Blooming color by season

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Blooming Color By Season

by Laura Pottorff, Colorado State University Cooperative Extension commercial greenhouse agent, Adams County References: Cooperative Extension fact sheets, 7.418, Small Deciduous Trees, and 7.419, Large Deciduous Trees and Best Perennials for the Rocky Mountains and High Plains.

Examples of Perennials and Flowering Shrubs for Colorado

** The exact bloom date will vary by site (elevation and exposure) and weather conditions Very short = 1” – 6” Short = 6 – 12” Medium =1’ – 3’ Tall = > 3’

Season Plant Color Size Type of Plant

Daffodill and narcissus

Yellow and white

Very short Fall planted bulbs

Crocus Lavender and

purple

Very short Fall planted bulbs

Tulips Various Very Short Fall planted bulbs

Grape hyacinth

Muscari spp.

Purple Very short Fall planted bulbs

Forsythia

Forsythia x intermedia

Yellow Greater than 6

ft.

Flowering Shrub

Grow-low sumac

Rhus aromatica

Yellow Less than 4 ft. Flowering Shrub Pussywillow

Salix discolor

Gray Greater than

6ft Flowering Shrub Snow Drop Anemone Anemone sylvestris

White Short Herbaceous perennial Lungwort, Pulmonaria saccharata. White, Blue, Purple and Pink Short Herbaceous perennial European pasque flower, Pulsatilla vulgaris

Red Short Herbaceous

perennial Moss phlox,

Phlox subulata

Pink Very short Herbaceous

perennial Comb speedwell, Veronica pectinata Blue and Purple

Very short Herbaceous perennial Spring (March – May) Wild sweet-William, Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii Blue and Purple Short Herbaceous perennial

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Nannyberry viburnum,

Viburnum lentago

White Less than 4 ft. Flowering Shrub

Flowering quince,

Chaenomeles speciosa

Red 4- 6 ft. Flowering Shrub

Threeleaf sumac,

Rhus trilobata

Yellow 4 – 6 ft Flowering shrub

Golden Currant

Ribes aureum

Serviceberry

Amelanchier spp.

White > 6 ft Flowering shrub

Nanking cherry

Prunus tomentosa

Pink – White > 6ft Flowering Shrub Double flowering

plum

Prunus triloba

Pink > 6ft Flowering shrub

Sweet woodruff

Gallium odoratum

White Very short Herbaceous

perennial Evergreen

Candytuft,

Iberis

sempervirens

White Very Short Herbaceous

perennial

Columbine,

Aquilegia spp.

White, Pink Medium Herbaceous

perennial Jupiter’s beard,

Centranthus ruber

White, Red Medium Herbaceous

perennial Bleeding heart,

Dicentra spectabilis

White, Pink Medium Herbaceous

perennial

Iris Various Medium Herbaceous

perennial Marshall

Chamomile,

Anthemis marschalliana

Yellow Very Short Herbaceous

perennial

Yellow ice plant,

Delosperma nubigenium

perennial Dwarf bird’s foot

trefoil,

Lotus corniculatus

‘Dwarf’

Yellow Very short Herbaceous

perennial Dwarf basket of gold, Aurinai Yellow Short - Medium Herbaceous perennial

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saxitalis

‘Compacta’ Sun Rose,

Helianthemum spp.

Yellow, Pink Short Herbaceous

perennial Yellow archangel,

Lamium galeobdolon

Yellow, Pink Short Herbaceous

perennial Lupine,

Lupinus spp.

Red, Pink Medium Herbaceous

perennial Pine leaf

penstemon,

Penstemon pinnifolius

Red Medium Herbaceous

perennial

Sea thrift,

Armeria maritima

Pink Very Short Herbaceous

perennial Cheddar pink,

Dianthus ‘tiny

rubies’

perennial Bloody cranesbill,

Geranium saquineum

Pink Medium Herbaceous

perennial Columbine

meadow rue,

Thalictrum aquilegiifollium

perennial

Gas plant,

Dictamnus albus

Pink Tall Herbaceous perennial

Bugleweed,

Ajuga pyrimidalis

Blue and Purple

Very Short Herbaceous perennial Turkish veronica, Veronica liwanensis Blue and Purple

