Herbaceous Perennials

• Non-NZ-native perennial plants cultivated in New Zealand.
• Definition: generally non-woody plants re-sprouting anew each year after a dormancy period.

Acanthus balcanicus - bear’s breeches
Achillea 'Apple Blossom' - yarrow, millfoil - Europe, W Asia
Achillea 'Forncett Beauty' - yarrow, millfoil
Achillea 'Indian Summer' - yarrow, millfoil
- ACHILLEA RED AND WHITE SPECTACULAR CONTRAST
Achillea 'Lachsschonheit' - yarrow, (Salmon Beauty)
Actaea acerina - snakeberry
Actaea rubra - red snakeberry - N America
Agapanthus flower photography gallery
Agapanthus africanus - African lily, lily of the Nile - S Africa
Agapanthus 'Blue Baby' - lily of the Nile - S Africa
Agapanthus inapertus - drooping agapanthus - S Africa
Agapanthus orientalis 'White' - lily of the Nile - S Africa
Agapanthus orientalis - lily of the Nile - S Africa
Agapanthus 'Streamline' - lily of the Nile - S Africa
- AGAPANTHUS STREAMLINE FLOWERS - STREAMLINE
Agapanthus cultivar - lily of the Nile - S Africa
Agastache rugosa - Korean mint, wrinkled giant hyssop - China, Japan
Ajuga reptans 'Catlin's Giant' - Eurasia
Alchemilla mollis - lady’s mantle - Romania, Greece
Allium cernuum - lady's leek, nodding onion
Allium giganteum 'Globemaster' - giant onion, giant allium
Allium sphaerocephalum - round-headed leek
Alstroemeria aurantiaca - Peruvian / Inca lily - S America
Alstroemeria 'Fire Glow' - Peruvian / Inca lily - S America
Alstroemeria 'Little Eleanor' - Peruvian / Inca lily - S America
Anemone hupehensis - Japanese anemone - China, Japan
Anemone x hybrida cultivar - Japanese anemone - China, Japan
Anthemis tinctoria 'E C Buxton' - dyer’s / yellow chamomile - Europe
Anthemis tinctoria 'Sauce Hollandaise' - yellow chamomile - Europe
Aquilegia atrata - dark columbine - Alps
Aquilegia canadensis - meeting houses honeysuckle - America
Arctotis 'Cherry Silk' - African daisy - Africa
Arctotis cultivar - African daisy - Africa
Arisaema erubescens
Artemisia stelleriana
Aruncus dioicus - goat’s beard - Europe, Asia
Asphodelus albus ssp. arrondearium - asphodel - Portugal
Astilbe 'Montgomery' - false Spiraea
Astilbe x arendsii 'Hyazinth' - false Spiraea
Astilbe x hybrida 'William Reeves' - false Spiraea
Astilbe cultivar - false Spiraea
Astrantia major 'Hadspen Blood' - Greater masterwort, pincushion flower
Astrantia major 'Prima Donna' - Greater masterwort, pincushion flower
Astrantia major - Greater masterwort, pincushion flower - Europe
Athamanta turbith - candy carrot - W Balkans, Albania
Baptisia australis - blue false indigo - USA
Bergenia cordifolia - heartleaf saxifrage, pigsqueak - Siberia, Mongolia
- BERGENIA FLOWERS - PIGSQUEAK IN THE ROCK GARDEN
- BERGENIA RED AUTUMN LEAVES
Calceolaria mexicana - slipper flower - Mexico
Campanula persicifolia - willow bellflower - Europe, Asia, Africa
Canna 'Tropicanna' - canna lily -
Cardiocrinum gigantium - Himalayan giant lilly
- FLOWER CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPH

Centaurea montana - perennial cornflower - Europe
Centranthus rubra - red valerian, Jupiter’s beard - Europe, N Africa
Cimicifuga laxifolia - bugbane -
Clivia miniata - bush lily - South Africa
Colchicum byzanticum - autumn crocus
Colquhounia coccinea - N Asia
Coreopsis grandiflora - tickseed - USA
Cosmos atrosanguineus - chocolate cosmos - Mexico
Cosmos diversifolius
Crocosmia x crocosmiifolia - orange crocosmia, montbretia
Crocosmia x crocosmiifolia 'Lucfier' - crocosmia, montbretia
Cyclamen hederifolium - ivy-leaf Cyclamen - Europe
Cynara scolymus - globe artichoke
- FLOWER CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPH
Darmera peltata - Indian rhubarb
Dianthus deltoides cultivar - maiden pink - Eurasia
Dianthus giganteus - carnation, pink
Dictamnus albus 'Purpureus' - gas plant, burning bush
Digitalis purpurea - common foxglove - W Europe
Echinacea purpurea - coneflower
Echium pininana - tower of jewels
Epimedium x versicolor 'Sulphureum' - barrenwort, Bishop’s mitre
Epimedium x warleyense - barrenwort, Bishop’s mitre
Epimedium x youngianum 'Yenomato' - barrenwort, Bishop’s mitre
Erigeron karvinskianus - Mexican / Santa Barbara daisy - C. America
Erigeron 'Pink Jewel' - fleabane - NW USA
Erysimum 'Apricot' - perennial wallflower
Eucomis pallidiflora - pineapple lily - S.Africa
- EUCOMIS MAGE IN BUD
Eucomis species - pineapple lily flowers
- PINEAPPLE LILY FLOWER CLOSEUP
Euphorbia amygdaloides 'Purpurea' - purple wood spurge - Eurasia
Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae - wood spurge
- EUPHORBIA ROBBIAE FLOWERS - FLOWERS CLOSE-UP
Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii - Mediterranean spurge
Euphorbia dulcis 'Chameleon' - purple spurge - Europe
Euphorbia griffithii cultivar - Himalays
Euphorbia griffithii 'Fireglow' - spurge - Himalays
Euphorbia nicaeensis ssp. nicaeensis - Europe
Euphorbia polychroma - cushion spurge - Eurasia
Euphorbia schillingii - Nepal
Euphorbia x martinii
- EUPHORBIA FLOWERS
Filipendula kamtschatica
Filipendula vulgaris - dropwort, meadowsweet - Europe, Eurasia
Francoa sonchifolia - bridal wreath - Chile
- BRIDAL WREATH FLOWER PHOTO
Gentiana freyniana - gentian
Geranium endressii 'Wargrave Pink' - cransebill - Pyrenees
Geranium ibericum - cransebill - Turkey
Geranium sanguineum - bloody cranesbill - Eurasia
Geranium blue cultivar -
Geum chiloense 'Mrs Bradshaw' - avens
Gladiolus papilio - E. & S. Africa
- GLADIOLAE FLOWER CLOSEUP
Gunnera manicata - giant rhubarb - S.America
- GUNNERA FLOWERS - HUGE GUNNERA LEAVES
Gypsophila cerastioides 'Bridal Showers' - baby’s breath - Himalayas
Helichrysum petiolare - liquorice plant
Helleborus argutifolius photography gallery
Helleborus argutifolius - Corsican hellebore - Europe
Helleborus foetidus - stinking hellebore, setterwort, bear's foot
- HELLEBORE FLOWER UGLY OR BEAUTIFUL?
Helleborus niger - Christmas rose - Europe
Helleborus orientalis - Lenten rose
Helleborus x sternii - hellebore
- HELLEBORE FLOWER
Hemerocallis 'Judith' - day lily
Hemerocallis 'Sherwood Chief' - day lily
Heuchera 'Amethyst Mist' - coral bells - N.America
Heuchera 'Amethyst' - coral bells - N.America
Heuchera 'Green Spice' - coral bells - N.America
Heuchera 'Palace Purple' - coral bells - N.America
Heuchera sanguinea 'Alba' - coral bells - New Mexico
Heuchera 'Silver Scrolls' - coral bells - N.America
Hosta crispula - sazanami giboshi - Japan
Hosta fortunei 'Albomarginata' - hosta cultivar - Japan
Hosta fortunei 'Aureo-marginata' - hosta cultivar - Japan
Hosta 'June' - hosta cultivar -
Hosta kikutii - hyugna giboshi - Japan
Hosta longipes - Hosta sp.
Hosta minor - kinin giboshi - Korea
Hosta 'Patriot' - hosta cultivar
Hosta sieboldiana var. elegans - hosta cultivar - Japan
Hosta sieboldiana - hosta - Japan
Hosta venusta - otome giboshi - Korea, Japan
Hosta 'Wide Brim' - hosta cultivar
Hosta x tardiana 'Halcyon' - hosta hybrid cultivar
Iberis gibraltarica - candytuft - Gibraltar
Iris japonica - China, Japan
- IRIS JAPONICA FLOWER
Iris 'Summer Storm'
Iris tectorum - roof iris - China
Iris 'The Geisha' - Iris cultivar

