FAVORITE PERENNIALS FOR
CUT FLOWER USE
Achillea (Yarrow)
Aconitum (Monkshood)
Agastache (Anise Hyssop)
Alchemilla (Lady’s Mantle)
Allium (Ornamental Onion)
Amorpha canescens (Lead Plant)
Amsonia (Blue Star)
Anaphalis (Pearly Everlasting)
Anchusa (Alkanet)
Anemone (Windflower)
Anthemis (Golden Marguerite)
Aquilegia (Columbine)
Arabis (Rock Cress)
Armeria (Sea Pink)
Artemisia ludoviciana (Mugwort)
Aruncus (Goatsbeard)
Asclepias (Milkweed)
Aster (Aster) – North American native Asters may also be found listed under the
following generic names : Ampelaster, Doellingeria, Eurybia, Ionactis,
Oclemena, Seriocarpus & Symphyotrichum
Astilbe (False Spirea)
Astrantia (Masterwort)
Baptisia (Wild Indigo)
Bergenia (Pigsqueak)
Boltonia asteroides (Thousand Flower Aster)
Campanula persicifolia (Peach-leaved Bellflower)
Catananche caerulea (Cupid’s Dart)
Centaurea (Perennial Cornflower)
Chelone (Turtlehead)
Chrysanthemum x morifolium (Garden Mum) – short-lived
Clematis (Clematis)
Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley)
Coreopsis (Tickseed)
Dalea candida (White Prairie Clover)
Dalea purpurea (Purple Prairie Clover)
Delphinium (Larkspur)
Dianthus (Pinks)
Dicentra (Bleeding Heart)
Dictamnus albus (Gas Plant)
Digitalis (Foxglove) – biennial
Dodecatheon (Shooting Star)
Doronicum (Leopard’s Bane)
Echinacea (Coneflower)
Echinops (Globe Thistle)
Erigeron (Fleabane)
Eryngium (Sea Holly)
Eupatorium (Joe-pye Weed) – Joe-pye Weeds may also be found listed under the following generic names: Ageratina, Conoclinium & Eutrochium
Euphorbia (Spurge)
Filipendula (Meadowsweet)
Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)
Geranium (Cranesbill)
Geum (Avens)
Goniolimon tataricum (Tatarian Sea-lavender)
Grasses
Gypsophila paniculata (Baby’s-breath)
Helenium (Helen’s Flower)
Helianthus (Sunflower)
Heliopsis helianthoides (Oxeye Sunflower)
Helleborus (Hellebore)
Hemerocallis (Daylily)
Heuchera (Coral Bell)
x Heucherella (Foamy Bells)
Hosta (Hosta)
Hyacinthus (Common Hyacinth)
Inula (Inula)
Iris (Iris)
Iris domestica / Belamcanda chinensis (Blackberry Lily)
Iris x norrisii / x Pardancanda norrisii (Candy Lily)
Knautia macedonica (Crimson Pincushion)
Kniphofia (Torch-lily) – tender
Lathyrus latifolius (Sweet Pea)
Lavandula (Lavender)
Leucanthemella serotina (Hungarian Daisy)
Leucanthemum (Shasta Daisy)
Liatris (Blazingstar)
Ligularia (Golden Ray)
Lilium (Lily)
Limonium latifolium (Wide-leaf Sea-lavender)
Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)
Lobelia siphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia)
Lunaria annua (Money Plant) – biennial
Lupinus (Lupine)
Lychnis (Campion)
Lysimachia clethroides (Gooseneck Loosestrife)
Monarda (Bee Balm)
Muscari (Grape Hyacinth)
Myosotis (Forget Me Not)
Narcissus (Daffodil)
Nepeta (Catmint)
Paeonia (Peony)
Papaver orientale (Oriental Poppy)
Penstemon (Beard-tongue)
Perovskia (Russian Sage)
Persicaria (Fleece Flower)
Phlox (Meadow Phlox-Maculata Group)
Phlox (Summer Phlox-Paniculata Group)
Physalis alkekengi (Chinese Lantern)
Physostegia virginiana (False Dragonhead)
Platycodon grandiflorus (Balloon Flower)
Polygonatum (Solomon’s Seal)
Primula (Primrose)
Ratibida pinnata (Yellow Coneflower)
Rodgersia (Roger’s-flower)
Rudbeckia (Black-eyed Susan)
Salvia (Sage)
Sanguisorba (Burnet)
Saponaria (Soapwort)
Scabiosa (Pincushion Flower)
Sedum (Stonecrop) – Stonecrops may also be found listed under the following generic names: Hylotelephium, Petrosedum, Phedimus, Rhodiola & Sinocrassula
Sidalcea (Checker Mallow) – tender
Solidago (Goldenrod) – Goldenrods may also be found listed under the following
generic names: Euthamia & Oligoneuron
x Solidaster luteus (Hybrid Goldenrod)
Stachys (Betony)
Stokesia laevis (Stoke’s Aster) – tender
Tanacetum (Painted Daisy-Coccineum Group)
Teucrium (Germander)
Thalictrum (Meadow Rue)
Thermopsis (False Lupine)
Tricyrtis (Toad Lily)
Trollius (Globeflower)
Tulipa (Tulip)
Verbascum (Mullein) – biennial
Verbena (Vervain)
Vernonia (Ironweed)
Veronica (Speedwell)
Veronicastrum (Culver’s Root)
Viola (Violet)
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