MitS Logo
      

Home        About Us              Map / Hours           FAQ           Catalogue           Articles           Workshops           News

     

Common Name Index


While we use Latin names at Made in the Shade, you may know the plant you are looking for better by its common name. Below we have provided an index of common names with their Latin names. It is by no means complete, we hope it helps.
Common Name
Latin Name
Adam's Needle
Yucca 
Amur Maple
(Shrub) Acer ginnala
Asiatic Lily
Lilium
Autumn Fern
(Fern) Dryopteris
Autumn Red Grass
(Grass) Miscanthus
Avens
Geum
Baby's Breath
Gypsophylla
Ballonflower
Platycodon
Barberry
(Shrub) Berberis
Barrenwort
Epimedium
Beachhead Iris
Iris
Bearberry
Arctostaphylos
Beard Tongue
Penstemon
Bearded Iris
Iris
Beebalm
Monarda
Bellflower
Campanula
Bellwort
Uvularia
Black Iris
Iris
Blackberry Liliy
Belamcanda 
Black-Eyed-Susan
Rudbeckia
Blanket Flower
Gaillardia
Bleeding Heart
Dicentra
Bloodroot
Sanguinaria
Blue Fescue
(Grass) Festuca
Blue Flag Iris
Iris 
Blue Leadwort
Ceratostigma
Blue Lyme Grass
(Grass) Leymus
Blue Oat Grass
(Grass) Helictotrichon
Blue Star Flower
Amsonia
Blue Zinger Sedge
(Grass) Carex
Bluebeard
(Shrub) Caryopteris
Boneset
Eupatorium
Boston Ivy
(Vine) Parthenocissus
Bowman's Root
Gillenia
Boxwood
(Shrub) Buxus
Brass Buttons
Leptinella
Bridalwreath
(Shrub) Spirea
Broom Sedge
(Grass) Andropogon
Bugbane
Actaea
Bugleweed
Ajuga
Bunchberry
Cornus 
Burning Bush
(Shrub) Euonymus
Butterfly Bush
Buddleia
Butterfly Flower
Asclepias 
Campion
Lychnis
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia
Catmint
Nepeta
Chameleon Plant
Houttuynia
Chinese Lantern
Physalis
Christmas Fern
(Fern) Polystichum
Cinnamon Fern
(Fern) Osmunda
Cliff Maids
Lewisia
Climbing Hydrangea
(Vine) Hydrangea
Climbing Rose
Rose
Columbine
Aquilegia
Comfrey
Symphytum
Coneflower
Echinacea
Coral Bells
Heuchera
Corkscrew Rush
(Grass) Juncus
Cornflower
Centaurea
Cranesbill 
Geranium
Creeping Jenny
Lysimachia
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum
Dappled Willow
(Shrub) Salix
Daylily
Hemerocallis
Dead Nettle
Lamium
Dense Yew
(Shrub) Taxus
Dogwood
(Shrub) Cornus
Dwarf Iris
Iris
English Daisy
Bellis
English Ivy
Hedera
False Indigo
Baptisia 
False Lamium
Lamiastrum
False Spirea
(Shrub) Sorbaria
False Sunflower
Heliopsis
Feathered Reed Grass
(Grass) Calamagrostis
Fern-Leaf Bleeding Heart
Dicentra
Fern-Leaf Peony
Paeonia
Flag Iris
Iris
Fleece Flower
Fallopia
Foamflower
Tiarella
Forsythia
(Shrub) Forsythia
Foxglove
Digitalis
Gas Plant
Dictamus
Gay Feather
Liatris
German Garlic
Allium
Giant Maiden Grass
(Grass) Miscanthus
Giant Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum 
Globe Flower
Trollius
Globe Thistle
Echinops
Goatsbeard
Aruncus
Golden Creeping Jenny
Lysimachia
Golden Ray
Ligularia
Hardy Hibiscus
Hibiscus
Hardy Kiwi
(Vine) Actinidia 
Hardy Mum
Chrysanthemum
Hart's Tongue Fern
(Fern) Phyllitis
Heather
Calluna
Helen's Flower
Helenium
Hens & Chicks
Sempervivum
Hollyhock
Alcea
