2008 Perennials
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SQUIRE HOUSE GARDENS PLANT PAGES
Featured perennial plants: A   B-D    E-H    I-P    R-V    back to the  nursery

Agastche'Red Fortune'


Amsonia 'Blue Ice'


Aster laevis 'Bluebird'


Aster o. 'Ocktober Skies'


Athyrium o. 'Okanum'


 
Aconitum fischerii            Monkshood
Glossy foliage, blue flowers late summer-fall, attractive show of color at the end of the season.

Actaea racemosa              ‘Pink Spike’ Snakeroot
Formerly known as the Cimicifuga family, tall wands of flowers in August - September.

Adiantum pedatum            Northern Maidenhair Fern
Beautiful fern native to maple-basswood forests of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Shade- part shade. 18" tall.

Agastache ‘Red Fortune’   Anise Hyssop
New hybrid with deep rose flower spikes June-frost, attracts butterflies & hummingbirds.

Amsonia x 'Blue Ice'            Blue Star
Compact, long-bloomingblue flowers, yellow fall foliage

Amsonia hubrechtii             Narrow Leaf Blue Star
Willowy foliage with tiny pale blue spring flowers, golden yellow fall color, outstanding in our late summer border at Squire House Gardens.

Anemone sylvestris             Snowdrop Anemone
Pure white flowers in late spring, small 12” plants.

Aralia racemosa                   American Spikenard
Semi-woody member of the ginseng family, native to woods in southern Minnesota & Wisconsin. Grows tall to 48".

Aruncus aethusifolius         Dwarf Goat's Beard
Interesting fern-like foliage, 12", creamy white flowers midsummer

Asarum europeaum              European Ginger
Glossy, dark-green leavens, 8" groundcover plant for shade

Aster fendleri                        'My Antonia' Fendler's Aster
White daisy-like flowers in late summer, 18"

Aster laevis 'Bluebird'          Smooth Aster
Clusters of violet-blue flowers in late summer-fall, tall 36-48"

Aster  olongifolius 'October Skies'             Aromatic Aster
15-18", showy blue-lavendar flowers, late to bloom

Astrantia 'Abbey Road'        Masterwort
Dark wine red flowers, vigorous grower 18", part shade


Astrantia 'Star of Heaven'    Masterwort
Green and white flowers, lacy foliage 24", part shade

Athyrium 'Branford Beauty'       Branford Beauty Fern
Hybrid of Japanese Painted Fern and Lady Fern, silver fronds w/ red stems, 24" shade

Athyrium 'Ghost'                   Ghost Fern
Hybrid fern, upright form with silver leaves, 24-36", shade

Athyrium otophorum 'Okanum'    Eared Asian Lady Fern
18", silvery fronds, red stems, lacy foliage                                                           
 

  Astrantia 'Star of Heaven