Everblooming Perennials
Notes from June Penney's March 24th, 2004 presentation
BOTANICAL NAME |
COMMON NAME |
LOOKS GREAT WITH |
Achillea |
Yarrow |
Alliums Campanula glomerata Echinacea purpurea Echinops Geranium "Johnsons Blue" Liatris Nepeta Pentsemons Salvia "May Night" Shasta daisy Veronica "Sunny Border Blue" |
"carpatica" - edge plant |
Alchemilla mollis Coreopsis verticillata "Moonbeam" Dianthus (Pinks) Lambs ears |
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"glomerata" |
Achillea "Moonshine" Alchemilla mollis |
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"persifolia" - taller plant |
Echinacea Shasta daisy Oenothera |
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Coreopsis |
Tickseed |
Shasta daisy Siberian iris Liatris Veronica (blue or white) |
Coreopsis "verticallata" Moonbeam |
Campanula carpatica (blue) Delphinium grandiflora "Butterfly Blue" Gaillardia Liatris Leucanthemum superbum "snowcap Siberian iris Veronica (blue or white) |
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Dianthus |
Pinks |
Moonbeam Coreopsis Campanula carpatica Lambs Ears Salvia "May Night" |
Gypsophilia |
Babys Breath |
Roses Echinacea Malva Rudbeckia Salvia |
Malva alcea |
Hollyhock Mallow |
Coreopsis Daylily (yeIlow) Foxgloves Garden phlox Nepeta (Catmint) Salvia "May Night" Shasta daisy Platycodon Veronica |
Nepeta |
Catmint |
Coreopsis "Moonbeam" Dianthus Echinacea Ladys Mantle |
Oenothera |
Evening Primrose |
Campanula glomerata Siberian iris Shasta daisy |
Rudbeckia |
Black Eyed Susan |
Boltonia Echinacea Garden Phlox Goldenrod Miscanthus sinensis "Strictus" New England Aster Ornamental grasses "Pennisetum - Fountain Grass" Russian Sage Sedum "Autumn Joy" Veronica "Sunny Border Blue" |
Salvia |
Sage |
Salvias look great with cool pinks, purples, and grays. Aichillea "Moonshine" Artemesia Asclepia "Butterfly weed" Centaurea Montana Daylily "Happy Returns" Daylily "Stella doro" Dianthus "Cheddar Pinks" Echinacea purpurea Echinops (Globe Thistle) Geranium "Wargrave Pink" Helenium Leucanthemum superbum "Snowcap" |
Scabiosa |
Pincushion flower |
Asclepia "ButterfIy Weed" Coreopsis Daylilies Heliopsis |
Veronica |
Speedwell |
Achillea Moonshine" Asclepias tuberosa "ButterfIy Weed" |
Veronica "sunny border blue" 18-24 inches |
Coreopsis Echinacea purpurea Pennisetum Alopecuroides "Fountain Grass" |
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Veronica "goodness grows" 12 inches |
Phlox Rudbeckia "Goldstrum" Shasta daisy |
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OTHER BLOOMING PERENNIALS |
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BOTANICAL NAME |
COMMON NAME |
LOOKS GREAT WITH |
Alchemilla |
Lady Mantle |
Astilbe Campanula carpatica G Persifolia Foxglove Nepeta (Catmint) Salvia (May Night) Siberiari iris |
Delphinium |
Achillea (Yarrows) Daylilies Echinacea Gypsophilia Heliopsis "Summer Sun" Irises Monarda |
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Digitalis |
Foxglove |
Aruncus (Goatsbeard) Astilbe Bugbane (Cimicifuga spp) Campanula glomerata Campanula persifolia Dicentra (Bleeding Heart) Ferns Hostas |
Echinacea |
Purple Coneflower |
Achillea (Yarrow) Asclepias (Butterfly Weed) Babys Breath Balloon flower (Platycodon) Delphinium Liatris Monarda (Pink) Phlox Oriental "Stargazer Lily Salvia Shasta daisies Veronica |
Gaillardia |
Blanket Flower |
Asclepias (Butterfly Weed) Alchillea "Coronation Gold" Coreopsis Daylily "Stella dOro" Heuchera t Beils" Monarda (Red) Ornamental grasses |
Leucanthemum superbum |
Shasta daisy |
Coreopsis Delphinium grandiflora "Butterfly blue" Hemerocallis "Happy Returns" Hemerocallis "SteIla dOro" Phlox Siberian iris |
Liatris |
Blazing Star |
Achilleas (Yarrows) Asclepias (Butterfly Weed) Echinacea purpurea Frikarts Aster Ornamental Grasses Phlox Shasta daisy |
Monarda |
Bee Balm |
Echinacea (White Swan) Delphiniums Nepeta Phlox Salvia "May Night" |
Phlox |
Achillea Babys Breath Daylilies Echinacea Liatris Platycodon (Balloon Flower) Rudbeckia Salvia "May Night" Shasta daisy Russian sage |
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Sedum |
Echinaceci purpurea Golden Rod Rudbeckia "Goldstrum" Russian Sage Ornamental grasses |