Perennial Catalog 2020 ThePerennial National Garden Association of the has announcedYear this– Ayear’s Great perennial of Choice the year – Salvia. A good choice – here’s a that grows well in the northeast, is easy to grow, genetically diverse and with lots of varieties to showcase. Why is salvia special? It’s virtually care-free, blooms abundantly and looks great in the perennial bed and landscape. Most salvias are drought-tolerant and feature tall spikes of gorgeous flowers with beautifully scented and attractive foliage. These nectar-rich flowers attract a wide range of pollinators, including wild and native bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Deer, bunnies and other garden pests typically ignore salvia. Feeding pollinators is important to many gardeners. Look for the icons in this booklet and on signs at Adams Garden Centers to help you choose to grow for our pollinator friends. Tired of deer using your garden as their buffet table? Look for the No Deer icon. Have a problem spot in your yard? Perennials may provide the solution. Looking for something new for your perennial bed? Every year Adams has new perennial varieties. Check out Aquilegia Kirigami, a striking columbine that will make your garden pop! Happy gardening!

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Introduction...... 2 How to Use this Catalog...... 4 Perennials...... 5 Succulent Collection...... 40 Herbs...... 47 Quick Answers to Common Questions...... 60 Perennials For...... 61 Attracts Bees...... 61 Attracts Butterflies...... 61 Attracts Hummingbirds...... 61 Deer Resistant...... 61 Good for Cutting...... 61 Good for Drying...... 61 Ground Cover...... 61 Rock Gardens...... 61 Containers...... 61 For a Dry Location...... 61 Perennials For Full Shade...... 63 Common Name Index...... 64

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adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 3 How to Use This Catalog

Perennials are listed alphabetically by scientific name, with the common names in parentheses. A cross reference index is provided, alphabetized by common name. The perennials are divided into three categories: Perennials, Succulents and Herbs. Information in the text includes height, blooming period and a brief description. Quick reference symbols make it easy to identify everything from lighting Perennials requirements to deer resistance. Guide to Symbols

Full Sun Full to Part Sun Full Sun to Part Shade Part Shade Full Sun to Full Shade

Full to Part Shade Full Shade Winter hardy in the northeast May need winter protection Good for Cutting

Deer-Resistant Attracts Birds Attracts Bees Attracts Hummingbirds Attracts Butterflies

Scientific Name Height Aquilegia USDA Hardiness Rating Common Name (Columbine) Kirigami Mix 14"-24" Zones 5-9 Blooming Period Variety Spring Bold, vibrant, upright facing, colorful flowers adorn this upright plant.

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adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 5 Achillea (Yarrow, Milfoil)

New Vintage Red 10"-12" Zones 4-9 Summer Berries Mix 18"-24" Zones 3-10 Late Spring-Summer Late Spring-Fall The vibrant color of the A mix of intense red, Vintage series is slow to cerise and pink flowers top fade. Flowers are held at aromatic gray-green leaves. foliage height. All achilleas Remove faded flowers for are heat and drought continuous bloom. tolerant.

Ajuga (Bugleweed, Carpet Bugle) Black Scallop 3"-6" Zones 4-9 Bronze Beauty 3"-6" Zones 3-9 Spring Spring Beautiful shiny black, One of the fastest growing scallop-shaped leaves with colored ajugas. Blue flower blue flower spikes. Striking spikes adorn shiny as ground cover or in bronze foliage. combinations.

6 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Anemone Aquilegia (Windflower) (Columbine) Sylvestris Canadensis (Snowdrop Anemone) 12" Zones 3-9 (Wild Red Columbine) 12"-24" Zones 3-8 Late Spring-Fall Spring and Fall Spring Drought tolerant. Produces Produces yellow and red, delicate and fragrant 2" short spurred flowers on flowers in the spring and dark green, fern-like again in the fall. Prefers foliage. This native deep, cool soil, such as that wildflower is good in the found in forests. rock or woodland garden.

Aquilegia (Columbine) Kirigami Mix 14"-24" Zones 5-9 Kirigami Yellow 14"-24" Zones 5-9 Spring Spring Spring Bold, vibrant, upright facing, Bold, vibrant, upright facing, colorful flowers adorn this colorful yellow flowers adorn upright plant. this upright plant.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 7 Arenaria Armeria (Sandwort) (Common Thrift, Thrift, Sea Pink) Montana (Avalanche, Snowwhite) 3"-4" Zones 3-8 Morning Star Deep Rose 4"-6" Zones 4-8 Late Spring-Summer Early Spring-Spring Produces large white This durable perennial forms flowers over low dense low cushions of grassy green evergreen leaves. Great leaves. The rose-pink flowers for rock gardens or borders. appear in early spring and last for several weeks. Trim off the spent flowers to encourage reblooming.

Artemisia Astilbe (Wormwood, Mugwort) (False Spirea, Spirea, Feathery Flower) Powis Castle 36" Zones 3-8 Fanal Red 20"-25" Zones 4-8 Summer Summer Dense mounds of silver, This easy to grow plant, best finely textured leaves make grown in moist soil, benefits this plant a great foliage from additional fertilizer in accent in the border. the summer. Flower is good for cutting.

8 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Bellis (English Daisy, True Daisy) Bam Bam Mix 3"-4" Zones 4-8 Galaxy Rose 4"-8" Zones 4-8 Early Spring-Spring Spring Spring These neat little Bellis This English Daisy features Daisies really pack a punch especially large blooms with their large blooms in with semi-double petals a bright mix of red and of bright rose pink rose shades. surrounding a yellow center. Remove flowers to encourage reblooming well into the summer.

Astilbe Bergenia Campanula (False Spirea, Spirea, Feathery Flower) (Pigsqueak) (Bellflower, Harebell) Shoeshine Rose 8"-10" Zones 3-8 Adansa Pink 5"-6" Zones 4-9 Summer Early Spring Early Spring-Summer Vibrant rose flowers adorn This “wild-child” grows out mounded, plants. The dark on all sides with a springy green foliage turns glossy character that comes from bronze in the fall and winter long, protruding tendrils. for a good year-round show.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 9 Campanula (Bellflower, Harebell) Glomerata Superba Clockwise Deep Blue 8"-12" Zones 3-7 (Clustered Bellflower) 20"-24" Zones 2-7 Summer Summer This low growing, clump Produces large clusters of forming campanula rich violet blooms. produces an abundance Excellent for cutting. of purple-blue flowers.

Centaurea Convallaria (Bachelor’s Button) (Lily of the Valley) Lavender Mist 16"-18" Zones 4-9 Majalis 4"-6" Zones 2-9 Spring Spring Fragrant, feathery white Lovely bell-shaped white flowers shaped like a flowers with a delightful pinwheel, surrounding scent adorn this light lavender centers. woodland plant.

