Buy Plants By Genus - from Abutilon to Zingiber
This page has a list of all of the genera of perennial plants that we currently sell here at Plant Delights Nursery. How many plant nurseries would you have to go to in order to see this many perennial plants? Ten? Twenty? Forget about it! Save time and do all of your perennial plant shopping here. Sun plants? Got 'em. Shade plants? No problem! Ornamental grass? Yep. Ferns, Groundcovers, Hummingbird plants? Perennials you didn’t know existed? Check, check and check.
Whenever we add new plants online to our catalog, we adjust this genus list. We make major changes to the list twice per year, in the late winter (for spring), and late summer (for fall), but we also make a half-dozen or more minor additions throughout the year. So bookmark this perennials genus page and check back often. Better yet, subscribe to the Plant Delights Nursery e-mail newsletter and we will remind you when new plants are added.
You never know what exotic plant gems you will find here at Plant Delights! You can use this page as a starting point for your own virtual plant hunting expedition through our plant nursery! Bon voyage! Each genus 'page' has a short description of the genus with history and other fun online plant facts. So if you are a plant nerd, click on every genus to learn some perennial plant trivia.
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Agapanthus
Agapanthus (Lily of the Nile) is a South African, bulb producing amaryllid...
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Alstroemeria
While most alstroemeria plants either hate heat, hate cold, or take over...
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Amorphophallus
Amorphophallus are exotic plants in the aroid family. The name amorphophallus comes...
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Anisacanthus
The genus Anisacanthus, as the name implies, is related to bear's breeches...
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Antennaria
Antennaria is a genus of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family, commonly...
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Antirrhinum
The genus Antirrhinum is ubiquitous in American gardens. The annual snapdragon (Antirrhinum...
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Arachniodes
This genus of mostly evergreen ferns hails primarily from Asia, where they...
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Aristolochia
Many of you are familiar with the exotic plant genus Aristolochia as...
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Arnoglossum
Arnoglossum is a genus of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family, commonly...
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Asphodeline
Asphodeline is a genus of perennial plants from Southern Europe and the...
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Aspidistra
Aspidistra plants are commonly referred to as cast iron plants and with...
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Belamcanda
The genus Belamcanda is in the iris family and contains a single...
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Bergeranthus
Bergeranthus is a genus of dwarf succulents that can only be found...
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Berlandiera
Berlandiera is a genus of native US perennial wildflowers that with an...
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Brugmansia
The genus Brugmansia (Angel Trumpet) is a perennial member of the Solanaceae...
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Caesalpinia
Certain tropical species of Caesalpinia are also harvested for their exotic and...
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Calamintha
Calamintha is a genus in the mint family that contains 8-30 species...
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Calylophus
Native to the Great Plains from southern Canada down to northern Mexico,...
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Cardiocrinum
Although well-established in Europe, cardiocrinum is rarely grown in the US outside...
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Caryopteris
Caryopteris, also known as bluebeard, is an Asian member of the verbena...
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Ceratostigma
The genus Ceratostigma is fairly small, containing just 8 species of perennial...
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Chamaecyparis
If you like conifers, then you will love chamaecyparis. The diversity in...
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Chamaerops
Chamaerops (fan palm) is a monotypic genus of cold hardy palms native...
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Cheilanthes
Cheilanthes are one of several genera of delightful, small, dry-land, deer-resistant ferns...
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Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum is a genus in the aster family that went through a...
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Chrysogonum
Chrysogonum is very easy to grow, but prefers rich, consistently moist, well-drained...
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Clinopodium
The genus Clinopodium contains about 20 species of mint that are native...
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Coniogramme
Coniogramme is a genus of roughly 20 species that is primarily distributed...
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Convallaria
The genus Convallaria contains 1-3 species, depending on your taxonomist, but don't...
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Cypripedium
Cypripedium is a genus of woodland garden plants that are among the...
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Cystopteris
When it comes to great living mulch for the shade garden, few...
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Dasylirion
Dasylirion, also known as sotol plants, are little-known, easy-to-grow yucca relatives that...
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Delosperma
Thanks to the great work of Panayoti Kelaidis of the Denver Botanic...
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Dichromena
Dichromena is a charming perennial ornamental grass-like plant in the sedge family...
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Dicliptera
The genus Dicliptera is a botanical cousin of Acanthus (Bear's Breech) and...
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Disporopsis
Disporopsis is an Asian genus closely related to polygonatum (Solomon's seal). Despite...
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Drimiopsis
Drimiopsis is a genus of South African bulbs related to Hyacinth, Muscari,...
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Dryopteris
Dryopteris is a fern genus of 225 species from around the world...
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Echinocereus
The genus Echinocereus is a large, diverse group of succulent plants in...
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Edgeworthia
The genus Edgeworthia is quite small, containing only 4 Asian species, if...
