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Looking for plants to meet a customer’s specific request for natives, pollinator-friendly perennials or deer resistant varieties? Scan this list of plants separated by these popular categories and more below.

North American Native Species

Agastache foeniculum
Allium cernuum
Amsonia hubrichtii
Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Asclepias incarnata
Asclepias tuberosa
Aster divaricatus
Callirhoe involucrata
Chelone glabra
Dalea purpurea
Echinacea pallida
Echinacea paradoxa
Echinacea purpurea
Eryingium yuccifolium
Eupatorium purpureum
Geum triflorum
Geranium maculatum
Grass-Carex albicans
Grass-Carex brevior
Grass-Carex pensylvanica
Grass-Carex rosea
Grass-Schizachyrium scoparium
Grass-Sporobolus heterolepis
Heliopsis helianthoides
Iris cristata
Iris virginica var. shrevei
Liatris ligulistylis
Liatris microcephala
Liatris pycnostachya
Monarda bradburiana
Packera obovata
Pycnanthemum muticum
Scutellaria incana
Tiarella cordifolia
Verbena hastata
Veronicastrum virginicum
Iris cristata
Iris cristata

Nativars

Agastache ‘Black Adder’
Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’
Agastache ‘Purple Haze’
Amsonia ‘Blue Ice’
All Aster hybrids
All Chelone hybrids
All Coreopsis hybrids
All Echinacea hybrids
Eupatorium d. ‘Baby Joe’
Eupatorium m. ‘Summer Snow’
Eupatorium p. ssp. m. ‘Gateway’
All Gaura hybrids
Grass-All Panicum hybrids
Helenium Mariachi™ Series
All Heliopsis hybrids
All Heuchera hybrids
Hydrangea a. ‘Annabelle’
All Monarda hybrids
All Penstemon hybrids
Persicaria f. ‘Painter’s Palette’
All Phlox hybrids
Physostegia v. ‘Miss Manners’
All Polemonium hybrids
All Rudbeckia hybrids
Scutellaria ‘Appalachian Blues’
Sisyrinchium a. ‘Lucerne’
All Solidago hybrids
All Tiarella hybrids
Tradescantia ‘Sweet Kate’
All Vernonia hybrids
Phlox Pink Profusion
Rudbeckia Viette's Little Suzy Black Eyed Susan

Roy Diblik’s Favorite Perennials

Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’
Allium s. ‘Forescate’
Allium ‘Summer Beauty’
Amsonia ‘Blue Ice’
Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia
Aster divaricatus
Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta
Dianthus carthusianorum
Eupatorium d. ‘Baby Joe’
Geranium m. ‘Bevan’s Variety’
Geranium s. ‘Max Frei’
Geranium sanguineum var. striatum
Grass-Calamagrostis x a. ‘Karl Foerster’
Grass-Carex f. ‘Blue Zinger’
Grass-Carex pensylvanica
Grass-Panicum v. ‘Northwind’
Grass-Sesleria autumnalis
Grass-Sporobolus heterolepis
Heuchera v. ‘Autumn Bride’
Monarda bradburiana
Limonium latifolium
Nepeta ‘Early Bird’
Penstemon d. ‘Husker Red’
Perovskia atriplicifolia
Perovskia a. ‘Little Spire’
Phlox p. ‘Blue Paradise’
Salvia n. ‘Blue Hill’
Salvia n. ‘Caradonna’
Salvia n. ‘East Friesland’
Salvia n. ‘Wesuwe’
Solidago s. ‘Golden Fleece’
Stachys m. ‘Hummelo’
Solidago Golden Fleece Goldenrod
Panicum Northwind switch grass
Perovskia Little Spire Russian sage

Pollinator-Friendly Perennials
(Attracts bees, butterflies and/or hummingbirds)

Agastache
Ajuga
Alchemilla
Allium
Amsonia
Anemone
Antennaria
Aralia
Asclepias
Aster
Bergenia
Brunnera
Calamintha
Callirhoe
Campanula
Caryopteris
Centranthus
Ceratostigma
Chelone
Coreopsis
Dalea
Dianthus
Digitalis
Echinacea
Erigeron
Eryngium
Eupatorium
Gaura
Gentiana
Geranium
Geum
Helenium
Helianthus
Heliopsis
Heuchera
Heucherella
Iris
Kirengeshoma
Lamium
Lavandula
Lespedeza
Leucanthemum
Liatris
Limonium
Lysimachia
Monarda
Nepeta
Origanum
Packera
Penstemon
Perovskia
Persicaria
Phlox
Physostegia
Pulmonaria
Pycnanthemum
Rudbeckia
Salvia
Scutellaria
Sedum
Senecio
Solidago
Stachys
Tanacetum
Thymus
Tradescantia
Verbena
Vernonia
Veronica
Veronicastrum
Zizia
Salvia Wesuwe sage
Allium Pink Planet ornamental onion
Monarda Grand Parade bee balm
Sedum Autumn Joy
Phlox Jeana tall garden phlox

