Medium height perennials

Medium Height Perennials

Anemone Japonica (white and pink flowers ; late ; one and a half to two feet).

Aquilegia (Columbine) (various colours ; two to three feet).

Campanula persicaefolia (blue and white ; thrives in partial shade ; one to three feet).

Campanula lactiflora (white tinged with blue ; two to six feet).

Campanula pyramidalis (chimney bellflower, blue ; four to six feet).

Canterbury bells (various colours ; three feet).

Coreopsis grandiflora (beautiful yellow flowers on long stems, invaluable for cutting ; three feet).

Doronicum (light yellow flowers ; bloom early ; one to three feet).

Gaillardia (should be massed in groups ; two to two and a half feet).

German iris or flag (fine spike leaves ; evergreen ; flowers in variety oi colours ; two to three feet).

Geum (colours various ; vigorous growth ; one to two feet).

Hepatica (suitable for windy places ; two to three and a half feet).

Iceland poppies (various colours ; valuable for cutting ; one foot).

Lupin (many beautiful hybrids ; flowers May and June ; four to six feet).

Lychnis (flowers in spikes or panicles, June and July ; one to three feet).

Michaelmas daisy (secure newer sorts ; there are many fine varieties ; two to three feet).

Montbretia (midsummer to autumn flowering bulbs ; deserve good treatment and require frequent division ; two to two and a half feet).

Oriental poppies (scarlet ; one to five feet).

Oenothera (evening primrose), CE. Youngii, one and a half to two feet, is a fine bushy perennial variety).

Pasonies (various colours, handsome plants. They take a year or two to become established ; three to five feet).

Phloxes (various colours ; fine heads of bloom ; flowers July and August ; one to three feet).

Polemonium (Jacob's ladder ; late spring and summer flowering ; one to two feet).

Polygonatum (Solomon's seal ; elegant pendulous flowers ; two to two and a half feet).

Pyrethrum (various colours ; innumerable varieties ; two to five feet).

Scabiosa caucasica (thrives well in sheltered position beside wall ; two to two and a half feet).

Shasta daisy (white with yellow centre ; prolific bloomers ; three feet).

Solidago (golden rod : yellow flowers, August and September ; three to six feet).

Spiraea (goat's beard) S. aruncus is a good variety which thrives in a moist position ; three to four feet).

Tritoma (Flame flower ; flowers in early autumn ; two to six feet)