10 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Coreopsis (Tickseed) Double the Sun 12"-14" Zones 4-9 Early Sunrise 18"-24" Zones 5-9 Summer Summer-Fall Summer-Fall Early and double! Heat This All-American winner and drought tolerant once blooms continuously. established. Displays bright Golden yellow double flowers yellow semi-double flowers. are great for cutting and in beds.

Convallaria (Lily of the Valley) Nana (Dwarf Mouse Ear) 6"-12" Zones 4-9 UpTick Gold & Bronze 12"-14" Zones 5-9 Spring Summer Late Spring-Late Summer Bright yellow orange flowers Grows in a tiny, mounded over dark green foliage. habit with impressive large Good for ground cover or yellow flowers with dark rock gardens. reddish centers.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 11 Daisy, Shasta (Leucanthemum) Alaska 20"-30" Zones 3-7 Becky 24"-28" Zones 4-9 Summer Summer Produces an abundance of Produces an abundance of single white flowers with huge, single daisy flowers yellow clusters. Great for with a yellow eye on sturdy cutting and in beds. stems. This 2003 of the Year loves the heat. Great plant for cutting. Deadhead to encourage continuous blooming.

Brightside 32"-36" Zones 3-7 Snow Lady 10"-12" Zones 3-7 Summer Summer Produces large pure white This fast growing bushy blossoms with a yellow eye. plant produces large single Great for borders. Deadhead to semi-double, pure white to encourage re-blooming. daisy-type flowers with yellow centers. An All-American Selections winner, flowers are great for cutting and attract butterflies.

12 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Delphinium (Larkspur) Delphina Dark Blue Blue Butterfly 10"-12" Zones 3-7 Black Bee 14"-18" Zones 4-8 Summer Summer Spring-Summer Deep blue flowers on Winner of the Flueroselect branched plants with Award in Europe, this compact foliage. Heat compact delphinium tolerant. Great for cutting produces big double blooms and attracts hummingbirds. of vivid violet blue with a bold black bee.

Dianthus (Pinks, Cheddar Pinks, Garden Pinks) Barbatus Magic Fountains Series 30"-36" Zones 3-7 Rockin’ Pink Magic 18"-24" Zones 5-8 Summer Summer Early Spring–Fall Produces upright spikes Multicolored shades of lacy of sky blue with a white pink to white petals on the center or dark blue flowers same flower head will keep with dark centers on dwarf the perennial border rocking plants. Very striking for for years to come. borders and beds. Makes a good cut flower.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 13 Dianthus (Pinks, Cheddar Pinks, Garden Pinks) Barbatus Gratianopolitanus Rockin’ Red 18"-24" Zones 5-8 Bath’s Pink 6"-12" Zones 3-8 Early Spring–Fall Summer Vivid red, lacy flowers are Fragrant single pink flowers slightly scented. Great for bloom on evergreen plants. gardens and containers. Good for the rock garden and the front of the border.

Firewitch 6" Zones 3-8 Frosty Fire 6" Zones 4-8 Early Summer Early Summer Perennial plant of the year Persistent double red 2006. This low-growing blooms over blue-gray spreader with silver foliage. Use in borders or foliage is topped with in the rock garden. clove-scented single frilled magenta blooms.

14 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Dianthus (Pinks, Cheddar Pinks, Garden Pinks) Scent First (Carnation) Coral Reef 6"-8" Zones 5-9 Superstar 9"-10" Zones 5-9 Summer Summer Summer Produces frilly, fragrant The neatly serrated double, coral-pink flowers overlapping petals are with a white edge. dazzling in their bright Spicy scent is even more patterns of white, noticeable when cut. appleblossom, pink and deep cherry red. Light fragrance.

Digitalis (Foxglove) Camelot Mix 42"-48" Zones 5-9 Camelot Rose 42"-48" Zones 4-8 Early Summer Summer Summer Tubular flowers appear in a Vigorous and reliable combination of four lovely biennial, produces especially colors: cream, lavender, rose large bell-flowers. and white. The center spikes Attracts hummingbirds and are large and full, and side butterflies. Remove flower shoots fill out the plant. bud the first season to produces the most dramatic blooms in its second season.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 15 Digitalis (Foxglove) Dalmatian Peach 16"-20" Zones 5-9 Pink Panther 18"-22" Zone 5 Late Spring-Summer Summer Pretty peach blossoms Heavily branching with light pink spots in the plants produce multiple throat. A wonderful spikes of gorgeous flower for cutting and pink flowers. borders.

Echinacea (Coneflower) Mertonensis Strawberry 24"-36" Zones 5-9 Cheyenne Spirit 18"-30" Zones 4-10 Late Spring-Early Summer Mid-Summer–Frost This foxglove plant has This perennial favorite foliage with a velvet/fuzzy is bursting with color on texture. Will also compact plants. bloom repeatedly.

16 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Echinacea (Coneflower) Magnus (Great Purple Purpurea Coneflower) 36"-42" Zones 3-9 (Purple Coneflower) 36"-42" Zones 3-9 Summer Late Summer Late Summer The petals of these large Produces reddish-purple 4" rose-red daisy-like daisy-like flowers with flowers with a dark rose dark brown central cones. center do not droop. This Excellent cut flower, good 1998 Perennial Plant of the in beds. Seed heads can Year is ideal for borders be used in fresh and dried and cutting. arrangements. Attracts butterflies.

Echinacea Eryngium Erysimum (Coneflower) (Sea Holly) (Wallflower) Blue Hobbit 12" Zones 2-9 Canaries Yellow 8"-12" Zones 4-8 Mid-Summer–Frost Summer Early Spring This compact eryngium This compact biennial produces globe-like flower Wallflower forms a bushy heads over silvery mound of dark green blue foliage. leaves the first season, then in its second season it bursts into bloom with clusters of fragrant, golden-yellow flowers.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 17 Gaillardia (Blanket Flower) Arizona Sun 8"-10" Zones 2-10 Mesa Red 14"-16" Zones 5-10 Summer Spring Produces orange-red The dark red flowers that flowers with yellow tips. get rosy at the tip start Great for borders and blooming early. In the rock gardens. Deadhead to winter goldfinches enjoy the encourage blooming. seed heads.

Gazania Geranium (Treasure Flower) (Hardy Geranium) Colorado Gold 6"-12" Zones 4-9 Vision Violet 10"-16" Zones 3-8 Summer Late Spring-Summer Short mounds of deep green A beautiful, robust ground glossy leaves with bright cover variety that produces yellow blooms. Drought masses of large tolerant once established. luminescent violet flowers.

