PERENNIALS FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES 



/. Perennials for autumn — yellow to orange flowers: 



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Chrysanthemum (in variety) 

 Hardy Chrysanthemum 



Helenium autumnale 

 Yellow Sneezeweed 



Helenium Riverton Beauty 

 Yellow Sneezeweed 



Kniphofia pfitzeri 

 Red-hot Poker Plant 



Solidago (in variety) 

 Goldenrod 



C. Perennials for Naturalizing in Wild Garden Areas. This 

 group contains two sub-groups showing types of perennials which are 

 valuable for naturahzing in wild garden areas. Most of these plants 

 will thrive in the open sun, as contrasted with the preceding list of 

 plants under Chapter XXVIII. 



a. Tall types: 



Actaea alba 



White Baneberry 

 Anemone pennsylvanica 



Canadian Windflower 

 Aquilegia canadensis 



American Columbine 

 Aquilegia vulgaris 



European Columbine 

 Aruncus Sylvester 



Goat's Beard 

 Asclepias tuberosa 



Butterfly Weed 

 Aster cordifolius 



Starwort Aster 

 Aster corymbosus 



Wild Aster 

 Aster ericoides 



White Heath Aster 

 Cimicifuga racemosa 



Snakeroot 

 Digitalis purpurea 



Foxglove 

 Echinacea purpurea 



Purple Cone-flower 

 Eupatorium purpureum 



Joe-pye Weed 

 Fern (in variety) 



Fern 

 FiUpendula hexapetala 



Herbaceous Meadow-sweet 



FiUpendula rubra 



Japanese Meadow-sweet 

 Helianthus (in variety) 



Hardy Sun-flower 

 Hemerocallis (in variety) 



Day Lily 

 Hesperis matronalis 



Sweet Rocket 

 Iris pseudacorus 



Yellow Water Flag 

 Iris sibirica 



Siberian Iris 

 Iris versicolor 



Dwarf Blue Flag 

 Liatris pycnostachya 



Blazing Star 

 Lobelia cardinalis 



Cardinal Flower 

 Lychnis (in variety) 



Catchfly 

 Lysimachia clethroides 



Japanese Loose-strife 

 Monarda fistulosa 



Wild Bergamot 

 Phlox divaricata 



Wild Sweet William 

 Polemonium caeruleum 



American Jacob's Ladder 

 Senecio clivorum 



Groundsel 



