Perennials for Specific Uses

August Blooming Perennials

Monkshood–Aconitum napellus
New York Aster–Aster novii-belgii
New England Aster–Aster novae-angliae
Leadwort–Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Garden Mum–Dendranthema x grandiflora
Red Hot Poker–Kniphofia hybrids
Joe-Pye Weed–Eupatorium maculatum
Closed Gentian–Gentiana andressii
Black-Eyed Susan–Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’
Showy Sedum–Hylotelephium x ‘Autumn Joy’

Illinois native plants in red.

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