LESSONS FROM CHANTICLEER: PLANTS AND PLANTING STYLES FOR YOUR GARDEN'S MICRO-CLIMATES Eric Hsu - March 15, 2018 eRIC hSU mARCH 15, 2018 Connecticut Horticultural Society Lecture, Eric Hsu HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS 1 LATIN NAME COMMON NAME HARDINESS PLANT COMMUNITY Southern Europe and Achillea 'Moonshine' Yarrow Zones 3-8 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Southern Europe and Anthemis tinctoria 'Sauce Hollandaise' Golden Marguerite Zones 3-7 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Southern Europe and Artemisia 'Powis Castle' Wormwood Zones 6-9 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Asclepias tuberosa Orange Milkweed Zones 3-8 North American dry prairie Summer-uncut steppe Summer-uncut, medium to Baptisia australis False Indigo Zones 5-8 North American Prairie tall herbaceous perennials Asian summer-rainfall Summer-uncut, medium to Centaurea macrocephala Bighead Knapweed Zones 3-8 meadows tall herbaceous perennials Southern Europe and Cerinthe minor Minor Honeywort Zones 8-10 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Woodland edge, scrub edge, Darmera peltata Indian Rhubarb Zones 5-8 Western North America and understorey Southern Europe and Dianthus carthusianorum Carthusian Pink Zones 5-10 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Southern Europe and Dianthus 'Mountain Mist' Mountain Mist Pink Zones 5-10 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Southern Europe and Dianthus 'Greystone' Greystone Pink Zones 5-10 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Echinacea angustifolia Blacksamson Coneflower Zones 3-8 North American dry prairie Summer-uncut steppe Echinacea atrorubens Topeka Purple Coneflower Zones 4-8 North American dry prairie Summer-uncut steppe Woodland edge, scrub edge, Echinacea 'Cheyenne Spirit' Coneflower Zones 4-9 Eastern North America and understorey Echinacea 'Evan Saul' Coneflower Zones 3-8 North American dry prairie Summer-uncut steppe Echinacea laevigata Smooth Purple Coneflower Zones 3-8 North American dry prairie Summer-uncut steppe Connecticut Horticultural Society Lecture, Eric Hsu HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS 2 LATIN NAME COMMON NAME HARDINESS PLANT COMMUNITY Echinacea pallida Pale Purple Coneflower Zones 3-8 North American dry prairie Summer-uncut steppe Echinacea paradoxa Yellow Coneflower Zones 3-9 North American dry prairie Summer-uncut steppe Woodland edge, scrub edge, Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower Zones 3-9 Eastern North America and understorey Echinacea sanguinea Sanguine Purple Coneflower Zones 7-9 North American dry prairie Summer-uncut steppe Echinacea simulata Wayleaf Coneflower Zones 5-8 North American dry prairie Summer-uncut steppe Echinacea tennesseensis 'Rocky Top' Tennessee Coneflower Zones 5-8 North American dry prairie Summer-uncut steppe Echinacea 'Tomato Soup' Coneflower Zones 3-8 North American dry prairie Summer-uncut steppe Southern Europe and Euphorbia myrsinites Myrtle Spurge Zones 5-9 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Gaura lindheimeri Gaura Zones 5-9 North American dry prairie Summer-uncut steppe Geum triflorum Prairie Smoke Zones 3-7 North American dry prairie Summer-uncut steppe Southern Europe and Glaucium flavum Horned Poppy Zones (5)6-10 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Southern Europe and Glaucium flavum x G. grandiflorum Hybrid Horned Poppy Zones (5)6-10 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Southern Europe and Lavandula x intermedia 'Grosso' Lavandin Zones 5-8 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Winter-rainfall South Melianthus major Honey Bush Zones 8-10 African grasslands Summer-uncut steppe Southern Europe and Nepeta 'Purple Haze' Catmint Zones 5-8 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Oenothera biennis Common Evening Primrose Zones 4-9 North American dry prairie Summer-uncut steppe Connecticut Horticultural Society Lecture, Eric Hsu HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS 3 LATIN NAME COMMON NAME HARDINESS PLANT COMMUNITY Southern Europe and Paeonia clusii Cretan White Peony Zones 8-10 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Southern Europe and Paeonia daurica ssp. mlokosewitschii Molly-the-Witch Peony Zones 4-9 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Central Asia to Mongolia Paeonia lactiflora Garden Peony Zones 3-8 and northern China Summer-uncut steppe Woodland edge, scrub, Paeonia obovata Woodland Peony Zones 5-8 and understorey Asia Southern Europe and Paeonia peregrina Balkan Peony Zones 4-9 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Southern Europe and Paeonia tenuifolia Fernleaf Peony Zones 4-8 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Woodland edge, scrub, Paeonia veitchii Veitch's Peony Zones 6-8 and understorey Asia Summer-uncut, medium to Penstemon digitalis Foxglove Penstemon Zones 3-8 North American Prairie tall herbaceous perennials Central Asia to Mongolia Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Little Spire' Russian Sage Zones 5-9 and northern China Summer-uncut steppe Southern Europe and Phlomis fruticosa Jerusalem Sage Zones 8-10 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Phlox subulata 'Emerald Blue' Moss Phlox Zones 3-9 North American dry prairie Summer-uncut steppe Summer-cut, low- to medium-altitude hay Primula veris Cowslip Zones 3-8 meadows Maritime Summer-uncut, medium to Rudbeckia maxima Giant Coneflower Zones 4-9 North American Prairie tall herbaceous perennials Southern Europe and Salvia argentea Silver Sage Zones 5-8 