Ideas & Inspiration Perennial
With lifespans greater than two years, perennials add a reliable character to your garden. With proper upkeep, these plants return each spring from their rootstocks, ready for another year of blooming. From mint plants to hibiscus and everything in between, Sunnyside Garden has a great selection of perennials to choose from!
Lamium ‘White Nancy’ (Dead Nettle)
White Nancy features white flowers, but the plant’s silvery leaves are what really steal the show. This groundcover requires little attention to thrive and will…
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Ostrich Fern
(Matteuccia struthiopteris) This outstanding selection is one of the largest and most popular ferns. This Minnesota native gets its common name from the fact that…
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Vinca Minor ‘Bowles’ (Periwinkle)
This versatile groundcover features small violet flowers that bloom from spring through summer. The flowers on Bowles are larger than that of other vinca varieties.…
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Heuchera ‘Georgia Peach’ (Coral Bells)
Georgia Peach features giant, eight-inch, strawberry-colored leaves. In the spring, the leaves emerge with a showy silver overlay, and, in early summer, the plant produces…
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Hosta ‘Francee’ (Plantain Lily)
The famous Francee Hosta is known for its yellow to white margins on slightly cupped and furrowed leaves. This hardy hosta is similar to Patriot…
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Heuchera ‘Obsidian’ (Coral Bells)
The dark leaves of ‘Obsidian’ are simply breathtaking – similar to the gemstone, the dark maroon, almost black leaves provide stunning contrast to any companion…
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Sagina aureas ‘Scotch Moss’
Scotch Moss forms a very low mat of moss like, neon-yellow foliage and sports tiny white flowers in spring. Â Great for use in high traffic…
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Iberis ‘Purity’ (Candytuft)
Better known as Candytuft, this popular perennial is one of the first to show off its color in early spring. Â Put to best use in…
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This extrodinarly popular ground cover forms a mat of dense dark green foliage that resembles a green sponge. Â In spring the mat is covered with…
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Thymus praecox ‘Coccineus’ (Creeping Thyme)
Best known as Red Creeping Thyme, this very popular groundcover that forms a low, dense mat that becomes completely covered with crimson-pink flowers in early…
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Leucanthemum ‘Snowcap’ (Shasta Daisy)
This all-time favorite for perennial borders features masses of large white daisy flowers with yellow eyes. Â Will bloom for months on end if properly deadheaded,…
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Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ (Stone Crop)
Long the most dependable and popular sedum, ‘Autumn Joy’ features a mound of green succulent foliage that support large clusters of pink flowers in late…
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Sedum ‘Mr. Goodbud’ (Stone Crop)
This fade-proof and flop-proof sedum variety features stunning dark grey-purple succulent foliage, and vibrant pink flowers held atop sturdy stems. Â After years of breeding at…
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Pulmonaria ‘Raspberry Splash’ (Lungwort)
A truly dazzling shade selection, ‘Raspberry Splash’ shows unique clusters of raspberry red flowers that emerge pink and then fade to a dark blue. Â The…
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Polemonium ‘Stairway to Heaven’ (Jacob’s Ladder)
This stunning shade selection features spectacularly variegated foliage of green and white with pink tints in the spring. Â Clusters of dainty blue flowers bloom…
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Platycodon ‘Sentimental Blue’ (Balloon Flower)
Like its other balloon flower cousins, ‘Sentimental Blue’ produces deep blue star shape flowers that emerge from pop-able, balloon like buds. Â ‘Sentimental Blue’ is distinguished…
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Platycodon ‘Fuji Blue’ (Balloon Flower)
‘Fuji Blue’ is the standard balloon flower cultivar. Â Growing to two feet in both height and width, this garden favorite produces mid-sized star shaped blue…
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Mukdenia ‘Karasuba’
This easy to grow Heuchera relative from China makes a great specimen plant in the shade garden. Â Grown mostly for its color-changing foliage, Mukdenia leaves…
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Lupinus ‘The Governor’ (Lupine)
‘The Governor’ produces large stalks of vividly blue pea-shaped flowers. Â Part of the Russel Hybrids sereies of Lupine which are generally one foot taller and…
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Lupinus ‘the Chatelaine’ (Lupine)
‘The Chatelaine’ produces tall spikes of small pea shaped pink and white flowers. Â Looks great when planted in masses with other lupine varieties. Â A member…
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Lupinus ‘My Castle’ (Lupine)
‘My Castle’ boasts tall spikes of intensely colored deep red flowers that bloom in abundance in late spring. Â A member of the Russel Hybrids…
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Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)
Best known as Cardnial Flowers, this species of lobeila native to North America has become a popular landscaping plant due to its height interest and…
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Heliopsis ‘Loraine Sunshine’ (False Sunflower)
This wonderful False Sunflowers is one of the most amazing (and in my opnion, underused) perennials on the market. Â ‘Loranie Sunshine’ produces massive clumps of…
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Geranium ‘Rozanne’ (Cranesbill)
The 2008 Perennial Plant of the Year, ‘Rozanne’ is a relatively new introduction boasting a substaintally prolonged bloom period, which in Minnesota makes this a…
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Geranium ‘New Hampshire Purple’ (Cranesbill)