Very Short Herbaceous perennial Speedwell, Veronica penduncularis Blue and Purple Short Herbaceous perennial Siberian bugloss, Brunnera macrophylla Blue and Purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Mountain bluet. Centaurea montana Blue and Purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Solitary clematis Clematis intergrifolia Blue and Purple Medium Herbaceous perennial

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Perennial flax. Linum spp. Purple perennial Jacob’s Ladder, Polemonium caeruleum Blue and Purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Meadow Clary Salvia pratensis Blue and Purple Medium Herbaceous perennial

Blue false indigo,

Baptisia australis Blue and Purple Tall Herbaceous perennial Honey suckle, Lonicera

White Less than 4 ft Flowering Shrub Cranberry

Cotoneaster,

Contoneaster apiculatus

Pink Less than 4 ft. Flowering Shrub

Nannyberry viburnum,

Viburnum lentago

White Less than 4 ft. Flowering Shrub

Black chokecherry

White 4 – 6 ft. Flowering Shrub

‘Isanti’ dogwood,

Cornus sericea

White 4 – 6 ft Flowering Shrub

Mock orange,

Phiadelphus coronarius

Cistena plum

Prunus x cistena

Pink 4 – 6 ft Flowering shrub

Dwarf flowering almond,

Prunus glandulosa

White - Pink 4 – 6 ft. Flowering shrub

Golden Currant

Ribes aureum

Vanhoutte spirea

Spirea vanhouttei

Lilac, Syringa spp. Lavendar – blue 4 – 6 ft Flowering Shrub Weigela, Weiglea florida

Pink 4 – 6 ft Flowering Shrub

Siberian peashrub,

Caragana arboescens

Yellow > 6ft Flowering shrub

Redtwig dogwood,

Corunus sericea

White > 6ft Flowering Shrub

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Kolwitzia amabilis

Ninebark,

Physocarpus opulifolius

White >6 ft Flowering Shrub

Common chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

White > 6ft Flowering shrub

Snowball viburnum,

Viburnum opulus

‘Roseum’

White > 6ft Flowering Shrub

Sweet woodruff

Gallium odoratum

perennial Evergreen

Candytuft,

Iberis

sempervirens

White Very Short Herbaceous

perennial

Black mondograss

Ophiopgon planiscapus

perennial Stonecrop

Sedum nevii

perennial Snow Drop

Anemone

Anemone sylvestris

White Short Herbaceous perennial Carpathian harebell Campanula carpatica White, blue and purple Short Herbaceous perennial Snow in Summer Cerastium tomentosum

White Short Herbaceous perennial

Cottage pink

Dianthus plumarious

White Short Herbaceous perennial Small flowered alumroot Heuchera micrantha White and pink Short Herbaceous perennial Mexican evening primrose Oenothera speciosa White and pink Short Herbaceous perennial Summer (June – July)

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Polygonum affine pink perennial Two row sedum,

Sedum spurium White, pink and red Short Herbaceous perennial Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica

White Medium Herbaceous

perennial Columbine, Aquilegia spp. White, pink, blue, purple, yellow Medium Herbaceous perennial Jupiter’s Beard Centranthus ruber White and Red

Medium - tall Herbaceous perennial Busch clematis Clematis recta White, blue, purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Bleeding heart Dicentra spectabilis White and Pink Medium Herbaceous perennial Coneflower Echinacea purpurea White and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Meadowsweet Filipendula vulgaris

perennial Shasta daisy

Leucanthemum x superbum

perennial Kansas gayfeather

Liatris

pychnostachya

perennial Lily

Lilium spp.

Various Medium Herbaceous perennial

Garden peony

Paeonia spp.

White and pink

Medium – tall Herbaceous perennial Oriental poppy

Papaver orientale

White and orange

Medium – tall Herbaceous perennial Beard-tongue

Penstemon spp.

