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Beyond Impatiens and Petunias

Other Plants to Consider

Shade Tolerant Ornamental Grasses

Reed Grass
Calamagrostis brachytricha

Silver Variegated Japanese Sedge
Carex morrowii ‘Variegata’

Drooping Sedge Grass
Carex pendula

Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium

Tufted Hair Grass
Deschampsia cespitosa

Hakone Grass
Hakonechloa macra

Snowy Wood Rush
Luzula nivea


Perennials for Dry Shade

Siberian Bugloss
Brunnera macrophylla

Bigroot Geranium
Geranium macrorrhizum ‘Ingwersin’s Variety’

Spotted Deadnettle
Lamium maculatum ‘White Nancy’

Variegated Solomon’s Seal
Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’


Perennials for Wet Soil

Black Snakeroot
Cimicifuga racemosa

Rocket Ligularia
Ligularia ‘The Rocket’

Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis ‘Dark Crusader’

Lavender Mist Meadow Rue
Thalictrum aquilegifolium ‘Thundercloud’

Spiderwort
Tradescantia x andersoniana


Perennials for Dry Sites/Sun

Arkansas Amsonia
Amsonia hubrechtii

Rock Cress
Arabis caucasica ‘La Fraicheur’

Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa

False Indigo
Baptisia ‘Purple Smoke’

Globe Thistle
Echinops bannaticus ‘Blue Glow’

Cypress Spurge
Euphorbia cyparissias

Mountain Bluet
Centaurea montana

Culver’s Root
Veronecastrum virginicum ‘Fascination’


Annuals for Dry Sites/Sun

Summer Snapdragon
Angelonia angustifolia

African Daisy
Arctotis x hybrida

Dahlberg Daisy
Dyssodia tenuiloba

Treasure Flower
Gazania rigens

Brazilian Coleus
Plectranthus argentatus

Texas Sage
Salvia coccinea

Mealy-Cup Sage
Salvia farinacea

Mexican Sunflower
Tithonia rotundifolia

Brazilian Verbena
Verbena bonariensis


 

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