Perennials

Beyond the rich textures and year-round color, our native perennials play an essential role in garden health. These companion plants encourage beneficial pollinators and create a buffer between rose plantings that naturally suppresses disease spread. Learn more about each perennial variety below.

Beebalm

Label: Monarda didyma

Blue Wild Indigo

Label: Baptisia australis

Cardoon

Label: Cynara cardunculus

Carolina Campion

Label: Silene caroliniana

Climbing Aster

Label: Ampelaster carolinianus

Columbine Meadowrue

Label: Thalictrum aquilegiifolium

Common Mallow

Label: Malva neglecta

Common Rush

Label: Juncus effusus

Common Rush

Label: Juncus effusus

Common Torch Lily

Label: Kniphofia uvaria

Creeping Thyme

Label: Thymus praecox

Culver’s Root

Label: Veronicastrum virginicum

Fennel

Label: Foeniculum vulgare

Feverfew

Label: Tanacetum parthenium

Foxglove Beardtongue

Label: Penstemon digitalis

Frost Aster

Label: Symphyotrichum pilosum

Garden Phlox

Label: Phlox paniculata

Garden Pink

Label: Dianthus plumarius

Great Coneflower

Label: Rudbeckia maxima

Groundsel

Label: Baccharis halimifolia

Hollyhock

Label: Alcea rosea

Japanese Iris

Label: Iris ensata

Japanese Sweet Flag

Label: Acorus gramineus

Lemon Balm

Label: Melissa officinalis

Montbretia

Label: Crocosmia

Moss Phlox

Label: Phlox subulata

Mugwort

Label: Artemisia schmidtiana

Narrow Leaf Sunflower

Label: Helianthus angustifolius

Obedient Plant

Label: Physostegia virginiana

Obedient Plant

Label: Physostegia virginiana

Pale Purple Coneflower

Label: Echinacea pallida

Prairie Coneflower

Label: Ratibida columnifera

Prairie Dropseed

Label: Sporobolus heterolepis

Ragged Robin

Label: Silene flos-cuculi ‘Petite Henri’didyma

Rattlesnake Master

Label: Eryngium yuccifolium

Russian Sage

Label: Salvia yangii

Scarlet Sage

Label: Salvia coccinea

Seaside Goldenrod

Label: Solidago sempervirens

Society Garlic

Label: Tulbaghia violacea

Trumpet Honeysuckle

Label: Lonicera sempervirens

Virgin’s-bower

Label: Clematis virginiana

Yarrow

Label: Achillea millefolium

Yerba Buena

Label: Clinopodium douglasii

Thank you to NC State Extension for allowing us to use their photos.