And we're on to the medium plants, things that grow to be between one and four feet tall. I'm also still just going for perennials - annuals and bulbs will wait for me to figure out the rest of the primary plan.

Purple and white : Purple snakeroot : (Actaea simplex) Atropurpurea Group : up to 4' : part shade : clumps : blooms late summer

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Purple and white : Spiny bear's breeches (Acanthus spinosus) : 2-4' : full sun to part shade : clumps : blooms mid-summer

from ??

White : astilbe (Astilbe japonica) : 2-3' : part sun to full shade : clumps : blooms early to mid-summer

from Burpee, Bluestone Perennials, Michigan Bulb, Spring Hill Nursery

Silver : Money Plant : 24-30" : sun to part shade : clumps : blooms in spring

from Burpee

Silver : Blue Girl hybrid tea rose : 3-4' : full sun to part shade : blooms summer to fall

from Michigan Bulb, Direct Gardening

Silver : Blue Sea Holly (Eryngium alpinum) : 24-30" : full sun : blooms mid to late summer

from Michigan Bulb, Breck's, Spring Hill Nursery

purple : Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) : 18-24" : full sun : mounds : blooms summer

from Michigan Bulb, Spring Hill Nursery

Black : Green Wizard Coneflower (Rudbeckia, Echinacea) : 24-36" : full sun : blooms mid-summer to mid-fall

from Breck's

Purple : Salvia Caradonna (Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna') : 20" : full sun : mound-shaped : blooms early summer to early fall

from Park Seed

Purple : Black Barlow Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) : 24-28" : full to part sun : clumps : blooms late spring to early summer

from Dutch Gardens, Spring Hill Nursery

Black : Classic German Iris Sambuca : 35-37" : full sun to part shade : blooms mid-spring

from Henry Field's

Black (white flowers) : Ebony King Blackberry (Rubus 'Ebony King'): 3-4' : full sun : flowers early summer

from Michigan Bulb, Nature Hills Nursery

Silver/Purple : Burgundy Lace Fern (Athyrium n. var. pictum ) : 12-18" : part to full shade

from Jung Seed, Dutch Gardens

Purple : Amethyst Myst Heuchera (Heuchera) : 10" with 20-26" flower stems : part sun to full shade : blooms late spring to early summer

from Jung Seed, Dutch Gardens

Originally published at LibrariAnne.