White, red, pink, blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Spike speedwell Veronica spicata White, pink, blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Adam’s Needle Yucca fliamentosa

White Medium – tall Herbaceous

perennial Soapweed

Yucca glauca

perennial Whirling

butterflies

Gaura

White Tall Herbaceous perennial

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lindheimeri

Giant daisy

Leucanthemella serotina

Garden phlox

Phlox paniculata

White, pink Tall Herbaceous

perennial Culver’s Root

Veronicastrum virginicum

White Tall Herbaceous perennial Marshall chamomile Anthemis marschalliana Yellow and orange

Very short Herbaceous perennial

Yellow ice plant

Delosperma nubigenum

perennial Dwarf bird’s foot

trefoil

Lotus corniculatus

Yellow and orange

Very Short Herbaceous perennial

Lychnis

Lycnhis

Yellow and organge

Very Short Herbaceous perennial Moneywort Lysimachia nummularia Yellow and orange

Very short Herbaceous perennial Lady’s mantle Alchemilla mollis Yellow and orange Short – Medium Herbaceous perennial Dwarf basket of gold Aurinia saxatilis Yellow and orange Short – Medium Herbaceous perennial Blanket flower Gaillardia x grandiflora Yellow, orange and red

Short – Medium – tall Herbaceous perennial Sun rose Helianthemum Yellow, orange, and pink Short Herbaceous perennial Ozark sundrops Oenothera macrocarpa Yellow and orange Short Herbaceous perennial Aizoon stonecrop Sedum aizoon Yellow and orange Short Herbaceous perennial Kamschatka stonecrop Sedum kamtshcaticum Yellow and orange Short Herbaceous perennial

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Achillae spp. orange, pink and red Tall perennial Sunset hyssop Agastache rupestris Yellow orange, and pink

Medium - Tall Herbaceous perennial Threadleaf coreopsis Coreopsis verticillata Yellow and orange

Medium tall Herbaceous perennial Geum Geum chiloense Yellow and orange Medium Herbaceous perennial Day lily Hemerocallis Yellow and orange

Medium – tall Herbaceous perennial Creeping St. Johnswort Hypericum calycinum Yellow and orange Medium Herbaceous perennial Red-hot poker Kniphofia uvaria Yellow and orange

Medium – tall Herbaceous perennial Pineleaf penstemon Penstemon pinifolius Yellow and red Medium Herbaceous perennial Sulphur cinquefoil Potentilla recta

Yellow Medium Herbaceous

perennial Orange

coneflower

Rudbeckia ‘Goldstrum’

perennial Lavendar cotton Santolina chamaecyparissus Yellow and orange Medium Herbaceous perennial European goldenrod Solidago virgaurea Yellow and orange Medium Herbaceous perennial Globeflower Trollius x cultorum Yellow and orange Medium Herbaceous perennial Hollyhock Alcea rugosa

Orange, pink Tall Herbaceous

perennial Globe centaurea Centaurea macrocephala Yellow and orange Medium Herbaceous perennial

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Heliopsis helianthoides

orange perennial Hairy golden aster

Heterotheca villosa Yellow and orange Tall Herbaceous perennial Large flowered evening primrose Oenothera glazioviana Yellow and orange Tall Herbaceous perennial Sticky Jerusalem sage Phlomis russeliana Yellow and orange Tall Herbaceous perennial Coral bells Heuchera sanguinea

Red Very short Herbaceous

perennial Knautia Knautia Macedonia Red and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis

perennial Maltese cross

Lychnis chalcedonica

perennial Beebalm

Monarda didyma

perennial Sea thrift

Armeria maritime

perennial Cheddar pink

Dianthus

gratianopolitanus

perennial Prairie smoke

Geum triflorum

perennial Spotted dead nettle Lamium maculatum ‘Pink Pewter’

perennial

Strawberry wood sorrel

Oxalis crassipes

‘Rosea’