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Southern Europe and Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna' Sage Zones 4-8 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Asian summer-rainfall Summer-uncut, medium to Sanguisorba 'Drama Queen' Burnet Zones 4-8 meadows tall herbaceous perennials Connecticut Horticultural Society Lecture, Eric Hsu HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS 4 LATIN NAME COMMON NAME HARDINESS PLANT COMMUNITY Asian summer-rainfall Summer-uncut, medium to Sanguisorba menziesii Menzies' Burnet Zones 4-9 meadows tall herbaceous perennials Asian summer-rainfall Summer-uncut, medium to Sanguisorba obtusa Japanese Burnet Zones 4-10 meadows tall herbaceous perennials Asian summer-rainfall Summer-uncut, medium to Sanguisorba officinalis Burnet Zones 4-8 meadows tall herbaceous perennials Central Asia to Mongolia Sedum 'Vera Jameson' Stonecrop Zones 3-9 and northern China Summer-uncut steppe Summer-uncut, medium to Silphium terebinthinaceum Prairie Dock Zones 4-8 North American Prairie tall herbaceous perennials Asian summer-rainfall Summer-uncut, medium to Thalictrum rochebrunianum x T . 'Elin' Meadow-Rue Zones 4-8 meadows tall herbaceous perennials Southern Europe and Verbascum spp. Mullein Zones 5-8 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Summer-uncut, medium to Verbena hastata American Blue Vervain Zones 3-8 North American Prairie tall herbaceous perennials Connecticut Horticultural Society Lecture, Eric Hsu 1 LATIN NAME COMMON NAME HARDINESS PLANT COMMUNITY BULBS Southern Europe and Allium karataviense Turkistan Onion Zones 4-8 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Southern Europe and Allium nigrum Black Garlic Zones 4-8 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Southern Europe and Colchicum spp. Colchicum Zones 4-7 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Central Asia to Mongolia Eremurus x isabellinus 'Cleopatra' Foxtail Lily Zones 5-9 and northern China Summer-uncut steppe Summer-uncut, low- to medium- Fritillaria meleagris Snake's Head Fritillary Zones 3-8 Maritime altitude hay meadow Southern Europe and Gladiolus italicus Italian Gladiolus Zones 5-10 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Southern Europe and Muscari armeniacum Grape Hyacinth Zones 4-8 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Southern Europe and Muscari comosum Tassell Hyacinth Zones 5-8 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Southern Europe and Narcissus 'Hawera' Triandrus Daffodil Zones 4-8 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Southern Europe and Tulipa clusiana 'Lady Jane' Lady Tulip Zones 3-8 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Southern Europe and Tulipa cretica Cretan Tulip Zones 3-8 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Central Asia to Mongolia Tulipa praestans 'Shogun' Shogun Tulip Zones 3-8 and northern China Summer-uncut steppe Southern Europe and Tulipa saxatilis Candia Tulip Zones 3-8 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Southern Europe and Tulipa sylvestris Woodland Tulip Zones 3-8 Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Central Asia to Mongolia Tulipa turkestanica Turkestan Tulip Zones 3-8 and northern China Summer-uncut steppe Connecticut Horticultural Society Lecture, Eric Hsu LATIN NAME COMMON NAME HARDINESS PLANT COMMUNITY ANNUALS Delphinum ajacis Rocket Larkspur Zones 2-10 Southern Europe and Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Orlaya grandiflora Minoan Lace Flower Southern Europe and Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Papaver dubium Long-Headed Poppy Southern Europe and Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Papaver rhoeas Corn Poppy Zones 3-10 Southern Europe and Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Papaver rupifragrum Spanish Poppy Zones 5-9 Southern Europe and Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Papaver triniifolium Poppy Zones 6-9 Southern Europe and Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe GRASSES Summer-uncut, low- to medium-altitude Briza media Common Quaking Grass Zones 4-8 Maritime hay meadow Molinia caerulea subsp. Summer-uncut, low- to medium-altitude arundinacea Purple Moor Grass Zones 4-9 Maritime hay meadow Muhlenbergia capillaris Muhly Grass Zones 7-9 North American dry prairie Summer-uncut steppe Muhlenbergia lindheimeri Lindheimer's Muhly Zones 7-10 North American dry prairie Summer-uncut steppe Nassella tenuissima Mexican Feather Grass Zones 7(6)- 9 North American dry prairie Summer-uncut steppe Seslera autumnalis Autumn Moor Grass Zones 5-8 Southern Europe and Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Summer-uncut, low- to medium-altitude Seslera caerulea Blue Moor Grass Zones 5-8 Maritime hay meadow Sesleria 'Greenlee' Greenlee's Moor Grass Zones 5-9 Southern Europe and Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Stipa barbata Silver Feather Grass Zones (5)6-10 Southern Europe and Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Stipa gigantea Giant Oats Grass Zones 7-10 Southern Europe and Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Stipa pennata European Feather Grass Zones (5)6-10 Southern Europe and Eurasia Summer-uncut steppe Connecticut Horticultural Society Lecture, Eric Hsu LATIN NAME COMMON NAME HARDINESS PLANT COMMUNITY SHRUBS Summer-uncut, medium to tall herbaceous Lonicera 'Kintzley's Ghost' Lonicera Zones 4-8 North American Prairie perennials Central Asia to Mongolia and northern Summer uncut Paeonia suffruticosa Tree Peony Zones 4-8 China steppe Woodland and scrub edge and Rosa moyesii Moyes Rose Zones 5-9 Asia understorey.