Gardening with Perennials

Common Perennials
Perenniuals for Specific Uses
Bed Preparation
Planting & Transplanting
After Planting Care
Dividing Perennials
Fall & Winter Care


Perennials for Specific Uses

Lamb's Ear

Perennials Used as Groundcovers

GoutweedAegopodium podograria
BugleweedAjuga reptans
Wall CressArabis caucasica
Sea ThriftArmeria maritima
Beach WormwoodArtemisia stelleriana
GingerAsarum spp.
Wild GingerAsarum canadense
False RockcressAubrieta deltoidea
Snow-in-SummerCerastium tomentosum
LeadwortCeratostigma plumbaginoides
Green-and-GoldChrysoganum virginianum
Lily-of-the-ValleyConvallaria majalis
Yellow CorydalisCorydalis lutea
Red BarrenwortEpimedium x rubrum
Sweet WoodruffGalium odoratum
CranesbillGeranium spp.
HostaHosta spp.
Chameleon PlantHouttuynia cordata
Variegated Yellow Archangel
Lamiastrum galeobdolan var. variegatum

Illinois native plants or cultivars in red.

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