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Cornell Plantations Plant List
Last Updated 8/1/12
herbaceous perennials
scientific name
common name
Achillea millefolium 'Sunny Seduction'
COMMON YARROW
Achillea 'Paprika' (Galaxy Series)
YARROW
Agastache 'Blue Fortune' AGM
HYSSOP
Amsonia hubrichtii
HUBRICHT'S BLUESTAR
Amsonia rigida
STIFF BLUESTAR
Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima' GOLD MEDAL
RED CHOKEBERRY
Asclepias purpurascens
PURPLE MILKWEED
Asclepias speciosa
SHOWY MILKWEED
Asclepias tuberosa deep red-­‐orange
BUTTERFLY WEED
Aster laevis 'Bluebird'
SMOOTH ASTER
Aster oblongifolius 'Raydon's Favorite'
AROMATIC ASTER
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This selection produces a bouquet of flowers that open intense lemon yellow, then lighten to pastel yellow. Paprika' is a spreading, mat-­‐forming yarrow cultivar which is noted for its fern-­‐like, aromatic, medium green foliage and its tiny, long-­‐lasting, dusty-­‐red flowers with yellow centers.
Plant 100cm tall, 135cm spread. Dense, erect to very slightly arching, much branched. Flower spike 16.5cm long, composed of very densely packed clusters.
Foliage is extremely slender essentially threadlike; flowers are sky-­‐blue emerging in May; fall foliage an excellent golden-­‐yellow.
Plants notable for the dark purple color on the emerging stems, which contrasts with the leaves. The leaves are arranged in a semicircle on the upper stems.
Waxy, almost lustrous dark green foliage turns brilliant scarlet in fall; flowers are more abundant than on the type, and red fruit is glossier.
The emerging foliage is lightly touched with purple, and the deep reddish purple flowers crowd into tidily spherical inflorescences, several per stem. Purple-­‐pink flowers (lobes to 1.2cm). Fruit sometimes spiny. A very special seed strain with deep red-­‐orange flowers and relatively dark foliage.
Flowers are 1" across, violet-­‐blue, held in cone-­‐
shaped clusters.
Plants 36" tall, 24" wide, with bluish-­‐purple flowers in fall; foliage has a minty fragrance when crushed.
Baptisia ×bicolor 'Starlite' STARLITE PRAIRIEBLUES™
FALSE INDIGO
Baptisia ×variicolor 'Twilite' TWILITE PRARIEBLUES™
FALSE INDIGO
Baptisia alba var. alba
WILD WHITE INDIGO
Baptisia 'Carolina Moonlight'
FALSE INDIGO
Baptisia megacarpa
Apalachicola wild indigo
Baptisia sphaerocarpa
YELLOW WILD INDIGO
Caltha palustris 'Double Gold'
MARSH MARIGOLD
Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips'
PINK TURTLEHEAD
Echinacea 'Daydream'
CONEFLOWER
Echinacea 'Katie Saul' SUMMER SKY™
CONEFLOWER
Echinacea 'Matthew Saul' HARVEST MOON™ (Big Sky Series)
CONEFLOWER
Echinacea 'Now Cheesier'
CONEFLOWER
Echinacea pallida
CONEFLOWER
Echinacea paradoxa
YELLOW CONEFLOWER
Echinacea purpurea 'Elbrook' ELTON KNIGHT
CONEFLOWER
Echinacea purpurea 'Merlot'
PURPLE CONEFLOWER
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Vivid violet-­‐lavender buds unfurl to periwinkle, lupinelike flowers with contrasting butter-­‐cream keels.
Its lupinelike flowers in a smokey violet purple, highlighted by a lemon-­‐yellow keel are produced in erect racemes that extend beyond the foliage, creating an incredible floral display.
Petals white, wing and keel petals 1.6-­‐2 cm long; legume pendulous, blackish.
Blue-­‐green foliage, topped in late spring with 18" spikes of yellow flowers.
To 4' tall with creamy yellow flowers. Plants reach 18" in height and width; leaves are blue-­‐green, rounded; yellow flowers are carried in 12-­‐15" long spikes in late April.
