Perennials

Plant your tiger lilies in a spot with good drainage, as a waterlogged area can rot the bulbs. Then, over the first few years, water your lilies regularly until their root system has matured. After that, they can better tolerate some drought and are fairly low-maintenance plants.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Part Sun

Height: 24 - 48"

Spread: 12 - 24"

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa.

This brilliantly beautiful Big Daddy Hosta will certainly add volume to your landscape. It is slow growing but worth the wait! 

Slug resistant and hardy it has best growth results when planted in moist, well drained soils.

Light Requirement: Partial Sun to Partial Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 12 - 24"

• Width: 24 - 36"

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa.

With stunningly large 12 in. (30cm) foliage the Frances Williams hosta is a popular pick!

Leaves are variegated with dark green centres and greenish-yellow lining, maturing into a cream-beige. Stems produce lavender blooms throughout spring and summer. The clump-forming perennial grows well in shady boarders, along walkways or in large containers. 

For best growth results plant in moist, well-drained soil.

Light Requirement: Partial Shade to Full Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 24 - 36"

• Width: 36 -48"

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa

Garden Astilbe are a popular choice for shady gardens, where they perform well if given a rich, moist soil and regular watering. This selection has long, feathery plumes of deep coral pink flowers, over a mound of elegant, lacy green leaves. Also thrives in tubs, or mixed containers. Excellent for cutting.

Fertilize in April and June.  Seed heads may be removed, or left on the plant for winter interest.

 Light Requirement: Full Shade to Part Shade

Height: 36 - 50"

Spread: 36"

Zone: 3

Photo and data courtesy of Aubin Nursery

A beautifully variegated large majestic hosta. Large, ovate leaves have green centers with brightly contrasting yellow margins. The margins are heavily rippled and give the leaves a lightly wavy overall effect. White flowers appear above the foliage in midsummer. A showy specimen for the shade!

Good for ground covers and underplanting for shrubs 

Light Requirement: Full Shade to Partial Sahde

Mature Size:

• Height: 2.5'

• Width: 4.5'

Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa.

Rose mallow is a very robust perennial that fills a lot of space in the garden. Find a place in your landscape where it will not be crowded by other plants, because it will quickly out compete your other perennials for space within a year or two. 

Do not prune it to keep it smaller, as this will remove the flower buds.

Zone 4 perennial so it will need heavy mulch before frost!

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 36 - 48"

• Width: 48 - 60"

Zone: 4

Photos and Data Courtesy of Ball Seed

No sunny border would seem complete without the familiar presence of Shasta Daisies. This is a very tall selection that exhibits excellent tolerance to summer heat and humidity.

Shasta Daisy flowers are large single white daisies with a yellow eye, valued in the garden and excellent for cutting. Removing faded flowers regularly will greatly increase the blooming time. May require staking if grown in rich soil.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 24 - 36"

• Width: 10 -12"

Zone: 3

Zone 3

The Firecracker series of Chrysanthemums were bred at Jeffries Nurseries and selected for early blooming and large flowers. 

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Sun

Mature Size:

• Height:  20 - 22"

• Width: 18 - 24"

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

Widely grown as a commercial cut flower, this plant form a low clump of grassy leaves, bearing tall spikes of purple flowers beginning in midsummer.

 Can be planted in sunny border or meadow garden, or in containers.

May need to be staked as growth continues.

Exposure: Sun

Height: 36 - 48" (91 - 122cm)

Width: 18 - 24" (46 - 61cm)

Image courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

Photo courtesy of Ball Horticultural Company

Features dainty flower clusters rather than traditional long, spiky stems. Thrives in heat and humidity. Outstanding plants for the perennial border.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 12"

• Width: 12 - 16"

Image Courtesy of Ball Seed Company

‘Pink Crush’ produces a large, very round mound of densely packed flowers, bringing a refined look to Fall-blooming Asters. 

Light Requirement: Full sun

Flowering Season:  Late Summer

Mature Size:

• Height: 20 - 24"
  
• Spread: 34 - 38"
  

Zone: 3a

Photos and Data Courtesy of Ball Seed

Very rich, dark purple flowers are produced above dark green foliage in early fall to midfall. A perfect finale to the growing season!

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Flowering Season:  Late Summer

Mature Size:

• Height: 26 - 30"
  
• Spread: 40 - 44"
  

Zone: 3a

The Flame Peony lives up to its name as a profuse bloomer with fiery crimson-red flowers, accented by hints of deep coral. Its large, single blooming blossoms are cup-shaped, with wide petals surrounding a center of golden-yellow stamens. This hybrid peony features dark green foliage on sturdy stems.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 24 - 36"

• Width: 24 - 36"

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa.