Deer Resistant Perennials

Acanthus
Agastache
Ajuga
Alchemilla
Allium
Amsonia
Anemone
Antennaria
Asclepias
Aster
Bergenia
Brunnera
Calamintha
Callirhoe
Campanula
Caryopteris
Centranthus
Ceratostigma
Chelone
Coreopsis
Dianthus
Digitalis
Echinacea
Erigeron
Eryngium
Eupatorium
Gaura
Gentiana
Geranium
Geum
Grass-Calamagrostis
Grass-Carex
Grass-Panicum
Grass-Schizachyrium
Grass-Sesleria
Grass-Sporobolus
Helenium
Helianthus
Hypericum
Iris
Kirengeshoma
Lamium
Lavandula
Leontopodium
Leucanthemum
Liatris
Limonium
Lysimachia
Monarda
Nepeta
Origanum
Packera
Penstemon
Perovskia
Persicaria
Physostegia
Polemonium
Pulmonaria
Pycnanthemum
Rudbeckia
Salvia
Scutellaria
Sisyrinchium
Solidago
Stachys
Tanacetum
Thymus
Tiarella
Verbena
Vernonia
Veronica
Geranium Max Frei
Brunnera Silver Heart
Acanthus spinosus bear's breeches
Sporobolus heterolepis prairie dropseed
Helenium Mariachi Salsa sneezeweed

Rabbit Resistant Perennials

Acanthus
Agastache
Ajuga
Alchemilla
Allium
Anemone
Antennaria
Asclepias
Aster
Bergenia
Brunnera
Calamintha
Campanula
Caryopteris
Digitalis
Eryngium
Geranium
Grass-Calamagrostis
Helenium
Helianthus
Hydrangea
Hypericum
Lavandula
Leucanthemum
Monarda
Nepeta
Perovskia
Persicaria
Pulmonaria
Pycnanthemum
Salvia
Scutellaria
Sedum
Solidago
Stachys
Thymus
Tricyrtis
Verbena
Vernonia
Veronica
Allium Summer Peek a Boo ornamental onion
Asclepias tuberosa butterfly milkweed monarch flower
Veronica Blue Sprite speedwell

Drought Tolerant Perennials

Achillea
Agastache
Allium
Amsonia hubrichtii
Antennaria
Asclepias tuberosa
Aster ‘Bridal Veil’
Aster oblongifolius
Calamintha
Centranthus
Dalea purpurea
Dianthus
Erigeron
Eryngium
Gentiana
Geranium macrorrhizum
Geum triflorum
Grass-Carex albicans
Grass-Carex brevior
Grass-Carex pensylvanica
Grass-Carex rosea
Grass-Panicum
Grass- Schizachyrium
Grass- Sesleria
Grass- Sporobolus
Heliopsis
Iris
Lavandula
Leontopodium
Liatris ligulistylis
Liatris microcephala
Limonium
Nepeta
Penstemon
Perovskia
Pycnanthemum
Scutellaria
Sedum
Solidago
Thymus
Verbena
Sedum Angelina stonecrop
Dianthus Firewitch cheddar pinks

Ornamental Grasses and Grasslike Plants

Calamagrostis brachytricha
Calamagrostis ‘Cheju-Do’
Calamagrostis x a. ‘Karl Foerster’
Calamagrostis ‘Cheju-Do’
Carex albicans
Carex brevior
Carex f. ‘Blue Zinger’
Carex m. ‘Ice Dance’
Carex pensylvanica
Carex rosea
Panicum v. ‘Northwind’
Panicum v. ‘Shenandoah’
Schizachyrium scoparium
Sesleria autumnalis
Sesleria ‘Greenlee Hybrid’
Sporobolus heterolepis
Pennisetum Red Head fountain grass
Hakonechloa macra Aureola Japanese forest grass

Perennial Groundcovers

Ajuga
Anemone sylvestris
Antennaria
Callirhoe
Ceratostigma
Erigeron
Galium
Geranium maculatum
Grass-Carex albicans
Grass-Carex brevior
Grass-Carex m. ‘Ice Dance’
Grass-Carex pensylvanica
Grass-Carex rosea
Iris cristata
Lamium
Lysimachia
Packera
Phlox divaricata
Phlox x procumbens
Phlox ‘Violet Pinwheels’
Salvia koyamae
Sedum SunSparkler® ‘Dazzleberry’
Sedum SunSparkler® ‘Firecracker’
Sedum SunSparkler® ‘Lime Zinger’
Thymus
Tiarella cordifolia
Tiarella ‘Elizabeth Oliver’
Veronica ‘Blue Sprite’
Veronica p. ‘Georgia Blue’
Veronica ‘Tidal Pool’
Veronica ‘Waterperry Blue’
Veronica ‘Whitewater’
Veronica Waterperry Blue speedwell
Lamium Ghost spotted dead nettle