Garden plants

Aegonychon purpurocaeruleum

Purple Gromwell

Origin: Asia (Caucasus, Western Asia), Europe

Height: 20 to 50 centimeters

USDA zone: 6 (-0.4 °F/-18 °C)

Allium schoenoprasum

Chive

Origin: Asia, Europe, North America

Height: 10 to 50 centimeters

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 F/-23 °C)

Allium schoenoprasum “green leaved”

Chives

Origin: Only cultivated

Allium stipitatum “Mount Everest”

Persian shallot

Origin: The wild type is native to Asia

Height: 70 to 120 centimeters

USDA zone: 7 (10.4 °F/-12 °C)

Amorpha canescens

Leadplant

Origin: North America (Canada, USA)

Height: 30 to 100 centimeters

USDA zone: 7 (10.4 °F/-12 °C)

Amsonia hubrichtii

Hubricht's Bluestar

Origin: North America (USA - Arkansas, Oklahoma)

Height: 50 to 80 centimeters

USDA zone: 6 (-0.4 °F/-18 °C)

Amsonia orientalis

European bluestar

Origin: Europe (Greece, Turkey)

Height: 40 to 50 centimeters

USDA zone: 6 (-0.4 °F/-18 °C)

Amsonia tabernaemontana

Eastern Bluestar

Origin: North America (USA)

Height: 70 to 100 centimeters

USDA zone: 6 (-0.4 °F/-18 °C)

Anemonoides sylvestris

Snowdrop anemone

Origin: Temperate Asia to Europe

Height: 20 to 45 centimeters

USDA zone: 4 (-22 °F/-30 °C)

Artemisia absinthium

Wormwood, Absinthe

Origin: Asia, Europe, North Africa

Height: 40 to 120 centimeters

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 F/-23 °C)

Asclepias tuberosa subsp. interior

Butterfly Weed

Origin: North America (USA)

Height: 40 to 60 centimeters

USDA zone: 8 (19.4 °F/-7 °C)

Astrantia major cv.

Great Masterwort

Origin: Asia, Europe

Height: 40 to 70 centimeters

USDA zone: 6 (-0.4 °F/-18 °C)

Canna × hybrida “Stuttgart”

Canna Lily

Origin: North America to South America

Height, habit: Perennial herbaceous plant, up to 2 meters

Carex foliosissima “Irish Green”

Irish Green Sedge

Origin: The wild type is native to Japan

Height: 20 to 40 centimeters

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 °F/-23 °C)

Carex pendula

Pendulous Sedge, Hanging Sedge

Origin: Europe, Asia, North Africa and invasive in some parts of the USA.

Ceratostigma willmottianum

Chinese plumbago

Origin: Asia (China)

Height, habit: 50 to 200 centimeters, semi-shrub

USDA zone: 7 (10.4 °F/-12 °C)

Cerinthe major

Honeywort

Origin: Mediterranean region

Height, habit: 30 to 60 centimeters, herbaceous plant

USDA zone: 7 (10.4 °F/-12 °C)

Claytonia sibirica

Siberian Miner's Lettuce, Candy Flower

Origin: Asia (Russia), North America (Canada, USA)

Height: 10 to 40 centimeters

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 F/-23 °C)

Cortaderia selloana cv.

Pampas Grass

Origin: The wild type is native to South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay).

Height: 90 to 250 centimeters

Corydalis solida “Beth Evans”

Fumewort

Origin: The wild type is native to most European countries, as well as North Africa (Algeria), Western Asia, and Siberia

Height: 10 to 25 centimeters

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 °F/-23 °C)

Cymbalaria muralis

Ivy-Leaved Toadflax, Kenilworth Ivy

Origin: Europe

Datisca cannabina

False hemp

Origin: Asia, Europe (Cyprus)

Height, habit: Up to 3 meters, herbaceous plant

USDA zone: 6 (-0.4 °F/-18 °C)

Dianella tasmanica “Variegata”

Origin: The wild type is native to Australia

Height, habit: Up to 1.5 meters, evergreen herbaceous plant

USDA zone: 10 (36 °F/2 °C)

