The Perennial Border

The perennial boarder surrounds The Easy Access Garden, featuring dozens of cold-hardy perennials for sun and shade. Started in 2005 by Bill Decker, the Perennial Border is built with urbanite (old concrete rubble). MG Volunteer Betty Ison designed, planted and maintained the garden, including the establishment of the beds directly east of The Easy Access Garden until 2022. Tasha King now oversees the Perennial Border maintenance and planting.

Plant List
Scientific NameCommon Name
Achillea tomentosaWoolly Yarrow
AgapanthusLily-of-the-Nile, white
AgastacheHyssop ‘Ambrosia’
AgastacheHyssop ‘Kudos Red’
Agastache Giant Hyssop ‘Poquito Orange’
Agastache pallidiflora (rose seedling)Hummingbird Mint
Agastache pallidiflora ssp.neomexicanaAnise Hyssop ‘Rose Mint’
AlliumOrnamental Onion ‘Millenium’
AquilegiaColumbine
AquilegiaColumbine ‘Pagoda Rose & Ivory’
Aquilegia caerulaColumbine ‘Biedermeier’
Aruncus aethusifoliusGoatsbeard
Asarina procumbensCreeping Snapdragon
Asarina procumbensCreeping Snapdragon
Aster novi-belgiiNew York Aster ‘Judith’
Astilbe chinenisisChinese Astilbe ‘Visions’
Astilbe chinensis ‘Pumila’False Goat’s Beard
Astilbe chinensisChinese Astilbe ‘Visions in Pink’
Astilbe simplicifoliaFalse Goat’s Beard ‘Pink Lightning’
Athyrinum niponicum ‘Pictum’Japanese Painted Fern
Athyruim otophorumEared Lady Fern
BergeniaPigsqueak ‘Rosi Ruffles’
Campanula poscharskyanaSerbian Bellflower
Carex comansSedge ‘Frosted Curls’
Coreopsis verticillataThreadleaf Coreopsis ‘Zagreb’
Coydalis luteaYellow Corydalis
Dianthus gratianopolitanusPinks ‘Firewitch’
Erysimum x cheiriWallflower ‘Fragrant Star’
Fuchsia magellanica var. gracilis ‘Aurea’Golden Fuchsia
Fuchsia microphyllaSmall Leaf Fuchsia
GeraniumHardy Geranium
Geranium x cantabrigiense ‘Karmina’Cranesbill
GeumAvens ‘Petticoats Peach’
Geum chiloenseAvens ‘Tequila Sunrise’
Hardy Fern
Helenium autumnaleSneezeweed ‘Short n’ Sassy’
Helleborus orientalisLenten Rose ‘Winter Queen Mix’
HeucheraCoral Bells ‘Dolce Creme Brulee’
HostaPlantain Lily ‘Fire & Ice’
HostaPlantain Lily ‘Minute Man’
HostaPlantain Lily ‘Wide Brim’
Iris sibiricaSiberian Iris ‘Butter & Sugar’
Iris, Dwarf BeardedDwarf Bearded Iris (burgundy)
Iris, Dwarf BeardedDwarf Bearded Iris (light blue)
Iris, Dwarf BeardedDwarf Bearded Iris (white & purple/blue)
Iris, Dwarf BeardedDwarf Bearded Iris, (yellow)
Lavandula angustifoliaLavender ‘Munstead’
Lavandula dentataFrench Lavender
Liatris spicataGayfeather ‘Kobold’
Papaver rupifragum (orange)Spanish Poppy
Phlox glaberrimaMarsh Phlox ‘Triple Play’
Phlox paniculataGarden Phlox ‘Flame Light Pink’
Phlox paniculataGarden Phlox ‘Flame Series’
Phlox paniculataGarden Phlox ‘Purple Flame’
Polystichum polyblepharumTassel Fern
Primula vulgarisPrimrose ‘Belarina Rossette Butter Yellow’
PulmonariaLungwort
Pulmonaria longifoliaLungwort ‘Bertram Anderson’
Pulmonaria saccharataLungwort ‘Gaelic Magic’
Pulsatilla vulgarisPasque Flower ‘Papageno’
Rudbeckia speciosaBlack Eyed Susan ‘Viette’s Little Suzy’
Salvia nemorosaWoodland Sage ‘Salvatore Blue’
Saxifraga x urbium ‘Aurea-punctata’Saxifrage ‘London Pride’
Scutelaria altissimaTall Scullcap
Sedum rupestreStonecrop ‘Angelina’
Silene unifloraCampion
Stachys macranthaBig Betony
Stachys macranthaBig Betony ‘Superba’
Stachys officinalisDwarf Betony ‘Densiflorus’
Teucrium hyrcanicumCaucasus Germander ‘Purple Tails’
Tradescantia andersonianaSpiderwort
Verbena rigidaVerbena ‘Cake Pops Pink’
Veronica austriacaSpeedwell ‘Ionian Skies’
Veronica longifoliaSpeedwell ‘First Love’
Veronica spicataSpeedwell ‘Twilight’