Perennials for Specific Uses
Shorter Perennials
| Scientific Name
|
Common Name |
Growing Height |
|
Aegopodium podograria |
Goutweed |
12 inches |
| Ajuga reptans |
Bugleweed |
6 inches |
| Aquilegia spp. |
Columbine |
12 to 36 inches |
| Arabis caucasica |
Wall Cress |
6 inches |
| Armeria maritima |
Sea Thrift |
6 inches |
Artemisia schmidtiana
‘Silver Mound’ |
Silver Mound Artemisia |
12 inches |
| Astilbe spp. |
False Spirea |
6 to 48 inches |
| Aubretia deltoidea |
False Rockcress |
6 inches |
| Aurinia saxatilis |
Basket-of-Gold |
6 to 12 inches |
| Bergenia cordifolia |
Heartleaf Bergenia |
12 to 18 inches |
| Brunnera macrophylla |
Siberian Bugloss |
12 to 18 inches |
| Campanula carpatica |
Carpathian Harebell |
6 inches |
| Cerastium tomentosum |
Snow-in-Summer |
6 to 12 inches |
| Convallaria majalis |
Lily-of-the-Valley |
6 to 12 inches |
| Dianthus spp. |
Pinks |
6 to 12 inches |
| Dicentra eximia |
Fringed Bleeding Heart |
12 to 18 inches |
| Doronicum orientale |
Leopard’s Bane |
12 to 18 inches |
| Epimedium x rubrum |
Red Barrenwort |
9 inches |
| Gaillardia x grandiflora
|
Blanket Flower |
6 to 24 inches |
| Galium odoratum |
Sweet Woodruff |
6 inches |
| Geranium spp. |
Cranesbill |
6 to 36 inches |
| Heuchera sanguinea |
Coral Bells |
12 to 30 inches |
| Hosta spp. |
Hosta |
12 to 48 inches |
| Iberis sempervirens |
Evergreen Candytuft |
6 to 12 inches |
| Lamium maculatum |
Spotted Dead Nettle |
6 inches |
| Lavandula angustifolia |
Lavender |
12 to 18 inches |
| Liriope spicata |
Lily-Turf |
12 inches |
| Nepeta x fassenii |
Catmint |
12 to 18 inches |
| Oenothera macrocarpa |
Missouri Primrose |
9 to 18 inches |
| Phlox subulata |
Creeping Phlox |
6 inches |
| Saponaria ocymoides |
Rock Soapwort |
8 inches |
| Scabiosa caucasica |
Pincushion Flower |
12 to 18 inches |
| Sedum spp. |
Stonecrop |
3 to 12 inches |
| Stokesia laevis |
Stoke’s Aster |
12 to 18 inches |
| Veronica spp. |
Veronica |
6 to 30 inches |
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