Perennials for Specific Uses
Taller Perennials
| Scientific Name
|
Common Name |
Growing Height |
|
Achillea spp. |
Yarrow |
3 to 5 feet |
|
Aconitum spp. |
Monkshood |
3 to 5 feet |
|
Anemone x hybrida |
Japanese Anemone |
2 to 4 feet |
|
Aruncus dioicus |
Goatsbeard |
5 feet |
|
Asclepias tuberosa |
Butterfly Weed |
2 to 3 feet |
|
Aster spp. |
Aster |
2 to 5 feet |
|
Baptisia australis |
Blue False Indigo |
3 to 4 feet |
|
Centaurea montana |
Mountain Bluet |
2 to 3 feet |
|
Centranthus ruber |
Red Valerian |
2 to 3 feet |
|
Delphinium spp. |
Delphinium |
4 to 6 feet |
| Dicentra spectabilis |
Old Fashioned Bleeding Heart |
2 to 3 feet |
| Dictamnus albus |
Gas Plant |
3 feet |
| Echinacea purpurea |
Purple Coneflower |
3 to 5 feet |
|
Echinops ritro |
Globe Thistle |
3 to 4 feet |
|
Helenium autumnale |
Helen’s Flower |
3 to 5 feet |
|
Heliopsis helianthoides |
False Sunflower |
3 to 4 feet |
|
Hemerocallis spp. |
Daylily |
1 to 4 feet |
|
Hibiscus moscheutos |
Rose Mallow |
3 to 5 feet |
|
Iris spp. |
Iris |
1 to 4 feet |
|
Liatris spp. |
Blazing Star |
2 to 4 feet |
|
Ligularia spp. |
Ligularia |
3 to 5 feet |
|
Linum perenne |
Perennial Flax |
2 feet |
|
Lobelia cardinalis |
Cardinal Flower |
2 to 3 feet |
|
Lupinus hybrids |
Lupine |
3 to 4 feet |
| Monarda didyma |
Bee Balm |
2 to 4 feet |
| Paeonia spp. |
Peony |
2 to 3 feet |
| Papaver orientale |
Oriental Poppy |
3 to 4 feet |
| Phlox paniculata |
Garden Phlox |
2 to 4 feet |
| Physostegia virginiana |
Obedient Plant |
2 to 4 feet |
| Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii
|
Orange Coneflower |
2 to 3 feet |
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