Hillside Garden Plants

a view of the hillside garden

Rain Garden

  • the bloom of an allium cernuum

    Nodding Onion

    Allium cernuum

  • large perennial with light blue/white blooms

    Ozark Bluestar

    Amsonia ilustris

  • the fluffy bloom of feather reed grass

    Korean Feather Reed Grass

    Calamagrostis arundinacea var. brachytricha

  • a small plant with white blooms

    Turtlehead

    Chelone glabra 'Black Ace'

  • tall, blooming joe-pye weed

    Joe-Pye Weed

    Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum

  • the fluffy, pink bloom of meadowsweet

    Meadowsweet

    Filipendula rubra 'Venusta'

  • bright red/orange flowers

    Sneezeweed

    Helenium 'Potter's Wheel'

    photo credit: Mt. Cuba Center

  • vibrant, pink daylily blooms

    Daylily

    Hemerocallis 'Always Afternoon'

  • a vibrant yellow and red daylily bloom

    Rainbow Rhythm® Daylily

    Hemerocallis 'Tiger Swirl'

  • a large, red flower

    Cranberry Punch™ Hardy Hibiscus

    Hibiscus moscheutos 'Whit XX'

    photo credit: Greenleaf Nursery Company

  • a white hibiscus bloom with hints of pink around the edges

    Summerific® Hardy Hibiscus

    Hibiscus 'Ballet Slippers'

  • a deep purple spiderwort bloom

    Amethyst Kiss™ Spiderwort

    Tradescantia 'Radtrad'

  • a purple iris bloom

    Siberian Iris

    Iris siberica 'Contrast in Styles'

  • texture pink/white flowers

    Siberian Iris

    Iris siberica 'Pink Parfait'

    photo credit: Bluestone Perennials

Dutch Wave

  • red yarrow blooms

    Common Yarrow

    Achillea millefolium 'Strawberry Seduction'

  • tiny, white flowers

    Sneezewort Yarrow

    Achillea ptarmica 'Peter Cottontail'

    photo credit: Walter's Gardens

  • yellow yarrow blooms

    Hybrid Yarrow

    Achillea filipendula 'Coronation Gold'

  • long, purple blooms

    Hybrid Anise Hyssop

    Agastache foeniculum x rugosa 'Blue Fortune'

  • an allium bloom

    Nodding Onion

    Allium cernuum

  • deep pink allium blooms

    Lavender Lollipop™ Ornamental Onion

    Allium x 'Windy City'

  • bright yellow foliage

    Arkansas Amsonia

    Amsonia hubrichtii

  • orange butterfly milkweed blooms

    Butterfly Milkweed

    Asclepias tuberosa

  • small, purple blooms on tall stems

    Betony

    Betonica officinalis 'Hummelo'

    photo credit: White Flower Farm

  • pink betony blooms

    Betony

    Betonica officinalis 'Summer Crush'

  • a close-up of sideoats grama

    Side-Oats Grama

    Bouteloua curtipendula

  • white calamint blooms

    Calamint

    Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta

  • small red/pink flowers

    Hardy Iceplant

    Delosperma cooperi 'Jewel of Desert Garnet'

    photo credit: High Country Gardens

  • large, pink coneflower blooms

    Double Dipped™ Coneflower

    Echinacea 'Strawberry Mousse'

    photo credit: Pine River Farm

  • blooming rattlesnake master

    Rattlesnake Master

    Eryngium yuccifolium

  • white, spiky blooms

    Rattlesnake Master

    Eryngium yuccifolium 'Prairie Moon'

    photo credit: Intrinsic Introductions

  • the fuzzy seed head of prairie smoke

    Prairie Smoke

    Geum triflorum

  • small, pink prairie smoke blooms

    Avens

    Geum 'Cherry Bomb'

  • intricate white blooms

    Showy Stonecrop

    Hylotelephium tatarinowii 'Thundercloud'

  • a delicate, pink monarda flower

    Eastern Beebalm

    Monarda bradburiana

  • deep purple catmint blooms

    Catmint

    Nepeta x faassenii 'Purrsian Blue'

  • low cactus with orange blooms

    Creeping Prickly Pear

    Opuntia humifusa 'Mulberry Creek'

    photo credit: Catskill Native Nursery

  • a small beardtongue bloom

    Beardtongue

    Penstemon 'Blackbeard'

