Perennial Photo Gallery Page 3
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Knautia macedonica – Knautia – (Dipsicaceae). Scabiosa-like perennial with long-lasting, purple-red flowerheads. Look for the pinnately formed stem leaves to differentiate from Scabiosa. |
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Amorpha canescens – Leadplant – (Fabaceae – legumes include Lupinus, Thermopsis). Gray-green, fern-like leaves and protruding violet-blue flower spears. Eastern plains native, xeric. |
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Liatrus spicata – Blazing star or gayfeather – (Asteraceae). Linear, mostly basal leaves arranged alternately on stems. Flowers in tight groups open from the top down on racemes (stalked flowers on an unbranched stem). L. spicata bears long-lasting, pink-purple or white flowerheads on dense spikes. |
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Lavandula angustifolia ‘Munstead’– Munstead lavender – (Lamiaceae include Prunella, Lamium, Salvia, Stachys, Monarda, Ajuga, Nepeta, Ocimum, Thymus). Opposite, fragrant leaves and narrow, flower spikes of 2-lipped flowers. Munstead produces blue-purple flowers. |
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Malva sylvestris ‘Zebrina’ – Zebrina cheese mallow – (Malvaceae- Mallow family includes Alcea, Lavatera, Sidalcea, Althaea and Callirhoe). Malvas are from Eurasia. They have 5 petaled flowers in purple, pink, blue and white in clusters in leaf axils or sometimes on terminals. The flower is nestled in distinct bracts. Zebrina has pink-white flowers with purple stripes and grows to 3-4 feet. |
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Malva moschata – Musk mallow – (Malvaceae). Erect, 3 ftl perennial with woody base and slightly musk-scented leaves to 4" long. The lower ones heart shaped and upper ones pinnatisect. Bears saucer-shaped, pale pink or white flowers up to 2.5 inches across in clusters in the leaf axils. |
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Miscanthus sp. – Maiden grasses – (Poaceae). |
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Aconitum x cammarum ‘Bicolor’ – Two color monkshood – (Ranunculaceae). |
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Picea pungens ‘Montgomery’ – Montgomery Colorado spruce (Pinaceae). A slow growing dwarf with silvery-gray leaves and broad, conical habit. 5 ft. high. |
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Achillea ‘Moonwalker’ – Moonwalker yarrow – (Asteraceae). |
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Lychnis chalcedonica – Maltese cross – (Caryophyllaceae). An erect, stiff perennial bearing terminal, rounded, cymes of star-shaped scarlet flowers up to ½" across with each petal bearing 2 deep notches. |
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Photographs courtesy of Carl Wilson and Judy Sedbrook.
Plant list provided courtesy of Greg Foreman, Lakewood Parks and Recreation.
