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Perennials for Nooks & Crannies

Small scale perennials are great for tucking into tiny spaces. Think rock gardens and walls, between paving stones, trough gardens and containers. There are small scale perennials for full sun, part sun, part shade and full shade, but they all like well-drained soil.

Below are suggestions for perennials that like to live in the nooks and crannies of the garden.

ACHILLEA tomentosa Aurea
AJUGA reptans
ALCHEMILLA erythropoda
ALCHEMILLA glaucescens
ALLIUM schoenoprasum Forescate
ALLIUM senescens Glaucum
ALLIUM thunbergii Ozawa
ALYSSUM wulfenianum
ANACYCLUS depressus
ANEMONE multifida Rubra
ANEMONE patens multifida
ANEMONELLA thalictroides
ANTENNARIA dioica
AQUILEGIA canadensis Little Lanterns
AQUILEGIA flabellata Blackcurrent Ice
AQUILEGIA flabellata Ministar
ARABIS caucasica Snowcap
ARABIS caucasica La Fraischeur
ARMERIA maritima
ARTEMISIA stelleriana
ARUNCUS aethusifolius
ASARUM europaeum
ASTER ericoides Snow Flurry
ASTILBE chinensis Pumila
ASTILBE x simplicifolia Sprite
AUBRIETA deltoidea
AURINIA saxatilis Summit
BAPTISIA minor
BELLIS perennis
BERGENIA cordifolia
CALAMINTHA nepeta
CALLIRHOE involucrata
CAMPANULA carpatica
CAMPANULA portenschlagiana
CERASTIUM
CLAYTONIA
CONVALLARIA
COREOPSIS auriculata
COREOPSIS x Tequila Sunrise
CORYDALIS lutea & ochroleuca
CYCLAMEN
DELOSPERMA
DENDRANTHEMA
x Hillside Pink Sheffield
DIANTHUS amurensis
DIANTHUS barbatus Wee Willie
DIANTHUS deltoides
DIANTHUS gratianopolitanus
DIANTHUS X EVERLAST™, STAR™, & SCENT FIRST™ SERIES
DICENTRA cucullaria
DICENTRA eximia
DODECATHEON
DORONICUM orientale Little Leo
DRACOCEPHALUM
EPIMEDIUM
ERYTHRONIUM americanum
EUONYMUS fortunei Kewensis
EUPHORBIA
FRAGARIA vesca
FRAGARIA virginiana
FRAGARIA X Lipstick
GAILLARDIA x Arizona Series

GALIUM odoratum
GENTIANA sept. lagodechiana
GERANIUM cinereum
GERANIUM himalayense
GERANIUM x cantabrigiense
GERANIUM macrorrhizum White Ness
GERANIUM sanguineum Max Frei & striatum
GERANIUM wallichianum Pink Penny
GEUM
GYPSOPHILA repens
HEDERA helix
HEPATICA
HEUCHERA
X HEUCHERELLA
HOSTA sieboldii Ginko Craig
HOSTA x Blue Mouse Ears
HOSTA x Pandora’s Box
IBERIS sempervirens
IRIS Miniature & Standard Dwf.
IRIS cristata
ISOTOMA fluviatilis
KNIPHOFIA hirsuta Fire Dance
LAMIASTRUM
LAMIUM
LAVANDULA a. Blue River
LAVANDULA s. Violet Intrigue
LEONTOPODIUM alpinum
LEPTINELLA squalida
LEUCANTHEMUM x Silver Princess
LEWISIA
LINUM perenne Diamond
LIRIOPE spicata
LYSIMACHIA nummularia
MEEHANIA cordata
NEPETA racemosa Little Titch
NEPETA x Little Trudy
NEPETA x faassenii Dropmore
NEPETA x faassenii Kit Cat
NEPETA x faassenii Limelight
OENOTHERA macrocarpa
OPUNTIA
PACHYSANDRA
PENSTEMON virgatus
PHLOX divaricata
PHLOX stolonifera
PHLOX subulata
PHLOX x douglasii
PLATYCODON x g. Sentimental Blue
POTENTILLA nepalensis
POTENTILLA neumanniana Nana
PULMONARIA
PULSATILLA vulgaris
RUELLIA humilis
RUELLIA humilis
SAGINA subulata
SALVIA nem. Marcus
SALVIA nem. Sensation® Series
SAPONARIA ocymoides
SAXIFRAGA x arendsii Purple Robe
SEDUM acre
SEDUM album
SEDUM cauticola
SEDUM floriferum

SEDUM hakonense
SEDUM kamtschaticum
SEDUM middendorffianum
SEDUM pacyclados
SEDUM reflexum
SEDUM rupestre
SEDUM sexangulare
SEDUM sieboldii
SEDUM spectabile Hot Stuff
SEDUM spurium
SEDUM ternatum
SEDUM Hybrids
Bertram Anderson
Chocolate Drop
Immergrunchen
Plum Perfection
Red Cauli
Rosy Glow
Sunset Cloud
Thundercloud
Vera Jameson
SEDUM x SUNSPARKLER® Series
SEMPERVIVUM
SISYRINCHIUM
STACHYS byzantina
THYMUS
TIARELLA
VERBENA c. Shauna Ann
VERONICA austriaca Trehane
VERONICA incana Silver Sea
VERONICA liwanensis
VERONICA umbrosa Georgia Blue
VERONICA x Giles Van Hees
VERONICA x Tidal Pool
VERONICA x Waterperry Blue
VINCA minor
VIOLA
WALDSTEINIA

FERNS

ADIANTUM pedatum
ATHYRIUM niponicum

GRASSES

CAREX bebbii
CAREX bicknellii
CAREX blanda
CAREX dolichostachya
CAREX eburnea
CAREX flacca
CAREX morrowii
CAREX muskingumensis Little Midge
CAREX oshimensis Evergold
CAREX pensylvanica
FESTUCA glauca
KOELERIA glauca Blue Sprite
MISCANTHUS s. Little Kitten
PENNISETUM a. Little Bunny & Piglet
SESLERIA caerulea
SESLERIA heufleriana

*Butterfly host plants