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Hallson Gardens :: Perennials :: Perennial plants for the sun
This is a listing of perennials for the sunny garden by botanical name. Soil and moisture conditions should also be taken into account when choosing plants, but this will help narrow your search for plants that are primarily considered sun plants.
Also be sure to check out Bearded Iris, Daylilies (Hemerocallis) and Lilies (Lilium).
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Perennial plants for the sun
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Achillea 'Saucy Seduction'
Achillea 'Saucy Seduction' (PP#20782) is a brightly colored yarrow with sturdy, compact stems and an upright habit with fuchsia pink flowers that age to medium pink. It grows 18 to 24" high and loves it in the hot, dry sun garden.
Price: $7.75
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| Price: | $7.00 |
Availability: Ships late March through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: 3rd year field grown plant shipped bare root
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Achillea 'Strawberry Seduction'
Achillea 'Strawberry Seduction' (PP#18401) is a newer yarrow with sturdy, compact stems and a nice upright habit with strawberry red flowers around a gold center. It grows 18 to 24" high and works great in the hot, dry sun garden.
Price: $7.75
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| Price: | $7.00 |
Availability: Ships late March through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: 3rd year field grown clump
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Achillea' Sunny Seduction'
Achillea 'Sunny Seduction' (PP#20808) is a cheerful newer yarrow with sturdy, compact stems and a nice upright habit with lemon to pastel yellow flowers around a gold center. It grows 18 to 24" high and flowers for several weeks in the hot, dry sun garden.
Price: $7.75
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| Price: | $7.00 |
Availability: Ships late March through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: 3rd year field grown clump
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Acorus calamus 'Variegatus'
Acorus c. 'Variegatus', variegated sweet flag grass, has long, narrow, 24 - 36" tall iris-like foliage that is green with creamy white vertical stripes. It prefers rich, moist to wet soil for best growth but is adaptable to any good garden conditions.
Price: $7.25
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3-4
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Availability: Ships late March through May
Plant Size: Multi-fan rhizome, freshly dug and shipped bare root
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Agastache 'Blue Fortune'
Agastache 'Blue Fortune' is a wonderful plant for the summer garden with 36" tall bluish-lavender flower spikes over anise scented foliage from July to September. It goes well with yellow flowers for a bright contrast or with pinks for a pastel combination.
Price: $7.75
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| Price: | $7.00 |
Availability: Ships late March through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: 3rd year field grown plant shipped bare root
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Allium 'Summer Beauty'
Allium 'Summer Beauty' is a long blooming, large flowering ornamental onion with 1 1/2" lavender-purple pom-poms above shiny, dark green, strap-like foliage. It grows 18 to 20" high and blooms from mid-June through July.
Price: $7.75
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| Price: | $7.25 |
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Availability: Ships April through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: 2 to 3 fan clump, freshly dug and shipped bare root
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Allium senescens
Allium senescens, known as German garlic, has thin green blades that grow vertically with a little bit of a twist, forming a clump like a miniature daylily. In late summer each clump is covered with lavender, pom-pom shaped blooms.
Price: $6.75
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| Price: | $6.00 |
Availability: Ships April through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: Field grown clump, freshly dug and shipped bare root
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Allium senescens var. 'Glaucum'
Allium senescens var. 'Glaucum', curly allium, has very attractive foliage made up of fine blue-gray blades that form a swirling pattern. In late summer each clump is covered with lavender blooms and they make an excellent border plant in the hot sunny garden.
Price: $7.75
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Availability: Ships April through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: Field grown clump, freshly dug and shipped bare root
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Amsonia 'Blue Ice'
Amsonia 'Blue Ice' is a short selection of Amsonia with navy blue buds that open to light periwinkle blue flowers in early summer. It grows 12 to 16" high and works well as a natural looking border plant in the well-drained, sunny garden.
Price: $7.75
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| Price: | $7.00 |
Availability: Ships April through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: Field grown plant, freshly dug and shipped bare root
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Amsonia hubrichtii
Amsonia hubrichtii is a narrow leaf willow blue star with bluish-green, ferny foliage that is covered with light blue star shaped flowers in early summer. After flowering the clumps grow up to 36" high and the foliage turns bright yellow in fall.