Deep, double golden-­‐yellow flowers are striking against dark green foliage that is more robust than the species. Flowers have twice as many petals as the native species and last longer in the landscape.
New foliage is tinged bronze and matures to a very dark green; stems reddish; flowers pink, effective in late summer.
Dreamy yellow to soft yellow, fragrant flowers bloom all summer long.
Soft peach petals with a rose halo around the cone -­‐ 5" blooms and dark stems adorn this robust, fragrant echinacea.
Deep golden-­‐yellow petals with an orange cone. Heavily branched and overlapping petals.
This deep, golden yellow Echinacea has melting cheddar blooms that lighten slightly after weeks of heat. Blooms all summer from well branched stems. Plant to 1m in height, ray flowers purple.
Features large, daisy-­‐like flowers with drooping yellow to orange-­‐yellow petals and very large, coppery-­‐brown to chocolate-­‐brown central cones. Best flower display is mid-­‐June to mid-­‐July.
Ray flowers in the greyed-­‐purple group, cone is deep red or greyed orange. Flowering from mid July.
Very large rose pink flowers with wine red stems and petioles.
This cross of E. purpurea x paradoxa makes a 2' tall x 2' wide clump, topped in summer with 4" fragrant buttery yellow flowers.
Plants have fuchsia colored flowers and bright green foliage. Height 30-­‐36" and spread 1-­‐2'.
Discovered growing on the grounds of Conard-­‐
Pyle in Pennsylvania, this mutation of the popular Joe Pye Weed grows only 4 feet tall. Selected by Steve Lighty . Dark purple flower heads are carried on 6' to 8' tall, uniformly purple stems.
Stem green, very strongly dark purplish red, fine longitudinal black dashes, especially noticeable on green areas. Leaves serrated, dark green. Flowers dusky pink. A Siberian species, with large palmate leaves and huge, fluffy corymbs of fragrant pinkish-­‐white to white flowers.
Usually considered the pinkest of the many forms. Plants 6-­‐8' tall, 4' wide, summer blooming. Fragrant deep pink flowers in 12" clusters in July and early August. Plants 4' tall, 2' wide; tough, wiry with reddish, sparsely-­‐leaved stems, which branch freely; flowers small, white with reddish calyces which persist after the petals have dropped; summer blooming; dainty and refined.
Plants reach about 3.5'; flowers are yellow-­‐
orange effective in late summer.
Has delightful brown spherical cones which are surrounded by a flowing fringe of bright yellow-­‐
reflexed petals looking like hundreds of yellow-­‐
skirted dancers in motion. The foliage is compact and bushy. Tolerant of a wide variety of conditions.
Plants flower for six to eight weeks in mid to late summer. Yellow petals are edged with bright orange-­‐red aging to clear red edged in gold, all surrounding deep chestnut cones.
Echinacea 'Sunrise' (Big Sky Series)
CONEFLOWER
Eupatorium dubium 'Baby Joe'
COASTAL PLAIN JOE PYE WEED
Eupatorium dubium 'Little Joe'
COASTAL PLAIN JOE PYE WEED
Eupatorium maculatum (Atropurpureum Group) 'Gateway'
SPOTTED JOE PYE WEED
Eupatorium maculatum (Atropurpureum Group) 'Purple Bush' AGM
SPOTTED JOE PYE WEED
Filipendula camtschatica
GIANT MEADOWSWEET
Filipendula rubra 'Venusta' AGM
MARTHA WASHINGTON PLUME
Gillenia trifoliata AGM
INDIAN-­‐PHYSIC
Helenium 'Flammenspiel'
HELEN'S FLOWER
Helenium flexuosum 'Tiny Dancer'
PURPLEHEAD SNEEZEWEED
Helenium 'Mardi Gras'
HELEN'S FLOWER
Helenium 'Red Jewel'
HELEN'S FLOWER
Small dark red with a substantial blue component to the color. Plants to 3' tall and 2' across.
Helenium 'Ruby Tuesday'
HELEN'S FLOWER
Ruby Tuesday Sneezeweed is a compact plant to 20" tall with lacy red petals that form a striking red flower.
Helianthus angustifolius 'Gold Lace'
SWAMP SUNFLOWER
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Plants 6-­‐8' tall and 5-­‐8' across. Though it is usually found in swampy conditions in the wild, it grows well in almost any sunny site. Flowers yellow.
Helianthus 'Lemon Queen' AGM
SUNFLOWER
Hibiscus moscheutos
COMMON ROSE MALLOW
Inula orientalis
GEORGIAN FLEABANE
Iris ×robusta 'Gerald Darby'
IRIS
Iris 'Be Dazzled'
STANDARD DWARF BEARDED IRIS
Iris ensata 'Eden's Harmony'
JAPANESE WATER IRIS
Iris laevigata 'Shirasagi'
IRIS
Iris 'Lion King'
JAPANESE IRIS
Iris 'Scamp'
LOUISIANA IRIS
Iris 'Sea Knight'
LOUISIANA IRIS
Iris versicolor AGM
WILD IRIS
Iris versicolor 'Mysterious Monique'
BLUE FLAG
Kalimeris incisa 'Blue Star'
DOUBLE JAPANESE ASTER
Liatris spicata
SPIKE GAYFEATHER
Monarda 'Raspberry Wine'
BEE BALM
Phlox paniculata 'Pina Colada'
PERENNIAL PHLOX
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
SWEET CONEFLOWER
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Clump-­‐forming plants reach 6' in height; flowers are profuse, soft yellow, effective in late summer.
Petals 8-­‐10cm, white, pink or rose, base sometimes crimson.
Flower heads are solitary, yellow-­‐orange, reach 9cm across, and are effective in June and July.
Stems purple; leaves richly colored with purple at the base; flowers blue. 13" tall and has sunny, yellow flowers that are highlighted with splotches of deep burgundy on the falls.
The blooms are 6-­‐9 in. across and appear in June in a variety of colors. Adapts well to full sun or partial shade and moist soils.
Flowers, borne in summer are pure white with some violet on the midribs of the styles; "all falls" (double) form; leaves broad and smooth, of a soft green. ‘Lion King’ grows to 4' tall with huge, fully double, 7-­‐8" blooms that open in early summer. Each ruffled petal displays a grape purple edge that wisps softly into the pure white centers and tucked down at the base of each petal is a tiny splash of sunshine yellow.
Standards red; falls lighter, bright yellow signal. to 42" tall. Very dark blue, orange line signal. To 24" tall.
Narrow gray-­‐green leaves and purplish flowers, borne in early summer. Plants 2' tall, 1' wide.
Plants with velvety, black-­‐purple flowers fading to deep purple veined with white and a yellow throat.
Single one inch, pale blue daisy-­‐like flowers on a compact mound of green all summer
To 1.5m tall. Stems stiff. Leaves to 40x2cm, linear-­‐
lanceolate or linear. Purple-­‐tinged at anthesis; florets red-­‐purple.
Plants 3' tall and 2' wide, quite mildew resistant, producing vibrant raspberry-­‐red flowers.
Plants to 15" tall by 14" wide have flowers with overlapping, pure white petals. Short, dark green-­‐
leafed plant is ideal for borders. Perennial herb to 70cm; stem usually branched. Leaves to 13cm, ovate, mid-­‐green, often ternte, grey pubescent. Capitula solitary to ca. 8cm diameter; receptacle hemispheric to ovoid-­‐conic; phyllaries glandular, hispid; ray florets yellow; dic florets deep brown-­‐purple. Pappus corona crenate-­‐toothed.
Solidago [Little Lemon] = 'Dansolitlem'
LITTLE LEMON GOLDENROD
Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks'
ROUGH-­‐STEMMED GOLDENROD
Thermopsis chinensis 'Sophia'
Pea Bush also Lupine-­‐False
Vernonia lettermannii 'Iron Butterfly'
NARROWLEAF IRONWEED
Veronicastrum virginicum f. rosea 'Pink Glow'
CULVER'S ROOT
Veronicastrum virginicum 'Lavendelturm'
CULVER'S ROOT
The compact, well-­‐branched plant is topped with a stunning floral show in September.
