Height

Light

Other Information

Baby's Breath

Gypsophila spp.

60-90cm/30-90cm

(2-3ft/1-3ft)

Full sun

A naturalizing plant but can be invasive

Blanketflower

Gaillardia spp.

15-90cm/45-60cm

6in-3ft/1.5-2ft)

Full sun

Long flowering, attracts butterflies

Blue Fescue

Festuca glauca

30-45cm/38-45cm

(1-1.5ft/1-1.5ft)

Full sun

Blue coloured grass

Blue Sage

Salvia nemorosa

38-60cm/45-60cm

(1-2ft/1.5-2ft)

Full sun

Long flowering

Cornflower

Centaurea montana

60-90cm/60-90cm

(2-3ft/2-3ft)

Full sun

Interesting bloom but can be invasive

Daylily

Hemerocallis spp.

25-120cm/60-90cm

(1-4ft/2-3ft)

Full sun

Various colours, some re-blooming cultivars

Gasplant

Dictamnus spp.

90-120cm/90cm

(3-4ft/3ft)

Full sun

Unique blooms emit gas

Globe Thistle

Echinops ritro

90-120cm/45-60cm

(3-4ft/1.5-2ft)

Full sun

Naturalizing plant, good dried flower, can be thorny

Hens and Chicks

Sempervivum spp.

2.5-7.5cm/5-90cm

(1-3in/2in-3ft)

Full sun

Interesting ground cover for rock gardens

Potentilla

Potentilla spp.

15-45cm/45-60cm

(1-2.5ft/1.5-2ft)

Full sun

Naturalizing but can be invasive

Sage

Artemesia spp.

15-120cm/60-120cm

6in-4ft/2-4ft)

Full sun

Grey foliage, some are invasive

Sea Holly

Eryngium planum

60-90cm/60cm

(2-3ft/2ft)

Full sun

Very spiny, grey foliage

Snow-in-Summer

Cerastium tomentosum

15cm/60cm

(6in/2ft)

Full sun

Delicate white flowers

Soapwort

Saponaria offcinalis

60-90cm/60-90cm

(2-3ft/2-3ft)

Full sun

Excellent ground cover for rock gardens

Spurge

Euphorbia polychroma

45-90cm/60-90cm

(1.5-2ft/2-3ft)

Full sun

Naturalizing but invasive plant

Stonecrop

Sedum spp.

5-45cm/30-90cm (2in-1.5ft/1-3ft)

Full sun

Succulent plant

Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

30-75cm/75cm

(1-2.5ft/2.5ft)

Full sun

Long flowering, fragrant but invasive

Yucca

Yucca spp.

45-60cm/60-90cm

(1.5-2ft/2-3ft)

Full sun

Long, thin, grey leaves

Height

Light

Other Information

Anemone

Anemone sylvestris

30-38cm/30-45cm

(1-1.5ft/1-1.5ft)

Part shade

White flowers but can be invasive

Goatsbeard

Aruncus diocius

60-150cm/120cm

(2-5ft/4ft)

Part shade

A beautiful bush with airy white blossoms

Goutweed

Aegopodium podagraria

30cm/30-60cm

(1ft/1-2ft)

Part to full shade

Very invasive plant with silver or white variegated leaves

Lady's Mantle

Alchemilla mollis

30-45cm/60cm

(1-1.5ft/2ft)

Part shade

Excellent for dried flowers

Lily-of-the-Valley

Convallaria majalis

15-25cm/60cm

(1ft/2ft)

Part to full shade

Excellent ground cover with beautiful blooms but can be invasive and is poisonous

Lungwort

Pulmonaria spp.

30-60cm/30-60cm

(1-2ft/1-2ft)

Part to full shade

Interesting, spotted leaves; similar to Hostas

Rockfoil

Bergenia cordifolia

40-45cm/60-90cm

(1-1.5ft/2-3ft)

Part to full shade

Early bloomer

Solomon's Seal

Polygonium multiflorum

45-60cm/30-45cm

(1-2ft/1-1.5ft)

Part to full shade

Excellent for woodland areas with white bell flowers