Achillea, 10–11
Adenophora
confuse, 122–23
Agastache, 12–13
Agastache
Ajuga
pyramidalis, 124–25
Alchemilla
mollis, 126–27
Allegheny pachysandra, 190–91
Alumroot, 176–77
Amsonia
tabernaemontana var. salicifolia, 14–15
Anemone
x hybrida, 128–29
sylvestris, 130–31
Anemone, Japanese, 128–29
Anemone, snowdrop, 130–31
Appalachian barren strawberry, 228–29
Aquilegia, 16–17
Arisaema
triphyllum, 132–33
Artemisa
stellerana, 18–19
Aruncus
dioicus, 134–35
Asarum
europaeum, 136–37
Asclepias
tuberosa, 20–21
Aster
x frikartii, 22–23
Astilbe
x arendsii, 138–39
simplicifolia, 140–41
Astilbe, dwarf (or star), 140–41
Astilbe, hybrid, 138–39
Bachelor’s button, 37
Baptisia
australis, 24–25
Beach wormwood, 18–19
Bearded iris, 72–73
Beardtongue, 90–91
Beautiful mint, 30–31
Bee balm, 82–83
Begonia
Begonia, hardy, 144–45
Bellflower, Carpathian, 32–33
Bellflowers, cut, 119
Bergenia
cordifolia, 146–47
Bigleaf goldenray, 184–85
Black cohosh, 152–53
Black-eyed Susan, 102–3
Black snakeroot, 152–53
Blanket flower, 58–59
Bleeding heart, 160–61
Bloodroot, 208–9
Bloody cranesbill, 170–71
Blue-mist shrub, 34–35
Boltonia
asteroides, 26–27
Boltonia, 26–27
Brunnera
macrophylla, 148–49
Bugbane, 152–53
Bugle, common, 125
Bugle, upright, 124–25
Calamagrostis
Calamint, 30–31
Calamintha
nepeta, 30–31
Calcium, 4
Campanula
carpatica, 32–33
Carpathian bellflower, 32–33
Caryopteris, 34–35
Catmint, 84-85
Celandine poppy, 212–13
Centaurea
montana, 36–37
Centranthus
ruber, 38–39
Chelone
lyonii, 150–51
Cimicifuga
racemosa, 152–53
Columbine, 16–17
Common bugle, 125
Common foxglove, 162–63
Compost, 5
Convallaria
majalis, 154–55
Coralbells, 176–77
Coreopsis
verticillata, 40–41
Coreopsis, thread-leaved, 40–41
Cornflower, perennial, 36–37
Corydalis
lutea, 156–57
Cranesbill, 60–61
Cranesbill, bloody, 170–71
Creeping Jacob’s ladder, 197
Crested iris, 180–81
Cushion spurge, 54–55
Cut flowers, stopping bleeding of, 119
Daisy, Shasta, 78–79
Darmera
peltata, 158–59
Daylily, 68–69
Deadheading, 117
Delphinium, 42–43
Delphinium, 42–43
belladona types, 42
Dianthus, 44–45
Dicentra
x ‘Luxuriant’, 160–61
Digitalis
grandiflora, 46–47
purpurea, 162–63
Diseases, controlling, 6
Doronicum
caucasicum, 164–65
Drainage, 5
Dusty miller, perennial, 18–19
Dwarf astilbe, 140–41
Echinacea, 48–49
Echinops
ritro, 50–51
English lavender, 76–77
Ephemerals, 119
Epimedium
Eryngium
amethystinum, 52–53
Euphorbia, 54–55
European wild ginger, 136–37
Eutrochium
purpureum, 56–57
Fairy candles, 152–53
False indigo, 24–25
False Solomon’s seal, 210–11
False sunflower, 66–67
Feathered reed grass, 28–29
Featherleaf rodgersia, 206–7
Fern, Japanese painted, 142–43
Fertilizing plants, 4
Foamflower, 216–17
Foxglove, common, 162–63
Foxglove, perennial, 46–47
Frikart’s aster, 22–23
Full shade, 2
Full sun, 2
Gaillardia
x grandiflora, 58–59
Galium
odoratum, 168–69
Garden phlox, 94–95
Gay-feather, 80–81
Geranium, 60–61
Geranium, perennial, 60–61
Globeflower, hybrid, 222–23
Goat’s beard, 134–35
Grass, feathered reed, 28–29
Grass, hakone, 172–73
Grass, Japanese forest, 172–73
Growing tips, 114–19
Hakonechloa
macra ‘Aureola’, 172–73
Hakone grass, 172–73
Hardiness zones, 7
map, 235
Hardy begonia, 144–45
Heartleaf bergenia, 146–47
Helenium
Helianthus
annuus, 65
x multiflorus, 64–65
tuberosus, 65
Heliopsis
Helleborus
x hybridus, 174–75
Hemerocallis, 68–69
Heuchera, 176–77
Hosta, 178–79
‘Frances Williams’, 178
Hybrid astilbe, 138–39
Hybrid globeflower, 222–23
Iris
cristata, 180–81
ensata, 70–71
x germanica, 72–73
Iris, bearded, 72–73
Iris, crested, 180–81
Iris, Japanese, 70–71
Iris, Siberian, 74–75
Jack-in-the-pulpit, 132–33
Jacob’s ladder, 196–97
Japanese anemone, 128–29
Japanese beetles, 116
Japanese forest grass, 172–73
