List of Perennial Plants of the Year

Under construction

Not all the Perennial Plant Association Plants of the Year winners are suitable for Zone 3 as perennials. They become annuals. I will be eliminating those plants as I gather more of the Plant Profiles.

I am making my list of plants to add in 2015 to my Zone 3 garden in Calgary.

• 2015 additions

I hope to have these in 2015 *****

• 2012 Perennial Plant Association’s 2012 Perennial Plant of the Year Brunnera ‘Jack Frost’ Zones 3-9 6 *****
• Baptisia australis Blue False Indigo

PPY already in garden

I already have these:*

• 2011 Calgary Horticultural Society Perennial Plant of the Year 2011 Aruncus dioicus Goat’s beard USDA Zone: 2-9 2. moist, peaty soil, good companion for shrub roses, dislikes heat, needs space, 120-180 cm,
• 2011 Calgary Horticultural Society Perennial Plant of the Year 2011 Aruncus dioicus Goat’s beard USDA Zone: 2-9 2. moist, peaty soil, good companion for shrub roses, dislikes heat, needs space, 120-180 cm, *
• bergenia cordifolia
• Ligularia
• Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’
• Polemonium

Calgary Horticultural Society Perennial Plant of the Year

• 2012 Calgary Horticultural Society Perennial Plant of the Year 2012 Helenium autumnale ‘Mardi Gras’ See Calgary Herald article 1. Fall Helenium ‘Mardi Gras’ USDA Zone: 4-9

Alberta Perennial Trials top favourite perennials from the 2002-2010 trials

Alberta Perennial Trials top favourite perennials from the 2002-2010 trials Calgary Zoo site

2011 Alberta Perennial Trials all-time top favourite perennials from the trials

• Deschampsia ‘Bronze Veil’ 7 ***** source USDA Zone: 3-9, Full Sun or Partial Shade, Extend Gift to the Street bed and add to it. Needs average moisture. Best suited to woodland garden, or as a vibrant spring addition. Companion planting recommended by Blue Stem , Ligularia, Chasmanthium latifolium, Inula racemosa ‘Sonnenspeer’, Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’, Patrinia scabiosifolia, bergenia cordifolia (This is Calgary Garden Coach‘s perennial plant of the month of May.
• Euphorbia polychroma ‘Bonfire’ * source
• ‘Bonfire’   Cushion Spurge USDA Zone: 4-9
• Geranium renardii ‘Phillipe Vapelle’source
• Paeonia x ‘Bartzella’sourceItoh Hybrid Peony
• USDA Zone: 3-9 Polemonium * source ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Creeping Jacob′s Ladder USDA Zone: 3-9

Runners up:

• Anemone × hybrida , ‘September Charm’ Japanese Anemone USDA Zone: 5-9 *****
• Ligularia ‘Osiris Fantaisie’

Alberta Perennial Trials top favourite perennials from the 2002-2010 trials Muttart Conservatory site

• Monarda ‘Jacob Cline’ 4 *****
• Delphinium New Millenium ‘Double Innocence’ 5 USDA Zone: 3-9, *****
• Paeonia ‘Muskoka’
• Panicum virgatum ‘Orange Flame’ Grass,
• Panicum virgatum ‘Northwind’ 2014 Perennial of the Year *****
• Sedum ‘Autumn Charm’ *****

Runners up:

• Lavendula ‘Rosea’
• Veronica ‘Aztec Gold’
• Heuchera ‘Dolce Mocha Mint’

Alberta Perennial Trials top favourite perennials from the 2002-2010 trials Olds College site

• Dianthus gratianopolitanus ‘Firewitch’
• Iris ‘Savannah Sunset’
• Ligularia dentata ‘Britt Marie Crawford’
• Phlox paniculata ‘Starfire’
• Sedum rupestre ‘Angelina’ *
• Runners up:
• Sedum ‘Autumn Charm’
• Hemerocallis ‘Moonlit Masquerade’

Perennial Plant Association’s Perennial Plant of the Year

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• 2016 2016 Perennial Plant of the Year™ Anemone xhybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’
• 2015
• 2014 Perennial Plant Association’s 2014 Perennial Plant of the Year 2014 Panicum virgatum ‘Northwind’ Zones 4-9 (oriental grass). See also
• 2013 Perennial Plant Association’s 2013 Perennial Plant of the Year Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’ Zones 3-8
• 2012 Perennial Plant Association’s 2012 Perennial Plant of the Year Brunnera ‘Jack Frost’ Zones 3-9 6 *****
• 2011 Perennial Plant Association’s 2011 Perennial Plant of the Year Amsonia hubrichtii Zones 4 to 9
• 2010 Perennial Plant Association’s 2010 Perennial Plant of the Year Baptisia australis Blue False Indigo Zones 2-9 PLANT NUMBER: 1.095.050 See Plant Profile at Heritage Perennials See also this article by the Calgary Horticultural Society *****
• 2009  Perennial Plant Association’s 2009 Perennial Plant of the Year Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’ Japanese Forest Grass USDA Zone: 5-9 See Plant Profile at Heritage Perennials (ornamental grass)
• 2008  Perennial Plant Association’s 2008 Perennial Plant of the Year Geranium ‘Rozanne’ See Plant Profile at Heritage Perennials See also Alberta Trials article *
• 2007 Perennial Plant Association’s 2007 Perennial Plant of the Year Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ *
• 2006 Perennial Plant Association’s 2006 Perennial Plant of the Year Dianthus gratianopolitanus ‘Feuerhexe’
• 2005 Perennial Plant Association’s 2005 Perennial Plant of the Year Helleborus xhybridus
• 2004 Perennial Plant Association’s 2004 Perennial Plant of the Year Athyrium niponicum ‘Pictum’
• 2003 Perennial Plant Association’s 2003 Perennial Plant of the Year Leucanthemum ‘Becky’ *
• 2002 Perennial Plant Association’s 2002 Perennial Plant of the Year Phlox ‘David’ *
• 2001  Perennial Plant Association’s 2001 Perennial Plant of the Year Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’ (ornamental grass) *
• 2000 Perennial Plant Association’s 2000 Perennial Plant of the Year Scabiosa columbaria ‘Butterfly Blue’
• 1999 Perennial Plant Association’s 1999 Perennial Plant of the Year Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’
• 1998 Perennial Plant Association’s 1998 Perennial Plant of the Year Echinacea purpurea ‘Magnus’ *
• 1997 Perennial Plant Association’s 1997 Perennial Plant of the Year Salvia ‘Mainacht’ (May Night)
• 1996 Perennial Plant Association’s 1996 Perennial Plant of the Year Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’ *
• 1995 Perennial Plant Association’s 1995 Perennial Plant of the Year Perovskia atriplicifolia *****
• 1994 Perennial Plant Association’s 1994 Perennial Plant of the Year Astilbe ‘Sprite’
• 1993 Perennial Plant Association’s 1993 Perennial Plant of the Year Veronica ‘Sunny Border Blue’
• 1992 Perennial Plant Association’s 1992 Perennial Plant of the Year Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam’
• 1991 Perennial Plant Association’s 1991 Perennial Plant of the Year Heuchera micrantha ‘Palace Purple’
• 1990 Perennial Plant Association’s 1990 Perennial Plant of the Year Phlox stolonifera

Plants recommended by Sue Galliver

• Hemerocallis ‘Strutter’s Ball’

Sue Galliver’s top twenty plants of 2013