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! University of Minnesota ARUNCUS ‘Misty Lace’ [A. aesthusifolius x A. dioicus] (Goat’s-beard)--18-24” Creamy-white plumes on red stems in early summer. Shade Perennials ARUNCUS aethusifolius (Dwarf Goat’s-beard)--12” Deep green, finely divided foliage with reddish fall color. Creamy-white flowers in early summer. Seed pods. Interest in Shade Gardening continues to grow as more homeowners are finding Can take full sun if soil remains moist. their landscapes becoming increasingly shady because of the growth of trees and ARUNCUS dioicus (Sylvan Goat’s-beard)--5-7’ Large showy panicles of white shrubs. Shade plants are those that require little or no direct sun, such as those in flowers to 4’ tall. Native. June-July. northern exposures or under trees or in areas where the sun is blocked for much of ARUNCUS dioicus ‘Child of Two Worlds’ (Goat’s-beard)--4’ Showy white panicles, the day. Available from us are many newly introduced plants and old favorites which feathery foliage. can add striking foliage and appealing flowers to brighten up your shade garden ASARUM canadense (Canada Wild Ginger)--4-6” Excellent ground cover with You will find Shade Perennials in the SHADE BUILDING. heart-shaped leaves and thick rootstalk. Small reddish-brown flowers form under ACONITUM carmichaelii ‘Arendsii’ (Azure Monkshood)--32” Large blue leaves in May. flowers. Dark green glossy foliage. Good cutting flower. Toxic. ASARUM europaeum (European Wild Ginger)--5” An excellent ground cover for shaded situations with glossy, evergreen leaves 2-3”. The flowers are greenish-purple ACONITUM lamarckii (Monkshood)--28” Soft sulphur-yellow flowers. Toxic. ACONITUM x cammarum ‘Bressingham Spire’ (Monkshood)--24” Dark violet-blue or brown. Easily propagated by division. flower. Compact, bushy plants do not need staking. June-Aug. Toxic. ACONITUM x cammarum ‘Eleanor’ (Monkshood)--40” Near white flowers with ASTILBE prefers partial shade in any moist, fertile soil. Very hardy. Beautiful blue edge. Vigorous, improved ‘Bicolor.’ Toxic. plume-like heads are decorative in the winter landscape. Effective in fresh arrange- ACTAEA pachypoda (Baneberry)--18” Clumped bushy appearance, spring-bearing ments or when dried. fluffy clusters of small white flowers producing shiny white berries which are toxic. VE - Very Early E - Early EM - Early Mid-season M - Mid-season Native. LM - Late Mid- season L - Late ACTAEA racemosa [CIMICIFUGA racemosa] (Snakeroot, Black Cohosh)--6-8’ ASTILBE ‘Boogie Woogie’ (False Spirea)--15-20” Pink plumes. Showy white plumes. Rich moist soil, shade to part shade in back of border. Fern- ASTILBE ‘Country and Western’ (False Spirea)--15-20” Soft pink plumes. like foliage. Root is used medicinally as a sedative. Dark green foliage. Compact plant. ACTAEA rubra (Red Baneberry)--18”Hx12’W Clumped bushy appearance. In spring ASTILBE ‘Delft Lace’ (False Spirea)--2-3’ Apricot-pink plumes on red stems bears fluffy clusters of small white flowers producing shiny red berries which are in early to midsummer. Lacy blue-green foliage overlaid with silver. Leaves toxic. Native. can have red highlights. Burgundy fall color. ACTAEA simplex ‘Hillside Black Beauty’ [CIMICIFUGA s. ‘H.B.B.’] (Branched ASTILBE ‘Drum and Bass’ (False Spirea)--15-20” Reddish-purple plumes. Bugbane, Snakeroot)--4-7’ Fragrant blush pink 12” plumes. Black-purple lacy ASTILBE ‘Ellie’ (Japonica Group) (False Spirea) --24-30” Large white foliage is the darkest to date. Rich moist soil, shade to part shade in back of border. plumes. Handsome, dark green foliage. June-July. Aug-Sept. ASTILBE ‘Jump and Jive’ (False Spirea)--15-20” Pinkish-red plumes. ACTAEA simplex ‘James Compton’ --Atropurpurea Group--(Snakeroot)--3’ Com- ASTILBE ‘Key Biscayne’ (False Spirea)--15-18” Rose-pink flower. pact habit. Fragrant creamy-white plumes. Deep bronze foliage. ASTILBE ‘Key West’ (False Spirea)--15-20” Carmine-red plume. ADENOPHORA lilifolia (Lilyleaf Ladybells)--3’ Nodding light blue bells are gently ASTILBE ‘Rhythm and Beat’ (False Spirea)--15-20” Purple-pink plumes. lobed and fragrant. Free-flowering. ASTILBE ‘Rhythm and Blues’ (False Spirea)--20-25” Raspberry-pink plumes. ADLUMIA fungosa (Mountain Fringe)--Biennial, twining bleeding-heart with dainty ASTILBE ‘Rise and Shine’ (False Spirea)--30-36” Large plumes of vibrant light pink flowers. Vine to 6’. June-Oct. pink flowers on sturdy stems in midsummer. ALCHEMILLA mollis (Lady’s Mantle)--15-18” Gray-green fan-shaped mounded ASTILBE ‘Rock and Roll’ (False Spirea)--20-25” White plumes. ASTILBE arendsii ‘Cotton Candy’ (False Spirea)--16” Deep pink, fluffy foliage, holds morning dew for hours. Easy for sun or shade in reasonably good gar- den soil. Loose-clustered yellow-green flowers bloom late spring. Self-sows even plumes. Very