Perennials

Perennials are a great investment in your garden and give you the best bang for your buck as they will come back next year.  We select the hardiest varieties to withstand Alberta's harsh climate.  See below for a list of perennials you may want to consider for your garden:

 

Plant Name Variety Zone Characteristics
Raspberry Fall Gold    
  Heritage    
  Boyne    
Grapes Valiant    
Rhubarb Canada Red    
  Strawberry Red    
Strawberry Tri-Star    
Artemisia Silver Mound 2 Vigorous growth – 24"
  Silver Brocade 2 vigorous growth – 6"
Aster dumosus Anneke 3 Compact growth
  novae-angliae Purple Dome 2 Compact growth
Astilbe Pink 2/3 eye 3 Deer resistant
  Purple 2/3 eye 3 Deer resistant
  Red 2/3 eye 3 Deer resistant
  White 2/3 eye 3 Deer resistant
Bergenia Bressingham Ruby 2  
  Winterglut 2 Drought resistant
Delphinium Aurora Light Purple 3 Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds
  Starlight 2 Attracts butterflies
Dicentra Gold Heart 2 Pink blooms with lime green foliage
(Bleeding hearts) spectabilis 2-3 2 Cold Hardy. Robust variety. Medium green foliage
  spectabilis 5-8 2  
  Burning Hearts 3 Frosty blue-green foliage. Compact growth
  Valentine 2 Deep red blooms with gray-blue foliage. Deer resistant.
Dodecatheon meadia lilac 2 Native wildflower; woodland gardens
(Shooting Star)
Echinacea
pur. Magnus 3 Attracts butterflies
  pur. Tiki Torch 3 Deep Pumpkin Orange Blooms, attracts butterflies
  pur. Ruby Star 3 Attracts butterflies
  pur. Tomato Soup 4 Vivid colour, large blooms, attracts butterflies
Eryngium
(Sea Holly)
alpinum 'Blue Star' 3 Attracts butterflies
Fern Athyrium nipp. Regal Red 3 Northern Lady fern. Dramatic foliage
Gaillardia Arizona Sun 2 Drought tolerant
  Burgundy 2 Drought tolerant
Arrenatherum Elat. Variegata    
Helianthus Gullicks Gold 2 Tall/Screening, attracts butterflies
Heliopsis Asahi' 3 False sunflower, excellent cut flower
Hemerocallis Stella d'Oro' 2 Re-blooming daylily; 2" blooms. Fragrant, diploid, dwarf
(daylilies) Ruby Stella' 2 2" blooms. Re-blooms. Diploid
  Stella Supreme 2 3" blooms. Re-blooms. Fragrant.
  Strawberry Candy 2 4" blooms. Re-blooms, Teraploid.
  Summer Wine 2 5" blooms. Re-blooms. Diploid
  Little Grapette 2 2" blooms. Re-blooms. Diploid
Iris pallida 'Aureavariegata' Gold 3  
  pallida Albovariegata White 3  
  Sibirica 'Strawberry Flair' 3 Easy care. Great in borders.
  Sibirica 'Silver Edge' 3 Easy care. Great in borders.
  Sibirica 'Ruffled Velvet' 3 Easy care. Great in borders.
  Sibirica 'Dance Ballerina Dance' 3 Easy care. Great in borders.
Liatris spicata Purple 2 Dense blazing star. Drought Tolerant, deer resistant, attracts butterflies.
  Kobold Purple 2 Dense blazing star. Drought Tolerant, deer resistant, attracts bees & butterflies.
Lilium Black Beauty 3 Reflexed Flowers
  Longiflorum Lillium 3 Fragrant, outward facing trumpet flowers
  Purple Eye 2 Upward facing blooms
  Tiger 'Pink Flavour' 3 Reflexed Speckled Flowers
  Tiger 'Tigrinum Splendens' 2 Reflexed Speckled Flowers
  Tiger 'Sweet Surender' 3 Reflexed Speckled Flowers
  Tiger 'Hiwatha' 2 Fragrant, reflexed flowers
Paeonia Red 2 Fragrant, deer resistant
(Peonies) Pink 2 Fragrant, deer resistant
  Karl Rosenfeld 2 Fragrant, double flower, deer resistant
  Gold Mine' 2 Fragrant, double flower, deer resistant
  Dr. Alek Flemming' 2 Fragrant, double flower, deer resistant
  Itoh 'Bartzella' 2 9 inch blooms, very rare, herbaceaous x Tree Peony
  Edulis Superba' 2 Fragrant, deer resistant
  Coral Sunset" 2 Unique bloom colour, fragrant
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldstrum' 3 Cone flower, attracts butterflies
  Goldquelle' 2 Double cone flower, attracts butterflies
Sedum Dragons Blood 2 Drought tolerant, ground cover
  Black Jack 3 Attracts Butterflies, Deepest Purple Foliage
Trollius Golden Queen 2 Globe Flower, Rabbit resistant, bowl shaped flowers