  • large russian sage blooms

    Russian Sage

    Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Blue Jean Baby'

  • tall, pink sage blooms

    Rose Wine Woodland Sage

    Salvia nemorosa 'Rosenwein'

    photo credit: Chicago Botanic Garden

  • dark purple sage blooms

    Woodland Sage

    Salvia nemorosa 'Wesuwe'

  • tall, purple sage blooms

    Meadow Sage

    Salvia x sylvestris 'Viola Klose'

    photo credit: RHS

  • small, red/purple fuzzy blooms

    Hybrid Burnet

    Sanguisorba x 'Plum Drops'

    photo credit: Intrinsic Introductions

  • red switchgrass

    Little Bluestem

    Schizachyrium scoparium 'Prairie Munchkin'

  • small, green foliage with red tips

    Sunsparkler® Sedum

    Sedum 'Lime Zinger'

    photo credit: Bluestone Perennials

  • a yellow-ish grass with fuzzy seed heads

    Autumn Moor Grass

    Sesleria autumnalis

  • a large bush with purple blooms

    KICKIN® Michaelmas Daisy

    Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Lilac Blue'

  • a small, pink ironweed bloom

    Ironweed

    Vernonia lettermanii 'Southern Cross'

Ornamental

  • red yarrow blooms

    Common Yarrow

    Achillea millefolium

  • light purple spike blooms

    Anise Hyssop

    Agastache foeniculum 'Golden Jubilee'

  • dark purple spike blooms

    Hybrid Anise Hyssop

    Agastache foeniculum x rugosa 'Blue Fortune'

  • small, pink allium blooms

    Ornamental Onion

    Allium x 'Chivette'

  • bursting, purple blooms

    Ornamental Onion

    Allium tanguticum 'Summer Beauty'

    photo credit: Bluestone Perennials

  • intricate purple blooms

    European Pasqueflower

    Anemone pulsatilla

  • ornate yellow and green leaves with tall purple blooms

    European Columbine

    Aquilegia vulgaris 'Leprechaun Gold'

  • vibrant yellow foliage

    Arkansas Amsonia

    Amsonia hubrichtii

  • white coneflower blooms

    Purple Coneflower

    Echinacea purpurea 'White Show Off'

  • a mix of white and purple coneflower blooms

    Purple Coneflower

    Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan'

  • delicate, blue blooms

    Sea Holly

    Eryngium planum 'Blue Glitter'

  • red/pink joe-pye weed blooms

    Joe-Pye Weed

    Eutrochium maculatum

  • a close-up of green and orange euphorbia blooms

    Donkey Tail Spurge

    Euphorbia myrsinites

  • the fuzzy seed head of prairie smoke

    Prairie Smoke

    Geum triflorum

  • vibrant pink blooms with red stems

    Candy™ Stonecrop

    Hylotelephium telephium 'Cherry Truffle'

  • thin, green grass with fluffy seed heads

    Maiden Grass

    Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'

  • green grass with a red-ish seed head

    Autumn Moor Grass

    Molinia arundinacea 'Dark Beauty'

    photo credit: Future Plants

  • bright pink beebalm blooms

    Eastern Beebalm

    Monarda bradburiana 'Prairie Gypsy'

  • ligt purple spike blooms

    Catmint

    Nepeta x faassenii 'Early Bird'

  • white catmint spike blooms

    Catmint

    Nepeta x faassenii 'Snowflake'

  • pink/white blooms

    Ornamental Oregano

    Origanum 'Kent Beauty'

    photo credit: Bluestone Perennials

  • tall, dense, red-ish grass

    Prairie Winds® Switchgrass

    Panicum virgatum 'Apache Rose'

  • tall russian sage spike blooms

    Russian sage

    Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Blue Jean Baby'

  • yellow black-eyed susan blooms

    Viette's Little Suzy Black-Eyed Susan

    Rudbeckia fulgida 'Blovi'

    photo credit: Gardenia

  • small, white flowers

    Purple Winter Savory

    Satureja montana ssp. illyrica

  • deep purple spike blooms

    Woodland Sage

    Salvia nemorosa 'Blueberry Beret'

  • tall, pink sage blooms

    Woodland Sage

    Salvia nemorosa 'Rose Marvel'

    photo credit: High Country Gardens

  • upright, red-ish grass

    Little Bluestem

    Schizachyrium scoparium 'Standing Ovation'