A wonderfully carefree perennial that is both diesase resistant and tolerant of most hazards of our climate, ‘New Hampshire Purple’ boasts a dense mound of…
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Geranium ‘Alpenglow’ (Cransebill)
Excellently cut dark green foliage forms a nicely dense mound roughly 12″ in height. Â Throughout the summer ‘Alpenglow’ produces vivid rose red flowers. Â In fall,…
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Rudbeckia ‘Goldsturm’ (Black Eyed Susan)
This 1999 Perennial Plant of the Year has been among the most popular perennials for the past 50 years. Â ‘Goldsturm’, translated to English meaning ‘gold…
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Dicentra spectabilis ‘Alba’ (Bleeding Heart)
This form of the Bleeding Heart shares every characteristic with its classic cousin except flower color – boasting white, heart shaped flowers from late spring…
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Dicentra spectabilis (Bleeding Heart)
Known the world over as the classic bleeding heart, ‘spectabilis’ boasts an abundance of pink heart shaped flowers starting in late spring. Â Discovered on an…
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Dicentra ‘King of Hearts’ (Bleeding Heart)
A wonderfully miniature and extremely long-blooming bleeding heart, ‘King of Hearts’ shows of a nicely formed mound of small, lacy foliage that errupts in bloom…
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Achillea ‘Pomegranate’ (Yarrow)
With deep red pomegranate flowers, Achellia ‘Pomegranate’ is quickly becoming one of the most popular perennials here at Sunnyside. Â Velvety red flowers renown for their…
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Linum perenne ‘Sapphire’ (Flax)
This Minnesota native perennial features a long bloom period in early spring when it produces masses of dainty blue flower held atop narrow, feathery stems…
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Lavender ‘Hidcote Blue’
A dwarf variety of lavender that produces tons of deep purple flowers in late spring, ‘Hidcote Blue’ is one of the hardiest and most garden…
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Dicentra ‘Goldheart’ (Bleeding Heart)
A truly unique shade specimen that puts a whole new twist on the old-fashioned bleeding heart, ‘Goldheart’ features wonderfully colored chartreuse foliage that bear the…
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Dianthus ‘Zing Rose’
Very showy deep pink-red flowers bloom all summer atop grass like dark green foliage. Â Â A great perennial to use in the garden bed as…
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Delphinium ‘Blue Mirror’
A dwarf variety of delphinium that makes up for what it lacks in size with an extendended bloom time lasting all of spring and well…
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Tiarella ‘Spring Symphony’ (Foam Flower)
By far the most floreferious of all the foam flower varieties, ‘Spring Symphony’ boasts tons of densely packed light pink flowers held on 15″ stems…
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Tiarella ‘Black Snowflake’ (Foam Flower)
Dramatic, deeply cut foliage features intense black veining with green margins make this outstanding shade-loving foliage plant truly resemble a black snowflake. Â In mid-summer, this…
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Stachys ‘Hummelo’ (Lamb’s Ear)
A distinctly different stachys than it better known cousin Lamb’s Ear, ‘Hummelo features a dense, low growing mound of dark green, heavily textured leaves that…
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Stachys ‘Helen Von Stein’ (Lamb’s Ear)
Best know as ‘Lamb’s Ear’ or simply ‘Big Ears,’ this wonderfully unique perennial produces a low mat of wolly silvery grey foliage. Â ‘Helen Von Stein’…
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Sedum ‘Purple Emperor’ (Stonecrop)
A paticularly outstanding variety of sedum, ‘Purple Emperor’ boasts deep dark reddish-purple foliage that forms a tight mound and grows about 15″ in height. Â In…
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Sedum ‘Cauticola’ (Stonecrop)
One of the most popular sedum groundcovers, ‘Cauticola’ features a low, creeping mound of dusty grey-blue foliage. Â Pinkish red star-shaped flowers emerge in late summer…
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Phlox subulata (Creeping Phlox)
One of the most widely used groundcovers, creeping phlox form a carpet of colorful tiny flowers in early spring. Â Creeping phlox come in pink,…
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Euphorbia ‘Bonfire’ (Spurge)
‘Bonfire’ forms a dense mound of brillant deep maroon foliage. Â Golden yellow flowers emerge in early spring an provide an outstanding contrast with the foliage.…
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Euphorbia polychroma (Spurge)
Bright golden yellow flowers bloom in early spring atop a well-mounded cushion of dark green leaves. Â Excellent for use as edging, in rock gardens or…
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Dianthus ‘Heart Attack’
Strikingly dark blood-red flowers with small white eyes bloom atop dark green lance shaped foliage. Â ‘Heart Attack’ is a care-free sun plant that offers some…
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Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ (Catmint)
Not to be confused with Catnip, Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ is a Catmint perennial. It’s fragrance is attractive to cats, but not quite as potent to…
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Geum ‘Triflorum’ (Avens)
So many names, so many attributes to this lovely native plant. Geum ‘Triflorum’ is also known as Prairie Smoke, Old Man Whiskers, and Three-Flowered Avens.…
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Geum ‘Borisii’ (Avens)
Geum is a fast grower that is rarely bothered by pests or diseases. It’s a great plant for borders, containers or rock gardens. The ‘Borisii’…
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Echinacea ‘Ruby Star’ (Coneflower)
‘Ruby Star’ Echinacea is a new, improved version of the ‘Magnus.’ Â The ‘Ruby Star’ is more uniform in size with darker colored flowers. Grows to…
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