Perennials

This is the list I started from seed.  Below that is the list of plants I bought or was given.

This is what I think.

• Achillea – The Pearl Superior. Hardy, Easy.
• Agastache – Hyssop – Lavender. Hardy, Easy. (self seed to a limited degree)
• Alaska Daisy – Semi hardy, easy.
• Alyssum – Basket of Gold. Hardy. Easy. Gets woody after several years – needs to be split. (self seeds to a limited degree)
• Angelica – Hardy, self seeds invasively (biennial).
• Arabis – Rockcress.
• Aquilegia – Columbine – Mckana Giants and others via seed share. Takes several years to reach mature size. Inch worm type caterpillar is problematic.
• Aquilegia – Columbine – Pink Tower. Hardy. Matures more quickly. (self seeds readily)
• Aquilegia – Columbine – Plume (self seeds readily) Sawfly article:  http://www.maine.gov/agriculture/pi/pestsurvey/pestinfo/cs.pdf
• Campanula – Blue Chips (long lived and replaces itself by self seed to a limited degree)
• Campanula – White (limited success, short lived, but will retry)
• Campanula – Canterbury Bells (long lived and self seed to a limited degree)
• Campanula – Bell Flower – Hardy, self seeds
• Cerastium – Snow In Summer. Easy. (spread via root).
• Chrysanthemum – Shasta. Easy (self seeds easily)
• Chrysanthemum – Alaska Daisy (short lived, but replaces itself by self seed if mulched over winter)
• Chrysanthemum – Painted Daisy (self seeds, mulch young plants over winter)
• Delphinium – Blue Mirror.  Easy once established. (self seeds)
• Delphinium – Magic Fountains.  Easy. (self seeds).
• Dianthus – Confetti Red. (mulch over winter for self seeding)
  Dianthus – Cheddar Pink (short lived, but starting more 2010)
• Gypsophilia – Baby’s Breath – Snowflake. Easy once established.
• Gaillardia – Blanket Flower (mostly a self seeding annual)
• Hollyhocks Single: red, pink, fushia, white (needs an established seed base to be bi-annual)
• Iberis – Candy Tuff (annual here)
• Lamb’s Ears – Semi Hardy if mulched.  Self seed.
• Liatris – Blazing Star. Easy once established (split root after several years)
• Linum – Blue Flax. Easy (self seeds easily)
• Lychnis – Maltese Cross. Easy (self seeds easily)
• Lupins – Russsel.  Easy once established (self seeds invasively)
• Penstemon – Short lived (but replaces itself by self seeds to a limited degree – nuture seedlings)
• Phlox (mossy type) – (limited success, but still trying)
• Rudbeckia – Gloriosa & Cherokee Sunset (treat as an annual – self seeds to a limited degree)
• Rudbeckia – Black Eyed Susan (treat as an annual – self seeds to a limited degree)
• Sea Holly – Hardy, invasive, dead head to prevent seeding.
• Salvia – Blue Queen (short lived, but self seed to a limited degree, loses color in successive generations)
• Sedum – Dragons Blood (limited success, short lived – worth retrying)
• Sedum – Stonecrop. Easy if mulched over winter
• Sedum – Hens and Chicks. Easy
• Sidalcea – Prairie Mallow – Party Girl (hardy and self seeds)
• Soponaria – Soapwort. Reliable (some plants survive over winter, but self seeds)
• Statice – German. Hardy (self seeds to a limited degree)
• Statice – Sea Lavender. Hardy, long lived if mulched over winter in windy areas (self seeds to a limited degree)
• Tansy – Hardy, invasive – must dead head to prevent seeding.
• Thymus – Mother of Thyme. Hardy (spreads from seed)
• Veronica – Speedwell. Hardy.
• Viola – Johnny Jump Ups ( short lived, spreads from seed)

This is the list of plants I bought or was given*.  Again, the comments are what I think.