  • dark green and red grass

    Little Bluestem

    Schizachyrium scoparium 'Blue Paradise'

    photo credit: Walter's Gardens

  • fuzzy stems and leaves with pink/purple blooms

    Lamb's Ear

    Stachys byzantina 'Fuzzy Wuzzy'

  • beautiful, delicate purple flowers

    Stoke's Aster

    Stokesia laevis 'Blue Danube'

  • a large bush with purple blooms

    KICKIN® Michaelmas Daisy

    Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Lilac Blue'

  • small, yellow blooms

    Four-Nerve Daisy

    Tetraneuris scaposa 'Prairie Sunshine'

    photo credit: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

  • bright pink blooms

    Ironweed

    Vernonia lettermanii

    photo credit: Plant Delights Nursery Inc.

South Buffer

  • small, white blooms

    Hybrid Anemone

    Anemone x hybrida 'Whirlwind'

    photo credit: Bluestone Perennials

  • an ornate purple and green fern

    Japanese Painted Fern

    Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum'

    photo credit: White Flower Farm

  • pink baptisia blooms

    Decadence® Hybrid False Indigo

    Baptisia 'Pink Truffles'

  • dense, green grass with a fluffy, red seed head

    Korean Feather Reed Grass

    Calamagrostis arundinacea var. brachytricha

  • fluffy, green grass

    Blue-Green Sedge

    Carex flacca

    photo credit: Hoffman Nursery

  • green grass with fluffy, pinkish seed heads

    Chinese Fountain Grass

    Cenchrus purpurascens 'Piglet'

    photo credit: Hoffman Nursery

  • a grass with long, fluffy, red seed heads

    Chinese Fountain Grass

    Cenchrus purpurascens 'Red Head'

  • small, yellow flowers

    Bishop's Hat

    Epimedium x versicolor 'Sulphureum'

  • spiky, blue/green grass

    Blue Fescue

    Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'

    photo credit: Monrovia

  • a small, burgundy flower with a green center

    Winter Jewels(R) Lenten Rose

    Helleborus x hybridus 'Black Diamond'

  • red coral bells

    Coral bells

    Heuchera 'Mahogany Monster'

    photo credit: Proven Winners

  • bleeding heart blooms with yellow-green foliage

    Bleeding Heart

    Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Gold Heart'

  • weeping, violet blooms

    Virginia Bluebells

    Mertensia virginica

  • small, upright, bright purple blooms

    SylvesterBlue™ Catmint

    Nepeta x faassenii 'G19213'

    photo credit: White Flower Farm

  • pale purple sage blooms

    Russian sage

    Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Little Spire'

  • small, white, drooping blooms

    Solomon's Seal

    Polygonatum biflorum 'Prince Charming'

    photo credit: Plants Nouveau

  • bright pink blooms

    New York Aster

    Symphyotrichum novi-belgii 'Alert'

High Plains

  • small, orange/pink blooms

    Dwarf Hyssop

    Agastache 'Kudos Mandarin'

  • small, pink allium blooms

    Ornamental Onion

    Allium x 'Chivette'

  • small, white blooms

    Hybrid Anemone

    Anemone x hybrida 'Whirlwind'

    photo credit: Bluestone Perennials

  • green moss

    Mossy Sandwort

    Arenaria 'Wallowa Mountains'

    photo credit: High Country Gardens

  • small, white, ball-shaped blooms

    Dreameria® Sea Thrift

    Armeria pseudarmeria 'Dream Clouds'

    photo credit: Proven Winners

  • small, purple blooms

    Betony

    Betonica officinalis 'Hummelo'

    photo credit: White Flower Farm

  • sideoats seeds

    Side-Oats Grama

    Bouteloua curtipendula

  • small, white blooms

    Snow-In-Summer

    Cerastium tomentosum 'Yo Yo'

  • small, purple blooms

    Still Waters™ Clematis

    Clematis x 'Zostiwa'

    photo credit: Proven Winners

  • tiny, purple flowers

    Calamint

    Clinopodium nepeta 'Marvelette Blue'

  • bright red and yellow blooms

    Uptick™ Gold & Bronze Tickseed

    Coreopsis x 'Baluptgonz'

    photo credit: Monrovia

  • textured, yellow blooms

    Hybrid Tickseed

    Coreopsis 'Jethro Tull'