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Engelmannia
The genus Engelmannia is monotypic (contains a single species) whose name commemorates...
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Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus is an Australian genus of over 700 woody species valuable for...
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Eupatorium
(aka Eutrochium) Despite the unappealing common name, Joe Pye Weed, eupatorium are...
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Habranthus
Like zephyranthes, habranthus are great summer-flowering bulbs for naturalizing in the South....
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Hakonechloa
Hakonechloa, commonly known as Japanese forest grass, is characterized by its delicate...
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Helianthus
Helianthus are widespread natives to North and South America (including North Carolina)...
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Helleborus
Gardeners worldwide are enchanted with the flowering shade plant genus Helleborus, aka...
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Hemerocallis
While we have long enjoyed hemerocallis as a summer perennial in our...
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Hesperaloe
The genus Hesperaloe is a small genus of just 7 species that...
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Indigofera
Indigofera is a pea-family genus found from Asia through South Africa. Indigofera...
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Kosteletzkya
The genus Kosteletzkya consists of 17 species of shrubs that were split...
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Leucanthemum
The genus name Leucanthemum tells you all about the key feature of...
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Lysimachia
While there are weedy members of the Myrsinaceae family, we have carefully...
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Malvaviscus
Malvaviscus are hibiscus relatives in the mallow family native to the US...
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Marshallia
The genus Marshallia has just 10 species and is a fascinating little...
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Muhlenbergia
Muhlenbergia is a group of US native (including North Carolina) and Mexican...
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Nierembergia
Nierembergia is a genus of 20 or more herbaceous South American perennials...
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Nothoscordum
There is one species, Nothoscordum gracile, that should be avoided due to...
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Notocactus
Notocactus is a genus of deeply-ribbed barrel cactus, native to South America,...
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Ophiopogon
While everyone has seen the typical green mondo grass, and dwarf mondo...
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Orostachys
Like sedum or sempervivum, Orostachys is a drought tolerant succulent and as...
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Pachysandra
The genus Pachysandra is a unique member of the boxwood family, containing...
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Pardancanda
xPardancanda norrisii is a cross between plants in two different genera, Belamcanda...
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Parthenocissus
P. tricuspidata is neither from Boston nor is it a real ivy...
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Pennisetum
Fountain grass is easily one of the most popular and easy to...
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Podophyllum
If you've only seen our native Podophyllum peltatum, you have missed some...
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Polemonium
The genus Polemonium is a phlox relative that contains many attractive small...
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Polygonatum
Polygonatum (Solomon's seal) are delightful and tough perennial plants for the shade...
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Polystichum
Polystichum is a large genus of evergreen ferns that occur around the...
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Pontederia
Pontederia is a genus of aquatic plants in the Pontederiaceae family and...
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Pulmonaria
Named for the organ that most resembles the foliage, pulmonaria is also...
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Pycnanthemum
The mint family genus Pycnanthemum is fairly small, containing around 20 species,...
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Rhapidophyllum
Needle palms get their name from the long, sharp, porcupine-ish needles produced...
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Rhodophiala
Rhodophiala is a genus of bulbous amaryllids from South America. While Chile...
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Rosmarinus
The 3 species in the genus Rosmarinus are shrubby mint-relatives that are...
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Sanguinaria
Sanguinaria is a North American monotypic (one species) genus whose lone species...
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Sarcococca
Sarcococca is a genus of 20 small, slow-growing, shrubby species from southeast...
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Sarracenia
Whether it's their unique foliage, fabulous flowers, or ability of the carnivorous...
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Sauromatum
The genus Sauromatum belongs in the Araceae family whose members are also...
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Schizachyrium
Schizachyrium is an incredibly widespread genus of native ornamental grasses that can...
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Scutellaria
Not to be confused with a Jewish head cloth, the skullcap genus...
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Selaginella
There are about 700 species of selaginella, a unique prehistoric fern relative....
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Sempervivum
Plants in the genus Sempervivum are alpine succulents, hailing from Central Europe...
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Sisyrinchium
The genus Sisyrinchium appears at first glance to be a member of...
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Sorghastrum
Sorghastrum is a small genus of prairie grass that once was dominant...
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Spiranthes
Most spiranthes orchid species are tropical or do not have much ornamental...
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Syneilesis
Plants in the genus Syneilesis are grown primarily as attractive foliage plants...
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Thalictrum
Despite the common name, you will not rue the day that you...
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Thelypteris
Thelypteris is a large genus of deciduous ferns that encompasses over 1,000...
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Trachycarpus
Palm trees in the genus Trachycarpus (aka Windmill palms) are the second...
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Tradescantia
With so many native Tradescantia species and their ability to grow in...
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Veronicastrum
Veronicastrum is a genus of 20 species of moisture loving perennials that...