|
Common Name* |
Scientific Name |
Growth Habit |
Exposure |
Hardiness |
Moisture |
Height |
Bloom |
|
Anise Sage |
Salvia guaranitica |
Herbaceous perennial or annual |
Sun to partial shade |
Zone 7, annual farther north |
Moist to average |
3-4', occ. 6' |
Spring-fall |
|
Bee Balm, Oswego Tea |
Monarda didyma |
Herbaceous perennial |
Sun to shade |
Zone 4 |
Moist to average |
4' |
Midsummer |
|
Butterfly Bush |
Buddleia davidii |
Semiwoody shrub |
Sun |
Zones 5-9 |
Average |
6-8' |
Summer-fall |
|
California Fushia |
Epilobium canum ssp. canum |
Spreading perennial |
Full Sun |
Zones 4-10 |
Arid to average |
1' |
Midsummer-frost |
|
Cardinal Flower |
Lobelia cardinalis |
Herbaceous perennial |
Sun to shade |
Zone 3 |
Wet to average |
3-4' |
July-Sept |
|
Coral Bells |
Heuchera sanguinea |
Herbaceous perennial |
Sun to partial shade |
Zones 4-9 |
Arid to average |
6" - 1' |
Spring, sometimes reblooms later in season |
|
Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle |
Lonicera sempervirens |
Woody vine, evergreen to deciduous |
Sun to partial shade |
Zone 4 |
Moist to average |
Up to 15' |
Spring-fall, sometimes winter in Zone 8 & warmer |
|
Desert Willow |
Chilopsis linearis |
Small flowering tree |
Full sun |
Zones 7-10 |
Arid to average |
Up to 25' |
Early summer-fall |
|
Garden Phlox |
Phlox paniculata |
Perennial |
Part to full shade |
Zones 4-9 |
Average |
2-4' |
Summer-fall |
|
Honey Fushia, Gartenmeister Bonstedt Fushia |
Fushia triphylla |
Tender perennial herb or semiwoody shrub |
Full sun to shade |
Zone 8, grown as annual in colder zones |
Average to moist |
3' as annual |
Contant in warm weather |
|
Maltese Cross |
Lychnis chalcedonica |
Perennial |
Full sun |
Zones 3-9 |
Average |
18" |
Summer |
|
Mexican Honeysuckle |
Justicia spicigera |
Herabaceous perennial, semiwoody shrub |
Sun, shade in desert SW |
Zone 8 |
Average to dry |
4' |
Year-round |
|
Scarlet Runneer Bean |
Phaseolus coccineus |
Vine, perennial in warm winter areas, annual elsewhere |
Full sun |
All zones |
Average |
Up to 15' |
Summer |
|
Scarlet Sage, Red Hot Sally |
Salvia spendens |
Herbaceous perennial, typically grown as annual |
Sun to partial shade |
Zone 9 as perennial |
Average to moist |
2-4', varies w/ cultivar |
Summer & fall |
|
Standing cypress, Spanish Larkspur |
Ipomopsis rubra |
Herbaceous biennial |
Sun to partial shade |
Zone 5 |
Moist to dry |
4-6' |
Summer & fall |
|
Sunset Hyssop, Licorice Mint |
Agastache rupestris |
Herbaceous perennial |
Sun |
Zone 4 |
Arid to average |
4' |
June-Aug |
|
Tropical Sage, Texas Sage |
Salvia coccinea |
Herbaceous annnual or perennial |
Shade to sun |
Zone 9, hardy only to the upper 20s |
Moist to dry |
3-4', occ. 6' |
Spring until frost, continuous w/out frost |
|
Trumpet Creeper |
Campsis radicans |
Woody, deciduous vine |
Full to part sun |
Zone 5, zone 4 as a perennial |
Average to moist |
Up to 60' or more |
June-Sept or later |
|
Turk's Cap, Wax Mallow, Sultan's Turban |
Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii |
Lax to upright or climbing woody shrub |
Sun to shade |
Zone 7 |
Dry to moist |
4', 8' if supported |
May-Nov |
|
Upright catmint, Souvenir d'Andre Charudron |
Nepeta x faassenii |
Relaxed perennial |
Full sun |
Zones 3-9 |
Average |
18" |
Spring-summer |