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PLANT FACTS
GARDEN DESIGNS
PLANT COMBINATIONS
ARTICLES
GARDENING 101
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PERENNIALS FOR SUN
PERENNIALS FOR SHADE
SHRUBS
TREES
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES
MINNESOTA NATIVES
DEER RESISTANT
WATER AND BOG PLANTS
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Abies koreana ‘Horstmann’s Silberlocke’ (Horstmann’s Silberlocke Fir) 
TREES 
Abies ‘koreana ‘Starker’s Dwarf’ (Starker’s Dwarf Korean Fir) 
SHRUBS 
Acer x freemainii ‘Jeffersred’ (Autumn Blaze Maple) 
TREES 
Actaea pachypoda (White Baneberry, Doll’s-eyes) 
MINNESOTA NATIVES, PERENNIALS FOR SHADE 
Actaea rubra (Red Baneberry) 
MINNESOTA NATIVE, PERENNIALS FOR SHADE 
Actaea simplex ‘James Compton’ (Bugbane) 
DEER RESISTANT 
Adiantum pedatum (Maidenhair Fern) 
MINNESOTA NATIVES, PERENNIALS FOR SHADE 
Agastache anisata (Hyssop, Hummingbird Mint)  
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Agastache foeniculum (Anise Hyssop) 
MINNESOTA NATIVE, PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Alcea rosea (Hollyhock) 
ANNUAL 
Allium tricoccum (Wild leek) 
MINNESOTA NATIVES, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 
Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Regent’ (Serviceberry) 
SHRUBS 
Anemone acutiloba 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Anemone canadensis (Canada anemone, windflower) 
WATER AND BOG PLANTS 
Anemone patens 
PerENNIALS FOR SUN, DEER RESISTANT 
Anemone tomentosa ‘Robustissima’ (Japanese Windflower) 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN, DEER RESISTANT 
Anemonella thalictroides (Rue Anemone) 
MINNESOTA NATIVE, PERENNIALS FOR SHADE 
Anternaria neglecta (Car’s Paw, Pussy-toes) 
MINNESOTA NATIVE, PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Aquilegia canadensis (Columbine) 
MinNESOTA NATIVE, PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Aster novi-belgi ‘Alert’ 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Astilbe chinensis ‘Purple Candles’ 
PERENNIALS FOR SHADE, DEER RESISTANT 
Astilbe japonica ‘Montgomery’ (False Spirea) 
PERENNIALS FOR SHADE 
Aruncus a. ‘Noble Spirits’ (Miniature Goatsbeard)  
PERENNIALS FOR SHADE, DEER RESISTANT 
Asclepsia tuberosa (Butterfly Weed) 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Aruncus dioicus 
perENNIALS FOR SHADE, DEER RESISTANT 
Aruncus ‘Misty Lace’ (Aruncus) 
PERENNIALS FOR SHADE 
Aster ‘Purple Dome’ (New England Aster)  
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Athyrium felix-forma ‘Lady in Red’ (Lady Fern) 
PERENNIALS FOR SHADE 
Baptisia ‘Solar Flare’ (False Indigo Solar Flare) 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Baptisia ‘Twilite Prairieblues’ (False Indigo) 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Berberis thunbergii ‘Goruzam’ (Golden Ruby Barberry) 
SHRUBS, DEER RESISTANT 
Betula platyphylla ‘Fargo’ (Dakota Pinnacle Birch) 
TREES 
Betula papyrifera ‘Renci’ (Birch) 
TREES 
Buxus mircophylla ‘Winter Gem’ (Korean Boxwood) 
SHRUBS 
Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Avalanche’ 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Eldorado’ 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’  
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Overdam’ 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Calamagrostis brachytricha 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Caltha palustris (Marsh Marigold) 
Water and BOG PLANTS, Minnesota Natives 
Campanula ‘Samantha’ (Bellflower)  
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Campanula rotundifolia (Bluebell of Scotland) 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Carex caryophyllea ‘Beatlemania’ 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Carex muskingumensis 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Carex muskingumensis ‘Little Midge’  
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Carex muskingumensis ‘Oehme’ 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Carex nigra ‘Variegata’ 
WATER AND BOG PLANTS, ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Carex siderosticha ‘Variegata’ 
PERENNIALS FOR SHADE 
Cersis canadensis (Northern Redbud) 
MINNESOTA NATIVES, TREES 
Chamaecyparis ‘King’s Gold' (Gold Mop Cypress) 
SHRUBS 
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis ‘Pendula’ (Nootka Cypress) 
TREES 
Chelone ‘Hot Lips’ (Turtlehead)  
PERENNIALS FOR SHADE 
Chionanthus retusus (Chinese Fringe Tree) 
TrEES 
Coreopsis ‘Jethro Tull’ (Tickseed) 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Coreopsis verticillata ‘Zagreb’ (Tickseed) 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Cornus alternifolia (Pogoda Dogwood) 
MINNESOTA NATIVES, TREES 
Corylus americana 
Shrubs 
Dahlia ‘Arabian Night’ (Dahlia) 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Dicentra ‘Burning Hearts’ (Fern-leaved Bleeding Heart) 
PERENNIALS FOR SHADE, DEER RESISTANT 
Echinacea ‘Hot Papaya’ (Coneflower Hot Papaya) 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Eggplant, Blackbeauty 
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 
Euonymus alata ‘Compactum’ (Euonymus) 
SHRUBS 
Euonymus fortunei ‘Canadale Gold’ (Euonymus) 
SHRUBS 
Eupatorium maculatum ‘Gateway’ (Joe Pye Weed) 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Euphorbia dulcis ‘Chameleon’ (Spurge) 
 
