Botany

Plants to KnowGeraniums, Dusty Miller, Butterfly Bush, Sedum, Salvia, Day Lily, Heuchera, Yucca,

Pansy, Ornamental Grass

Butterfly BushBuddleia

• Flowering Shrub• USDA Hardiness Zone 5 - 10• Full Sun• Drought Tolerant• Grows 5' to 10' tall and produces large arching

canes with lavender, pink, purple white blooms all summer

• A rather unkempt growth habit. • Can grow 5' to 8' from the ground in a single

season • Attracts birds & butterflies. Cut flowers• Can become invasive

Daylily• Genus: Hemerocallis• Very adapatable perennials • Grows best in full sun – tolerates some shade• Thousands of cultivars – many producers specialize in

daylilies only.• Many varieties will bloom all summer• Orange & yellow are most common – purples and

pinks are rarer but available• Deer favorite• Flowers only last one day

Dusty MillerSenecio cineraria• Plant type: Interior Plant, Perennial • USDA Hardiness Zones: 8a to 10a • Height: 12" to 24" , Spread: 6-8" • Exposure: full sun • Bloom Color: White, Yellow, - Grown for foliage color• Bloom Time: summer • Leaf Color: Silvery • Growth Rate: average • Moisture: moist • Landscape Uses: Border, Container, Ground cover,

Massing,

Garden or Zonal GeraniumPelargonium x hortorum • Annual• Size: 12-18” tall & wide• USDA Zone 9-11• Full Sun• Blooms late Spring to early fall: red, white, pink• Uses: Containers, bedding• Propagate by cuttings• Not a true geranium

True or Hardy GeraniumGenus: Geranium• Flowering Perennials• USDA Zone 4 – 8• Low growing 4” – 2’• Blooms Spring – summer, pinks, blues &

purples• Part to full sun

• Containers, Beds & Borders, Groundcover

Heuchera

• Common Name: Coral Bells • Plant type: Flowering Perennial • USDA Hardiness Zones: 4b to 9a • Height: 8" to 12" • Exposure: partial shade to partial sun • Flowers: Pink, White blooms, late spring to mid

summer • Leaf Color: Purple, Silvery, orange, red, green • Uses: Bedding Plant, containers

Ornamental Grass• Can be clump-forming or spreading• YOU DON’T WANT THE SPREADING TYPE• Full Sun• Grow 3’ – 8’ tall• Best varieties for Va.

– Miscanthus – Silver grass or zebra grass– Pennisetum – Fountain grass (Annual in VA)– Pampas grass– Sea or River Oats

• Best planted in spring• Low fertilizer & water requirements• Cut back to 4 -6” in late winter• Specimen or border – not a ground cover

PansyViola x wittrockiana

• Plant type: Annual, Perennial*• USDA Hardiness Zones: 7b - 11 • Height: 6" to 12”, Spread: 6 - 12" • Exposure: full sun, *part shade• Bloom Color: Blue, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red, White, Yellow • Bloom Time: Early to late spring, not summer, Mid fall to Early

winter • Soil Condition: Loamy, Sandy, Neutral, Well drained • *Pansies are cool season flowers. They may or may not

survive summer heat or winter cold.

Salvia• Herbaceous, Flowering, Perennial or Annual• Common name: Sage• Hardiness: USDA Zones 7, 8 - 11. • Grows 3 – 5’ tall and wide, depends on

variety• Blooms all summer.• Exposure: partial shade to full sun.• Propagation: Cuttings are fairly easy to root.

Results are better with bottom heat.• Good for cut flowers & culinary uses• Attracts humming birds and butterflies • Strongly scented foliage

Sedum “Autumn Joy”Stonecrop

• Flowering perennial• USDA Hardiness Zone 4a – 9a• Full sun to part shade• 18 – 30” tall & wide• Blooms: Pink, rust, red – summer, to late fall• Winter interest, attracts birds & butterflies• Uses: Border, Foundation, Massing, Rock garden• Many types of sedum– This is the largest

Yucca

• Perennial, Evergreen, Grass-like• Height: 18--36 in, Spacing: 36-48 in• Hardiness: USDA Zone 4a -10b• Sun Exposure: Full Sun• Bloom Color: Pale Yellow, White/Near White, • Bloom Time: Late Spring/Early Summer• Other details: Drought-tolerant• Propagation Methods: By dividing or from seed• Landscape uses: Alpines and Rock Gardens