27 Perennials with Long Lasting Appeal 
Piet Oudolf names just a few of his favorites

Plants that provide structure:

Autumn snakeroots  zones 4-8
Culver's root   zones 3-8
Jersusalem sages  zones 4-10
Joe Pye weeds  zones 3-9
Meadow rues  zones 5-9
Sea Holly   zones 5-8
Queen of the prairie   zones 3-9 
Sages   zones 5-9 (cutback for a 2nd crop of flowers)
Sea Lavender  zones 4-9

Plants with attractive seed heads:

Asters  zones 4-8
Bee balms   zones 4-9
Burnets   zones 3-8
Coneflowers  zones 3-9
Goldenrods  zones 5-9
Mountain fleece  zones 5-8
Orpines  zones 4-9
Purple coneflowers  zones 3-9
Sneezeweed   zones 4-8
Yellow wax-bells  zones 5-8

Plants with a distinct winter shape:
 ** turns distinctive color in autumn or early winter

Eulalia grasses  **   zones 4-9 
Feather reed grasses  zones 5-9
Fountain grasses  zones 6-9
Prairie dropseeds  **  zones 3-9
Purple moor grasses  **  zones 5-9
Switch grasses  **  zones 5-9
​Tufted hair grasses  **  zones 5-9

​                        Low Maintenance Plants for Low Maintenance Gardens

Bruce Crawford                                                                                  June 16, 2018
Director, Rutgers Gardens  


​Trees
Amelanchier lamarckii   - Serviceberry
Franklinia alatamaha  - Franklin Tree
Poliothyrsis sinensis  - Chinese Pearlbloom

Perennials and Shrubs
Carex cherokeensis   - Cherokee Sedge
Carex morrowii ‘Ice Dance’ -  Ice Dance Sedge
Carex oshimensis ‘Eversheen’  - Eversheen sedge
Delosperma’Ruby’  -  Ruby Iceplant
Geranium x ‘Rozanne’ -  Rozanne Cranesbill
Helleborus x hybridus - Lenten Rose
Hydrangea arborescens ‘Hass Halo’ -  Hass Halo Smooth Hydrangea
Iris cristata ‘Powder Blue Giant’ -  Crested Iris
Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ - Virginia Sweetspire
Matteuccia struthiopteris  - Ostrich Fern
Nepeta ‘Walkers Low’  -  Catmint
Oenothera berlanderi ‘Siskiyou’ - Evening Primrose
Persicaria affinis  - Himalayan Fleeceflower
Petasites japonicus  -  Fuki
Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’ - Variegated Solomon’s Seal
Rohdea japonica  - Sacred Lily
Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis - Sweetbox
Sporobolus heterolepis -  Prairie Dropseed
Stephanandra incisa ‘Crispa’  - Cutleaf Stephanandra
Tiarella cordifolia ‘Running Tapestry’ - Foam Flower
Vaccinium angustifolium  - Lowbush Blueberry
Xanthorhiza simplicissima  - Yellowroot                                                                                        














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