| Botanical name |
Common name |
Category |
Flowers | Size |
| Aconitum anthora |
yellow monkshood | perennial (Z5) |
yellow (late summer) | to 20" |
Aconitum carmichaelii |
monkshood | perennial (zone 3-7) |
purple (fall) | 2-3' |
| Aconitum hemsleyanum 'Red Wine' |
monkshood | perennial (Z4) |
wine-red (late summer-fall) | 6' |
| Aconitum hybrids |
monkshood | perennial |
blue-purple | 30-48" |
| Aconitum lamarckii |
| perennial (Z4-8) |
yellow (summer) | 30" |
| Aconitum sachalinense |
| perennial |
blue | |
| Aconitum septentrionale 'Ivorine' |
monkshood | perennial (Z3) |
white (summer) | 3-4' |
| Actaea racemosa |
snakeroot; black cohosh | perennial |
white (early summer) | to 6' |
| Actaea simplex 'Brunette' |
black snakeroot; bugbane | perennial |
pink (fall) | 5-6' |
| Adonis aestivalis |
summer pheasant's-eye | annual |
red (summer) | 16" |
| Anemone albana |
Albanian pasque-flower | perennial (Z5-9) |
pale yellow | 6-12" |
| Anemone altaica |
| perennial |
various colors (spring) | 4-8" |
| Anemone baldensis |
Mt. Baldo windrose | perennial (Z6-9) |
white | 5-12" |
| Anemone berlandieri |
tenpetal thimbleflower; southern windflower | perennial (Z7-9) |
white to purple (late winter-early spring) | 6" |
| Anemone biarmiensis |
windflower | perennial (Z3-8) |
white or soft yellow (summer) | 12-18" |
| Anemone blanda |
Grecian windflower | perennial |
various (April) | 4" |
| Anemone caroliniana |
Carolina anemone | |
light blue, white, or pink (mid-spring) | 3-6" |
| Anemone coronaria |
windflower | perennial (Z6/7-10) |
various colors (late spring) | 12" |
| Anemone cruciata |
windflower | perennial |
off-white | 10" |
| Anemone cylindrica |
thimbleweed | perennial |
white | 12-24" |
| Anemone hupehensis |
Japanese windflower | perennial (Z4-8) |
soft pink (summer) | 4' |
| Anemone lithophila |
| perennial |
white to light blue | 4-8" |
| Anemone montana |
| perennial |
dark purple/burgundy (spring) | |
| Anemone multifida |
windflower | perennial (Z3-8) |
purple (summer) | 12" |
| Anemone multifida var. tetonensis |
| perennial |
red | |
| Anemone palmata |
yellow anemone | perennial (Z6) |
yellow (late spring) | 12" |
| Anemone pratensis 'Nigricans' |
| perennial |
dark purple (spring) | 4-12" |
| Anemone rivularis |
Himalayan windflower | perennial (Z5-8) |
white (late spring) | 24-36" |
| Anemone sulphurea |
| perennial |
yellow | |
| Anemone sylvestris |
snowdrop anemone | perennial (Z4-8) |
white (spring) | 10-18" |
| Anemone tomentosa 'Robustissima' |
grape-leaf anemone | perennial (Z3-8) |
pink (summer) | 18" |
| Anemone virginiana |
thimbleweed | perennial |
greenish white (June) | |
| Anemone x hybrida 'Andrea Atkinson' and 'Honorine Jobert' |
Japanese windflower (white forms) | perennial (Z4) |
white (August-October) | 3' |
| Anemone x hybrida 'Prince Henry' |
Japanese windflower | perennial (Z4) |
pink (late summer-fall) | 4' |
| Anemone x lesseri |
windflower | perennial (Z5-8) |
various colors (late spring-early summer) | 12-16" |
| Anemonopsis macrophylla |
| perennial |
white | 24" |
