SPRING BLOOMING HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS AND VINES
Euphorbia
Common Name: Spurge
Hardiness Zone: 5 to 9
Height: 0.50 to 1.00 feet
Spread: 0.50 to 1.00 feet
Leaf: oval, blue-green, fleshy, succulent-like leaves
Form/Shape:
Attributes: dry, well-drained soils in full sun. Quite tolerant of poor soils, including rocky, sandy ones
Growth Rate: slow growing
Pest Tolerance: no serious insect or disease problems
Wisteria floribunda
Common Name: Japanese wisteria
Hardiness Zone: 4 to 9
Height: 10.00 to 25.00 feet
Spread: 4.00 to 8.00 feet
Leaf: bright green, 12-16" long, compound pinnate leaves
Form/Shape: woody, clockwise-twining, deciduous vine
Attributes: Best grown in acidic, moderately fertile, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun
Growth Rate: medium
Pest Tolerance: susceptible to a number of foliage-chewing insects and fungal diseases
Helleborus x hybridus
Common Name: Hellebore
Hardiness Zone: 4 to 9
Height: 1.00 to 1.50 feet
Spread: 1.00 to 1.50 feet
Leaf: glossy, deeply-cut, dark green, deeply-lobed, evergreen leaves
Form/Shape: evergreen, bushy, clump-forming perennials
Attributes: organically rich, humusy, alkaline, medium moisture, well-drained soils in part shade to full shade
Growth Rate: slow growing
Pest Tolerance: no serious insect or disease problems
Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Bath's Pink'
Common Name: Cheddar pink
Hardiness Zone: 3 to 9
Height: 0.75 to 1.00 feet
Spread: 0.50 to 1.00 feet
Leaf: grassy, blue-green
Form/Shape: mat-forming
Attributes: easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun; refers slightly alkaline soils; olerates heat and humidity
Growth Rate: fast
Pest Tolerance: crown rot, slugs, sow bugs, grasshoppers, chipmunks, squirrels
Dicentra spectabilis
Common Name: Bleeding heart
Hardiness Zone: 3 to 9
Height: 2.00 to 3.00 feet
Spread: 1.50 to 2.50 feet
Leaf: soft green foliage
Form/Shape: fringed, or rern-leaf
Attributes: easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in part shade to full shade; prefers moist, humusy soils in part shade
Growth Rate: moderate
Pest Tolerance: no serious insect or disease problems.
Polygonatum spp.
Common Name: Solomon's seal
Hardiness Zone: 3 to 8
Height: 1.00 to 3.00 feet
Spread: 1.00 to 1.50 feet
Leaf: parallel-veined, alternate leaves (to 4" long)
Form/Shape: upright, arching
Attributes: easily grown in average, medium to wet, well-drained soil in part shade to full shade; prefers moist, humusy soils
Growth Rate: slow
Pest Tolerance: no serious insect or disease problems
Paeonia spp.
Common Name: Peony
Hardiness Zone: 3 to 8
Height: 2.50 to 3.00 feet
Spread: 2.50 to 3.00 feet
Leaf: deep green
Form/Shape: shrubby plant
Attributes: easily grown in rich, fertile, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade
Growth Rate: slow
Pest Tolerance: Botrytis blight and Phytophthora blight are sometimes problems.
Mertensia virginica
Common Name: Virginia bluebells
Hardiness Zone: 3 to 8
Height: 1.50 to 2.00 feet
Spread: 1.00 to 1.50 feet
Leaf: grey green
Form/Shape: erect, clump-forming perennial
Attributes: easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soils in part shade to full shade; prefers moist, rich soils.
Growth Rate: moderate
Pest Tolerance: no serious insect or disease problems
Gelsemium sempervirens
Common Name: Carolina yellow jasmine
Hardiness Zone: 7 to 10
Height: 12.00 to 20.00 feet
Spread: 3.00 to 6.00 feet
Leaf: shiny evergreen leaves are 1 to 3 inches long
Form/Shape: evergreen twining vine
Attributes: moist, organically rich, well-drained soils in full sun
Growth Rate: moderate
Pest Tolerance: no serious insect or disease problems
Aquilegia spp.
Common Name: Columbine
Hardiness Zone: 3 to 8
Height: 2.00 to 3.00 feet
Spread: 1.00 to 1.50 feet
Leaf: delicate, biternate foliage
Form/Shape: wildflower
Attributes: easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade; prefers rich, moist soils in light to moderate shade
Growth Rate: slow to medium
Pest Tolerance: leaf miner which often causes severe damage to the foliage