Price: $7.75
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| Price: | $7.00 |
Availability: Ships April through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: Field grown plant, freshly dug and shipped bare root
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Asclepias tuberosa
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed) has flat orange flower clusters that bloom in early to mid summer at the tops of tall stems with green, lance shaped foliage. In Michigan they grow wild along hot and dry, sandy banks and slopes.
Price: $7.00
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| Price: | $6.50 |
Availability: Ships late March through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: 3rd year field grown plant shipped bare root
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Aster 'Alert'
Aster novi-belgii 'Alert' is a floriferous, compact aster growing 12 to 15" tall with richly colored, purplish-red flowers from late summer into fall.
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| Price: | $7.00 |
Availability: Ships April through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: Field grown plant shipped bare root
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Aster 'October Skies'
Aster o. 'October Skies' is a large clumping plant making a nearly perfect mound of fine foliage that is covered with many small, purplish-blue flowers in the fall.
Price: $7.75
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3-4
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5-9
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| Price: | $7.25 |
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$6.00 |
Availability: Ships April through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: Field grown clump, freshly dug and shipped bare root
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Aster 'Wood's Light Blue'
Aster d. 'Wood's Light Blue' is a relatively compact aster that spreads to form a dense mound and in the fall it is covered with many light bluish-purple, daisy like flowers.
Price: $7.75
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| Price: | $7.00 |
Availability: Ships April through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: Field grown plant shipped bare root
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Aster 'Wood's Purple'
Aster d. 'Wood's Purple' is a relatively compact aster that spreads to form a dense mound and in the fall it is covered with many light purple, daisy like flowers.
Price: $7.75
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| Price: | $7.00 |
Availability: Ships late March through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: Field grown plant shipped bare root
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Baptisia 'Blueberry Sundae'
Baptisia 'Blueberry Sundae' (PPAF) is an improvement over the species with dense clusters of vibrant, deep indigo blue flowers on a compact, upright mound. It grows 3' high and 2 to 3' wide. It is a Proven Winners ® perennial selection.
Price: $12.75
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| Price: | $11.75 |
Availability: Ships late March into May and again after mid September
Plant Size: 2 - 3 eye plants, freshly dug and shipped bare root
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Baptisia 'Dutch Chocolate'
Baptisia 'Dutch Chocolate' (PPAF) has uniquely colored chocolate-purple flowers with a slight yellow midrib, flowering in early summer on long spikes over a mound of blue-green foliage that grows 3' high and 2 to 3' wide.
Price: $12.75
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| Price: | $11.75 |
Availability: Ships late March into May and again after mid September
Plant Size: 3+ eye plants, freshly dug and shipped bare root
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Baptisia 'Lemon Meringue'
Baptisia 'Lemon Meringue' (PPAF) is a wonderful, vigorous selection with brightly colored lemon yellow flowers in early summer on long spikes over a mound of blue-green foliage that grows 3' high and 3' wide.
Price: $12.75
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| Price: | $11.75 |
Availability: Ships late March into May and again after mid September
Plant Size: 3+ eye plants, freshly dug and shipped bare root
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Baptisia 'Purple Smoke'
Baptisia 'Purple Smoke' is an older but still one of the best Baptisia with profuse bluish-purple flowers in early summer on tall spikes over a large mound of blue-green foliage that grows 3 - 4' high and wide.
Price: $10.75
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| Price: | $10.00 |
Availability: Ships late March into May and again after mid September
Plant Size: Huge 5 to 7 eye plants, freshly dug and shipped bare root
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Baptisia 'Twilite Prairieblues'
Baptisia 'Twilite Prairieblues' ( PP#19011) is a hybrid Baptisia with smoky purple flowers with a yellow midrib, blooming in early summer on 2' long spikes over a huge mound of blue-green foliage. This is a very large Baptisia creating a 4' x 5' clump.