| Aquilegia 'Cap de Rositier' |
columbine | perennial |
pink (May) | 12-18" |
| Aquilegia alpina |
blue alpine columbine | perennial (Z4-7) |
deep blue (spring) | 20" |
| Aquilegia atrata |
dark columbine | perennial (Z3-8) |
deep burgundy | 24-36" |
| Aquilegia atrovinosa |
columbine | perennial (Z4-8) |
dark purple (late spring-early summer) | 12-18" |
| Aquilegia bertolonii |
Bertoloni's columbine | perennial (Z2-9) |
blue (May) | 12" |
| Aquilegia buergeriana 'Calimero' |
columbine | perennial (Z6-10) |
yellow/burgundy (late spring-summer) | 8" |
| Aquilegia canadensis |
wild red columbine | perennial (Z3-8) |
red with yellow (April-May) | 2-3' |
| Aquilegia chrysantha |
columbine | perennial (Z3-9) |
yellow | 2-3' |
| Aquilegia coerulea |
Colorado blue columbine | perennial (Z3-8) |
blue/white (spring) | 18-24" |
| Aquilegia desertorum |
Arizona columbine | perennial (Z5-8) |
orange-red/yellow | 12-18" |
| Aquilegia discolor |
columbine | perennial (Z4) |
blue/white (April-May) | 6" |
| Aquilegia ecalcarata |
spurless columbine | perennial (Z6-9) |
dusky pink-violet (May) | 12" |
| Aquilegia flabellata |
fan columbine | perennial |
blue/white (May) | 6", 12" |
| Aquilegia formosa |
Western red columbine | perennial |
red/orange | 12" |
| Aquilegia fragrans |
sweet-scented columbine | perennial (Z5-9) |
yellow/white (spring) | 12-18" |
| Aquilegia kareliniana |
Afghan columbine | perennial (Z3-10) |
violet | 24" |
| Aquilegia longissima |
longspur columbine | perennial (Z3-9) |
yellow (spring) | 2-3' |
| Aquilegia micrantha |
columbine | perennial |
white, blue, or pink (spring-summer) | 12-24" |
| Aquilegia nevadensis |
columbine | perennial |
purple | 20" |
| Aquilegia ottonis |
| perennial |
blue/white | 12-20" |
| Aquilegia oxysepala |
columbine | perennial |
purple/cream | 12-24" |
| Aquilegia pyrenaica |
Pyrenees columbine | perennial (Z5-8) |
blue | to 12" |
| Aquilegia rockii |
columbine | perennial |
lilac/white | to 15" |
| Aquilegia scopulorum |
| perennial (Z5-9) |
blue (spring-early summer) | 6" |
| Aquilegia shockleyi |
desert columbine | perennial (Z6-10) |
yellow/red | 4-8" |
| Aquilegia skinneri |
| perennial (Z3-10) |
red/yellow (late spring-summer) | 18-36" |
| Aquilegia vulgaris |
columbine | perennial |
mixed | 2-3 ft |
| Aquilegia x hybrida 'Crimson Star' |
columbine | perennial |
red/white | 2-3 ft |
| Caltha palustris |
marsh marigold, kingcup | perennial (Z3) |
yellow | 12-18" |
| Clematis fremontii |
Fremont's leather flower | perennial (Z4-7) |
purple to white (spring) | 12-18" |
| Clematis heracleifolia |
tube clematis | subshrub (Z5-9) |
blue (late summer) | 3-4' tall, 2' wide |
| Clematis hybrids |
| perennial |
various | vine, to 10 ft or more |
| Clematis integrifolia |
| shrub (Z3-7) |
blue (summer) | 18-36" |
| Clematis koreana var. fragrans |
| perennial |
| |
| Clematis ladakhiana |
| perennial (Z6-9) |
yellow (summer-fall) | vine to 4-6' |
| Clematis macropetala |
downy clematis | perennial (Z3-8) |
violet-blue | vine to 10' |
| Clematis ochroleuca |
curlyheads | perennial |
white | |
