BEST HERBACEOUS PLANTS 
Time of 
Botanical Name. English Name. Bloom: Color. Height. Situation. 
Polemonium humile [DWARF JACOB’S [June, July |Blue 6in. jHalf shade 
LADDER 
Primula Japonica |JAPANESE Late May |Purple [-2 ft. a 
PRIMROSE to Aug. 
Primula officinalis [ENGLISH Late Apr. |Yellow 6-12 in. #s 
COWSLIP to late May 
Primula Sieboldi VON SIEBOLD’S Late Apr., |Various 6-12in. |Sun or half 
PRIMROSE May shade 
Primula Stuartii STUART’S Late May, |Yellow g-15 in. |Half shade 
PRIMROSE June 
Rudbeckia laciniata GOLDEN GLOW Late July « 2-10 ft. |Sun 
var. flore-pleno tolate Sept. 
Rudbeckia SWEET Mid. Aug. “ 3-5 ft. |Sun or 
subtomentosa CONEFLOWER to Oct. shade 
Rudbeckia triloba |THIN-LEAVED July, Aug. a 2-5 ft. i 
CONEFLOWER 
Salvia pratensis MEADOW SAGE June, early, Violet 2-3 ft. |Sun 
July 
Scabiosa Caucasica |PINCUSHION June, July |Blue 14-2 ft. sé 
FLOWER 
Scilla Hispanica SPANISH SQUILL [Late May, |Various 12-18 in. st 
June 
Scilla Hispanica vars. FLESH & ROSE ss Pink « Sun or 
carnea & rosea COLORED shade 
SPANISH SQUILL 
Scilla hyacinthoides [HYACINTH Aug. Blue, white,| 1-15 ft. |Sun or balj 
& vars. SQUILL & VARS. flesh-color shade 
Scilla Sibirica & var.|SIBERIAN Mid. Mar. Blue, white] 2-6 in. sé 
alba SQUILL to early 
May 
Sedum spectabile SHOWY SEDUM [Late Aug. Rose 14-2 ft. |Sux 
to mid. 
Sept. 
Silphium laciniatum [COMPASS PLANT /Mid. July /Yellow 6 ft. 
to mid. 
Sept. 
Spirea Aruncus GOAT’S BEARD June, early White 3-5 ft. |Sun or 
July shade 
Spirzea astilboides |ASTILBE-LIKE « ef 2ft. (Sun or half 
MEADOW SWEET shade 
Spirea palmata& PALMATE-LEAVED)Late June, Carmine, 1-4ft. |Half shade 
var. evegans MEADOW SWEET July pi 
& VAR. 
Statice latifolia BROAD-LEAVED _ |Late July to|Purple th-2ft. [Sun 
SEA LAVENDER _ early Sept. 
Statice Limonium |COMMON July, Aug. |Blue 14 ft. ae 
SEA LAVENDER 
Stokesia cyanea STOKES’ASTER Aug. to sé 1-14 ft. a 
early Oct. 
Trillium LARGE- May, early |White g-t2in. |Half shade 
grandiflorum FLOWERED June or more 
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