Isoplexis isabelliana

Kniphofia gracilis - red hot poker - S.Africa
Kniphofia 'Pencil' - red hot poker - S.Africa
Kniphofia species - red hot poker -
Kniphofia uvaria - red hot poker - S.Africa
Leucanthemum x superbum 'Aglaia' - shasta daisy
Leucanthemum x superbum 'Little Princess' - shasta daisy
Leucojum aestivum - loddon lily, summer snowflake - Europe
Ligularia dentata 'Britt-Marie Crawford' - gold groundsel
- LIGULARIA ORANGE FLOWERS - TROPICAL LIGULARIA LEAVES
Ligularia dentata - leopard plant, gold groundsel - China, Japan
Ligularia przewalskii - Shavalski’s ligularia - China
- LIGULARIA FOR POND PLANTING
Lilium formosanum - Taiwan
Lilium humboldtii var ocellatum
Linum campanulatum - flax
Lobelia aberdarica - Africa
Lobelia cardinalis cultivar - cardinal flower - N America
Lobelia tupa - devil's tobacco - Chile
Lychnis coronaria - rose campion, dusty miller - Europe
Lysimachia ciliata var purpurea - purple loosestrife - N.America
Meconopsis betonicifolia - blue poppy - China
- BLUE POPPY FLOWER PHOTOGRAPHY
Meconopsis cambrica - Welsh poppy - Europe
Meconopsis villosa syn. Cathcartia villosa - E Nepal to Bhutan
Monarda didyma 'Cambridge Scarlet' - scarlet bee balm, Oswego tea
Monarda didyma - bee balm, Oswego tea - Canada, USA
Nepeta x faassenii 'Snowflake' - catmint, catnip
Orchid species
Paeonia mlokosewitschii - Caucasian paeony, Molly the witch
Paeonia veitchii - peony - China
Papaver bracteatum - poppy - Asia Minor, Caucasus
Papaver orientalis cultivar - Oriental poppy cultivar - W.Asia
Penstemon 'Blackbird' - beard tongue cultivar - America
Penstemon hartwegii - beard tongue - America
Penstemon 'Hidcote Pink' - beard tongue cultivar - America
Penstemon 'Raven' - beard tongue cultivar - America
Persicaria affinis 'Superba' - knotweed - Himalayas
Phlomis russeliana - Jerusalem sage - Syria
Phlox paniculata 'Starfire' - border phlox
Phygelius aequalis - Cape Fuchsia - S.Africa
- CAPE FUCHSIA FLOWER PHOTO
Phygelius capensis - Cape fuchsia, figwort
Pinellia tripartita - voodoo lily, green dragon
Polemonium caeruleum - Jacob’s ladder, figwort - Europe
Polygonatum x hybridum - Soloman’s seal
Potentilla gracilis - graceful cinquefoil
Primula beesiana - primrose - China
Primula bulleyana - primrose - China
- PRIMULA MASS-PLANTING IN WET DITCH
Primula capitata - Asiatic primrose - Himalayas
Primula florindae - primrose - Tibet
Primula candleabra cultivar - primrose
Pulmonaria saccharata 'Sissinghusrt White' - Jerusalem sage
Rhodohypoxis milloides - S.Africa
Rodgersia pinnata - featherleaf Rodgersisa - China
Salvia arizonica - sage
Salvia grahami syn. microphylla - sage
Salvia patens - gentian sage
Salvia sclarea - clary sage, clear eye - S.Europe
Salvia 'Snow Hills'
Scabiosa caucasica 'Alba' - scabious - Caucasus
Scabiosus Pink Cultivar - scabious
Sedum 'Herbstfreude'
Sedum spectabile - showy stonecrop Sedum
- SEDUM FLOWERS
Senecio cineraria 'Cirrus' syn Cineraria maritima - dusty miller
Sisyrinchium striatum - satin flower - Chile, Argentina
Solidago 'Baby Gold' - goldenrod
Stachys byzantina - lamb’s ears, woolly betony - Caucasus
Stachys grandiflora syn. Macrantha - big betony
Strelitzia reginae photography gallery - bird of paradise
Strelitzia reginae - bird of paradise, crane flower
Thalictrum aquilegeifolium - feathered columbine
Thalictrum delavayi 'Hewitt's Double' - meadow rue
Thalictrum finettii
Thalictrum flavum subsp. glaucum - yellow meadow rue
Thalictrum foetidum
Tiarella cordifolia - foamflower - N.America
Tiarella 'Neon Lights' - foamflower cultivar
Tulbaghia violacea - Society Garlic
Vancouveria hexandra - American barrenwort - USA
Veratrum nigrum - black hellebore - Europe to Asia
Verbena rigida - veined Verbena - S. Brazil, Argentina
Veronica austriaca 'Crater Lakes Blue' - speedwell - Europe
Viola labradorica - Labrador / black viola
Wachendorfia thrysiflora - bloodroot, rooiknol - S.Africa
Zantedeschia aethiopica - arum / calla lily - S.Africa
Zantedeschia 'Green Goddess' - arum / calla lily cultivar

 

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