Eryngium agavifolium

Agave-Leaved Sea Holly

Origin: South America (Argentina)

USDA zone: 6 (-0.4 °F/-18 °C)

Eryngium giganteum

Miss Willmott's Ghost

Origin: Asia (Turkey, Caucasus)

Height: 50 to 100 centimeters

USDA zone: 6 (-0.4 °F/-18 °C)

Euphorbia amygdaloides ssp. robbiae

Mrs. Robb's Hatbox

Origin: Turkey

Height: 20 to 40 centimeters

USDA zone: 7 (10.4 °F/-12 °C)

Euphorbia epithymoides “Senior”

Cushion Spurge

Origin: The wild type is native to Western Asia (Turkey), North Africa (Libya) and some European countries

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 °F/-23 °C)

Euphorbia myrsinites

Myrtle Spurge

Origin: South Europe to Iran

Galega officinalis

Goat's-Rue

Origin: Asia, Europe and North Africa

Height: 50 to 100 centimeters

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 °F/-23 °C)

Galium odoratum

Sweetscented Bedstraw, Woodruff

Origin: Asia, Europe

Geranium phaeum “Lily Lovell”

Dusky Crane's-Bill

Origin: Europe

Height: 70 to 90 centimeters

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 °F/-23 °C)

Glechoma hederacea “Variegata”

Ground-Ivy, Gill-over-the-Ground

Origin: Only cultivated, Glechoma hederacea is native to Asia, Europe.

Gomphrena haageana “Strawberry Fields”

Rio Grande globe amaranth

Origin: USA (Texas) to Mexico

Height, habit: Perennial herbaceous plant, 30 to 70 centimetres

Hakonechloa macra

Japanese Forest Grass, Hakone Grass

Origin: Japan

Hakonechloa macra “Aureola”

Japanese Forest Grass, Hakone Grass

Origin: The wild type is native to Japan.

Hepatica nobilis

Liverwort

Origin: Europe, Eastern Asia

Hosta plantaginea cv.

Fragrant Plantain Lily

Origin: China

Height, habit: Herbaceous plant, 50 to 80 centimeters

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 °F/-23 °C)

Hylotelephium populifolium

Stonecrop

Origin: Russia

Hylotelephium sieboldii

Japanese Stonecrop

Origin: China, Japan

Hylotelephium sieboldii “Mediovariegatum”

Japanese Stonecrop

Origin: The wild type is native to China and Japan.

Hylotelephium spectabile

Showy Stonecrop

Origin: China, Korea

Hylotelephium spectabile “Iceberg”

Showy Stonecrop

Origin: The wild type is native to China and Korea.

Height: 30 to 50 centimeters

Hylotelephium telephium “Lajos”

Orpine

Origin: The wild type is native to Asia and Europe.

Hylotelephium telephium cv.

Orpine

Origin: The wild type is native to Asia and Europe.

Impatiens balfourii

Balfour's Touch-Me-Not

Origin: Himalayan region (India, Pakistan)

Height, habit: Annual herbaceous plant, 30 to 80 centimeters

USDA zone: 6 (-0.4 °F/-18 °C)

Iris foetidissima

Stinking iris

Origin: Northern Europe, Western Europe, Mediterranean region

Height, habit: Perennial, evergreen herbaceous plant, 50 to 80 centimetres

Iris pallida “Variegata”

Dalmatian Iris

Origin: The wild type is native to southeastern Europe

Height: 40 to 60 centimeters

USDA zone: 6 (-0.4 °F/-18 °C)

Koeleria glauca

Blue Hair Grass

Origin: Europe, Asia (Siberia, Kazakhstan)

Koenigia × fennica “Johanniswolke”

Finnish Knotweed

Origin: Asia, Europe

Height: 100 to 150 centimeters

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 °F/-23 °C)

Lewisia cotyledon cv.

Cliff Maids, Siskiyou Lewisia

Origin: The wild type is native to Oregon and California.

Lilium “Black Beauty”

Orientpet Lily

Origin: The parent species are native to China, Japan and Taiwan.

