Perennials

Gardening Guide

Perennials

Yarrow

Achillea sp.
Reliable heat and drought tolerant perennial with brightly colored flower clusters in shades of red, white and yellow. Very handsome, lacy, fern-like foliage. Excellent for borders, provides vigorous summer color. Attracts butterflies.

2-3' tall x 1-2' wide

Full sun to part shade

Tropical Yellow Canna

Canna ‘Tropical Yellow’
Very large, bright yellow blooms begin in mid-summer and continue until frost. This variety is a smaller growing and more compact. Perfect for mixed containers or mixed flower borders. Great textural addition to the landscape.

30' tall x 30' wide

Full sun to part shade

Plumbago

Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Long-blooming favorite displays a mat-forming habit which makes this a great groundcover. Periwinkle blue, star-shaped flowers appear in summer and last until frost. In fall, the rich green foliage changes to bronze-red.

18-24" tall x 24" wide

Full sun to part shade

Cheyenne Spirit Coneflower

Echinacea ‘Cheyenne Spirit’
Bold, summer blooming perennial with flowers in rich shades of tomato red, orange, magenta, golden yellow, and white. Excellent in borders, as a cut flower and in herb and butterfly gardens.

24-30" tall x 18-24" wide

Full sun to part shade

Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea
Large, rosy-purple flowers bloom all summer. Good for borders, massing, cut flowers, butterfly gardens and natural gardens. A staple of the perennial garden.

24-30" tall x 18-24" wide

Full sun to part shade

Stella de Oro Daylily

Hemerocallis ‘Stella de Oro’
Vigorous perennial that forms clumps of strap-like foliage. Creamy-yellow, fragrant flowers with golden throats cover the plant early to midseason. One of the most popular daylilies on the market. Bloom all summer.

18-24" tall x 24" wide

Full sun to part shade

St. John’s Wort

Hypericum kalmianum
Mounded shrubby perennial with blue green foliage. Bright yellow flowers cover the plant in July to mid August. Good plant for mixed borders and fountain plantings.

2-3' tall x 2-3' wide

Full sun to part shade

Red Turk’s Cap

Malvaviscus drummondii
Showy red flowers that never completely open appear from late spring to fall. Excellent shrub-like perennial for the back of the border. Popular, old-time favorite. Tolerant of heat and humidity and is easy to grow.

3-5' tall x 3-5' wide

Full sun to part shade

John Fanick Phlox

Phlox paniculata ‘John Fanick’
Heat tolerant Phlox that was discovered in San Antonio. In summer, showy clusters of pink flowers, each with a darker pink eye, cover the foliage and bloom over a long period. Excellent disease resistance. Attracts butterflies.

2-3' tall x 1-2' wide

Full sun to part shade

Pink Thrift

Phlox subulata
Evergreen, low growing, mounding perennial with bright green, fine textured, needle-like foliage. Bears a profusion of small, bright pink, blue or white flowers that literally cover the foliage, in spring. Fine rock garden plant, groundcover or edging.

4-6" tall x 12" wide

Full sun to part shade