  • yellow blooms with long, thin stems

    Dyer's Chamomile

    Cota tinctoria 'Charme'

  • small yellow and white blooms

    Ice Plant

    Delosperma 'Mountain Dew'

    photo credit: Darwin Perennials

  • small, delicate, pink flowers

    Carthusian Pink

    Dianthus carthusianorum

  • intricate, purple blooms

    Sea Holly

    Eryngium planum 'Blue Glitter'

  • abundant, purple blooms

    Sea Holly

    Eryngium planum 'Jade Frost'

  • small, symmetrical, green blooms

    Donkey Tail Spurge

    Euphorbia myrsinites

  • stringy, green grass

    Sheep Fescue

    Festuca ovina 'Eiler's Beauty'

    photo credit: High Country Gardens

  • bright red blooms

    Blanket Flower

    Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Arizona Red Shades'

  • tiny, white blooms

    Festival Star® Baby's Breath

    Gypsophila paniculata 'Danfestar'

    photo credit: Walter's Gardens

  • clusters of small, pink flowers

    Candy™ Stonecrop

    Hylotelephium telephium 'Cherry Truffle'

  • long, purple blooms

    Lavender

    Lavandula angustifolia 'Wee One'

  • small purple and green foliage

    Brass Buttons

    Leptinella squalida 'Platt's Black'

    photo credit: High Country Gardens

  • small, violet blooms

    Blue Flax

    Linum perenne

  • green and yellow striped grass

    Bandwidth Maiden Grass

    Miscanthus sinensis 'NCMS2B'

    photo credit: Walter's Gardens

  • small, yellow blooms

    Southern Sundrop

    Oenothera fruticosa 'Fireworks'

  • small, pink/white blooms on red stems

    Gaura

    Oenothera lindheimeri

  • white, heart-like flowers

    Pale Evening Primrose

    Oenothera pallida

  • tall, dense, grass with fluffy seed heads

    Switchgrass

    Panicum virgatum 'Dallas Blue'

  • small, pink blooms

    Beardlip Penstemon

    Penstemon barbatus 'Elfin Pink'

  • delicate pink blooms

    Rock Candy™ Ruby Penstemon

    Penstemon barbatus 'Novapenrub'

    photo credit: Monrovia

  • small, pink blooms

    Red Rocks® Penstemon

    Penstemon 'P008S'

    photo credit: Monrovia

  • tiny, yellow flowers

    Pineleaf Penstemon

    Penstemon pinifolius 'Mersea Yellow'

    photo credit: High Country Gardens

  • light purple sage blooms

    Russian Sage

    Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Bluesette'

  • upright, purple sage blooms

    Russian Sage

    Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Denim 'n Lace'

  • small, red foliage

    Caucasion Stonecrop

    Phedimus spurium 'Rock Candy'

    photo credit: Intrinsic Perennial Gardens

  • small, white blooms

    Littleleaf Mock Orange

    Philadelphus microphyllus

    photo credit: High Country Gardens

  • clustered, tiny, pink blooms

    Garden Phlox

    Phlox paniculata 'Jeana'

    photo credit: Mt. Cuba Center

  • small, bright pink flowers

    Creeping Phlox

    Phlox subulata 'Red Wings'

  • white, star-shaped flowers

    Balloon Flower

    Platycodon grandiflorus 'Fairy Snow'

  • tiny, white blooms

    Purple Winter Savory

    Satureja montana ssp. illyrica

  • large, fuzzy, pink blooms

    Hybrid Stonecrop

    Sedum 'Sunset Boulevard'

  • small, bright pink blooms

    Rose Campion

    Silene coronaria 'Blood Red'

    photo credit: Gardenia

  • long, thin, grassy plant

    Alkali Sacaton Grass

    Sporobolus airoides

  • tall, fuzzy, pink/purple blooms

    Lamb's Ear

    Stachys byzantina 'Fuzzy Wuzzy'

  • delicate, pink blooms

    Ironweed

    Vernonia lettermanii 'Southern Cross'

  • tall, purple spires

    Wooly Speedwell

    Veronica incana 'Pure Silver'

  • small, bright blue/purple blooms

    Prostrate Speedwell

    Veronica 'Tidal Pool'

    photo credit: Emerald Coast Growers

  • green and yellow foliage

    Adam's Needle

    Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard'