2008 Perennials
B-C-D
Campanula 'Pink Octopus'
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Featured perennial plants: A B-D E-H I-P R-V back to the nursery
Baptisia 'Carolina Moonlight' False Indigo
Soft yellow pea-like flower spikes, seedling of B. 'Purple Smoke, 48"
Bergenia 'Rosi-Klose' Pigsqueak
Shiny evergreen foliage, 18", rose flowers, moist-part shade
Boltonia asteroides 'Snowbank' Snowbank Aster
Tall growing 40", bushy form covered with white flowers in late summer
Calamintha grandiflora variegata Variegated Calamint
Low 8-12" aromatic, well-behaved member of the mint family.
Campanula p. 'Blue Waterfall' Siberian Bellflower
8-10", a cascade of cool blue, bell-shaped flowers, for sunny areas.
Campanula 'Pink Octopus' Pink Octopus Bellflower
10", soft pink lantern-like buds, open with strap-like flowers, midsummer.
Campanula 'Resholt Variety' Resholt's Bellflower
10", compact clump, covered with blue star-like flowers, good edger plant.
Carex Grayii Gray's Sedge
Carex 'Ice Dance' Variegated Sedge
Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips' Hot Lips Turtlehead
Pink flowers above sturdy green foliage, 20", tolerates shade, popular in our fall shade garden at Squire House. Good raingarden plant.
Chelone obliqua alba Turtlehead White flowers, 16-24"
Tolerates shade and moisture, native plant good for woodland garden.
Chrysanthemum 'Tigertail' Tigertail Mum
Peachy-orange flowers fade to pale yellow, outstanding in the fall garden.
Cimicifuga family Snakeroot or Bugbane
Recently relocated to the 'Actaea' family, the many varieties of Cimicifuga can be confusing. All have tall wand-like flowers in late Summer and can be a focal point in the shade or part-shade garden. We have over four varieties in our garden at Squire House, including purple-leaved selections.
Cimicifuga racemosa 'Hillside Black Beauty'
Cimicifuga ramosa 'Atropurpurea'
Cimicifuga ramosa 'Brunette'
Cimicifuga ramosa 'Pink Spike'
Coreopsis 'Crème Brulee' Tickseed
Large flat yellow flowers, vigorous and longlasting, 18-24", for sun
Dicentra 'Ivory Heart'
Dryopteris filix-mas 'Crispa Cristata'
Dryopteris 'Parsley'
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