18 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Geum Grass (Avens) Blazing Sunset 30" Zones 4-9 Blue Dart 14"-16" Zones 4-10 Spring Spring-Summer Summer Flamboyant double blooms Compact, blue foliated grass in scarlet are large and with a spray-type habit. flower profusely. The emerald green mounding foliage is interesting and attractive.

Geranium (Hardy Geranium) Elijah Blue 6"-8" Zones 4-8 Lucius 6"-12" Zones 4-9 Late Spring-Summer Summer Late Spring-Summer The icy blue coloration Grass-like plants form a to this clumping grass is tufted mound of hairy gray- accented by buff colored green leaves bearing stems flowers, creating an of snow white, fluffy flowers eye-catching contrast. that resemble fallen snow. Flowers later turn into brown seed heads.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 19 Grass Gypsophila (Baby’s Breath) Phalaris Strawberries & Cream 18"-24" Zones 3-8 Repens Pixie Splash 3"-5" Zones 4-7 Spring-Summer Early Spring Fine textured pink leaves White flowers splashed with that turn white in the pink on compact mounding summer. Fast spreading. foliage. Great in the rock Cut back to promote fresh garden. foliage. Great for ground cover.

Hemerocallis Heuchera (Day Lily) (Alumroot, Coral Bells) Stella D’Oro 24"-36" Zones 3-9 Marvelous Marble 8"-12" Zones 4-9 Summer-Fall Early Summer Produces clumps of spear- Unique marbled foliage shaped leaves with large changes color throughout lily-shaped blooms on short the season. Produces stalks. Bright yellow flowers creamy white flowers. with slightly crinkled edges. Very hardy, heat & drought tolerant. Striking in beds and borders. Repeat bloomer.

20 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Hollyhock (Alcea, Althea) Chater’s Mix 42" Zones 3-10 Las Vegas 5' Zones 3-9 Early Spring Summer Summer This old-fashioned biennial Mixed colors of red, copper, favorite produces beautiful, brown, yellow, pink and large, fully double blooms in white illuminate the back of a wide mix of colors. Use in the border like the colorful backgrounds for screening. lights of Las Vegas. Fig-leafed foliage decorates the sturdy flower stems that support single saucershaped 3-4" blossoms.

Heuchera Hosta (Alumroot, Coral Bells) Fortunei Albo Marginata 16"-18" Zones 2-9 Aurea Marginata 22"-24" Zones 3-9 Early Summer Mid-Summer Summer One of the first hostas Large dark green leaves to come up in the spring, outlined with wide gold features perfect pointed, margins. Lilac blooms rich green leaves with emerge in the summer. brushed white margins. Pale lavender flowers appear in mid-summer.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 21 Hosta Undulata Frances Williams 23"-27" Zones 2-9 Medio Variegata 18" Zones 3-9 Mid-Summer Summer Winner of the prestigious White with irregular green Award of Merit of the Royal margins. Horticultural Society, this popular variegated hosta has thick, puckered, broad heart-shaped leaves. Funnel shaped pale lilac flowers appear in mid-summer.

Iberis Iris (Candytuft, Evergreen Candytuft) (Sword Lily) Snowflake 8"-10" Zones 4-9 Caesar’s Brother 4' Zones 3-9 Spring Spring Masses of pure white flower Hardy beardless iris that clusters with compact blooms in spring and has a evergreen foliage. Great for slender grass-like foliage ground cover with sun and that forms dense clumps drought tolerance. and is evergreen until late fall. Cut back at least to half when foliage yellows. Beautiful in borders and good for cutting.

22 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Knautia Lamiastrum (Meadow Widow Flower, Blue Buttons, Field Scabious) (Yellow Archangel, Silver Nettle) Macedonia Red Cherry 20"-36" Zone 5 Galeobdolon 12"-24" Zones 4-8 Summer Summer Spring Double red pincushion Attractive heart-shaped blooms top the lacy, green leaves spotted with silver on foliage. The slender ground hugging vines make branches will weave this a good ground cover. gracefully among nearby Produces yellow flowers. plants, making this a nice addition to the cottage or wild garden.

Iris Lamium (Sword Lily) (Dead Nettle) 4"-8" Zones 4-8 Beacon Silver 4"-8" Zones 4-8 Spring Late Spring Late Spring This attractive ground Pink flowers. Showy silver cover for shade features white leaves edged in green. pretty leaves and flowers that appear in the spring and re-bloom in the fall. Not drought tolerant. Interesting foliage good for adding texture interest to a container.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 23 Lamium (Dead Nettle) Ghost 4"-8" Zones 4-8 Orchid Frost 4"-8" Zones 4-8 Late Spring Late Spring Deep purple flowers. Showy Lilac flowers. Showy foliage wide silver leaves with with silver centers and barely any green green edging. margin.

Purple Dragon 4"-8" Zones 4-8 Shell Pink 4"-8" Zones 4-8 Late Spring Late Spring Purple flowers. Silver leaves Soft pink flowers. Green and with dark green edging. silver marbled leaves.

24 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Leontopodium Lewisia (Edelweiss) Alpinum 8"-12" Zones 4-7 Cotyledon Special Mix 6"-8" Zones 4-9 Late Spring Spring Late Spring-Mid Summer Favorite flower of the Swiss Great for rock gardens. Alps, Edelweiss produces Forms low rosettes of white, star-shaped flowers evergreen leaves that over silver, velvety foliage. bear cluster blooms in sunset shades of yellow, peach, salmon, orange & pink.

Liatris Lilium (Blazing Star, Gay Feather) (Lily) Spicata Blue 18"-36" Zones 3-9 Matrix Series 12"-20" Zones 3-9 Late Spring Late Summer Summer Violet flowers on large Excellent for cutting. Asiatic spikes attract large lilies come in an assortment numbers of bees and of beautiful colors, including butterflies. Good for yellow, orange and red. borders and cutting. Multiply rapidly.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 25 Lilium Lithodora (Lily) Stargazer 35"-47" Zones 4-9 Grace Ward 6" Zones 6-8 Late Summer Spring Bright, vivid, deep pink Dazzling blue flowers above flowers with white margins. dense mats of rosemary- Stargazer is the best known like leaves. Good for ground lily in the world. cover, borders and in the rock garden.

Lobelia Lupinus (Cardinal Flower) (Lupine, Bluebonnet) Vulcan 24"-32" Zones 6-10 Gallery Mix 15"-18" Zones 3-9 Summer-Fall Late Spring-Summer Fiery cardinal-red flower More tolerant of weather spikes bloom on strong conditions than other stems over deep purple varieties, this dwarf foliage on full, produces spikes of rich well-branched plants. bi-color flowers. Good for cutting.

26 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Lupinus (Lupine, Bluebonnet) (Loosetrife, Moneywort) Russell’s Hybrid Mix 24"-36" Zones 3-8 Midnight Sun 2"-4" Zones 4-10 Spring Summer Summer Soft palmate leaves Black Moneywort has a habit surround the base of the like a waterfall, trailing over showy flower. Produces the sides of pots or creeping spikes of flowers in shades along as a ground cover. of white, pink, yellow, red, Produces yellow flowers. blue, purple, some bi-color. Use for the back of borders, beds and in the wild garden.

Lupinus Mazus (Cupflower, Creeping Mazus) (Lupine, Bluebonnet) Nummularia Aurea (Golden Creeping Jenny) 6" Zones 3-8 Purple 2"-5" Zones 5-8 Late Spring-Summer Summer Spring-Summer This vigorous ground cover Dense green mat-forming likes moist areas and is foliage is accented with good for naturalizing, spectacular small particularly along pond purple-blue flowers. banks where the plants will spread into the water. Sunlight enhances gold tone. Good in containers.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 27 Monarda (Bee Balm, Bergamot, Oswego Tea) Balmy Purple 10"-12" Zones 4-9 Jacob Cline 24"-48" Zones 4-8 Late Spring-Summer Summer Excellent branching plants This vigorous plant with produce royal purple big red flowers is the most flowers. mildew-resistant red known. Foliage is disease resistant. Prefers moist soil.

Oenothera (Evening Primrose, Sundrop) Missouriensis Glowing Magenta 10"-12" Zones 6 (Missouri Primrose) 10"-12" Zones 3-7 Early Summer-Fall Spring Produces satiny rounded This prairie native produces flowers in a deep magenta- huge yellow flowers over pink shade. Plants attractive green form bushy mounds of foliage. glossy green leaves.

28 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Oregano, Ornamental Penstemon (Beard Tongue) Kent Beauty 4" Zones 5-8 Rock Candy Blue 12" Zones 6-8 Summer Summer-Fall Summer This intriguing form of Sweet as candy, tough oregano forms a low as nails. Compact and trailing mound of powdery spreading with deep green blue-green foliage. Bears foliage. This prolific bloomer drooping heads of hop-like produces fat panicles of flowers in a blend of pink, bright blue flowers with green and cream. white throats.

Perovskia Phlox (Russian Sage) Divaricata Blue Moon Atriplicifolia 36"-48" Zones 5-9 (Woodland Phlox) 12" Zones 4-8 Spring Mid Summer-Early Fall Spring A favorite of landscapers Showy, fragrant deep blue for its beautiful evergreen flowers appear over lance shrub-like look and fragrant shaped medium lavender flowers, this 1995 green leaves. Perennial Plant of the Year is great in borders and for cutting.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 29 Phlox Subulata (Creeping Phlox, Mountain Pinks) 4"-6" Zones 2-8 Amazing Grace 4"-6" Zones 2-8 Mid-Late Spring Mid-Late Spring This mat-forming evergreen Clean white petals with a creeper with stiff needle- dash of red at the center. like leaves produces dense clusters of dainty flowers. Excellent ground cover, use in rockeries, borders and on banks and slopes.

Candy Stripe 4"-6" Zones 2-8 Drummond’s Pink 4"-6" Zones 2-8 Mid-Late Spring Mid-Late Spring White with wide bright pink Candy pink flowers are stripes in flowers’ centers. larger than most p. subulata varieties.

30 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Phlox

Emerald Blue 4"-6" Zones 2-8 Eye Shadow 4"-6" Zones 2-8 Mid-Late Spring Mid-Late Spring Mid-Late Spring Lavender-blue blooms on Purple-pink blooms with a deep green leaves. dark purple eye.

Red Wings 4"-6" Zones 2-8 White Delight 4"-6" Zones 2-8 Mid-Late Spring Mid-Late Spring Mid-Late Spring Rose-red flowers with dark Pristine white flowers. red eye.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 31 Platycodon Polemonium (Balloon Flower, Chinese Bellflower) (Jacob’s Ladder) Mariesii Blue 18"-24" Zones 3-9 Heavenly Habit 12" Zones 4-9 Summer Late Spring-Mid Summer Spikes of large deep blue Produces large clusters “balloons” inflate then of blue flowers on strong burst open to bell-shaped stems. flowers. Wonderful for cutting.

Poppy (Papaver) nud. Iceland Spring Fever Mix 10"-12" Zones 2-7 Oriental Fruit Punch 30"-36" Zones 3-7 Spring-Summer Summer Produces multiple stems This stunning mixture of at one time, providing a oriental poppy boasts colorful show of large, vivid silky, ruffled 5" blooms in brightly colored flowers. a variety of shades of red, orange, hot pink and purple, with dark centers.

32 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Primrose Rhubarb (Primula) (Rheum) Pageant Mix 5"-9" Zones 4-8 Victoria 24"-36" Zones 4-8 Late Spring-Mid Summer Spring Summer Small crinkled, textured Delicious, easy-to-grow leaves topped by a compact rhubarb produces big, bright cluster of flowers in a wide red stalks. For stronger range of colors, including plants, wait until the second pink, yellow, blue, white, year to harvest the stalks. salmon, red and even bi-colors. Ideal for borders, beds and planters.

Rudbeckia (Black-eyed Susan, Coneflower) Cherry Brandy 12"-24" Zones 5-8 Denver Daisy 24"-36" Zone 6 Summer Mid-Summer-Early Fall Late Summer Deep maroon flowers with Many large gold flowers with dark chocolate centers. A a striking dark center eye. great cut flower.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 33 Rudbeckia (Black-eyed Susan, Coneflower) Goldsturm (Black-eyed Susan) 24" Zones 4-9 Indian Summer 36"-42" Zones 4-9 Mid-Summer Summer Large, long-blooming, bright Extra large golden yellow yellow daisy-like flowers 6-9” flower heads make this with dark brown centers a striking accent plant for adorn upright, bushy plants. the perennial garden. This This All-America winner 1995 All-America award adds great color in beds and winner’s incredible flowers makes a long lasting cut are great for cutting. flower.

Sagina (Pearlwort, Corsican) Crispy 2" Zones 4-7 Irish Moss 1"-2" Zones 4-9 Spring-Summer Summer This compact, low growing Its mat-forming, moss-like plant produces masses evergreen foliage is covered of small star-like white with tiny white flowers in flowers. the summer. Intolerant of summer heat and drought. Good between paving stones.

34 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Sagina Salvia (Pearlwort, Corsican) (Meadow Sage, Sage) Fashionista Scotch Moss 2" Zones 4-9 Lilac Lipstick 18"-24" Zones 3-8 Summer Summer Late Spring-Summer Dense, rounded tufts form At the cutting edge of a soft, mossy carpet of perennial fashion, this salvia yellow-green foliage produces big, bold blooms accented with small white with excellent garden flowers. Great ground cover. performance. Intolerant of summer heat and drought.