Japanese iris, 70–71
Japanese painted fern, 142–43
Japanese primrose, 200–201
Jerusalem artichoke, 65
Ladybells, 122–23
Lady’s mantle, 126–27
Lamb’s ears, 110–11
Lamium
maculatum, 182–83
Lavandula
angustifolia, 76–77
Lavender, English, 76–77
Lenten rose, 174–75
Leucanthemum
x superbum, 78–79
Liatris
spicata, 80–81
Ligularia
Lily-of-the-valley, 154–55
Lilyturf, 186–87
Liriope
Longspur epimedium, 166–67
Lungwort, spotted, 204–5
Manure, 5
Mayapple, 194–95
Meadow rue, 214–15
Merrybells, 224–25
Mertensia
virginica, 188–89
Milkweeds, 21
Monarda
didyma, 82–83
Moss phlox, 96–97
Mountain bluet, 36–37
Nepeta
x faassenii, 84–85
Nettle, spotted dead, 182–83
Nitrogen, 4
Obedient plant, 98–99
Old woman, 18–19
Organic matter, 5
Oriental poppy, 88–89, 115, 119
Pachysandra
procumbens, 190–91
terminalis, 190
Pachysandra, Allegheny, 190–91
Paeonia, 86–87
Papaver
orientale, 88–89
Part shade, 2
Penstemon
barbatus, 90–91
Peony, 86–87
Perennial cornflower, 36–37
Perennial dusty miller, 18–19
Perennial foxglove, 46–47
Perennial geranium, 60–61
Perennials
best for shade, 120–229
best for sun, 8–113
best tips for growing, 114–19
introduction to, 2–7
Perennial sunflower, 64–65
Perovskia
atriplicifolia, 92–93
Pests, controlling, 6, 114, 116, 118
Phlox
divaricata, 192–93
paniculata, 94–95
Phlox, garden, 94–95
Phlox, moss, 96–97
Phlox, root cuttings from, 115
Phlox, wild blue, 192–93
Phosphorus, 4
Physostegia
virginiana, 98–99
Pincushion flower, 106–7
Planning ahead, 119
Plantain lily, 178–79
Platycodon
grandiflorus, 100–101
Podophyllum
peltatum, 194–95
Polemonium
caeruleum, 196–97
reptans, 197
Polyantha primrose, 202–3
Polygonatum
odoratum ‘Variegatum’, 198–99
Poppy, celandine, 212–13
Poppy, Oriental, 88–89, 115, 119
Potassium, 4
Primrose, English, 202
Primrose, Japanese, 200–201
Primrose, polyantha, 202–3
Primula
elatior, 202
japonica, 200–201
juliae, 202
x polyantha, 202–3
vulgaris, 202
Propagation from stem cuttings, 118
Pulmonaria
saccharata, 204–5
Purple coneflower, 4B, 49
Purple sage, 104–5
Red valerian, 38–39
Rodgersia
pinnata, 206–7
Rodgersia, featherleaf, 206–1
Root cuttings, 115
Rudbeckia
fulgida ‘Goldsturm’, 102–3
Russian sage, 92–93
Sage, purple, 104–5
Sage, Russian, 92–93
Salvia
x superba, 105
x sylvestris, 104–5
Sanguinaria
canadensis, 208–9
Scabiosa
caucasica, 106–7
Seaweed, 5
Sedum, 108–9
Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’, 108–9
Senecio
cineraria, 1B
Shade, best perennials for, 120–229
Shade, full, 2
Shade, part, 2
Shady sites, 116
Siberian bugloss, 148–49
Siberian iris, 74–75
Slugs, 114, 11B
Smilacina
racemosa, 210–11
Snails, 118
Sneezeweed, 62–63
Snowdrop anemone, 130–31
Soil preparation, 3
Solomon’s seal, false, 210–11
Solomon’s seal, variegated, 198–99
Speedwell, 112–13
Spiderwort, 218–19
Spotted dead nettle, 182–83
Spotted lungwort, 204–5
Spurge, 54–55
Stachys
byzantine, 110–11
Staking tall plants, 115
Star astilbe, 140–41
Stem cuttings, propagation from, 118
Stylophorum
diphyllum, 212–13
Sun, best perennials for, 8–113
Sun, full, 2
Sunflower, false, 66–67
Sunflower, perennial, 64–65
Sweet Joe-Pye weed, 56–57
Sweet woodruff, 168–69
Thalictrum, 214–15
Thread-leaved coreopsis, 40–41
Tiarella
cordifolia, 216–17
Toad lily, 220–21
Trace elements, 4
Tradescantia, 218–19
Tricyrtis
hirta, 220–21
Trollus
x cultorum, 222–23
Tufted violet, 226–27
Turtlehead, 150–51
Umbrella plant, 158–59
Upright bugle, 124–25
Uvularia
grandiflora, 224–25
Valerian, red, 38–39
Variegated Solomon’s seal, 198–99
Veronica, 112–13
Viola
cornuta, 226–27
Violet, tufted, 226–27
Virginia bluebells, 119, 188–89
Waldsteinia
fragarioides, 228–29
Watering, 7
Wild blue phlox, 192–93
Willow amsonia, 14–15
Wood poppy, 212–13
Yarrow, 10–11
Yellow corydalis, 156–57