Oehme and van Sweeden Plant Palette - Perennials

Wolfgang Oehme and James van Sweeden are partners in the landscape architecture firm Oehme and van Sweeden.  They are know for their innovate public and private gardens that utilize minimal hardscape and exuberent planting with bold sweeps of perennials and ornamental grasses.  Below is a partial list of selected plants used in their gardens.

Perennials
Acanthus hungaricus - Bear's Breech
USDA Zone:  5-9
Height: 36"
Width: 24"
Sun:  Part-shade is best.  Will grow in full sun or full shade.

Achillea filipendulina - Fern-leaf Yarrow

USDA Zone:  4-9

Height: 36"

Width: 18"

Sun:  Full sun

Aralia racemosa - American Spikenard

USDA Zone:  4-9

Height: 48-60"

Width: 48"

Sun:  Sun to part-shade

Artemisia schmidtiana 'Silver Mound' - Silvermound Wormwood

USDA Zone:  4-8

Height: 12-18"

Width: 18"

Sun:  Full sun

Aster x frikartii - Michaelmas Daisy

USDA Zone:  5-8

Height: 30"

Width: 18"

Sun:  Full sun to partial shade

Astilbe taquetii - False Spiraea

USDA Zone:  4-9

Height: 36"

Width: 18-24"

Sun:  Full sun to part shade

Begonia grandis - Hardy Begonia

USDA Zone:  6-9

Height: 12-18"

Width: 18"

Sun:  Partial shade.  Needs moist soil.

Berginia cordifolia - Heartleaf Berginia

USDA Zone:  3-9

Height: 18"

Width: 18-24"

Sun:  Full sun to partial shade

Note:  Evergreen

Brunnera macrophylla - Perennial Forget-Me-Not

USDA Zone:  4-8

Height: 12-18"

Width: 18"

Sun:  Shade to partial shade

Caryopteris x clandonensis - Bluebeard

USDA Zone:  5-9

Height: 24-30"

Width: 30-36"

Sun:  Full sun to partial shade

Ceratostigma plumbaginoides - Blue Leadwort

USDA Zone:  5-8

Height: 12"

Width: 12-18"

Sun:  Full sun to partial shade

Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam' - Threadleaf Coreopsis

USDA Zone:  3-9

Height: 18-24"

Width: 18"

Sun:  Full sun to partial shade

Epimedium x versicolor 'Sulphureum' - Persian Epimedium

USDA Zone:  5-9

Height: 12"

Width: 18"

Sun:  Part shade.  Resents hot sun and needs more moisture with more sun exposure.

Eupatorium purpureum 'Gateway' - Joe-Pye Weed

USDA Zone:  5-9

Height: 60-72"

Width: 36-48"

Sun:  Full sun to partial shade

Note:  Also known as E. fistulosum.

Hemerocallis lilaceae 'Stella d'Oro' - Daylily

USDA Zone:  4-9

Height: 24-40"

Width: 18-24"

Sun:  Full sun

Hibiscus moscheutos - Rose Mallow

USDA Zone:  5-10

Height: 36-72"

Width: 24-30"

Sun:  Full sun

Hosta sieboldiana - Plantain Lily

USDA Zone:  4-9

Height: 30"

Width: 24"

Sun:  Shade to partial shade

Hypericum calycinum - St. John's-wort

USDA Zone:  4-9

Height: 12-18"

Width: 18-24"

Sun:  Full sun to partial shade

Note:  Evergreen

Liatris spicata - Gay-feather

USDA Zone:  5-9

Height: 24-30"

Width: 18"

Sun:  Full sun to partial shade

Ligularia dentata - Bigleaf Goldenray

USDA Zone:  4-9

Height: 36-42"

Width: 24"

Sun:  Partial shade

Liriope muscari 'Big Blue'

USDA Zone:  4-9

Height: 12"

Width: 12-18"

Sun:  Full sun

Note:  Evergreen

Lythrum salicaria 'Morden's Pink' - Pink Loosetrife

USDA Zone:  4-8

Height: 36-48"

Width: 18-24"

Sun:  Full sun

Macleaya cordata - Plume Poppy

USDA Zone:  4-9

Height: 6'-9'

Width: 36"

Sun:  Partial shade is best.  Will tolerate full sun in a cooler climate.

Perovskia atriplicifolia - Russian Sage

USDA Zone:  3-9

Height: 36-48"

Width: 24-30"

Sun:  Full sun

Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldstrum' - Black-Eyed Susan

USDA Zone:  4-9

Height: 24"

Width: 18-24"

Sun:  Full sun to partial shade

Salvia superba - Purple Sage

USDA Zone:  4-9

Height: 18-24"

Width: 18"

Sun:  Full sun to part shade

Sedum 'Ruby Glow' - Stonecrop

USDA Zone:  4-9

Height: 8-12"

Width: 12"

Sun:  Full sun

Sedum 'Autumn Joy' - Live-Forever

USDA Zone:  4-9

Height: 18-24"

Width: 18-24"

Sun:  Full sun (will grow acceptably in partial shade)

Yucca filamentosa - Adam's Needle

USDA Zone:  4-9

Height: 36-48"

Width: 24-30"

Sun:  Full sun

Note:  Evergreen