| Clematis recta var. purpurea |
ground clematis | perennial (Z3-9) |
white (May-July) | 2-4' |
| Clematis serratifolia |
| perennial vine |
yellow (July-Oct) | to 9' |
| Clematis stans |
| perennial (Z5-10) |
blue | 30" |
| Clematis tangutica |
golden clematis, Old man's beard | perennial vine (Z3-8) |
yellow (summer) | to 12' |
| Clematis terniflora |
sweet autumn clematis | perennial (Z5-9) |
white (late summer-fall) | vine to 15-30' |
| Clematis terniflora var. mandshurica |
Manchurian clematis | perennial (Z5-9) |
white (late spring) | vine to 6' |
| Clematis viorna |
northern leatherflower; vasevine | perennial (Z4-8) |
pink | vine to 6' |
| Clematis x jouiniana 'Praecox' |
| perennial (Z4-8) |
white (summer) | rambler to 10' |
| Consolida ajacis |
rocket larkspur | annual |
blue, white, pink (June-July) | 4' |
| Consolida regalis |
regal knight's spur; field larkspur | annual |
purple | |
| Delphinium andersonii |
Anderson's larkspur | perennial |
dark blue/white (mid-spring) | 18" |
| Delphinium brunonianum |
musk larkspur | perennial (Z3-6) |
blue | 6-18" |
| Delphinium cashmerianum |
| perennial |
blue | 12" |
| Delphinium caucasicum |
| perennial |
blue | |
| Delphinium decorum |
yellow-tinge larkspur | perennial |
dark purple-blue (spring) | 4-12" |
| Delphinium delavayi |
| perennial |
blue (June) | 2-3' |
| Delphinium elatum |
perennial larkspur | perennial |
blue | 3-4 ft |
| Delphinium exaltatum |
tall larkspur | perennial (Z5-7) |
blue (late summer) | 4-6' |
| Delphinium grandiflorum 'Blue Butterfly' |
larkspur | perennial |
blue (June-July) | 12-18" |
| Delphinium hybrids |
| perennial |
| |
| Delphinium likiangense |
| perennial (Z7-9) |
blue (late summer) | |
| Delphinium maackianum |
| perennial |
purple (late summer) | 28" |
| Delphinium menziesii |
Menzies' larkspur | perennial (?) |
blue | 12-20" |
| Delphinium nuttallianum |
| perennial |
| |
| Delphinium oreophilum |
| perennial |
blue (late spring-early summer) | 16-20" |
| Delphinium patens |
spreading larkspur; zigzag larkspur | perennial |
blue (late spring-summer) | 8-20" |
| Delphinium pylzowii |
| perennial |
blue-purple (June-July) | 4-20" |
| Delphinium tatsienense |
| perennial |
blue (summer) | 4-20" |
| Delphinium x belladonna 'Volkerfrieden' |
perennial larkspur | perennial (Z4-7) |
blue (summer) | 30-48" |
| Helleborus foetidus |
stinking hellebore, bear's-paw hellebore | perennial (Z5-9) |
green-white | 2 ft |
| Helleborus lividus |
| perennial |
| |
| Helleborus lividus subsp. corsicus |
Corsican hellebore | perennial |
green | 2' |
| Helleborus niger |
Christmas rose | perennial |
white | 1 ft |
| Helleborus orientalis ssp. guttatus |
lenten rose | perennial |
| |
| Helleborus x hybridus |
lenten rose | perennial |
different (multi-)colors | 2' |
| Helleborus x sternii |
| perennial (Z6-9) |
pale green (spring) | 12" |
| Isopyrum biternatum |
false rue anemone | perennial (Z3-8) |
white (spring) | 6-9" |
| Nigella damascena |
love in a mist | annual |
light-mid blue | 2' |
| Nigella hispanica 'African Bride' |
Spanish love-in-a-mist | annual |
white | 36" |
| Paraquilegia anemonoides |
| perennial |
lavender | |
| Pulsatilla alpina subsp. apiifolia |
| perennial |
yellow (spring) | to 18" |
| Pulsatilla ambigua |
| perennial |
deep violet | 6-10" |
| Pulsatilla campanella |
| perennial |
purple (spring) | 6-8" |
| Pulsatilla chinensis |
| perennial |
purple | |
| Pulsatilla flavescens |
yellow pasqueflower | perennial |
yellow (spring) | |
| Pulsatilla turczaninovii |
Siberian pasqueflower | perennial |
dark blue (early spring) | 18" |
| Pulsatilla vernalis |
spring anemone | perennial |
white (spring) | 8" |
| Pulsatilla vulgaris |
pasque flower | perennial (Z4-8) |
violet | 12" |
| Pulsatilla zimmermannii |
| perennial |
violet | |
| Ranunculus abortivus |
buttercup; small-flowered crowfoot | annual |
yellow (April) | |
| Ranunculus flammula |
lesser spearwort | perennial (Z5-9) |
yellow (late spring-summer) | 12" |
| Ranunculus gramineus |
grassy-leaved buttercup | perennial (Z5-9) |
yellow (late spring-early summer) | 10-12" |
| Ranunculus repens |
creeping buttercup | perennial (Z4-9) |
yellow | 9-12" |
| Ranunculus repens 'Buttered Popcorn' |
creeping buttercup | perennial (Z4-9) |
yellow (spring) | 9-12" |
| Thalictrum 'Black Stockings' |
meadow rue | perennial (Z5-8) |
pink | to 6' |
| Thalictrum alpinum |
alpine meadow rue | perennial |
greenish white (early summer) | 8" |
| Thalictrum aquilegiifolium |
meadow rue | perennial (Z5-9) |
lavender (May-June) | 2-3' |
| Thalictrum baicalense |
meadow rue | perennial |
white | |
| Thalictrum chelidonii |
meadow rue | perennial |
lavender-blue (July-August) | to 7' |
| Thalictrum dasycarpum |
purple meadow rue | perennial (Z4-7) |
white (June) | 3-5' |
| Thalictrum delavayi |
Yunnan meadow rue | perennial |
lavender (July-Aug) | 2-3' |
| Thalictrum filamentosum |
| perennial |
white (spring) | 6-14" |
| Thalictrum flavum ssp. glaucum |
yellow meadow rue; dusty meadow rue | perennial |
yellow (June) | 6' |
| Thalictrum kiusianum |
dwarf meadow rue | perennial |
lavender (early summer) | 4-6" |
| Thalictrum lucidum |
shining meadow rue | perennial |
yellow (early summer) | 5' |
| Thalictrum minus |
small meadow rue | perennial |
blue (May) | 8" |
| Thalictrum occidentale |
western meadow rue | perennial (Z5) |
pinkish-white (May) | to 40" |
| Thalictrum pubescens |
tall meadow rue | perennial |
white (early summer) | 6' |
| Thalictrum reniforme |
meadow rue | perennial |
purple | 24" |
| Thalictrum rochebrunianum |
lavender mist meadow rue | perennial (Z4-7) |
lavender | 4 ft |
| Trollius asiaticus |
Asian globeflower | perennial |
yellow-orange | 18-20" |
| Trollius chinensis 'Golden Queen' |
globeflower | perennial |
orange-yellow | 3-4' tall |
| Trollius ircuticus |
globeflower | perennial (Z3) |
orange (mid-late summer) | 24" |
| Trollius laxus |
American globeflower | perennial |
pale yellow (spring) | 12-20" |
| Trollius pumilus |
dwarf globeflower | perennial |
yellow (May) | 6" |
| Trollius yunnanensis |
Chinese globeflower | perennial |
golden yellow (spring-summer) | 16-20" |