perennial

Moss Phlox

Phlox subulata

Pink, blue and purple

Very Short Herbaceous perennial Hens and Chicks

Sempervivum spp

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Purple poppy mallow

Callirhoe involucrata

Pink Short Herbaceous

Perennial

Clove pink

Dianthus caryophyllus

Pink Short and

medium Herbaceous perennial Garden pink Dianthus nardiformis

perennial Cranesbill

Geranium x oxonianum

perennial Bigroot geranium

Geranium macrorhizum

Pink, blue and purple Short Herbaceous perennial Lungwort Pulmonaria saccharata

perennial Lamb’s ears

Stachys byzantina

Pink Short and

medium Herbaceous perennial Bear’s breeches Acanthus balancius

perennial Knapweed

Centaurea dealbata ‘Rosea’

perennial Sweet William

Diantus barbatus

perennial Bloody cranesbill

Geranium saguineum

perennial Tree Mallow

Lavatera thuringiaca

perennial Hollyhock mallow Malva alcea Pink Medium – Tall Herbaceous perennial Obedient plant Physotegia virginiana

perennial Pincushion flower

Scabiosa columaria

Pink, Blue and purple

Medium Herbaceous perennial

Columbine meadow rue

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Thalictrum aquilegiifolium Virginia spidewort Tradescantia virginiana

perennial

Giant

hummingbird mint

Agastache barberi

Gas plant

Ditamnus albus

Joe-pye weed

Eupatorium maculatum

Perennial baby’s breath

Gypsophila paniculata

Pink Tall Herbaceous perennial Fairies’ thimbles Campanula cochlearifolia Blue and Purple

Very Short Herbaceous perennial Creeping thyme

Thymus serpyllum

Blue and purple

Very Short Herbaceous perennial Speedwell Veronica Spp. Blue and purple Very Short - Short Herbaceous perennial Scotch bluebell Campanua rotundifolia Blue and purple Short Herbaceous perennial Crested gentian Genitana septemfida Blue and purple Short Herbaceous perennial Siberian statice Limonium gmelinii Blue and purple Short Herbaceous perennial Large selfheal Prunella grandiflora Blue and purple Short Herbaceous perennial European pasque flower Pulsatilla vulgaris Blue and purple Short Herbaceous perennial Meadow clary Salvia pratensis Blue and purple Short - Medium Herbaceous perennial Germander Teucrium spp Blue and purple Short Herbaceous perennial

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Siberian Bugloss Brunnera macrophylla Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Bellfower Camanula sp. Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Mountain bluet Centaurea montana Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Solitary clematis Clematis intergrifolia Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Broad petaled geranium Geranium platypetalum Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Tartarian statice Goniolimon tatricum Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Iris Iris spp. Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Lavendar Lavendula angustifolia Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Blazing star Liatris spicata Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Sea lavender Limonium latifolium Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Perennial flax Linum perenne Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Wild lupine Lupinus perennis Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Catmint Nepeta x faassenii Blue and purple

Medium - Tall Herbaceous perennial Balloon flower Platycodon grandiflorus Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Jacob’s ladder Polemonium caruleum Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Perennial sage Salvia x sylvestris Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Ohio spderwort Tricytris hirta Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial

Blue false indigo

Baptisia autralis

Blue and purple

Tall Herbaceous perennial

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Globe thistle Echinops ritro Blue and purple Tall Herbaceous perennial Siberian iris Iris sibirica Blue and purple Tall Herbaceous perennial Russian sage Perovskia atriplicifolia Blue and purple Tall Herbaceous perennial

Blue mist spirea

Caryopteris spp.

Blue < 4 ft Flowering shrub

Hydrangea ‘Annabelle’

Hydrangea arborecens

White < 4ft Flowering shrub

‘Lodense’ Privet

ligustrum vulare

Yellow < 4ft Flowering Shrub

Potentilla (shrubby cinquefoil)

Potentilla fruticosa

Yellow < 4 ft Flowering Shrub

‘Anthony Waterer’ Spirea

Spirea x bumalda

Pink < 4ft Flowering shrub

‘Little Princess’ Spirea

Spirea japonica

Pink < 4ft Flowering Shrub

Butterfly bush Buddleia davidii Pink – Lavendar 4 – 6 ft Flowering shrub Golden vicary privet Ligustrum x vicaryi

White 4 – 6 ft Flowering shrub

Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

Pink 4 – 6 ft Flowering Shrub

Smoketree

Continus coggygria

White – pink > 6 ft Flowering shrub

Rose of Sharon

Hibiscus syriacus

Varies > 6 ft Flowering shrub

PeeGee hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata ‘Grandiflora’

