Sun-loving Perennials

Rippling Waters Organic Farm

Promoting Community Food Security
through Education, Action, & Service
Farm, Greenhouse & Community Gardens
55 River Road, Steep Falls, Maine 04085
(207) 642-5161 greengrower@ripplingwaters.org

Name, Botanical	Year	Common Name	Height	Color	Bloom Time	Deer	Notes
Achillea*	2010	Yarrow	tall	pinks, yellows	summer	2	cut & drying
Alcea	2010	Hollyhock	tall	mixed colors	late summer	4	single double
Allysum		aurinia basket of gold	medium	yellow	early summer	2
Anthemis		Marguerite	tall	yellows	summer	2	cut
Armeria		Sea Thrift	short & medium	pinks	late spring	2
Aster*	2010	Aster	short, medium, tall	pink, purple	fall	4	cut native
Bellis*		English Daisy	short	pinks, white	spring	2
Centaurea	2010	Mountain Bluet	tall	blue, pink, yellow	late spring	3	some shade
Chrysanthemum	2010	Shasta Daisy	tall	white	summer	3	cut
Clematis	2010		climbing	mixed colors	summer	4
Coreopsis		Tickseed	medium tall	yellows, pink	summer	3	cut
Delphinium	2010	Larkspur	tall	white, pink, blues	summer	3	cut
Dianthus*	2010	Pinks or Carnation	medium	pinks	early summer	2	cut
Echinecea	2010	Coneflower	tall	pinks white	summer	3	medicinal
Gaillardia		Blanket Flower	medium	yellow, reds	summer	3
Geranium*		Cranesbill	medium	blue, pink	early summer	3
Geum		Avens	medium	reds	summer	3	cut
Gloriosa		Green Eyes Daisy	tall	yellow	late summer	4	cut
Gypsophila*		Baby's Breath	medium	white	summer	3	cut
Heath/Heather			tall	blues	summer	3	cut
Helenium		Sneezeweed	tall	dark reds & yellows mix	late summer	3	cut
Helianthus		Perennial Sunflower	tall	yellow	late summer	4	cut
Heliopsis*		False Sunflower	tall	yellow	late summer	3	cut
Hemerocallis	2010	Day Lily	tall	white purple	summer	4
Hemerocallis*		Stella d'Oro	medium	yellow	summer	4
Iris*	2010	Fleur-de-lis	tall	pink, blue, purple	late spring	3	cut
Linum*		Flax	medium	blue	summer	3	reseeds
Liatris	2010	Gayfeather or Blazing Star	tall	purple, pink	summer	3	cut
Lupinus*	2010	Lupine	tall	mixed colors	early summer	3	moist soil
Lysimachia		Gooseneck (white)	tall	yellow, white	summer	3
Malva	2010	Mallow	tall	pink	summer	3
Monarda*	2010	Bee Balm	tall	mixed colors	summer	3	cut medicinal
Oenthera		Evening Primrose	medium	yellow	summer	3
Papaver	2010	Poppies	tall	reds oranges	late spring	2
Penstemon		Beardtongue Firecracker	medium	purples	summer	2	cut
Paeonia*	2010	Peony	tall	white, pink	late spring	2	cut
Phlox*	2010	Garden Phlox	tall	lavender, pink, white	summer	3	cut
Physostegia*		Obedient Plant	medium	purple	summer	2
Platycodon*		Balloon Flower	tall	blue	summer	3	average well-drained
Potentilla		Cinquefoil	medium	red	summer	3
Pyrethrum	2010	Daisy	medium	purple	summer	3
Rudebeckia*	2010	Black-eyed Susans	medium	yellows	summer	4	well-drained cut, native
Salvia*	2010	Meadow Sage	medium	pink, white, blue	summer	2	cut well-drained
Saponaria		Bouncing Bet Soapwort	tall	pinks	late summer	3
Sempervivum	2010	Hens & Chicks		varied	summer	2	succulent
Scabiosa*		Pincushion flower	medium	blue, pink	summer	3	cut rich to dry
Sedum*	2010		tall	bronze, dark pink	fall	3	cut to dry
Sidalcea		Miniature Hollyhock	tall	pink	summer	2
Stokesia		Cornflower Stoke's Aster	medium	blue	summer	2	zone 5
Tradescantia*	2010	Spiderwort	medium	red, grape, white	early summer	2	moist, well-drained
Veronica*	2010	Speedwell	short, medium, & tall	blue, pinks, white	summer	3	cut moist, w-d
* can have some shade. w-d=well-drained. Deer Codes: 1=Note Eaten; 2=Seldom Eaten; 3=Occasionally Eaten; 4=Usually Eaten; 5=Always Eaten

Last updated: February 2010