Short perennial plants grow to no more than 18 inches in height and are useful in the front of a border, for edging, or in front of taller, leggy plants. Those marked with an asterisk (*) have the additional quality of spreading by forming mats or trailing across the ground and are useful in beds or as groundcovers.

Achillea ptarmica - Yarrow
*Alchemilla species - Lady's Mantle
Artemisia species - Wormwood
Aster species - Aster
* Astilbe species - False Spirea
Bergenia species - Pigsqueak
Brunnera species - Siberian Bugloss
Campanula carpatica - Carpathian Harebell
Ceratostigma species - Plumbago
Chrysanthemum species - Hardy Chrysanthemum
Tanacetum parthenium - Feverfew
Chrysogonum species - Golden Star
* Dianthus species - Pinks
Gaillardia species - Blanket Flower
Geranium species - Cranesbill
Gypsophila repens - Creeping Baby's Breath
* Heuchera species - Coralbells
Hosta species - Plantain Lily
* Iris species - Dwarf Bearded Iris
* Lysimachia nummulara - Moneywort
* Phlox subulata - Creeping Phlox
* Primula species - Primrose
* Pulmonaria species - Lungwort
Sedum species - Stonecrop
Stachys fryzantina - Wooly Betony
Trollius species - Globe Flower

Grasses:
Elyinus species - Blue Lynie Grass*
Festuca species - Blue Fescue
Halconechloa species*

 

 

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