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Beautybush

Kolwitzia amablis

Pink > 6ft Flowering shrub

Cheyenne privet

Ligustrum vulagar ‘Cheyenne’

White > 6ft Flowering shrub

Golden elder

Sambucus

cnadensis ‘Aurea’

White > 6 ft Flowering shrub

Ash leaf spirea

Sorbaria sorbifolia

White > 6 ft Flowering Shrub

Creeping baby’s breath

Gypsolphila repens

perennial

Snowdrop anemone

Anemone sylvestris

Aster

Aster spp.

Carpathian harebell

Campanula carpatica

Small flowered alumroot

Heuchera micrantha

White Short Herbaceous perennial Compact Mexican evening primrose Oenothera speciosa ‘Siskiyou’ White and pink Short Herbaceous perennial Knotweed Polygonum affine White and pink Short Herbaceous perennial Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica

perennial New York Aster

Aster novi-belgii

perennial Pearly everlasting

Anaphalis margaritacea

perennial

Fall (August – October)

Boltonia

Boltonia asteroids

White Medium - Tall Herbaceous

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‘snowbank’ Jupiter’s beard Centranthus rubber White, red, pink

Medium - tall Herbaceous perennial Busch clematis

Clematis recta

perennial Coneflower Echinacea purpruea ‘White Swan’ White and pink Medium Herbaceous perennial Hosta Hosta tsushimensis

White, Medium Herbaceous

perennial Shasta daisy

Leucanthemum

White Medium - Tall Herbaceous

perennial Kansa Gayfeather

Liatris

pychnostachya

perennial Beard tongue

Penstemon spp.

White, pink, Red, blue and purple

Medium Herbaceous perennial

Hairy toad lily

Tricyrtis hirta

perennial Spike speedwell Veronica spicata White, pink blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Whirling butterflies Gaura lindheimeri

Giant daisy

Leucanthemella Serotina

White Tall Herbaceous perennial Garden Phlox Phlox paniculata White, pink, blue and purple Tall Herbaceous perennial Culver’s root Veronicastrum virginicum

Lychnis

Lychnis

Yellow or orange

Very Short Herbaceous perennial Moneywort

Lysimachia nummularia

Yellow Very short Herbaceous

perennial Blanket flower Gaillardia x Yellow, red and orange Very short – Tall Herbaceous perennial

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grandiflora

Sun Rose

Helianthemum

Yellow Short Herbaceous perennial

Ozark sundrops

Oenothera macrocarpa

Yellow Short Herbaceous

Fernleaf yarrow

Achillea filipendulina

Yellow Medium - tall Herbaceous

perennial Yarrow

Achilliea spp.

Yellow, pink, Medium Herbaceous

perennial Sunset hyssop Agastache rupestris Yellow or orange Medium Herbaceous perennial Threadleaf coreopsis Coreopsis verticillata Yellow and orange

Medium - tall Herbaceous perennial Geum Geum chiloense Yellow and orange Medium Herbaceous perennial Day lily Hemerochallis spp. Yellow and orange Medium Herbaceous perennial Creeping St. John’s wort Hypericum calycinum Yellow and orange Medium Herbaceous perennial Pineleaf penstemon Penstemon pinifolius

Yellow, red Medium Herbaceous

perennial

Sulphur cinquefoil

Potentilla recta

perennial Orange coneflower Rudbeckia fulgida sullvantii ‘Goldstrum’

perennial European Goldenrod Solidago virguarea Yellow and orange Medium Herbaceous perennial Hollyhock Alcea rugosa Yellow, orange, pink Tall Herbaceous perennial

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Heliopsis helianthoides

orange perennial Hairy golden aster

Heterotheca villosa Yellow and orange Tall Herbaceous perennial Large flowered evening primrose Oenothera glazioviana Yellow and orange Tall Herbaceous perennial Coral bells Heuchera sanquinea

