PLANT INDEX by BOTANICAL NAME

Organized by sub-categories:

Annuals, Biennials, Perennials, Grasses, Climbers, Native Plants

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ANNUALS

• Argemone polyanthemos syn. A. platyceras ~ Crested Prickly Poppy

BIENNIALS

• A

• Anchusa azurea ~ Anchusa Cultivar ‘Dropmore Blue’

• C

• Corydalis aurea ~ Yellow Corydalis

• D

• Dianthus barbatus var. nigrescens ~Black Sweet William ‘Sooty’

• E

• Erysimum allionii syn. Cheiranthus allionii  ~ Siberian Wallflower

• S

• Symphyandra hofmannii ~ Syn. Campanula hofmannii ~ Ringed Bellflower

• V

• Verbascum blattaria albiflorum ~ White Moth Mullein

PERENNIALS

• A

• Aceriphyllum rossii syn. Mukdenia rossii ~ Mukdenia
• Achillea filipendulina ~ Fernleaf Yarrow ‘Cloth of Gold’
• Achillea millefolium v. rubra ~ Red-Flowered Yarrow ‘Cassis’ & ‘Cerise Queen’
• Achillea sibirica var. camtschatica ~ Kamchatka Yarrow ‘Love Parade’
• Achillea tomentosa ~ Woolly Yarrow
• Aconitum carmichaelii ‘arendsii’ ~ Autumn Monkshood
• Aconitum cammarum x spicatum ~ Monkshood Cultivar ‘Stainless Steel’
• Aconitum lycoctonum  ~ syn. Aconitum lamarckii ~ Yellow Monkshood, Yellow Wolfsbane
• Aconitum lamarckii ~ syn. Aconitum lycoctonum ~ Yellow Monkshood, Yellow Wolfsbane
• Aegopodium podagraria ‘variegata’ ~ Bishop’s Goutwort
• Allium christophii ~ Star-of-Persia Ornamental Onion
• Althaea officinalis ~ Marsh Mallow
• Anacyclus pyrethrum ssp. depressus ~ Mount Atlas Daisy
• Aquilegia alpina ~ Alpine Columbine (European)
• Aquilegia vulgaris var. nivea ~ ‘Munstead White’ Columbine (Granny’s Bonnet/Short-Spurred)
• Asarum europaeum ~ European Wild Ginger

• B

• Brunnera macrophylla ~ Summer Forget-Me-Not, Siberian Bugloss

• C

• Campanula cochlearifolia ~ Fairies’ Thimble Bellflower
• Centaurea macrocephala ~ Yellow Globe Cornflower
• Centaurea montana ~ Perennial Cornflower, Mountain Bluet
• Cephalaria tchihatchewii – Tchihatchev’s Cephalaria
• Convallaria majalis ~ Lily-of-the-Valley
• Convallaria majalis ‘striata’, ‘rosea’, and ‘prolificans’ –  Striped, Rose-Coloured and Double-Flowered Lily-of-the-Valley – see Convallaria majalis
• Crambe cordifolia ~ Giant Crambe

• D

• Delphinium bicolor ~ Low Larkspur, Little Larkspur
• Delphinium x elatum hybrids ~ ‘New Millennium’ New Zealand Delphiniums

• E

• Echinops ritro ~ Blue Globe Thistle
• Eryngium planum ~ Sea Holly ‘Blue Cap’
• Euphorbia polychroma syn. epithymoides ~ Cushion Spurge, Yellow Garden Spurge

• F

• G

• Geranium argenteum ~ Silvery Geranium
• Geum triflorum ~ Prairie Smoke, Nodding Avens

• H

• I

• Iris foetidissima ~ Gladwin Iris

• J

• K

• L

• Lathyrus latifolius ~ Perennial Sweet Pea – ‘Red Pearl’, ‘Rose Pearl’, ‘Pink Beauty’, ‘White Pearl’
• Leontopodium alpinum ~Alpine Edelweiss
• Leucanthemum x superbum ~ Shasta Daisy
• Lewisia rediviva ~ Bitterroot
• Lychnis chalcedonica ~ Maltese Cross – Scarlet, ‘Morgenrote’/’Dusky Salmon’, ‘Raureif’/’Snowbird’
• Lysichiton americanus ~ Yellow/Western Skunk Cabbage
• Lysichiton camtschatcensis ~ White/Asian Skunk Cabbage
• Lysimachia punctata  ~ Dotted Loosestrife, Yellow Loosestrife, including cultivars ‘Alexander’ and ‘Golden Alexander’

