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Scientific Name TIME OF PLANT A-7
Common Name 1 2 3 D or E NATIVE Sun Partial Shade Height Width BLOOM CHARACTERISTICS

GROUNDCOVERS, ORNAMENTAL GRASSES, HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS, AND FERNS (CONTINUED) Plant
List
Geranium cantabrigiense E* Early Spring Pleasantly scented foliage;
'Biokovo'
Peggy Campbell Biokovo hardy geranium 2 3 (Semi) 6" to 8" 6" to 8" to Summer pinkish white blooms

Flower colors vary by cultivar;
aromatic leaves when crushed;
Geranium macrorrhizum 3 D 12" to 18" 18" to 24" Summer many cultivars available
Colleen Miko Hardy geranium, crane's-bill including ‘Album’, ‘Bevan’s
Variety’ and ‘Ingwersen’s
Variety’
Flowers of red, apricot, orange,
Spring to and yellow; many are evergreen
Geum
Summer
US Forest Service Avens 2 3 D 8" to 20" 12" Blooming) cultivars such as 'Mango Lassi,'
or semi-evergreen; many
(Long
Starker's Magnificum,' 'Borsii,'
and 'Mrs. Bradshaw'
Low-growing evergreen
Helianthemum
subshrub that's great for berms,
Wikipedia Commons nummularium 3 (Semi) 6" to 24" 36" May to July front of borders; many varieties
E*
available for flower color
Sunrose
variation - salmon, pink, red,
yellow, white, and golden color
Helictotrichon Striking blue foliage; great
Wikipedia Commons Blue oat grass 3 E 24" to 48" 24" to 48" Summer accent alone or in clusters;
sempervirens
thrives in full sun

New varieties are fragrant and
Spring to
repeat bloomers; clusters of
Wikipedia Commons Hemerocallis 2 3 D 24" to 48" 24" Blooming) flowers attract butterflies;
Summer
many colors to choose from
(Long
Daylily
including pinks, reds, yellows,
oranges, lavender, and white
Spring and
Wikipedia Commons Hesperantha coccinea 1 2 3 (Semi) 18" to 24" 18" to 24" Late Summer Showy red or coral flowers in
gladiolus-type arrangement;
E*
clump-forming habit with
(repeat bloom
Crimson flag
sword-like foliage; some
sequence)
cultivars are evergreen
Highly variable depending on
cultivar selected, foliage from
Heuchera
chartreuse to black; flowers
Late Spring to
Peggy Campbell Coral bells or alumroot 2 3 D 24" to 36" 12" to 18" Early Summer white to scarlet; some are more
sun tolerant than others; try
'Purple Palace,' or 'Obsidian'