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Calamintha grandiflora ‘Variegata'

Variegated Calamint

Size: 8-10”

Hardiness: Zones 5-9
Growth Habit: Mounding clump.

Wonderfully aromatic foliage, which is dark green, splashed creamy white. Deep pink blooms all summer. Very showy. Good edging plant for herb, vegetable, or perennial gardens.

Calamintha nepeta 'Gottlieb Friedkund'

Calamint

Size : Up to 1-2'

Hardiness : Zone 4

Growth Habit : Upright, drought resistant.

Large foliage with dark flowers. Long blooming. Dark green foliage with lavender flowers.

Calamintha nepeta 'White Cloud'

Calamint

Size : 18"

Hardiness : Zones 4-7

Growth Habit : Upright, drought resistant.

Bears a multitude of tiny white two-lipped flowers all summer. Compact form, must be planted in well drained soil. Passing touch will release the delightful scent of the foliage.

Callirhoe involucrata

Poppy Mallow

Size : 6-12"

Hardiness : Zones 4-8

Growth Habit : Low growing, deeply disected dark green foliage.

Requires good drainage. Purple upright flowers from July to Sept.

Campanula carpatica 'Deep Blue Clips'

Bellflower

Size : 6-8"

Hardiness :

Growth Habit : Low mounding, clumps.

Intense, deep blue flower bells over compact plants. Good edging.

Campanula carpatica 'White Clips'

Bellflower

Size : 6-8"

Hardiness : Zones 3-7

Growth Habit : Clump-forming.

Large, white flowers flowering over several months in summer.

Campanula persicifolia 'Telham Beauty'

Bellflower

Size : 30-36"

Hardiness : Zone 4

Growth Habit : Upright.

Light blue flower bells bloom June-July on upright stems.

Campanula portenschlag. 'Birch Hybrid'

Bellflower

Size : 6-8"

Hardiness :

Growth Habit : Creeping, dwarf with upright stems and clustering flowers.

Mostly evergreen. Good creeping filler plant. Pale blue bell flowers.

Campanula portenschlagiana 'Lieselotte'

Bellflower

Size : 6"

Hardiness :

Growth Habit : Creeping habit.

Dark blue flowers.

Campanula 'Sarastro'

Bellflower

Size : 18"

Hardiness : Zones 5-9

Growth Habit : Spreads nicely. Will re-bloom 4 or 5 times per season. Large, violet-blue flowers.

Campanula trachelium

Nettle-leaved Bellflower

Size : 3'

Hardiness : Zone 4

Growth Habit : Upright, sharply toothed leaves, thick stems.

Blue to mauve flowers July - September.

Cardamine pratense 'Flore pleno'

Garden Cress

Size : 6"

Hardiness :

Growth Habit : Clump forming.

Double lilac flowers.

Cardamine trifolia

Lady Smocks

Size: 2-4”

Hardiness: Zone 5
Growth Habit: Small clumps.

Attractive evergreen foliage forms a dense, leafy carpet. Slow-spreading, clean white flowers are 6”. Small woodland plant or groundcover.

Cassia marilandida

Wild Senna

Size : 4-5'

Hardiness : Zones 6-9

Growth Habit : Erect to arching.

Very tropical with its compound leaves. Yellow pea-like flowers mid to late summer.

Centaurium erythraea

Feverwort

Size : 6-18"

Hardiness : Zone 5

Growth Habit : Flowers funnel to star shaped. Branches near top.

Rose pink flowers bloom June to Sept.

Centranthus ruber 'Coccineus'

Valerian

Size : 24-30"

Hardiness : Zones 3-7

Growth Habit : Upright and bushy.

Rose-red flowers with fleshy foliage.

Cephalaria gigantea tatarica

Giant Scabies

Size : 8'

Hardiness : Zones 3-8

Growth Habit : Clump-forming, open, airy habit.

Good with tall grasses. Bears primrose yellow pincushion flowerheads 1 1/2 – 2 1/2" in early summer.

Cerastium biebersteinii

Snow-In-The-Summer

Size : 4-8"

Hardiness :

Growth Habit : Spreading groundcover.

White flowers.

Cerastium tomentosum

Snow-In-Summer

Size : 4-5"

Hardiness: Zone 4
Growth Habit : Mat-forming.

A very useful plant for retained gardens, rock gardens, and in-between stones areas with well-drained soils. Silvery gray foliage becomes covered with tiny, white, star-like flowers June-July. Good, vigorous groundcover.

Ceratostigma plumbaginoides

Plumbago

Size: 6-10”

Hardiness: Zone 5
Growth Habit: Spreading.

Vigorous groundcover, good for difficult areas. Gentain blue flowers in late summer and early fall. Good red fall color. Good for under trees. Native to China.

Chaenorhinum origanifolium

Dwarf Snapdragon

Size : 10"

Hardiness : Zone 6

Growth Habit : Small growing.

Pale purple flowers.

Chamaemelum nobile 'Treneague'

Roman Chamomile

Size : 2-3"

Hardiness : Zone 5

Growth Habit : Non-flowering. Dense, mat-forming habit.

Requires dry soil.

Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips'

Pink Turtlehead

Size : 2-3'

Hardiness : Zones 4-7

Growth Habit : Stiff and upright.

Rose pink turtle head shaped flowers in August and September. Deep green foliage with red stems that persist most of season. Bronze green early season growth is another distinctive feature.

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Chryopsis mariana

Maryland Golden Aster

Size: 1-3'

Hardiness: Zone 4
Growth Habit:

Rich yellow daisies born on 10-12" stems of rich, silvery green foliage in September and October. Native to our local grassland, it is tolerant of a wide range of soils and moisture conditions, though it prefers dry, poor soils. As happy in a perennial border as in a ‘no maintenance' meadow. A real droughtbuster. Can be cut back or mowed early summer to maintain shorter stance. Seen locally along roadsides, beach areas, and fields. Mixes well with Asters, grasses, and Butterfly Weeds. Good East End wildflower!!

Chrysanthemum x superbum ‘Becky'

Shasta Daisy

Size: 3-4'

Hardiness: Zones 4-9

Growth Habit: Upright.

Stunning variety is later (July-September) and larger. Pristine, classic daisies are 4” wide with white petals and yellow centers over shiny, deep green leaves. Does not need staking.

Cimicifuga (Actaea) s. 'Black Negligee'

Black Negligee

Size : 2'

Hardiness : Zones 5-9

Growth Habit : Upright, lacy foliage.

White flowers over dark purplish foliage.

Cimicifuga simplex 'White Pearl'

Fairy Candles

Size : 4.5'

Hardiness :

Growth Habit : Upright.

Creamy white spike flowers blooming late summer when most others are past bloom.

Claytonia virginica

Spring Beauty

Size : 4-8"

Hardiness : Zones 5-9

Growth Habit : Low growing.

In spring up to 15 pink-tinged, white flowers are produced early to mid spring. Lance-shaped, dark green leaves. Good among ferns and woodland wildflowers. Goes dormant in summer. Rarely offered.

Convallaria majalis

Lily of the Valley

Size : 9"

Hardiness: Zones 3-8
Growth Habit : Spreading habit.

An heirloom perennial always worthy of a place in a shady yard, great understory ground cover (under trees and large shrubs). Fragrant, tiny, white nodding bells clothed by elliptical leaves in late spring. Combine with ferns, Oxalis or Asarum.

Coreopsis ‘Limerock Passion'

Tickseed

Size: 18”

Hardiness: Zone 6
Growth Habit: Open, wispy clump.

Needs well-drained soil. A sport of ‘Limerock Ruby', this plant has graceful foliage and myriad bold, lavender-pink daisy flowers with yellow centers.

Coreopsis ‘Limerock Ruby'

Tickseed

Size : 18-22"

Hardiness : Zones 4-9

Growth Habit : Upright.

Verticulated-like foliage. Abundant, large ruby red flowers with yellow centers all season. Prune early season to promote bushy plants. Very showy and useful for color an accent. Introduced by Mary Ann Faria of Limerock Farm, Rhode Island.

Coreopsis 'Moonbeam'

Tickseed

Size : 15-18"

Hardiness :

Growth Habit : Wiry bushes. Vigorous.

Pale yellow flowers.

Coreopsis alpina 'Alba'

Tickseed

Size : 4-8"

Hardiness : Zone 4

Growth Habit : Small with delicate white flowers.

Drought-resistant once established. Nice for a rock garden, alpine trough.

Coreopsis auriculata 'Nana'

Tickseed

Size : 6-8"

Hardiness : Zone 4

Growth Habit : Dwarf. Ground cover for dry sandy area.

Golden yellow flowers in late spring.

Coreopsis grandiflora 'Early Sunrise'

Tickseed

Size : 18-24"

Hardiness : Zone 4

Growth Habit : Dark green basal mounds. Double blooms.

Blooms bright gold all summer.

Coreopsis laceolata 'Goldfink'

Tickseed

Size : 10"

Hardiness : Zone 4

Growth Habit : Bushy dwarf.

Golden yellow flowers. Very slow growing.

Coreopsis rosea

Tickseed

Size : 8-10"

Hardiness : Zones 5-8

Growth Habit : Mounding.

A thread-leaf form with mauve-pink flowers all summer. Good groundcover for dry slopes.

Coreopsis rosea 'American Dream'

Tickseed

Size : 18-24"

Hardiness : Zones 4-8

Growth Habit : Clump forming.

Bright pink flowers from June to September. Average to moist areas. Attracts butterflies.

Coreopsis tripteris

Tickseed

Size : 4-8'

Hardiness : Zones 4-8

Growth Habit : Erect, stout with branched stems.

Summer to autumn bears pale yellow flowerheads. Native to the Great Plains.

Coreopsis verticillata ‘Crème Brulee'

Tickseed

Size: 20”

Hardiness: Zones 5-8

Growth Habit: Vigorous grower.

Soft yellow flowers with orange centers and bright green foliage. New variety with flowers from summer to fall. A more vigorous plant than the already dynamic “Moonbeam.” This variety blooms all along the stems, not just above. Destined to become popular.

Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam'

Tickseed

Size : 15-18"

Hardiness: Zones 4-8
Growth Habit : Wiry bushes. Vigorous.

Needs well-drained soil. Pale yellow flowers.

Coreopsis verticellata ‘Zagreb'

Thread Leaf Tickseed

Size: 8-10”

Hardiness: Zone 3

Growth Habit: Vase shaped.

Another colonizing bushy perennial more dwarf than others. Lovely, yellow flowers rise from fine textured foliage. Very tough, drought tolerant plant for full sun. Try a mix with Liatris, Nepeta or Sidalcea “Little Princess”. Prefers well-drained soil. Blooms June through October if deadheaded.

Coreopsis x 'Limerock Ruby'

Tickseed

Size : 18-22"

Hardiness : Zones 4-9

Growth Habit : Upright.

Verticulated-like foliage. Abundant, large ruby red flowers with yellow centers all season.

Corydalis cheilanthifolia

Yellow Bleeding Heart

Size : 10-12"

Hardiness : Zones 5-8

Growth Habit : Rosette-forming.

Fern-like leaves of gray-green form leathery rosette. Pale yellow flowers all season.

Crambe maritima

Sea Kale

Size : 2'

Hardiness : Zones 5-8

Growth Habit : Mounding habit.

Glossy, blue leaves. Supreme drought resistance! Great texture leaves for sandy, well-drained soil. Sprays of delicate starry, gypsophila-like flowers in summer.