Honeysuckle Vine
(Vine) Lonicera
Hops
(Vine) Humulus
Hybrid Phlox
Phlox
Hyssop
Agastache
Ice Plant
Delosperma
Iceland Poppy
Papaver
Itoh Peony
Paeonia
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Arisaema
Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium 
Japanese Aster
Kalimeris
Japanese Blood Grass
(Grass) Imperata
Japanese Bottlebrush
Sanguisorba 
Japanese Forest Grass
(Grass) Hakonechloa
Japanese Iris
Iris
Japanese Painted Fern
(Fern) Athyrium
Japanese Spurge
Pachysandra
Knotweed
Persicaria
Lady's Mantle
Alchemilla
Lambs Ears
Stachys
Lavender
Lavandula
Lemon Thyme
Thymus
Lenten Rose
Helleborus
Leopard's Bane
Doronicum
Lilac
(Shrub) Syringa
Lily-of-the-Valley
Convallaria
Little Bluestem Grass
(Grass) Schizachyrium
Little Dwarf Bluestem Grass
(Grass) Schizachyrium
Liver Leaf
Hepatica
Lungwort
Pulmonaria
Lupin
Lupinus
Maiden Grass
(Grass) Miscanthus
Maidenhair Fern
(Fern) Adiantum
Mallow
Malva
Masterwort
Astrantia 
Meadow Sage
Salvia
Meadowrue
Thalictrum
Meadowsweet
Filipendula 
Monkshood
Aconitum
Moss Phlox
Phlox 
Ninebark
(Shrub) Physocarpus
Oriental Lily
Lilium
Ornamental Rhubarb
Rheum
Ostrich Fern
(Fern) Matteucia
Painted Arum
Arum
Pasque Flower
Pulsatilla
Peony
Paeonia
Perennial Sunflower
Helianthus
Periwinkle
Vinca
Pig-squeak
Bergenia
Pincushion
Scabiosa
Pinks
Dianthus 
Plume Poppy
Macleaya
Poppy
Papaver
Prarie Trillium
Trillium
Primrose
Primula
Purple Angelica
Angelica
Red Feathers
Echium
Red Trillium
Trillium
Red-twig Dogwood
(Shrub) Cornus
Rhubarb
Rheum
Ribbon Grass
(Grass) Phalaris
River Oats
(Grass) Chasmanthium
Rodger's Flower
Rodgersia 
Russian Sage
Perovskia
Sagebrush
Artemisia
Saxifrage
Saxifraga
Sea Holly
Eryngium
Sea Pinks
Armeria
Sedge
(Grass) Carex
Self Heal
Prunella 
Serviceberry
(Shrub) Amelanchier
Shasta Daisy
Leucanthemum
Shield Leaf Rodgersia
Astilboides
Shooting Star
Dodecatheon
Siberian Bugloss
Brunnera
Siberian Iris
Iris
Silver Lace Vine
(Vine) Polygonum
Snow Trillium
Trillium
Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum
Speedwell
Veronica
Spiderwort
Tradescantia 
Spurge
Euphorbia
Stokes Aster
Stokesia
Stonecrop
Sedum
Summer Phlox
Phlox 
Sundrops
Oenothera 
Sweet Woodruff
Galium
Tickseed
Coreopsis
Toad Lily
Tricyrtis
Tree Peony
Paeonia
Tufted Hair Grass
(Grass) Deschampsia
Turk's Cap Lily
Lilium
Turtle Head
Chelone
Umbrella Plant
Darmera
Variegated Adam's Needle
Yucca
Variegated Reed Grass
(Grass) Calamagrostis
Violet
Viola
Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia
Virginia Creeper
(Vine) Parthenocissus
Wall Cress
Arabis
Whirling Butterflies
Gaura
Wild Ginger
Asarum
Windflower
Anenome
Wintercreeper
(Shrub) Euonymus
Wintergreen
Gaultheria
Woodland Phlox
Phlox
Wooly Thyme
Thymus
Yarrow
Achillea
Yellow Trillium
Trillium
Yellow Wax Bells
Kirengeshoma
Zebra Iris
Iris







Made in the Shade Perennials Inc.
3626 Hwy 2 RR 3 (4.5 km east of Joyceville Rd.)   Gananoque,  Ontario    K7G 2V5
Phone: (613) 382-8251    Toll Free: 1 (800) 318-3133     eMail: sales@mitsperennials.com