Red and pink Short Herbaceous

perennial New York Aster

Aster novi-belgii

Red and pink Medium Herbaceous

perennial Knautia Knautia Macedonia Red and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis

perennial Maltese cross

Lycnis chalcedonica

perennial Beebalm

Monarda didyma

perennial Sea thrift

Armeria maritime

perennial Spotted deadnettle

Lamium maculatum

perennial Strawberry

woodsorrel

Oxalis crassipes

perennial Purple poppy

mallow

Callirhoe involucrate

perennial

Garden pink

Dianthus nardiformis

perennial Cranesbill

Geranium x oxonianum

perennial Two row sedum

Sedum spurium

perennial Lamb’s ears Stachys byzantina Pink Short – medium Herbaceous perennial

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Germander

Teucrium spp.

Pink, blue and purple

Short Herbaceous perennial

Veronica

Veronica spp.

Pink, Blue and purple

Short – Tall Herbaceous perennial Bear’s Breeches

Acanthus balcanicus

perennial Knapweed

Centaurea dealbata ‘Rosea’

perennial Coreopsis

Coreopsis spp.

Pink, yellow Medium Herbaceous

perennial Sweet William

Dianthus barbatus

perennial Showy stonecrop

Hylotelephinum spectabile

‘Autumn Glory’

perennial

Live forever

Hylotelephinum telephinum

perennial Hollyhock

mallow

Malva alcea

Pink Medium - tall Herbaceous

perennial Obedient plant

Physotegia virginia

perennial Pincushion flower

Scabiosa columbaria

perennial Virginia

spiderwort

Tradescantia virginiana

perennial

Hummingbird mint

Agastache barberi

Japanese anemone

Anemone hupehensis

Grapeleaf anemone

Anemone tomentosa

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Epilobium augustifolium perennial Joe-pye weed Eupatorium maculatum

Perennial baby’s breath

Gypsophila paniculata

Wild beebalm

Monarda fistulosa

Prairie mallow

Sidlacea spp

Bugleweed

Ajuga spp

Blue and purple

Very short Herbaceous perennial Fairies’ thimbles Campanula cochlearifolia Blue and purple

Very short Herbaceous perennial Creeping thyme

Thymus serpyllum

Blue and purple

Very short Herbaceous perennial Carpathian harebell Campanula carpatica Blue and purple Short Herbaceous perennial Scotch bluebell Campanula rotundifolia Blue and purple Short Herbaceous perennial Crested gentian Geranium septemfida Blue and purple Short Herbaceous perennial Bigroot geranium Geranium himalayense Blue and purple Short Herbaceous perennial Hosta Hosta sieboldii Blue and purple Short Herbaceous perennial Siberian statice Limonium gmelinii Blue and purple Short Herbaceous perennial Large selfheal Prunella grandiflora Blue and purple Short Herbaceous perennial Meadow clary Salvia pratensis Blue and purple Short - medium Herbaceous perennial Mountain bluet Centaurea montana Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial

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Plumbago Cerastostigma plumbaginoides Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Tube clematis Clematis heracleifolia Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Solitary clematis Clematis integrifolia Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Tatarian statice Goniolimon tataricum Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Lavendar Lavendula angustifolia Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Blazing star Liatris spicata Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Sea lavender Limonium latifolium Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Perennial flax Linum pernne Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Wild lupine Lupinus perennis Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Catmint Nepeta x faassenii Blue and purple

Medium - tall Herbaceous perennial Balloon flower Playtcodon grandiflorus Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Perennial sage Salvia x sylvestris ‘May night’ Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Ohio spiderwort Tradescantia ohioensis Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial

Hairy toad lily

Tricyrtis hirta Blue and purple Medium Herbaceous perennial Globe thistle Echinops ritro Blue and purple Tall Herbaceous perennial Russian sage Perovskia atriplicifolia Blue and purple Tall Herbaceous perennial/flowering shrub

Blue mist spirea

Caryopteris pp.

Blue < 4 ft Flowering shrub

Hyrdangea ‘Annabelle’

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Hydrangea arborescens

Potentilla

Potentilla fruticosa

Yellow < 4 ft Flowering shrub

Rose of Sharon

Hibiscus syriacus

Varies > 6 ft Flowering shrub

PeeGee Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata

‘Grandiflora’