Clump-­‐forming rather than stoloniferous, reaching 3'-­‐4' in height, producing a compact mound of graceful arching branches. The golden-­‐
yellow flowers are effective in autumn. Its bright canary-­‐yellow flowers fill the flower spikes in late spring and are beautifully set off by blue-­‐tinted foliage. These tough, bushy plants are under 2ft tall, and they love light and tolerate drought.
It has lovely fine foliage like Amsonia hubrichtii and is a compact, well-­‐branched and vigorous plant. In late summer it is covered with true purple flowers that attract plenty of butterflies. Branching spires of pale pink, almost white tubular flowers from July to September above whorls of deep green leaves. An Ernst Pagels introduction with lovely, light lavender flowers. trees & shrubs
scientific name
common name
Betula nigra 'Cully' HERITAGE®
RIVER BIRCH
Betula nigra 'Little King' FOX VALLEY®
DWARF RIVER BIRCH
Carpinus caroliniana
AMERICAN HORNBEAM
Cotinus 'Grace' AM Cory Cup FCC
SMOKE BUSH
Ilex verticillata 'Southern Gentleman'
MALE WINTERBERRY
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Outstanding for the beauty of its bark and for its exceptional resistance to borers, blight, wind and ice damage. Bark ranges from light tan to cream and silvery white, and peels off in large, attractive sheets. Foliage is rich dark green, glossy above, lighter green on the underside, and turns a pleasing yellow in fall.
Plants reach 10' in height and 12' in width with a densely compact growth habit and branches to the ground. Glossy medium green foliage forms a tight, rounded crown; bark exfoliates to reveal shades of cinnamon and reddish brown .
Small, multi-­‐stemmed bushy shrub or single-­‐
stemmed tree with a wide-­‐spreading, flat or round-­‐topped, often irregular crown; some plants are quite uniform. Plants 20' to 30' tall. Fall color variable, ranging from a good yellow to orange-­‐
red. Bark slate gray, smooth, irregularly fluted.
Vigorous, tall shrub with large, soft purplish-­‐red leaves that turn scarlet in autumn. Large, conical purplish-­‐pink flower clusters are borne in summer.
A male selected to pollinate southern types of Ilex verticillata. Initially released as 'Early Male'.
Ilex verticillata 'Sunset'
WINTERBERRY HOLLY
Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red' Gold Medal
WINTERBERRY HOLLY
Lindera benzoin
SPICEBUSH
Ostrya virginiana
AMERICAN HOP HORNBEAM
The original selection was made for the following characteristics: olive-­‐brown stem color, spreading habit, heavy fruiting, and fruit longer than that of 'Winter Red'. Southern type; requires 'Southern Gentleman' (formerly 'Early Male') for pollination.
Multiple-­‐stemmed, erect and rounded; leaves lustrous, dark green; fruits bright red, 3/8" in diameter, borne extremely profusely, their intense red color being maintained throughout the winter.
Fall color light yellow. Flowers dioecious, greenish-­‐
yellow, borne in early to mid-­‐April before the leaves in axillary clusters; attractive but not showy.
Very graceful small tree with many horizontal or drooping branches usually forming a rounded outline, somewhat pyramidal in youth. Fall color yellow, seldom effective, and falling early.
grasses
scientific name
common name
Calamagrostis brachytricha
KOREAN FEATHER REED GRASS
Festuca mairei
FESCUE
Molinia caerulea ssp. arundinacea 'Bergfreund'
TALL PURPLE MOOR GRASS
Molinia caerulea ssp. arundinacea 'Fontane'
TALL PURPLE MOOR GRASS
Panicum virgatum 'Badlands'
SWITCH GRASS
Panicum virgatum 'Cheyenne Sky'
SWITCH GRASS
Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal'
SWITCH GRASS
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Densely tufted perennial reaching 1 m in height with short-­‐creeping rhizomes.
