Annuals

Plants listed here are grown as annuals in the Midwest
Begonia 'Canary Wing' 
begonia

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 1 - 1.5 ft.
Spread: 1.25 - 1.5 ft.  
Sun: Part shade
Water: Medium
Colocasia esculenta 'Elena'
taro

Bulb

Height: 2 -4 ft. 
Spread: 1.5 - 2 ft. 
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium to wet
Dracaena fragrans (Deremensis Group) 'Limelight'
striped dracaena 

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 6 - 15 ft.
Spread: 4 - 6 ft. 
Sun: Part shade
Water: Medium
Sedum LEMON CORAL
coleus

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 0.25-0.75 ft.
Spread: 1 - 2 ft.
Sun: Full sun
Water: Dry to medium
Duranta erecta 'Cuban Gold'
pigeon berry

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 0.75 - 2 ft. 
Spread: 2 - 3 ft. 
Sun: Full sun
Water: Medium
Xanthosoma 'Lime Zinger'
elephant's ear

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 2 - 4 ft.
Spread: 1.5 - 3 ft.
Sun: Part shade
Water: Medium
Hamelia patens 'Grelmsiz' LIME SIZZLER
scarlet bush

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 3 - 4 ft. 
Spread: 3 - 4 ft. 
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Ipomoea batatas SWEET CAROLINE BEWITCHED GREEN WITH ENVY
sweet potato vine


Vine

Height: 0.75 - 1.5 ft.  
Spread: 1.5 - 2.5 ft.
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Plectranthus COLORBLAZE LIME TIME
coleus

Herbaceous perennial 

Height: 2 - 3.25 ft.
Spread: 1 - 2.5 ft.
Sun: Part shade
Water: Medium
   

 

 

Perennials

Aralia cordata 'Sun King'
Japanese spikenard

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 3 - 6 ft.
Spread: 3 - 6 ft.
Sun: Part shade
Water: Medium
Sedum rupestre 'Angelina'
stonecrop

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 0.25 - 0.5 ft. 
Spread: 1 - 2 ft. 
Sun: Full sun
Water: Dry to medium
Euphorbia x martinii 'Ascot Rainbow'
spurge

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 1.5 - 3 ft. 
Spread: 1.25 - 2.5 ft. 
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Dry to medium
Hosta 'Chartreuse Wiggles'
hosta

Herbaceous perennial

Height: 0.5 - 0.75 ft. 
Spread: 0.75 - 1 ft. 
Sun: Part shade to full shade
Water: Medium
Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'
Japanese forest grass

Ornamental grass

Height: 1 - 1.5 ft.
Spread: 1 - 1.5 ft. 
Sun: Part Shade
Water: Medium
Hosta sieboldii 'Kabitan'
hosta 

Herbaceous perennial 

Height: 0.75 - 1 ft. 
Spread: 0.75 - 1 ft. 
Sun: Part shade to full shade
Water: Medium
Heuchera 'Citronelle' 
coral bells

Herbaceous perennial 

Height: 0.5 - 1 ft. 
Spread: 0.75 - 1.5 ft. 
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Gold Heart'
bleeding heart

Herbaceous perennial 

Height: 1.5 - 2 ft. 
Spread: 2 - 3 ft. 
Sun: Part shade to full shade
Water: Medium
Hosta 'Fire Island' 
hosta

Herbaceous perennial 

Height: 1 - 1.25 ft. 
Spread: 1.5 - 1.75 ft. 
Sun: Part shade to full shade
Water: Medium
Salvia elegans 'Golden Delicious' 
pineapple sage

Herbaceous perennial 

Height: 2 -3 ft. 
Spread: 2 - 3 ft. 
Sun: Full sun
Water: Medium

 

 

Deciduous Shrubs

Deutzia gracilis 'Duncan' CHARDONNAY PEARLS
slender deutzia

Deciduous shrub 

Height: 2 - 3 ft. 
Spread: 2 - 3 ft. 
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium

 
Physocarpus opulifolius 'Dart's Gold'
ninebark

Deciduous shrub

Height: 4 - 5 ft.
Spread: 4 - 5 ft. 
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Dry to medium
Kolkwitzia amabilis 'Maradco' DREAM CATCHER
beauty bush

Deciduous shrub 

Height: 6 - 9 ft. 
Spread: 6 - 9 ft.
Sun: Full sun
Water: Medium
Rhus typhina 'Bailtiger' TIGER EYES
staghorn sumac

Deciduous shrub

Height: 3 - 6 ft. 
Spread: 3 - 6 ft. 
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Dry to medium