compact habit. ML. under trees. ASTILBE chinensis ‘Milk and Honey’ (False Spirea)--30” Fragrant creamy- AMSONIA ‘Blue Ice’--12-15” Dark lavender-blue flowers in dense terminal clusters white plumes mature to light pink. Juvenile foliage is marbled green and silver. bloom for long period in late spring to early summer. Narrow dark green leaves turn Sturdy and vigorous. M to L. brilliant yellow in fall. Very easy to grow with few pests. ASTILBE chinensis ‘Veronica Klose’ (False Spirea)--18-24” Intense red- pur AMSONIA hubrectii--24” Steel-blue flowers. Willowy foliage turns golden in fall. ple plumes. Late summer. Native to SW U.S. Early spring. ASTILBE chinensis ‘Vision in Pink’ (False Spirea)--18” Sturdy, upright pink AMSONIA tabernaemontana (Willow Amsonia)--3 1/2’ Steel-blue flowers in dense plumes. Blue-green foliage. M. terminal clusters bloom in May and June. Leaves turn yellow in the fall. Very easy to ASTILBE chinensis ‘Vision in Red’ (False Spirea)--15” Deep red buds open grow with few pests. to pinky-red flowers. Bronze-green foliage. July. ANEMONE hupehensis ‘September Charm’ (Japanese Anemone)-24” Silvery rose- ASTILBE chinensis ‘Visions’ (False Spirea)--15” Fragrant raspberry-red pink flowers. Sept-Oct. plumes. Deep green foliage. M. ANEMONE multifida ‘Rubra’ (Anemone)--12-18” Glowing carmine-red flowers. ASTILBE japonica ‘Montgomery’ (False Spirea)--22” Deep orange-red Deeply divided, hairy basal leaves. May-June. plumes on dark red stems. M. ANEMONE sylvestris (Snowdrop Anemone)--18” Single pure white solitary flowers ASTILBE simplicifolia ‘Key Largo’ (False Spirea)--15-20” Reddish-pink about 1 1/2” wide and often nodding. May-June. flowers on red stems. Fine-textured green foliage. ANEMONELLA thalictroides (Rue Anemone)--4-10” White to light pink flowers ASTILBE x arendsii ‘Brautschleier’ / ‘Bridal Veil’ (False Spirea)--18” Grace- with finely divided, fern-like foliage. May go dormant in early summer. Woodland ful, wide white plumes. M. native, rare. Spring. ASTILBE x arendsii ‘Erika’ / ‘Erica’ (False Spirea)--30” Pastel-pink flower, ANEMONELLA thalictroides ‘Betty Blake’ (Rue Anemone)--4-10” Double green bronze foliage. M. flowers with finely divided, fern-like foliage. May go dormant in early summer. ASTILBE x arendsii ‘Weisse Gloria’ / ‘White Gloria’ (False Spirea)-- Woodland wildflower. Spring. 20” White, blocky plume. M. ANEMONELLA thalictroides ‘Cameo’ (Double Rue Anemone)--4-10” Pale clear ASTILBE x arendsii ‘Zuster Theresa’ / ‘Sister Theresa’ (False Spirea)--24” pink double flowers with finely divided, fern-like foliage. May go dormant in early Large salmon-pink, blocky plume. Occasionally sports to a darker color. E-M. ASTILBE x chinensis ‘Purpurkerze’ / ‘Purple Candles’ (False Spirea)--36” summer. Woodland wildflower. Spring. ANEMONELLA thalictroides ‘Just Precious’ (Rue Anemone)--4-10” Green flowers Purple-red flower. Dense, narrow plumes form tall candle-like spires. VL. with finely divided, fern-like foliage. May go dormant in early summer. Woodland ASTILBE x japonica ‘Rheinland’ (False Spirea)--20” Bright pink flower, floriferous. VE. wildflower. Spring. ANEMONELLA thalictroides ‘Snowball’ (Double Rue Anemone)--4-10” White to ASTILBE x simplicifolia ‘Hennie Graafland’ (False Spirea)--16” Light pink light pink double flowers with finely divided, fern-like foliage. May go dormant in flower. L. early summer. Woodland native, rare. Spring. ASTRANTIA major ‘Claret’ (Masterwort)--28-30” Dark wine-red flowers on nearly AQUILEGIA caerulea ‘Dove’ (Rocky Mountain Columbine)--12-18” Pure white black stems. Early and midsummer. flowers. ASTRANTIA major ‘Star of Beauty’ (Masterwort)--18-24” Carmine-rose flowers in AQUILEGIA canadensis (Wild American Columbine)--2’ Often called early and midsummer. “Honeysuckle,” scarlet and yellow flowers. Best in partial shade to full sun in any ASTRANTIA major ‘Star of Royals’® (Masterwort)--18-24” Lilac flowers in early soil. Hummingbirds love it! and midsummer. ARISAEMA triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit)--12-18” Flower stalk forms in late May, BERGENIA ‘Winterglod’ / ‘Winter Glow’ --12-15” Large glossy, thick, cabbage- clusters of red berries ripen in August. Likes light, moist woodland soil. like leaves are bright green, but turn bronze in cold weather. Red flower. Spring. 2 BERGENIA purpurascens [B. delavayi] --14” Dark pink to purple-red flowers. Foli- HEUCHERA ‘Beaujolais’ (Coral Bells)--24” Burgundy-red foliage overlaid with age sometimes purple especially in fall. Spring. silver and purple-red veins. Creamy-white flowers bloom in summer. Needs well- BRUNNERA macrophylla (Heartleaf Brunnera)-- 12-18” Belonging to the borage drained site. family, it bears showy small blue flowers in clusters, like those of a “Forget-me-not.” HEUCHERA ‘Black Beauty’ (Coral Bells)--Blackish-red,