Lyrical Blues 22"-24" Zones 4-9 Mirage Deep Purple 12"-14" Tender Perennial Summer Summer Early Spring-Summer Bushy well-branched plants This tender, heat-tolerant produce an abundance of perennial provides early deep violet-blue spring and summer-long flowers. blooming.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 35 Salvia (Meadow Sage, Sage) Mirage Salmon 12"-14" Tender Perennial Snow Hill 18"-20" Zones 4-8 Early Spring-Summer Late Spring-Late Summer This tender, heat-tolerant Spikes of white flowers with perennial provides early gray-green compact foliage. spring and summer long blooming.

Saxifraga (Rockfoil) Arendsii Purple Robe 8"-10" Zones 5-7 Rocco Red 3"-5" Zones 4-7 Mid-Spring-Early Summer Spring An evergreen plant that Bright red blooms on does best in a rock or wall compact, mounded garden where it can evergreen plants. Good plant cascade. Bears upward for a rock garden. facing red flowers in spring.

36 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Scabiosa (Pincushion Flower, Scabious) Butterfly Blue 12"-18" Zones 5-8 Flutter Rose Pink 12"-14" Zones 5-9 Late Spring-Late Summer Summer Spring-Late Summer Perennial Plant of the year Produces a dramatic display 2000, this plant produces of rose-pink flowers. an amazing abundance of lacy lavender-blue, two-inch flowers on slender stems from late spring through early fall. Neat, compact habit.

Stachys Strawberry (Lamb’s Ear, Wooly Betony) (Everbearing) Byzantina Lamb’s Ear 12"-18" Zones 4-7 Fragaria Everbearing 8" Zones 4-8 Spring Early Summer Summer-Fall Large soft silvery white Commercial variety, tongue-shaped leaves produces many large contrast with spikes of berries. Spreads by runners. small pinkish-purple flowers. Blooms continue until frost.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 37 Veronica Viola (Speedwell) (Violet) cornuta Red Fox 10"-15" Zones 3-8 Celestial Northern Lights 5"-6" Zones 5-10 Summer Spring Produces free flowering Rich dark green foliage is rose-red flower spikes all adorned with vibrant purple summer. Compact blooms with sunshine yellow bushy foliage has glossy and orange blushed faces. green leaves.

cornuta cornuta Etain 8"-10" Zones 5-9 Halo Lemon Frost 8"-10" Zones 5-9 Spring-Summer Early Spring-Summer This floriferous viola has Low mounding plants are large pale lemon-yellow accented with very large flowers with elegant lavender and yellow flowers lavender margins. with a lavender edging.

38 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Viola (Violet) cornuta Tiger Eye Red 6"-8" Zones 4-9 Spring Late Spring-Early Summer Striking red flowers with black tiger striping.

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adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 39 Succulent Collection

40 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Delosperma (Ice Plant) Cooperii Purple Hardy 2"-4" Zones 6-9 Jewel of Desert Garnet 4"-6" Zones 5-10 Summer Summer Rose-pink flowers over Iridescent reddish-pink, mats of succulent jelly bean fuchsia and white flowers shaped leaves. adorn this sun Needs good drainage. loving plant with its evergreen foliage. Needs good drainage.

Jewel of Desert Peridot 4"-6" Zones 5-10 Jewel of Desert Ruby 4"-6" Zones 4-9 Summer Summer This vigorous, mat-forming Beautiful flowers with petals evergreen succulent that are pink on the outside produces a profusion of edge and white on the bright yellow, daisy-like inside, separated by a band flowers that are produced of yellow in between. Needs in such quantities that good drainage. they literally cover the lush foliage of fleshy-blue-green leaves.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 41 Delosperma Hens & Chicks (Ice Plant) (Sempervivum, Houseleek) Wheels of Wonder Fire 4"-8" Zones 6-9 Carmen 2"-8" Zones 3-8 Summer Summer Fiery hot, rich red flowers Big open rosettes have red with bright yellow centers tipped leaves. bloom continuously until frost.

Kalinda 2"-8" Zones 5-9 Mix 2"-5" Zones 3-8 Summer Summer Large light green rosettes Great in the rock garden or with red tips. perennial border. Hens & Chicks’ purplish-red to green rosettes of plump, wedge-shaped leaves are fast spreading. Tolerates poor soil conditions.

42 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Hens & Chicks (Sempervivum, Houseleek) Red Beauty 3"-4" Zones 3-8 Ruby Heart 2"-8" Zones 3-8 Summer Summer Summer-Fall Red rosettes darken in Ruby Heart’s foliage is blue- colder weather. green that flushes to a ruby color at the base. The colors deepen as the weather gets cooler.

Sedum (Stonecrop) Acre Aureum 2"-3" Zones 2-9 Album Red Ice 2" Zones 3-9 Summer Early Summer-Mid-Summer Summer An excellent ground cover of Attractive green to red tiny green succulent leaves foliage complements flowers with tips that turn butter and creates a carpet effect yellow in spring. Tiny gold in the garden. star-shaped flowers appear in early summer.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 43 Sedum (Stonecrop) Angelina 4"-6" Zones 3-11 Autumn Fire 24"-30" Zones 3-9 Summer Summer-Fall Bright chartreuse, needle Once blooming, the color is like foliage grows more non-stop. This improvement colorful as the days over Autumn Joy produces cool. bold clusters of closely packed, rosy pink flowers that bloom in late summer and gracefully age to salmon-pink bronze and finish with a deep copper red in the fall. Faded flowers can be left on for winter interest.

Autumn Joy 18"-24" Zones 2-9 Blue Carpet 2"-4" Zones 4-7 Late Summer-Fall Summer Great for borders. Flower This diminutive mat-forming heads start as a dusty pink sedum is evergreen with color that deepens into a silvery gray foliage, covered red during the fall. with pink to white flowers in the summer.

44 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Sedum (Stonecrop) Blue Spruce 6"-10" Zones 3-9 Dragon’s Blood 3"-5" Zones 3-9 Summer-Fall Summer Summer Small blue leaves that look Low growing, bronze-green like the needles of a blue foliage with clusters of red spruce. Topped with bright flowers. yellow flowers in summer.

Kamtschaticum John Creech 2"-4" Zones 4-8 Variegatum 6"-8" Zones 4-9 Summer Summer Summer This low growing sedum with Low mounding green and succulent foliage and fine cream leaves topped with texture is great for the rock clusters of orange-yellow garden or use as a ground flowers. cover. Produces pink flowers.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 45 Sedum (Stonecrop) Oracle 6"-8" Zones 4-9 Rooftop Garden Mix 8"-12" Zones 3-10 Summer Early Spring-Fall A low growing succulent Perfect for green roofs, big with rosettes of blue-green, or small (like a birdhouse needle-like leaves. or mailbox), this mix boasts assorted colors and textures of sedum.

