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A LITTLE BOOK OF PERENNIALS 



TWENTY-FIVE EDGING PLANTS 



(Less than a foot tall.) 



Continued 



Armeria maritima (Thrift) 

 Bellis perennis (I^nghsh Daisy) 

 Campanula carpatica (Carpathian 



Harebell) 

 Cerastium tomentosa (Snow-in- 



Summer) 

 Crucianella stylosa (Crosswort) 

 DiANTHUS BARBATUS (Sweet Wil- 

 liam) 

 DiANTHUS PLUMARius (Clove Pink) 

 Dicentra eximia (Plumed Bleed- 

 ing Heart) 

 Festuca glauca (Blue Fescue 

 Grass) 



FiLiPENDULA Ulmaria (Meadow 



Sweet) 

 Heuchera sanguinea (Coral Bells) 

 Iberis SEMPER virens (Caudutyft) 

 Iris pumila (Dwarf Iris) 

 Papaver nudicaule (Iceland 



Poppy) 

 Phlox subulata (Moss Pink) 

 Plumbago Larpent/E (Leadwort) 

 Primula veris (Primrose) 

 Sedum, various (Stone Crop) 

 Tunica saxifraga (Tunica) 

 Veronica incana (Hoary Speed- 



weU) 

 Veronica rupestris (Rock Speed- 

 well) 



TWENTY-FIVE TALLEST PLANTS 



(All are above five feet tall) 

 Excellent for bold foliage and flower effects. 



AuTHyEA ROSEA (Hollyhock) 



Arundo Donax (Giant Reed) 

 Aster nov^-angli^ (New Eng- 

 land Aster) 

 Aster tataricus (Tartarian Aster) 

 BoccoNiA cord ATA (Plumcd 



Poppy) 

 BoLTONiA asteroides (Starwoit) 

 Campanula pyramidalis (Chimney 



Bellflower) 

 Cassia marilandica (American 

 Senna) 



CePHALARIA MONTANA (Rouud- 



heads) 

 CiMiciFUGA RACEMOSA (Bugbanc) 

 Delphinium (Larkspur) 

 Eremurus robustus (King's Spear) 

 Erianthus Ravenna (Plume 



Grass) 

 EulaCia japonica (Zebra Grass) 



EuPATORiuM PURPUREUM (Joc Pye 



Weed) 

 Helenium autumnale (Helen's 



Flower) 

 Helianthus Maximilianii (Maxi- 

 milian's Sunflower) 



H. ORGYALis (Narrow-leaved 

 Sunflower) 

 Hibiscus moscheutos (Mallow 



Marvels) 

 Polygonum Sieboldii (Giant 



Knotweed) 

 RuDBECKiA laciniata (Goldcu 

 Glow) 



R. maxima (Coneflower) 

 Solidago altissima, various (Gold- 



enrod) 

 Valeriana officinalis (Garden 



Heliotrope) 

 Yucca filamentosa (Adam's 



Needle) 



MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE BLUE PERENNIALS 



Baptisia tinctoria (False Indigo) . 

 Deep blue 



Anchusa italica, Dropmore va- 

 riety (Italian Borage) . Deep blue 



Aquilegia ccerulea (Columbine). 

 Deep blue 



Aster alpinus, tataricus and 

 others. Light blue 



Campanula carpatica, persici- 



FOLiA, Medium and others 

 Centaurea MONTANA. Deep blue 

 Clematis Davidiana. Deep blue 



