; strong midvein on underside; entire margins

bloom: golden yellow; bud looks like tick

coreopsis verticillata

threadleaf coreopsis

upright spreading clump; single row;

leaves: finely divided; triparted foliage; compound; foliage makes V; soft; dainty

lilium species

garden lily

bulb; woodland and oggy not heat tolerant; cut flower;

leaves: alternate dicusid; drawn out tip; spotted stem; "succulent"; upright non branching;; parallel veination

bloom: opposite; 3 petal 3 sepal; flowers terminally

astilbe chinensis

astilbe

shade; perennial; basal mound

leaves: spiky teeth; ternate ternately compound; hardy stem

blooms: showy panicle of tiny blooms; white pink purple red