• *Alchemilla – Ladies Mantle – (non hardy, needs mulching)
• *Artimisea Sage – Wormwood, Hardy, invasive.
• *Artimisea Sage – Silver Mound – Hardy but need to split after a few years or it will die out.
• *Arabis – Alpina. Hardy. Easy. (spreads via root).
• *Artimisea – Silver King – Hardy if mulched.
• *Anemone – Hardy.  Spreads aggressively once established.
• *Asparagus – Semi hardy, but come back from root if established.
• *Aster – Prairie – Hardy Mum (crowns)
• *Bergenia – Elephant Ears. Semi hardy.
• *Campanula – Clustered Bellflower .  Hardy.  Easy
• *Corydalis – Bleeding Heart.  Hardy but not drought tolerant.  White variety didn’t come back second year.
• *Clematus – Purple, and Radar Love Yellow. Easy
• *Monkshood. Hardy, and a favorite.
• *Dianthus – Rubies (short lived, but want more)
• *Euphorbia polychroma – Spurge. Hardy
• *Globe Flower – (failed, but retrying.  It grows for Annie, doesn’t self seed)
• *Gypsophilia – Pink (limited success, but worth retrying).
• *Hemerocallis – Day Lilly, and Stella
• *Hops. Hardy. Takes several years to establish.
• *Iris. Hardy
• *Lilum – Lilies – variety. Easy (deer and rabbits love them though
• *Michaelmas Daisy. Hardy. Easy
• *Nepeta – Dropmore Catmint. Hardy. (self seeds to a limited degree)
• *Platycodon – Balloon Flower.  Hardy. (doesn’t seem to self seed)
• *Perovskia – Russian Sage. Hardy, but takes several years to get established.
• *Paeonia – Peony – Medium Pink, Pale pink, White. Hardy
• *Polygonatum multiflorum – Solomon’s Seal. Hardy (but deer love it)
• *Physostegia – Obedient Plant. Easy if mulched over winter (self seeds)
• *Rue – Meadow. Hardy, but small.
• *Sedum – Autumn Joy, takes several years to get established.

Bulbs:

• Scilla – hardy
• Crocus (limited success)
• Daffodil
• Narcissus
• Lilies
• Tulips

Tried and Abandoned:

• Armeria – Sea Thrift (short lived and unreliable, but does self seed to a limited degree)
• * Astilbe – (purchased root), late to come up, small, has yet to have significant bloom.
• Aubrieta – Rockcress (failed 2^nd or 3^rd year)
• Bellis – English Daisy – Tasso Mix (failed 2^nd year)
• *Campanula – Dwarf Pink (failed 2^nd year)
• Carnation – (failed 2^nd or 3^rd year, will retry as annual)
• *Chrysanthemum – Cushion Moms – failed.
• Cinnifoils
• Coreopsis – Early Sunrise (failed 2^nd year)
• *Coreopsis – Tick Seed (limited success, still trying)
• Cupid Darts – Failed, non hardy
• Doronicum – Magnificum (failed 2^nd or 3^rd year)
• Foxglove – Digitalis (failed 2^nd year)
• Geum – Mrs Bradshaw (short lived)
• Helenium – Red-Gold (failed 2^nd year, needs fall seeding so gets forgotten about)
• *Helenium Autumnale – Sneezeweed (failed 2^nd year, but retrying)
• *Heuchera – Cora Bells (failed 2^nd or 3^rd year)
• Lavender – (success only in greenhouse for a few years)
• Lunaria Biennis – Silver Dollar (failed 2^nd year)
• *Oxtailis – Eliminated, invasive
• Pansy – Short lived, fail, non hardy
• *Pearly Everlasting – Failed, non hardy
• Physalis – Chinese Lantern. (failed 2^nd year)
• Rock Rose – Failed, non hardy
• Echinachea –  Purple coneflower (failed 2^nd or 3^rd year)
• Scabiosa – (failed 2^nd year – abandoned as a perennial)
• Teasle – Failed, non hardy.
• Tritoma – Flamenco (failed 2^nd year. Zero frost tolerance)
• Viola – blue, sunbeam, and others.  Fail after a 1-2 years.