Festuca glauca ‘Boulder Blue’ 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES, DEER RESISTANT 
Forsythia x intermedia ‘Fiesta’ (Forsythia) 
SHRUBS 
Galanthus nivalis 
PERENNIALS FOR SHADE, DEER RESISTANT 
Geranium sanguineum ‘Max Frei’ (Cranesbill) 
DEER RESISTANT 
Geranium ‘Jolly Bee’ (Jolly Bee Geranium) 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Geum chiloense ‘Red Dragon’ (Rock Rose) 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Hakonechloa marca ‘Aurelola’ (Golden Forest Grass) 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Helictotrichon sempervirens 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Helictotrichon sempervirens ‘Sparkling Sapphire’ 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Helleborus x ‘Royal Heritage’ (Lenten Rose) 
PERENNIALS FOR SHADE, DEER RESISTANT 
Hemerocallis ‘Chicago Apache’ (Daylily) 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Hemerocallis ‘Pardon Me’ (Daylily) 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Heuchera ‘Firefly’ (Corral Bells) 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Heuchera ‘Frosted Violet’ (Corral Bells) 
 
Heucherella ‘Stoplight’ (Foamy Bells) 
DEER RESISTANT 
Hosta fortunei ‘Gold Standard’ (Hosta) 
PERENNIALS FOR SHADE 
Hosta ‘Paul’s Glory’ (Hosta) 
PERENNIALS FOR SHADE 
Hosta ‘Twilight’ (Hosta) 
PERENNIALS FOR SHADE 
Hydrangea a. ‘Annebelle’ (Smooth Hydrangea) 
PERENNIALS FOR SHADE 
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ (Limelight Hydrangea) 
SHRUBS 
Hydrangea p. 'Quick Fire' (Hydrangea Quick Fire) 
SHRUBS 
Hypericum kalmianum ‘Gemo’ (St. John’s Wort) 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Iberis sempervirens ‘Alexanders White’ (Candy Tuft) 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Larix laricina ‘Deborah Waxman’ (Deborah Waxman Larch) 
SHRUBS, DEER RESISTANT 
Leymus arenarius 'Blue Dune' 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Ligularia steenocephala ‘Little Rocket’ (Ligularia) 
PERENNIALS FOR SHADE, DEER RESISTANT 
Lillium ‘Tiny Ghost’ (Asiatic lily) 
 
Lupinus ‘Popsicle’ 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Luzula nivea 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Miscanthus ‘Purpurascens’ 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Malepartus’ 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Silver Feather’ 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Molinia arundinacea ‘Skyracer’ 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Molinia caerulea ‘Variegata’ 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Paeonia ‘Rubra Flora Plena’ (Peony-Fern Leaf) 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Panicum amarum ‘Dewey Blue’ 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Panicum virgatum ‘Northwind’ 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Panicum virgatum ‘Prairie Fire’ 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Panicum virgatum ‘Shenandoah’ (Red Switch Grass) 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES, PERENNIALS FOR SUN, DEER RESISTANT 
Perovskia ‘Filagran’ 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN, DEER RESISTANT 
Phlox paniculata ‘White Flame’ (Phlox) 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Dart’s Gold’ 
Shrubs 
Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Nanus’ (Dwarf Ninebark) 
SHRUBS 
Picea pungens ‘Globosa’ (Dwarf Globe Blue Spruce) 
SHRUBS 
Pinus ‘Blue Shag’ (Blue Shag Pine) 
SHRUBS 
Pinus ‘Klein’ (Silver Whispers Pine) 
TREES 
Pinus mugo ‘Slowmound’ (Mugho Pine) 
SHRUBS 
Pinus mugo ‘Tannenbaum’ (Mugo Tannenbaum Pine) 
TREES 
Pinus nigra (Austrian Pine) 
TREES 
Pinus ‘Pierrick Bregeon’ (Brepo Pine) 
SHRUBS 
Pinus sylvestris ‘Hillside Creeper’ ( Hillside Creeper Pine) 
SHRUBS 
Porteranthus trifoliatus (Bowman’s Root) 
 
Prunus maackii (Amur Chokecherry) 
TREES 
Pulmonaria ‘Raspberry Splash’ (Lungwort) 
PERENNIALS FOR SHADE, DEER RESISTANT 
Rhododendron ‘Aglo’ (Rhododendron) 
SHRUBS 
Rhododendron ‘’Karin Seleger’ (Rhododendron) 
SHRUBS 
Rhus aromatica ‘Gro-Low (Fragrant Sumac) 
SHRUBS, DEER RESISTANT 
Rhus typhina ‘Bailtiger’ (Tiger-Eye Sumac) 
SHRUBS 
Rosa ‘Mystic Fairy’ (Mystic Fairy Rose) 
SHRUBS 
Sagina subulata (Pearl Wort) 
GROUNDCOVERS 
Savlia nemorosa ‘Carradonna’ (Sage) 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN, DEER RESISTANT 
Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem) 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Minnblue A’ (Little Bluestem) 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Sedum ‘Abbey Dore’ (Stonecrop) 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Sesleria caerulea 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Sisyrichium angustifolium ‘Lucerne’ (Blue-eyed Grass ) 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Squash 'Early Butternut' 
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 
Stachys monieri ‘Hummelo’ 
PERENNIALS FOR SUN 
Taxus cuspidata ‘Capitata’ 
shrubs 
Thalictrum ‘Elin’ 
PERENNIALS FOR SHADE 
Tomato, Celebrity  
FRUITS AND VEGETABLE 
Viburnum trilobum ‘Bailey Compact’ 
Shrubs