• M

• Malva moschata ‘alba’ and ‘rosea’ ~ Musk Mallow – ‘Appleblossom’, ‘Rose Perfection’, ‘White Perfection’
• Monarda fistulosa ~ Wild Bergamot, Lilac Bee Balm
• Mukdenia rossii syn. Aceriphyllum rossii ~ Mukdenia
• Myrrhis odorata  ~ Sweet Cicely

• N

• O

• P

• Penstemon digitalis  ~ ‘Mystica’ Penstemon
• Penstemon fruticosus var. scouleri ~ Shrubby Penstemon
• Penstemon hirsutus  ~ Eastern Penstemon, Hairy Penstemon
• Petasites frigidus var. nivalis ~ Sweet Coltsfoot, Alpine Coltsfoot, Arctic Butterbur
• Petasites frigidus var. palmatus ~ Palmate Coltsfoot
• Petasites sagittatus ~ Arrow-Leaved Coltsfoot
• Phlomis tuberosa ~Tuberous Jerusalem Sage
• Physalis alkekengi (syn. franchetii) ~ Chinese Lanterns
• Physostegia virginiana ‘variegata’ ~ Variegated Obedient Plant
• Polemonium pauciflorum ~ Yellow Jacob’s Ladder
• Polemonium pulcherrimum ~ Showy Jacob’s Ladder

• Q

• R

• Ranunculus glaberrimus ~ Sagebrush Buttercup

• S

• Salvia pratensis ~ Meadow Clary Sage, including ‘Meadow Ballet’ cultivars
• Salvia transylvanica ~ Transylvanian Sage ‘Blue Cloud’
• Silene dioica aurea  ~ ‘Ray’s Golden Campion’

• T

• Tanacetum macrophyllum ~ Big-Leaf White Tansy, Rayed Tansy
• Trachystemon orientalis ~ Oriental Borage

• U

• V

• Vernonia noveboracensis ~ New York Ironweed
• Viola elatior ~ Tall Woodland Violet
• Viola jooi  ~ Transylvanian Violet
• Viola labradorica purpurea syn. Viola riviniana ‘Purpurea Group’ ~ Labrador Violet

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

CLIMBERS

• Lathyrus latifolius ~ Perennial Sweet Pea – ‘Red Pearl’, ‘Rose Pearl’, ‘Pink Beauty’, ‘White Pearl’

NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN PLANTS

• Argemone polyanthemos syn. A. platyceras ~ Crested Prickly Poppy
• Corallorhiza striata ~ Striped Coral-root
• Corydalis aurea ~ Yellow Corydalis
• Delphinium bicolor ~ Low Larkspur, Little Larkspur
• Geum triflorum ~ Prairie Smoke, Nodding Avens
• Lewisia rediviva ~ Bitterroot
• Lysichiton americanus ~ Yellow/Western Skunk Cabbage
• Mirabilis nyctaginea ~ Wild Four-O’Clocks
• Monarda fistulosa ~ Wild Bergamot, Lilac Bee Balm
• Penstemon fruticosus var. scouleri ~ Shrubby Penstemon
• Penstemon hirsutus  ~ Eastern Penstemon, Hairy Penstemon
• Petasites frigidus var. nivalis ~ Sweet Coltsfoot, Alpine Coltsfoot, Arctic Butterbur
• Petasites frigidus var. palmatus ~ Palmate Coltsfoot
• Petasites sagittatus ~ Arrow-Leaved Coltsfoot
• Polemonium pauciflorum ~ Yellow Jacob’s Ladder
• Polemonium pulcherrimum ~ Showy Jacob’s Ladder
• Ranunculus glaberrimus ~ Sagebrush Buttercup
• Vernonia noveboracensis ~ New York Ironweed
• Viola labradorica purpurea syn. Viola riviniana ‘Purpurea Group’ ~ Labrador Violet ~ possibly North American, though the species identification is currently being investigated by botanists – it may be European.