Thin green and white foliage with feathery summer plumes that turn striking gold in fall. Low maintenance.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 24 - 36"

• Width: 18- 24"

Zone: 4A

Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa

Features dainty spikes of white  flowers, trumpet-shaped, blooming in midsummer. Attractive large round leaves are forest green in colour with a creamy white that keep throughout the season.

Light Requirement: Partial Sun to Full Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 18 - 24"

• Width: 24 - 36"

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa.

The 'Wide Brim' Hosta shows a dark green-blue centres and irregular edging of a buttery yellow colour. Broad heart-shaped leaves grow into a dome shaped mound and have funnel shaped light lavender flowers.

Light Requirement: Partial Sun to Full Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 20 - 24"

• Width: 20 - 24"

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa.

Bergenia is incredibly hardy and reliable throughout nearly the entire continent. Plants form a low clump of bold, leathery green leaves, which often turn bronze during winter. Short stems of pink flowers rise above the shiny foliage in mid spring.

Most effective when planted in groups or used as an edging along a walkway.

Tolerates a wide range of soil conditions, in both sun or part shade.

 Light Requirement: Full to Part Sun

Flowering Season: Early Summer

Mature Size:

• Height: 12"
  
• Spread: 18"
  

Zone: 3

Photo courtesy of Ball Seed

 Elegant lacy leaves form a very dense and bushy clump. This dwarf plant does not demand the same space as the standard Goats beard, and is somewhat inclined to sulk in hot summer areas, so plant in a moist, peaty soil, or even at the waterside. Cut plants back in summer if they look untidy.

An excellent companion to summer-blooming shrub roses. Good for cutting, the flowers may also be dried by hanging upside down in a warm, dark room.

This is a unique selection of Foxglove, bearing tall spikes of glowing rose-pink bells, each with darker freckles on the inside over a rosette of downy green leaves. Unlike other varieties, the individual flowers face upward so the effect is very colourful and showy. 

Excellent in large containers, and acts as a biennial, flowering in the second year then setting seed and dying. These perform best in a rich, moist soil.

Allow plants to form seed in the second year and they may self-sow to produce future generations. Plants may need to be staked. 

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 36"

• Width: 24"

Zone: 4

Photos courtesy of Ball Seed

'Komodo Dragon' Hosta forms a large mound, with dark blue-green leaves and shows a ruffled edge. In midsummer, 4 foot tall flowering stalks emerge bearing light lavender coloured, funnel shaped bloom.

Light Requirement: Full Shade to Partial Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 36"

• Width: 24 - 84" 

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa. 

'Purple D'Oro' Daylily displays remarkable variation in colour, with lavender-purple flowers that re-bloom throughout the summer and carry into the fall with a second wave of blooms. 'Purple D'Oro' is an easy grower and low maintenance.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 18-24 "

• Width: 12 - 24"

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa.

Platycodon grandiflorus 'Hakone Blue' has deep blue, double flowers on tall stems.
Balloon Flower 'Hakone Blue' makes a wonderful cut flower. Deer resistant and drought tolerant. Balloon flower is a long-lived, hardy perennial.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Flowering Season: Late Summer

Mature Size:

• Height: 24"
  
• Spread: 24"
  

Zone: 3a

Photos courtesy of Bellwyck Horticolor

Rockfoil produces its thickest and most lush foliage in spring. The bright green, crinkly leaves pack tightly together and carpet rocks, pavers, and lightly shaded nooks. In spring, tiny, cupped flowers appear on slender stalks held above the body of the plant. The wiry stalks are tinged pink to purple and support blooms of salmon, pink, purple, white, and other hues. The rockfoil flowers last into the early part of summer. Once the flowers die back, the plant is exposed to drying air and sun without their shading protection.

Photos courtesy of Bellwyck Horticolor

‘Heavy Metal’ is a favorite switchgrass, well-loved for its dramatic, metallic blue foliage and for its strong upright habit that remains standing straight and tall. Pink-tinted, airy blooms appear in July, highlighting the color of its blue leaves. This blue switchgrass serves as a colorful backdrop to other grasses and perennials, looks stunning in masses, and provides a focal point when used as a specimen.

Light Requirement: Full to Partial Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 48"
  
• Spread: 36"
  

Zone: 4

Sweet Kate Tradescantia is a low maintenance perennial ideal for medium borders.

Blue Gold has lime green/gold foliage and deep blue blooms.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 10 - 12"

• Width: 14 - 18"

Zone: 3

photo courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

T. serpyllum. Creeping thyme is an ornamental. From a tiny clump of little seedlings comes a spreading mat of scented foliage covered with pink flowers. Plant Creeping Thyme seeds for excellent coverage and easy use in rock gardens. This is a mat forming herb that grows to maximum heights of 15cm (6") and red blooms May to August. Grow in full sun, in well drained soil, with moderate to low water. Use in rock or herb gardens, as an edging along paths or as a ground cover. 

Mixed Pot of perennial Liatris

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 36"