Plants form a neat mound of flat, gray-­‐green foliage reaching 2-­‐2.5' in height topped by very slender flower panicles in June. More tolerant of hot summers than many fescues.
Plants reach 4'-­‐5' in height; spread of 3', foliage assumes rich yellow tints in fall; flowers brown, effective in late summer; name translates to 'Mountain Friend'.
Plants reach 6' in height, the stems arching; name translates to 'Fountain'.
Deep purple pigmentation on the tips of every blue-­‐green leaf. This purple color begins to develop in midsummer and is striking when matching smoky purple flower panicles appear in late summer.
Clump of blue-­‐green foliage that turns wine red in early summer. By late summer the plant is almost totally saturated in color and forms wine red flower clusters.
Features metallic-­‐blue leaves which turn yellow in autumn, fading to tan-­‐beige in winter. Foliage clump is topped in mid-­‐summer by finely-­‐
textured, pink-­‐tinged, branched flower panicles which hover over the foliage like an airy cloud.
Panicum virgatum 'Huron Solstice'
SWITCH GRASS
Panicum virgatum 'Northwind'
SWITCH GRASS
Panicum virgatum 'Prairie Fire'
SWITCH GRASS
Panicum virgatum 'Ruby Ribbons'
SWITCH GRASS
Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah'
SWITCH GRASS
Panicum virgatum 'Thundercloud'
SWITCH GRASS
Panicum virgatum 'Warrior'
SWITCH GRASS
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Foxtrot'
CHINESE FOUNTAIN GRASS
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Blaze'
LITTLE BLUESTEM
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Blue Heaven'
LITTLE BLUESTEM
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Prairie Blues'
LITTLE BLUESTEM
Sesleria autumnalis
AUTUMN MOOR GRASS
Sporobolus heterolepis
PRAIRIE DROPSEED
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This selection has blue-­‐green foliage that turns a deeper shade of wine-­‐purple beginning in early summer.
Plants reach 5' in height; habit is strongly erect; foliage is wide, olive-­‐green; inflorescences are narrow, and strongly erect.
‘Prairie Fire’ features tight, upright clumps of bluish stems and slender burgundy foliage, all topped with pink-­‐tinted flowers in late summer. Long before fall, the foliage turns fiery red, creating a flame of color.
Upright specimen emerging with blue-­‐grey foliage that begins taking on a burgundy-­‐red hue as early as mid-­‐summer. The foliage color intensifies as the season progresses, serving as a nice foil when the clumps are topped with airy 4' tall flower spikes in late summer which dry and last well into the winter.
Neat compact clump of foliage that has a dark purple cast on its tips throughout the summer; in fall the foliage turns dark black-­‐purple.
Panicum 'Thundercloud' is a very large switchgrass that grows to a height of 7-­‐8' and 5' across when mature. The blue green foliage remains strictly upright and doesn't flop over in windy, rainy conditions. In late summer, a plethora of pinkish-­‐tan, airy panicles are produced just above the foliage.
Plants 4' to 5' in height; foliage reddish-­‐brown in fall.
'Foxtrot' makes a large, upright, 4' wide x 5' tall clump, topped in mid summer with 5' tall tan plumes.
Plants reach 24" in height; foliage assumes russet-­‐
red tints in fall.
This selection of Little Bluestem has dark blue to burgundy foliage during the summer, turning purple, violet and finally red in the fall. This selection of Little Bluestem, released by Jelitto Seed of Germany, has grayish-­‐blue foliage and a sturdy, upright growth habit. ‘Prairie Blues’ is an eye catching grass in the fall garden, where it turns a pleasing purple with hints of orange-­‐
red.
Inflorescence to 100 cm long, lax, grayish or whitish.
A densely tufted narrowly upright perennial reaching 2' in height; infloresence fragrant, gray-­‐
green, narrowly pyramidal, the branches erect or ascending, finally spreading, bearing dark green spikelets towards their tips, effective in late summer.