Price: $10.75
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| Price: | $10.00 |
Availability: Ships late March into May and again after mid September
Plant Size: 3rd year field grown clumps, freshly dug and shipped bare root
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Baptisia australis
Baptisia australis is a large, shrub-like perennial with purplish-blue flowers in early summer on 2' tall spikes over bushy mounds of soft, blue-green foliage. Each clump grows about 3' tall by 3' wide and makes a nice background plant in the sunny garden.
Price: $7.75
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| Price: | $7.00 |
Availability: Ships late March into May and again after mid September
Plant Size: 3 year old field growth plant with 2 to 3 eyes
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Belamcanda chinensis
Belamcanda chinensis, blackberry lily, is a great plant for either the sunny or shady garden. It has iris-like foliage topped with orange, spotted flowers in summer on 24 to 36" stems followed by large pods which open to reveal blackberry-like seeds.
Price: $6.75
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| Price: | $6.25 |
$5.75 |
Availability: Ships late March through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: Field grown clump shipped bare root
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Belamcanda chinensis 'Freckle Face'
Belamcanda chinensis 'Freckle Face' has 2" brilliant orange blossoms with shading and speckling above green, iris-like foliage. The flowers reach about 24" high and are followed by interesting black seed clusters. Grow it in sun or shade.
Price: $7.75
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Availability: Ships late March through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: Field grown plant shipped bare root
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Belamcanda chinensis 'Hello Yellow'
Belamcanda chinensis 'Hello Yellow' has yellow, unspotted flowers that bloom above compact, blue-green, iris-like foliage. The flowers reach about 18" high so they are much shorter than the species and work well towards the border in the sun OR shade garden.
Price: $7.75
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| Price: | $7.00 |
Availability: Ships late March through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: Field grown plant shipped bare root
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Caryopteris 'Snow Fairy'
Caryopteris 'Snow Fairy' is an herbaceous perennial with green leaves edged in pure white forming a beautiful 36" clump. In the fall it is covered with many tiny blue, orchid-like flowers though its main appeal is from its fantastic variegation.
Price: $8.75
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| Price: | $8.00 |
Availability: Ships April through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: Field grown plants, freshly dug and shipped bare root
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Centaurea 'Amethyst in Snow'
Centaurea 'Amethyst in Snow' (PP#18284) is a vigorous perennial with gray-green leaves and beautiful white petaled, royal purple centered flowers blooming for several weeks in the summer.
Price: $8.75
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| Price: | $8.00 |
Availability: Ships April through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: Field grown clumps, freshly dug and shipped bare root
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Centaurea 'Gold Bullion' PP#10865
Centaurea 'Gold Bullion' forms a basal clump of electric yellow foliage that is topped with rich, bluish-purple flowers on 15" stems in summer for a beautiful contrast. The foliage greens up a bit after blooming but new growth is always bright yellow.
Price: $7.75
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| Price: | $7.00 |
Availability: Ships April through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: Field grown plant, freshly dug and shipped bare root
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Ceratostigma plumbaginoides (plumbago)
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides (plumbago) is a creeping groundcover for sun to part shade with deep green leaves that are topped with deep blue flowers in late summer into fall. The leaves turn red-orange after frost for great autumn color.
Price: $6.75
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| Price: | $6.25 |
Availability: Ships April through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: Field grown plants, freshly dug and shipped bare root
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Chelone glabra
Chelone glabra (white turtlehead) has white flowers, often tinged with pink, blooming in late summer on 36" upright stems with glossy, deep green serrated foliage. These native plants are attractive to hummingbirds and need rich, moist soil for best growth.
Price: $6.75
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| Price: | $6.00 |
Availability: Ships late March through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: Field grown plant with 2 to 3 growth points, freshly dug and shipped bare root
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Chelone obliqua
Chelone obliqua (pink turtlehead) has bright lilac-pink blossoms in late summer on 36" upright stems with deep green serrated foliage. They have wonderful unique blossoms that are attractive to hummingbirds. Give them rich, moist soil for best growth.
Price: $7.75
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| Price: | $7.00 |
Availability: Ships late March through May and again after mid September
Plant Size: Field grown clump with 3 to 5 growth points
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