Perennials

  • Angelica
  • Bugloss
  • Japanese Black Cohosh
  • Ferns, especially Ostrich, Purple Regal and Cinnamon
  • Goatsbeard, Dwarf Goatsbeard
  • Hellebore
  • Hosta
  • Blue Flag Iris
  • Jerusalem Sage
  • Joe Pye Weed
  • Ligularia
  • Lords and Ladies
  • Lyre-leaved Sage
  • Masterwort
  • Meadow Rue
  • Monkshood
  • Queen of the Prairie
  • Rodger’s Flower
  • Russian Sage
  • Heartleaf Saxifraga
  • Chocolate Snakeroot
  • Turtlehead
  • Umbrella Plant
  • Yellow Waxbells

Grasses

  • Bottlebrush Grass (native)
  • Fountain Bamboo
  • Greater Woodrush
  • Japanese Forest Grass
  • Fountain Grass
  • Northern Sea Oats
  • Tufted Hair Grass

Native Wildflowers

  • Compass Plant
  • Culver’s Root
  • Cup Plant
  • Early Sunflower (False Sunflower)
  • Great St. John’s Wort
  • Green Dragon
  • Greenheaded Coneflower
  • Maximilian Sunflower
  • Turtlehead
  • Prairie Dock
  • Ironweed
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit
  • Joe Pye Weed
  • May Apple
  • Purple Meadow Rue

Vines

  • Boston Ivy
  • Dutchman’s Pipe (native)
  • Goldflame Honeysuckle
  • Virginia Creeper (native)
  • Virgin’s Bower (native)

Tender perennials, treated as annuals in Minnesota

  • Bear’s Breeches
  • Coleus
  • Persian Shield
  • Prayer Plant