| Annuals, Biennials, Bulbs (most spring flowering) |
- amaranth
- baby's breath (annual)
- begonia (wax leaf)
- calendula
- canna
- cosmos
- dianthus (annual pink)
- digitalis
- dusty miller
- flowering tobacco (Nicotiana)
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- four o'clocks
- gazania
- geranium
- gloriosa daisy (annual Rudbeckia)
- lantana
- marigold
- Mexican sunflower (Tithonia)
- morning glory
- periwinkle (annual vinca)
- petunia
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- phlox (annual)
- purple fountain grass (Pennisetum)
- rose moss (Portulaca)
- spider flower (Cleome)
- statice (Limonium)
- strawflower
- sweet alyssum
- verbena
- zinnia (Profusion series especially)
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| Perennials, Grasses (G) (USDA hardiness zones will vary with species and cultivar) |
- Achillea (Yarrow)
- Agastache (Anise Hyssop)
- Alcea (Mallow)
- Amsonia (Blue Stars)
- Artemisia (Wormwood)
- Asclepias (Butterfly Flower)
- Baptisia (False Indigo)
- Calamagrostis (Feather Reed Grass, G)
- Calluna (Heather)
- Carex (Sedge, G)
- Chrysogonum (Goldenstar)
- Coreopsis (Tickseed)
- Delosperma (Hardy Ice Plant)
- Dianthus (Pinks)
- Echinacea (Coneflower)
- Erianthus (Plume Grass, 6)
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- Festuca (Blue Fescue, G)
- Fragaria (Strawberry)
- Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)
- Gaura (Wandflower)
- Geranium (sanguineum, Perennial G.)
- Gypsophila (Baby's Breath)
- Helleborus (Hellebore)
- Hemerocallis (Daylily)
- Hosta (Plantain Lily, shade)
- Lamium (Dead Nettle)
- Lavandula (Lavender)
- Liatris (Blazing Star)
- Lupinus (Lupine)
- Miscanthus (Eulalia, G)
- Nepeta (Catmint)
- Oenothera (Evening Primrose)
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- Panicum (Switch Grass, G)
- Papaver (Poppy)
- Pennisetum (Foxtail Grass, G)
- Paeonia (Peony)
- Penstemon (Beard tongue)
- Perovskia (Russian Sage)
- Phlox (subulata, Ground P.)
- Rudbeckia (Black eyed Daisy)
- Salvia (Perennial Sage)
- Sedum (Sedum)
- Sempervivum (Hens and Chicks)
- Stachys (Lamb's Ears)
- Thymus (Thyme)
- Verbascum (Mullein)
- Vinca (Periwinkle)
- Yucca (Adam's Needle)
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| Shrubs, Vines (V) (E=evergreen) |
- Aristolochia (Dutchman's Pipe, V)
- Aronia (Red Chokeberry)
- Buddleia (Butterfly Bush)
- Campsis (Trumpetcreeper, V)
- Caryopteris (Bluemist Spirea)
- Chaenomeles (Flowering Quince)
- Clematis (Sweet Autumn Clematis, V)
- Clethra (Carolina Allspice)
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- Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster, E)
- Cytisus (Scotch Broom, E)
- Hamameles (Witch Hazel)
- Itea (Virginia Sweetspire)
- Juniperus (Juniper, E)
- Lonicera (Honeysuckle, V)
- Microbiota (Russian Arborvitae, E)
- Myrica (Bayberry)
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- Parthenocissus (Virginia creeper, V.)
- Potentilla (Cinquefoil)
- Rosa (Rose, many species/shrub types)
- Taxus (Yew, E)
- Viburnum (dentatum, Arrowwood V.)
- Weigela (Old-fashioned Weigela)
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| Trees (E=evergreen) |
- White fir (Abies concolor, E)
- Box Elder (Acer negundo)
- Gray Birch (Betula populifolia)
- Cedars (Cedrus, E)
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- Hackberry (Celtis)
- Spruces (Picea, E)
- Pines (Pinus, E)
- Oaks (Quercus)
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- Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)
- Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
- White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis, E)
- Elms (Ulmus)
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By Dr. Leonard P. Perry, Extension Professor
University of Vermont Extension
Department of Plant and Soil Science |
