Sun-loving Perennials

Rippling Waters Organic Farm

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

Name, Botanical	Common Name	Height	Color	Bloom Time	Deer	Notes
Achillea*	Yarrow	tall	pinks, yellows	summer	2	cut & drying
Alcea	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*	Aster	short, medium, tall	pink, purple	fall	4	cut native
Bellis*	English Daisy	short	pinks, white	spring	2
Centaurea	Mountain Bluet	tall	blue, pink, yellow	late spring	3	some shade
Chrysanthemum	Shasta Daisy	tall	white	summer	3	cut
Clematis		climbing	mixed colors	summer	4
Coreopsis	Tickseed	medium tall	yellows, pink	summer	3	cut
Delphinium	Larkspur	tall	white, pink, blues	summer	3	cut
Dianthus*	Pinks or Carnation	medium	pinks	early summer	2	cut
Echinecea	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	Day Lily	tall	white purple	summer	4
Hemerocallis*	Stella d'Oro	medium	yellow	summer	4
Iris*	Fleur-de-lis	tall	pink, blue, purple	late spring	3	cut
Linum*	Flax	medium	blue	summer	3	reseeds
Liatris	Gayfeather or Blazing Star	tall	purple, pink	summer	3	cut
Lupinus*	Lupine	tall	mixed colors	early summer	3	moist soil
Lysimachia	Gooseneck (white)	tall	yellow, white	summer	3
Malva	Mallow	tall	pink	summer	3
Monarda*	Bee Balm	tall	mixed colors	summer	3	cut medicinal
Oenthera	Evening Primrose	medium	yellow	summer	3
Papaver	Poppies	tall	reds oranges	late spring	2
Penstemon	Beardtongue Firecracker	medium	purples	summer	2	cut
Paeonia*	Peony	tall	white, pink	late spring	2	cut
Phlox*	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	Daisy	medium	purple	summer	3
Rudebeckia*	Black-eyed Susans	medium	yellows	summer	4	well-drained cut, native
Salvia*	Meadow Sage	medium	pink, white, blue	summer	2	cut well-drained
Saponaria	Bouncing Bet Soapwort	tall	pinks	late summer	3
Sempervivum	Hens & Chicks		varied	summer	2	succulent
Scabiosa*	Pincushion flower	medium	blue, pink	summer	3	cut rich to dry
Sedum*		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*	Spiderwort	medium	red, grape, white	early summer	2	moist, well-drained
Veronica*	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

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Last updated: February, 2008