Spirit 3"-4" Zones 4-9 Tricolor 3"-4" Zones 4-8 Late Spring-Fall Spring-Summer Low growing succulent Small green and white plant with glossy, bright leaves with splashes of red. green foliage that creates a Produces pink flowers. beautiful carpet of color and texture. Produces clusters of yellow star-shaped flowers over a long season.

46 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Early Spring-Fall Herb Collection

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adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 47 Catmint

Kitten Around 12"-14" Zones 3-8 Walker’s Low 12"-36" Zones 4-8 Late Spring-Summer Mid Spring-Early Fall Solid performance in a cute 2007 Perennial Plant of the little package! Compact year, the crinkled, aromatic and petite, this plant forms silver-green foliage features a tight mound of aromatic numerous spikes of blue- foliage accented with purple flowers. This bushy periwinkle blue flowers. plant’s fragrance attracts cats. Use in borders, beds or rock gardens.

Catnip Chamomile

24"-36" Zones 3-8 Roman 9"-12" Zones 4-9 Summer Summer The heart-shaped foliage The yellow-centered white can be used fresh or dried daisy-like flowers make a for catnip tea. A pleasant tea for digestive favorite of cats, produces disorders and to calm white or lavender flowers. nerves. Flowers can be dried for later use. This aromatic ornamental herb makes a good ground cover that can be mowed or walked on.

48 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Chives

Allium Schoenprasum 6"-10" Zones 3-9 Garlic Geisha 10"-24" Zones 3-9 Mid Spring-Early Fall Spring Summer The hollow green spears AAS Winner. This vigorous have a mild onion flavor and grower has a “just right” can be used fresh or dried garlic flavor. Produces for gourmet butters, with slightly wider, flatter and sour cream on potatoes, in more refined leaves topped salad dressings, soups and by pretty white flower stalks stews. Blossoms flavor late in the season. Edible vinegars, oils. Attractive and ornamental. plant.

Chamomile Coriander/Cilantro (Chinese Parsley) Staro 12" Zones 3-10 Slow Bolt 24"-30" Annual Summer Summer Mid-Summer The larger and thicker Wide, bright green, leaves of this variety make fern-like foliage. Very it ideal for freezing fragrant. Harvest the spicy and drying. leaves when young for a pungent flavor, often used in Chinese and Mexican dishes. When the seeds are brown and fully dried, use to flavor desserts, sauces and Indian curry.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 49 Fennel

Bronze 24"-48" Zones 4-9 Green 24"-48" Zones 4-9 Summer Late Spring Delicate smoky-bronze Licorice flavored, dark ornamental foliage makes green lacy leaves, stalks this an attractive addition and seeds. All parts of the to the herb garden. Use its plant are great additions to nutty flavor as a cooking soups, salads and sauces. spice. Great texture for Butterflies are attracted to container gardens. Seeds, the mature plants. leaves and roots are edible.

Lavender

English, Munstead 12"-18" Zones 5-8 Grosso 24" Zones 5-8 Summer Summer This fragrant, free-flowering Extremely fragrant, English lavender deep violet flowers most produces lavender-blue of the summer. flower spikes. A butterfly magnet.

50 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Lavender Lemon Balm

Provence 24"-48" Zones 5-8 18"-24" Zones 4-9 Late Spring Late Summer Summer More rot resistant than Heart shaped green leaves other lavenders, this with silky hairs. The lemon fragrant plant produces scented leaves add a attractive blue flowers. delicate flavor to meats and Excellent as a specimen, in fish and can also be used the rock garden or to brighten salads. Add to as a low hedge. Attracts drinks as you would mint, butterflies. or dry the leaves for herbal tea. Good in the flower border.

Marjoram, Sweet Mint

12"-24" Tender Apple 36" Zones 6-9 Summer Summer Summer A close relative to oregano. The soft gray-green leaves Flavorful leaves can be of apple mint have a used fresh or dried. Harvest delightfully fruity before flowering. Use in scent. soups, stews, sauces and rubbed on meat.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 51 Mint

Chocolate 18"-36" Zones 3-7 Hillary’s Sweet Lemon 24" Zones 4-11 Summer Mid-Summer-Fall Dark leaves, purple stems Developed from apple and and lavender flowers. lime mint, the flavor is Variety of peppermint unusual and delicious. Dark with a sweeter, mild green heart-shaped leaves chocolate flavor and scent. are adorned with lavender Use in salads, teas, flowers. desserts, potpourri.

Mojito 12"-24" Zone 5-9 Peppermint 12"-24" Zones 3-7 Summer Summer More mild in scent and Large serrated leaves, with flavor with white blooms. purple stems and reddish Leaves can be used violet flowers. The leaves fresh or dried in drinks and have a distinctive flavor and other foods. are a favorite to add, fresh or dried, to iced tea for their refreshing effect. Easy to grow, but should be contained to prevent overspreading.

52 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Mint

Pineapple 18"-24" Zones 6-9 Spearmint 12"-24" Zones 3-7 Mid-Summer-Fall Spring-Summer Summer Attractive green and white Also called garden mint variegated leaf. Sweet or lamb mint, the leaves pineapple scent. are glossy and narrow, end in a sharp point and have toothed indentations around their edges. Produces light purple flowers. Use fresh or dried.

Oregano

Golden 12" Zone 6-10 Greek 24" Zones 4-9 Summer Summer Summer White flowers on creeping Use the pungent flavored yellow-green foliage. leaves, fresh or dried, in pasta sauces and beef dishes. Produces pink flowers. Excellent contrast plant, ground cover. Hardiest oregano in this area.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 53 Oregano

Hot & Spicy 12" Zones 5-9 Italian (Pizza) 12"-24" Zones 4-9 Summer Summer Bold flavor, low habit and Great for flavoring sauces, very hardy. features a strong pizza flavor and scent.

Rosemary

Variegated 6"-12" Zone 5-9 48" Zones 7-11 Summer Summer This compact shrub has Use the needle-like dark green leaves with a creamy leaves, fresh or dried, to variegation at the edge. flavor fish, meat, poultry, Tiny white flowers appear soups and teas. Attractive in summer. evergreen leaves have a pine-like aroma.

54 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Rosemary

Barbecue 48" Zones 8-11 Creeping 6"-8" Zones 7-11 Summer Summer Summer Upright shrub with long, This low grower is excellent sturdy stems, perfect for for making “living wreaths” skewers on the grill. or for training into any shape.

