Silphium perfoliatum
CUP PLANT
- Bright yellow daisy-like flowers
- Coarsely-toothed bristly oval green leaves are 20 cm long
- Leaves are opposite each other and join together at stem to cup water
HEIGHT: 150-250 cm · SPREAD: 75-90 cm
Smilacina racemosa
FALSE SOLOMON'S SEAL
- AKA Maianthemum racemosum
- Clump forming rhizomatous perennial
- Unbranched stems have alternate mid-green leaves
HEIGHT: 70-80 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Solidago caesia
BLUESTEM GOLDENROD
- Arching wands of golden flower clusters
- Blue-green stems and long thin green leaves
- Forms attractive open clumps
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm
Solidago canadensis
CANADIAN GOLDENROD
- Rhizomatous upright habit
- Numerous small yellow blooms
- Lance-shaped sharply-toothed green leaves
HEIGHT: 150-200 cm · SPREAD: 90-100 cm
Solidago flexicaulis
ZIGZAG GOLDENROD
- Small flowers cluster near the top of the plant
- Star-like yellow blooms
- Erect stems hold softly hairy coarsely-toothed oval leaves
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-100 cm
Solidago nemoralis
OLD FIELD GOLDENROD
- Erect upright perennial in the sunflower family
- Narrow downward-arching bright yellow plumes
- Grey-green leaves and stems
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Solidago ptarmicoides
UPLAND WHITE ASTER
- AKA Aster ptarmicoides
- Showy silver-white blooms surround a white to pale yellow disk
- Flowers resemble those of an aster
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-50 cm
Solidago rigida
STIFF GOLDENROD
- AKA Oligoneuron rigidum
- Flat-topped clusters of tiny bright yellow daisy-like flowers
- Velvety foliage is gray-green in the summer
HEIGHT: 90-125 cm · SPREAD: 60 cm
Solidago rugosa
WRINKLELEAF GOLDENROD
- Tiny bright yellow blooms arch in plume-like panicles
- Stiff narrow toothed leaves are rough-surfaced and wrinkled
- Clumping perennial
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 100 cm
Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks'
FIREWORKS GOLDENROD
- A selection of the native goldenrod
- Clump forming vase-shaped to upright habit
- Yellow plume-like panicles cascade (like fireworks)
HEIGHT: 90-100 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Solidago sphacelata 'Golden Fleece'
GOLDENROD
- Clump-forming well-branched habit
- Arching panicles of golden-yellow flowers
- Flowers cover a finely-textured foliage
HEIGHT: 40-45 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Solidago x Little Lemon ('Dansolitlem') (PP17297, COPF)
DWARF GOLDENROD
- One of the most compact forms of solidago
- Masses of tiny lemon-yellow flowers form branched spikes
- Flowers cover a finely-textured foliage
HEIGHT: 30-35 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm
Spigelia marilandica 'Little Redhead'
INDIAN PINK
- Upright clump-forming perennial
- Upward-facing scarlet tubular flowers with a yellow throat
- Throats are flared open to form a five-pointed star-shaped tip
HEIGHT: 60-70 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Spigelia marilandica 'Ragin Cajun'
INDIAN PINK
- Upright clump-forming perennial
- Upward-facing orange-red tubular flowers with yellow throats
- Throats are flared open to form a five-pointed star-shaped tip
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Stachys byzantina
LAMB'S EAR
- AKA Stachys lanata, Stachys olympica
- Foliage perennial, ideal for edging or a ground cover
- Mat-forming grayish-silver felted foliage
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Stachys byzantina 'Helen Von Stein'
LAMB'S EAR
- AKA Stachys byzantina 'Big Ears'
- Foliage perennial, ideal for edging or a ground cover
- Mat-forming grayish-silver felted foliage
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Stachys minima
DWARF BETONY
- Forms a dense mound and compact habit
- Short upright stems display spikes of magenta-purple flowers
- Dark glossy green leaves with a rough texture and toothed margins
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 20-25 cm
Stachys monieri 'Hummelo'
ALPINE BETONY
- Clump-forming perennial with upright flower stems
- Dense spikes of rosy-purple flowers
- The glossy green mounding foliage is heavily textured
HEIGHT: 30-35 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Stokesia laevis 'Honeysong Purple'
STOKES' ASTER
- Large dark purple daisy-like blooms
- Mounding habit
- Deep green leathery strap-like foliage
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Stokesia laevis 'Peachie's Pick'
STOKES' ASTER
- Large lavender-blue daisy-like blooms
- Compact, upright habit
- Deep green leathery strap-like basal leaves; smaller stem-leaves
HEIGHT: 40-45 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Stylophorum diphyllum
CELANDINE POPPY
- Isolated populations in Ontario
- Saucer-shaped poppy-like yellow flowers
- Nodding densely hairy seed capsules appear shortly after flowering
HEIGHT: 30-45 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Talinum calycinum
FAME FLOWER
- AKA Phemeranthus calycinus
- Individual plants quickly form large colonies
- Magenta-pink saucer-like flowers with contrasting yellow stamens
HEIGHT: 15-25 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Tanacetum coccineum 'Robinson's Pink'
PAINTED DAISY
- AKA Chrysanthemum coccineus 'Robinson's Pink'
- Large daisy-like pink blooms with yellow eyes
- Fern-like dark green foliage
HEIGHT: 40-45 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm
Tanacetum coccineum 'Robinson's Red'
PAINTED DAISY
- AKA Chrysanthemum coccineus 'Robinson's Red'
- Large daisy-like red blooms with yellow eyes
- Fern-like dark green foliage
HEIGHT: 40-45 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm