Anemone × hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’ (Windflower)
Bloom Time: August to September
Sun Requirement: Full Sun to Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Wildlife: Attracts bees
Tolerates: Deer resistant
Native to North America: N/A
Zones: 4 to 8
Other: Produces pure white blooms with golden centers on tall, wiry stems.
Location: Bradford Robertson Color Garden
Helianthus tuberosus (Sunchoke)
Bloom Time: August to September
Sun Requirement: Full Sun to Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Wildlife: Attracts bees, butterflies, and birds
Tolerates: Most soil types
Native to North America: Yes
Zones: 3 to 9
Other: A tall, vigorous perennial sunflower with bright yellow flowers and edible tubers.
Location: Bracken Foundation Children’s Garden
Maianthemum stellatum (Starry False Solomon’s Seal)
Bloom Time: May to June
Sun Requirement: Part Shade to Full Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Wildlife: Specialized native bees
Tolerates: Tolerates drier conditions once established
Native to North America: Yes
Zones: 3 to 8
Other: Native woodland perennial with arching stems that produce striped berries in the late summer.
Location: Herb Study Garden
Lycoris radiata (Red Spider Lily)
Bloom Time: August to October
Sun Requirement: Full Sun to Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Wildlife: Attracts butterflies
Tolerates: Deer resistant
Native to North America: No
Zones: 6 to 10
Other: Produces spidery scarlet blooms on top of bare stems in the early fall.
Location: Sigourney Cheek Literary Garden
Andropogon gerardii ‘Holy Smoke’ (Big Bluestem)
Bloom Time: August to September
Sun Requirement: Full Sun
Water Requirement: Medium
Wildlife: Songbirds consume seedheads
Tolerates: Poor soils and drought
Native to North America: N/A
Zones: 3 to 9
Other: A cultivar of big bluestem with striking purple foliage and unique turkey-foot seedheads.
Location: Bradford Robertson Color Garden
Clematis ‘Guernsey Cream’ (Clematis)
Bloom Time: Reblooming
Sun Requirement: Full Sun to Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Wildlife: Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds
Tolerates: Tolerates drier conditions once established
Native to North America: N/A
Zones: 4 to 9
Other: This climbing vine bears creamy white blooms, flowering first in the spring and often reblooming in late summer.
Location: Burr Garden
Dicliptera suberecta (Firecracker Plant)
Bloom Time: June to Frost
Sun Requirement: Full Sun
Water Requirement: Low
Wildlife: Attracts hummingbirds
Tolerates: Heat and drought
Native to North America: No
Zones: 7 to 10
Other: Features soft, fuzzy gray leaves and clusters of tubular red-orange flowers.
Location: Sigourney Cheek Literary Garden
Tricyrtis formosana ‘Seiryu’ (Toad Lily)
Bloom Time: August to September
Sun Requirement: Part Shade to Full Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Wildlife: Attracts bumblebees
Tolerates: Deer and rabbit resistant
Native to North America: N/A
Zones: 4 to 8
Other: A shade-loving perennial with interesting white flowers speckled with purple.
Location: Blevins Japanese Garden