Rosemary Rumex Sanguineus (Bloody Dock, Dock, Red-Veined Dock, Sorrel) Salem 24"-36" Zone 8-10 Raspberry Dressing 6"-12" Zones 6-8 Summer Spring Summer This rosemary is reputedly Edible, long pointed green hardier than most varieties leaves with deep red veins of the species and has a that taste like spinach or tidy, upright habit. Use as chard when young. Remove an accent or in a container. the small green flowers to Leaves can be used to have a continuous supply of flavor food. new leaf growth all season.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 55 Sage

Garden 12"-24" Zones 5-8 Golden 18" Zones 5-8 Summer Mid-Summer These flavorful, aromatic, Striking golden, variegated long oval evergreen leaves leaves can be used as are popular for seasoning in a seasoning for meats, poultry dressings. Use fresh stuffing, sausage and or dried for flavoring sauces cheese. This plant’s compact or as a tea. growth habit makes it ideal for the rock garden.

Pineapple 36"-48" Zone 8-10 Purple 12"-18" Zones 5-8 Late Summer-Fall Summer The sweet pineapple scented The reddish-purple foliage is accented with aromatic leaves with blue bright red flowers. Use in flowers make this salvia herb gardens, as an accent an attractive addition to or as a cut flower. the herb garden. Use as a seasoning for meats or stuffing.

56 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Sage Sweet Vernal Grass (Anthoxanthum Odoratum) Tricolor 18"-24" Zones 5-8 12"-24" Zones 4-9 Mid-Summer Summer Late Spring-Early Summer The long oval leaves feature This cool season grass is a remarkable three-toned grown for the sweet scent white, purple and pink hue in its leaves and flowers. and can be used in sausage, meat and poultry. Hardiest of the color sages.

Sweet Woodruff Tarragon, French

8"-12" Zone 4-7 18"-36" Zones 5-9 Summer Early Summer Summer Low spreading plant with Use fresh or dried to flavor bright green, fragrant poultry, sauces, vinegars foliage, even when dried. and salads. Plant Bears small white flowers. has thin, dark green, narrow Attractive ground cover; shiny leaves on strong prefers moist sites. Reliable stems. shade bloomer. Use in potpourri, teas and as a garnish.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 57 Thyme

Creeping Lemon 1"-4" Zones 5-7 English (Garden Thyme) 8"-15" Zones 4-9 Summer Summer This ground hugging form Produces dark green foliage of thyme has pungently with a stimulating, spicy scented lemon leaves scent on a low, bushy plant. making this a good choice Harvest in mid-summer, just for walkways. before the small violet-blue flowers begin to open. Use fresh or dried for cooking.

French 12" Zone 4-8 Golden Lemon 6"-12" Zones 6-9 Summer Summer Best known of the thymes An upright, low growing, with small gray-green bushy plant with lemon leaves. Its strong scented, golden edged flavor lends well to meat, leaves. Produces small fish, cheeses and many lavender flowers in the vegetable dishes. summer. Use both fresh and dried.

58 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Thyme

Lemon 8" Zones 5-9 Red Creeping 2"-6" Zones 5-9 Summer Spring–Summer Summer Lavender-pink flowers adorn Its scented mat-like growth the lemon scented leaves. makes this thyme a good ground cover and nice in the rock garden. Produces bright scarlet flowers.

Silver Edge 9"-12" Zone 4-10 Woolly 1"-3" Zones 4-9 Summer Late Spring-Early Summer Summer Wonderfully scented foliage Attractive fuzzy, forms low, mounded plants. silver-gray, aromatic leaves Excellent as a small scale are highlighted with small ground cover or planted at pink flowers. This decorative garden’s edge. thyme does well in dry locations and is perfect for rock gardens and borders.

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 59 Quick Answers to Common Questions

How do I prepare the soil? When should I divide my perennials? Cutting Back Perennials Since the plants will grow in the area for a long time, • Late Summer & Fall – Spring & Summer • Spent blooms – Often times removing spent good soil preparation is important. blooming perennials flowers will encourage re-blooming. • Early Spring – Fall blooming perennials • Simple rule of thumb – if the plant looks • Clear the site of weeds. Don’t just scrape them ugly, cut it back. If the plant looks good, off – dig’em out, or spray with a weed killer. How do I divide my perennials? leave it alone. 1. Dig the entire clump out as completely as possible • Turn the soil over, either by hand or with a • Will the plant provide winter interest? 2. If the center clump has died out, divide the living rotary tiller. Keep an eye out for weed roots Coneflower’s seed heads look great in the winter portion into smaller clumps to replant – get rid of ‘em! Till 6" – 8" which is enough landscape. wherever you like. to produce healthy plants. Deeper for tall 3. If you can’t pull the roots apart because the roots • Will the plant survive without being cut back? perennials; Delphinium, Lupines, Hollyhock, are ensnarled, cut them apart with a sharp Tender perennials should be cut back so that Digitalis. knife or insert two spading forks into the clump back they can be adequately mulched. • Clay or Sandy soil should be amended by adding to back and then press the handles toward • To encourage the plant to produce multiple plenty of organic matter to the top layer – peat each other, using the leverage at the tines to pry the shoots. For example, coneflower and daisies, moss or manure, for example. Add organic clump apart. which throw a single shoot, if cut back to 6", will matter equal to 1/3 to 1/2 of the depth of the 4. Enrich the hole from which the clump was produce multiple shoots and increase flowering. soil that needs to be improved. removed with a handful of fertilizer that has no • Shaping up the plant – If a plant gets too leggy, • Fertilizer - Add 5-10-5 at a rate of 3 to 5lbs per nitrogen (first number on the fertilizer bag should cutting it back will force it to bush out and 100 square feet. be 0. e.g. Bone Meal). Replace one or more of regrow new leaves. For example, hardy mums • Turn the soil over to mix in the soil amendment the divisions in the hole and place the remaining and asters will grow very tall and narrow unless and fertilizer. elsewhere. cut back. • How far to cut back? Sorry, there’s no simple Feeding Perennials Protecting Perennials (Mulching) answer because different plants have varying Feeding perennials early in the growing season with Mulching will protect plants from heaving (when responses, but here are a few tips: a dry fertilizer (5-10-5) will benefit most plants. plants are forced out of the ground as a result of Nitrogen will help to grow a strong plant, and alternate freezing and thawing). If the plant is done flowering and now looks phosphorous will improve the quality of bloom. When to Apply hideous, give it a shearing (remove 1/2 to 2/3 of When the ground is thoroughly frozen to a depth the height of the plant) Dividing Perennials of 2 inches (around Thanksgiving), apply a layer of Why divide? If you feel that the plant needs a hard shearing open, fluffy material (salt hay, straw, leaves, etc.) 1. To control size (2 inches from the ground), be sure to 2. To rejuvenate When to Remove leave the already-forming new foliage in the 3. To propagate When the forsythias bloom center of the clump untouched. How do I know that a plant needs to be divided? 1. The plant clump is getting so large and vigorous that it is pushing out neighboring plants 2. The clump’s center is dying but the surrounding plant looks good

