Top Twenty Sun Perennials   

Top Twenty Shade Perennials

Flame Anisacanthus
(Anisacanthus quadrifidus s. wrightii)

Cast Iron Plant
(Aspidistra eliator)

Texas Aster
(Aster oblongifolius)

Texas Columbine
(Aquilegia sp.)

Artemisia 'Powis Castle'
(Artemisia x. 'Powis Castle')

Coral Bells
(Heuchera sp.)

Black-Eyed Susan
(Rudbeckia sp.)

Holly Fern 
(Cyrtomium falcatum)

Butterfly Bush
(Buddleia sp.)

Japanese Painted Fern
(Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum')

Calylophus
(Calylophus drummondianus)

Tassel Fern
(Polystichum polyblepharum)

Moonbeam Coreopsis
(Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam')

Wood Fern
(Dryopteris normalis)

Purple Coneflower
(Echinacea purpurea)

Strawberry Geranium
(Saxifraga stolonifera)

Oxeye Daisy
(Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)

Hosta
(Hosta sp.)

Gaura
(Gaura lindheimeri)

Inland Sea Oats
(Chasmanthium latifolium)

Upright Germander
(Teucrium chamaedrys)

Iris
(Iris sp.)

Texas Lantana
(Lantana horrida)

Oxalis
(Oxalis sp.)

Rock Rose
(Pavonia lasiopetala)

Woodland Phlox
(Phlox divaricata, P.x.  'Chattahoochee')

Gregg's Salvia
(Salvia greggii)

Pigeonberry
(Rivina humilis)

Russian Sage
(Perovskia atriplicifolia)

Rain Lily
(Zephyranthes sp.)

Sedum
(Sedum sp.)

Lyre Leaf Sage
(Salvia lyrata)

Veronica
(Veronica sp.)

Turk's Cap
(Malvaviscus arboreus v. drummondii)

Wild Petunia
(Ruellia sp.)

Wild Petunia
(Ruellia sp.)

Winecups
(Callirhoe involucrata)

Wood Violet
(Viola sp.)

Yarrow
(Achillea sp.)

Zexmenia
(Zexmenia hispida)