HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS Alchemilla - Lady’s Mantle Alchemilla mollis ‘Thriller’
LADY’S MANTLE HEIGHT: PLANT USES:
12-18” (30-45 cm) Borders
BLOOMING TIME: June to August EXPOSURE/HARDINESS: Zone 3
Beautiful scalloped, fuzzy apple-green leaves form a low spreading mound. Produces sprays of tiny, yellow-green flowers. Grows well in cool, moist areas.
Allium - Ornamental Onion
Grapeleaf Anemone Millenium Ornamental Onion
Allium ‘Lavender Bubbles’
LAVENDER BUBBLES ORNAMENTAL ONION
HEIGHT: 12-14” (30-35 cm) BLOOMING TIME: August to September Borders EXPOSURE/HARDINESS: Zone 4 PLANT USES: New listing for 2022. Dark dusty purple flower globes are produced above attractive blue-green foliage. This variety blooms later than Millenium.
MILLENIUM ORNAMENTAL ONION
Allium ‘Millenium’
HEIGHT: PLANT USES:
BLOOMING TIME: July to August EXPOSURE/HARDINESS: Zone 3
15-20” (38-50 cm) Borders
A profusion of large 2” round, bright rosy-purple flower clusters appear on strong stems. Forms a compact, upright clump of green leaves. 2018 Perennial Plant of the Year.
Allium schoenoprasum ‘Snowcap’
SNOWCAP CHIVES HEIGHT: PLANT USES:
12-15” (30-38 cm) Borders
BLOOMING TIME: May to June EXPOSURE/HARDINESS: Zone 2
Snowdrop Anemone
This semi-dwarf selection features pure white, round blooms which appear above a mound of finely textured, grey-green foliage. Both the flowers and the leaves are edible.
Amsonia - Blue Star BLUE ICE BLUE STAR
Amsonia ‘Blue Ice’
HEIGHT: PLANT USES:
BLOOMING TIME: May to June EXPOSURE/HARDINESS: Zone 3
12-16” (30-40 cm) Borders
Clusters of navy blue buds open to periwinkle-blue, star-shaped flowers. Broader, bright green leaves turn yellow in fall. Forms a dense compact mound.
Anemone - Windflower SNOWDROP ANEMONE
Anemone sylvestris
HEIGHT: PLANT USES:
BLOOMING TIME: May to June EXPOSURE/HARDINESS: Zone 3
12-18” (30-45 cm) Borders, Groundcover
Blue Ice Blue Star
Delicate, nodding, pure white, fragrant flowers appear in late spring and may rebloom in fall. Quickly forms a dense patch.
GRAPELEAF ANEMONE
Anemone tomentosa ‘Robustissima’
HEIGHT: PLANT USES:
BLOOMING TIME: August to September EXPOSURE/HARDINESS: Zone 3
3-4’ (60-90 cm) Borders
The hardiest and most vigorous growing of all the fall flowering anemones. Masses of china-pink flowers are held on branching stalks above deep green foliage.
Aquilegia - Columbine ALPINE COLUMBINE
Aquilegia alpina
HEIGHT: PLANT USES:
BLOOMING TIME: May to June EXPOSURE/HARDINESS: Zone 3
18-24” (45-60 cm) Borders
Bright violet-blue flowers form over a compact mound of deep blue-green leaves.
ORIGAMI MIX COLUMBINE
Aquilegia x caerulea ‘Origami Mix’
HEIGHT: PLANT USES:
BLOOMING TIME: May to June EXPOSURE/HARDINESS: Zone 3
14-18” (35-45 cm) Borders
Alpine Columbine
Orgami Mix Columbine
Plants have a compact habit; the large, upfacing blooms are usually bi-coloured in shades of blue, pink, red, yellow or white. Remove spent flowers to promote longer blooming time.
Aquilegia canadensis ‘Little Lanterns’
LITTLE LANTERNS COLUMBINE HEIGHT: PLANT USES:
10” (25 cm)
BLOOMING TIME: May to June EXPOSURE/HARDINESS: Zone 3
Borders
This columbine has delicate, deep red and yellow nodding flowers rising above a compact mound of blue-green foliage.
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Little Lantern Columbine