Height: Up to 150 centimeters

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 °F/-23 °C)

Lunaria rediviva

Perennial Honesty

Origin: Europe

Height: 40 to 120 centimeters

USDA zone: 4 (-22 °F/-30 °C)

Luzula nivea

Snow-White Wood-Rush, Snowy Wood-Rush

Origin: Europe

Lysimachia nummularia “Aurea”

Creeping Jenny, Moneywort

Origin: The wild type is native from Europe to Turkey and Caucasus.

Malva moschata

Musk mallow

Habit, height: Herbaceous plant, 30 to 80 centimeters

Marrubium vulgare

White Horehound, Common Horehound

Origin: Asia, Europe, Mediterranean

Height: 20 to 60 centimeters

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 F/-23 °C)

Monarda bradburiana “Ozark”

Eastern Beebalm

Origin: Monarda bradburiana is native to the USA.

Height: 30 to 50 centimeters

USDA zone: 4 (-22 °F/-30 °C)

Nicotiana tabacum

Tobaco

Origin: Not naturally occurring.

Height: 100 to 300 centimeters

Orostachys iwarenge

Chinese Dunce Cap

Origin: East Asia

Papaver cambricum

Welsh Poppy

Origin: Europe

Height: 30 to 50 centimeters

USDA zone: 6 (-0.4 °F/-18 °C)

Pentaglottis sempervirens

Evergreen bugloss

Origin: Europe (France, Portugal, Spain)

Height, habit: 40 to 100 centimeters, herbaceous plant

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 °F/-23 °C)

Phedimus spurius “Tricolor”

Caucasian Stonecrop

Origin: The wild type is native to Western Asia (Iran, Turkey) and the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia).

Height: 10 to 15 centimeters

Phedimus spurius cv.

Caucasian Stonecrop

Origin: The wild type is native to Western Asia (Iran, Turkey) and the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia).

Height: 10 to 15 centimeters

Phlomoides tuberosa

Sage-Leaf Mullein

Origin: Asia, Europe

Height: 80 to 120 centimeters

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 °F/-23 °C)

Physalis alkekengi

Bladder Cherry, Chinese Lantern

Origin: Asia, Europe

Potentilla indica

Mock Strawberry, Indian Strawberry

Origin: Asia (East Asia, West Asia, India, Malaysia), as an introduced species the false strawberry is also found in some European countries and in North America.

Reynoutria japonica “Variegata”

Japanese Knotweed

Origin: The wild type is native to East Asia

Height: 2 to 4 meters

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 °F/-23 °C)

Salvia glutinosa

Glutinous Sage

Origin: Asia, Europe

Height, habit: 40 to 90 centimeters, herbaceous plant

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 °F/-23 °C)

Saruma henryi

Upright Wild Ginger

Origin: Asia (China)

Height, habit: Up to 40 centimeters, herbaceous plant

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 °F/-23 °C)

Sedum album

White Stonecrop

Origin: Asia (Caucasus, West Asia), Europe, North Africa

Sedum hybridum

Siberian Stonecrop

Origin: Russia to China

Sempervivum tectorum cv.

Common Houseleek

Origin: The wild type is native from Europe to Morocco (North Africa).

Sesleria autumnalis

Blue Grass

Origin: Albania, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Serbia, Slovenia, France, Spain, Morocco, Lebanon

Silphium laciniatum

Compassplant

Origin: North America (Canada, USA)

Height, habit: 100 to 200 centimeters, herbaceous plant

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 °F/-23 °C)

Symphytum grandiflorum “Hidcote Blue”

Creeping Comfrey

Origin: The wild tpye is native to Asia (Georgia, Caucasus)

Height: 20 to 30 centimeters

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 F/-23 °C)

Teucrium hircanicum

Caucasian Germander

Origin: Asia (Caucasus, Western Asia)

Height: 30 to 60 centimeters

USDA zone: 6 (-0.4 °F/-18 °C)

Thymus serpyllum “Gregor’s Weiße”

Breckland Thyme, Creeping Thyme

Origin: The wild type is native from Europe to Siberia in Asia.

Tithonia diversifolia

Tree Marigold

Origin: Central America (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras)

Height, habit: Up to 3 meters, herbaceous plant

USDA zone: 11 (41 °F/5 °C)