Iberis/Snowflake

	A compact, mound-forming plant with bright white flowers. Prefers full sun.

Genus/Common Name              	 Height	 Bloom Time     	Flowers/Foliage  

sempervirens ‘Snowflake’    		25 cm	April - June	White

Iris	

	Good cut flower. Plant in sun to partial shade.

Genus/Common Name              	 Height	 Bloom Time     Flowers/Foliage  

ensata 'Imperial Magic'		80 cm	June - July        Purple, white veins

ensata 'Pink Lady'			80 cm	June - July        Soft pink

ensata 'Royal Robes'		80 cm	June - July        Deep purple, yellow markings

germanica 'Batik'			60 cm	June	           Blue purple, white streaks

germanica 'Crimson Snow'		85 cm	June	           White, soft pink midrib

germanica 'Superstition'		60 cm	June	           Blackest midnight

germanica 'Supreme Sultan'		100 cm	June	           Gold standards, brown-red falls	

germanica 'Tennessee Vol'		85 cm	June	           Clear tangerine orange

germanica 'Vision in Pink'		90 cm	June	            Pink

germanica 'Breakers'		90 cm	May - Oct.           Deep blue

germanica 'Immortality'		65 cm	May - Oct.           Pure white

pallida 'Variegated'			70 cm	June	           Violet, variegated foliage

siberica 'Butter and Sugar'		70 cm	June	           Yellow falls, cream standards

siberica 'Caesar's Brother'		90 cm	June	           Dark blue

siberica 'Chilled Wine'		70 cm	June                  Red purple, blue spots on falls

siberica 'Ruffled Velvet'		60 cm	June	           Deep purple, gold markings

siberica 'Sky Wings'		70 cm	June	           Light blue

siberica 'Snow Queen'		70 cm	June	           Ivory white	

Knautia/Mars Midget

	These rich, crimson red flowers rise up on long stems above the bushy foliage.

Plant in full sun or partial shade.

Genus/Common Name              	 Height	 Bloom Time     Flowers/Foliage 

Knautia ‘Mars Midget’        		60 cm	June - Sept.      Deep wine red

Lamium

	A showy carpet forming plant with neat variegated foliage.  Hooded flower spikes

that bloom all summer prefer to be planted in partial shade to full shade.

Genus/Common Name              	 Height	 Bloom Time     Flowers/Foliage 
galeobdolon ‘Trailing’		30 cm		           Variegated foliage
galeobdolon ‘Herman’s Pride’		30 cm	May - Sept.         Yellow, spotted foliage
maculatum ‘Beacon Silver’		15 cm	May - Sept.         Lilac pink, variegated foliage
maculatum ‘White Nancy’		15 cm	May - Sept.         White, variegated foliage

Lavandula/English

 	Famous for it's scent, English Lavender is used as a dried flower in potpourri. 

Also makes a nice fresh cut flower.  Showy spikes of lavender-blue flowers attract butterflies

and hummingbirds.  The narrow, aromatic leaves are a beautiful silvery grey color.  

Plant in full sun.  

Genus/Common Name              	 Height	 Bloom Time     Flowers/Foliage 

angustifolia ‘English’ 		45 cm	June - Aug.        Lavender

Leontopodium/Edelweiss

 	Edelweiss is a native to the Swiss Alps and makes an excellent addition to a rock garden.

This woolly plant has white flowers which are star-shaped and silver-grey leaves.  It is very 

important that Edelweiss has good drainage.  Prefers full sun.

Genus/Common Name              	 Height	 Bloom Time     	Flowers/Foliage   

Leontopodium ‘Edelweiss’    		15 cm	June - July	White, silver foliage

Lewisia/Little Plum

 	Little Plum has lance-shaped leaves and a profusion of rose purple flowers 

blooming from spring until late summer.  Plant in sun or partial shade. 

Genus/Common Name              	 Height	 Bloom Time     	Flowers/Foliage   

Lewisia longipetala ‘Little Plum’ 	15 cm	May - July	Rosy purple & pink

Liatris/Blazing Star

	Attractive grass-like foliage with tall spikes of flowers that attract butterflies

and hummingbirds.  These flowers make a good cut flower.  Plant in full sun. 

Genus/Common Name              	 Height	 Bloom Time     	Flowers/Foliage  
spicata ‘Kobold’			60 cm	July - Sept.	Mauve
spicata ‘White’			90 cm	July - Sept.	White

Ligularia/Golden-Ray

 	These showy plants have large attractive leaves that add a tropical look to

the garden. Plant in partial or full shade.

Genus/Common Name              	 Height	 Bloom Time     Flowers/Foliage 
dentata ‘Othello’			70 cm	July - Aug.         Deep orange, purplish foliage
stenocephala ‘The Rocket’		180 cm	July - Aug.         Yellow

Limonium/Statice

	Sea lavender is known for its  billowy sprays of tiny flowers that grow on tall spikes.

They have a papery texture which makes them great for drying. It has leathery basal leaves 

that are dark green in color.  Very similar to the Sea Lavender, German Statice flowers 

grow in flat-topped triangular sprays which are silvery-grey in color.

Genus/Common Name              	 Height	 Bloom Time     	Flowers/Foliage
latifolium ‘Sea Lavender’		45 cm	July - Aug.	Lavender
latifolium ‘German Statice’		50 cm	July - Aug.	White

Linum/Flax	

 	This native to Europe is a mounding perennial with narrow blue green leaves.

Dainty flowers bloom at the ends of long arching stems.  They prefer full sun.

Genus/Common Name              	 Height	 Bloom Time     	Flowers/Foliage
perenne ‘Blue’			25 cm	June - Aug.	Sapphire blue
perenne ‘White’			30 cm	June - Aug.	White

Lupinus/Lupine

	Tall, elegant spikes covered with bright flowers, rising dramatically above

deeply lobed leaves.  A great addition of color to mixed borders.  Plant in full sun

or partial shade.

Genus/Common Name              	 Height	 Bloom Time     	Flowers/Foliage	
x hybrida ‘Gallery Mix’		90 cm	June - July	Mixed
x hybrida ‘My Castle’		90 cm	June - July	Red
x hybrida ‘The Chatelaine’		90 cm	June - July	Pink/white
x hybrida ‘Minarette’		60 cm	June - July	Mixed

Lychnis/Campion	

	 The Maltese Cross, an erect plant with rounded clusters of foliage, has flowers 

that grow in clusters on long stems.  The flowers on the Vesuvius, however, grow in loose 

clusters at the end of short stems.  The Vesuvius is a clump forming plant, with clusters

of brownish- green foliage.

Genus/Common Name              	 Height	 Bloom Time     Flowers/Foliage	
chalcedonica ‘Maltese Cross’		90 cm	June - Aug.        Scarlet red
arkwrightii ‘Vesuvius’		40 cm	June - July        Scarlet orange, bronze foliage

                              Lysimachia/Loosestrife

 	Lysimachia includes varieties of plants that cover the ground in a rapid,

spreading growth to plants that have a more upright form.  Flowers may be rounded

or bell shaped.  Can be grown in full sun, partial shade or shade.

Genus/Common Name              	 Height	 Bloom Time     	Flowers/Foliage

ciliata 'Fire Cracker'		90 cm	June - Sept.	Yellow, purple tinted foliage

nummularia 'Creeping Jenny'		5 cm	May - Aug.	Yellow

nummularia 'Golden'		5 cm	May - Aug.	Yellow, golden foliage

punctata 'Yellow'			75 cm	June - Sept.	Yellow

punctata 'Variegated'		60 cm	June - Sept.	Yellow, variegated foliage