60 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Perennials For: Name Attracts Attracts Attracts Deer For For Ground Rock Containers For a Dry Bees Butterflies Hummingbrds Resistant Cutting Drying Covers Gardens Location Achillea Ajuga Anemone Aquilegia Arenaria Armeria Artemisia Astilbe Bellis Bergenia Campanula Catmint Catnip Chamomile Chives (Allium) Convallaria Coreopsis Coriander Daisy (Shasta) Delosperma Delphinium Dianthus Digitalis Echinacea Eryngium Erysimum Fennel Gaillardia

adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 61 Name Attracts Attracts Attracts Deer For For Ground Rock Containers For a Dry Bees Butterflies Hummingbrds Resistant Cutting Drying Covers Gardens Location Gazania Geranium Geum Grass Gypsophila Hemerocallis Hens & Chicks Heuchera Hollyhock Hosta Iberis Iris Knautia Lamiastrum Lamium Lavender Lemon Balm Leontopodium Lewisia Liatris Lilium Lithodora Lobelia Lupine Lysimachia Marjoram, Sweet Mazus Mint Monarda Oenothera Oregano

62 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Name Attracts Attracts Attracts Deer For For Ground Rock Containers For a Dry Bees Butterflies Hummingbrds Resistant Cutting Drying Covers Gardens Location Oregano, Ornamental Penstemon Perovskia Phlox, Creeping Phlox, Woodland Platycodon Polemonium Poppy Primrose Rhubarb Rosemary Rudbeckia Rumex Sage Sagina Salvia Saxifrage Scabiosa Sedum Tall Low Stachys Strawberry Sweet Woodruff Tarragon, French Thyme Veronica Viola Perennials for Full Shade Ajuga Hosta Primrose Astilbe Lamium Sweet Woodruff Convallaria Phlox, Woodland *For Part Shade Perennials Please Check Icons adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 63 Common Name Index

Alcea...... Hollyhock Chives...... Allium Althea...... Hollyhock Clustered Bellflower...... Campanula glomerata superba Alumroot...... Heuchera Columbine...... Aquilegia Antwerp Hollyhock...... Alcea ficifolia Common Foxglove...... Digitalis Avens...... Geum Common Thrift...... Armeria Baby’s Breath...... Gypsophila Coneflower...... Echinacea, Rudbeckia Balloon Flower...... Platycodon Coral Bells...... Heuchera Beard Tongue...... Penstemon Corsican...... Sagina Beebalm...... Monarda Creeping Bugle...... Ajuga Bellflower...... Campanula Creeping Mazus...... Mazus Bergamot...... Monarda Creeping Phlox...... Phlox subulata Black-Eyed Susan...... Rudbeckia Cupflower...... Mazus Blanket Flower...... Gaillardia Day-lily...... Hemerocallis Blazing Star...... Liatris Dead Nettle...... Lamium Blister Cress...... Erysimum Dock...... Rumex Bloody Cranesbill...... Geranium sanguineum Edelweiss...... Leontopodium Bloody-Dock...... Rumex sanguinous English Daisy...... Bellis Bloody Geranium...... Geranium sanguineum Evening Primrose...... Oenothera Bloody Sorrel...... Rumex sanguinous Evergreen Candytuft...... Iberis Blue Buttons...... Knautia False Spirea...... Astilbe Bluebonnet...... Lupinus Feathery Flower...... Astilbe Bugleweed...... Ajuga Field Scabious...... Knautia Candytuft...... Iberis Figleaf Hollyhock...... Alcea ficifolia Cardinal Flower...... Lobelia Foxglove...... Digitalis Carpet bugle...... Ajuga Garden Pinks...... Dianthus Carnation...... Dianthus Gay Feather...... Liatris Cheddar Pinks...... Dianthus Gold Creeping Jenny...... Lysimachia nummularia aurea Chinese Bellflower...... Platycodon Gold Creeping Moneywort...... Lysimachia nummularia aurea Chinese Parsley...... Coriander/Cilantro Great Purple Coneflower...... Echinacea magnus

64 Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 adamsfarms.com Hardy Geranium...... Geranium Poppy...... Papaver Harebell...... Campanula Primrose...... Primula Hens & Chicks...... Sempervivum Purple Coneflower...... Echinacea purpurea Horned Violet...... Viola cornuta Red-blood Cranesbill...... Geranium sanguineum Houseleek...... Sempervivum Red-veined Dock...... Rumex Ice Plant...... Delosperma Rhubarb...... Rheum Jacob’s Ladder...... Polemonium Rockfoil...... Saxifrage Lamb’s Ear...... Stachys Russian Sage...... Perovskia Larkspur...... Delphinium Sage...... Salvia Lavender...... Lavendula Sage-brush...... Artemisia Lesser Woodrush...... Luzula nivea Sandwort...... Arenaria Lily...... Lilium Scabious...... Scabiosa Lily of the Valley...... Convallaria Sea Holly...... Eryngium Lupine...... Lupinus Sea Pink...... Armeria Meadow Sage...... Salvia Serbian Bellflower...... Campanula poscharskyana Meadow Widow Flower...... Knautia Shasta Daisy...... Leucanthemum Milfoil...... Achillea Silver Nettle...... Lamiastrum Missouri Primrose...... Oenothera missouriensis Snowdrop Windflower...... Anemone Moneywort...... Lysimachia Snow Rush...... Luzula nivea Moss Phlox...... Phlox subulata Snow White Woodrush...... Luzula nivea Mountain Pinks...... Phlox subulata Snowy Woodrush...... Luzula nivea Mugwort...... Artemisia Sorrel...... Rumex Oswego Tea...... Monarda Speedwell...... Veronica Ozark Sundrop...... Oenothera missouriensis Spiked Speedwell...... Veronica Pearlwort...... Sagina Spirea...... Astilbe Pigsqueak...... Bergenia Stonecrop...... Sedum Pincushion Flower...... Scabiosa Sundrop...... Oenothera Pinks...... Dianthus Sweet Vernal Grass...... Anthoxanthum Plantain Lily...... Hosta Sweet William...... Dianthus barbatus adamsfarms.com Grower’s Choice Perennials 2020 65 Sword Lily...... Iris Thrift...... Armeria Tickseed...... Coreopsis Treasure Flower...... Gazania True Daisy...... Bellis Vanilla Grass...... Anthoxanthum Violet...... Viola Wallflower...... Erysimum Wild Sweet William...... Phlox divaricata Windflower...... Anemone Wood Sage...... Salvia Woodland Phlox...... Phlox divaricata Wooly Betony...... Stachys Wormwood...... Artemesia Yarrow...... Achillea Yellow Archangel...... Lamiastrum

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