The following list shows some of the perennials that can tolerate growing in windy or exposed areas:

• Agapanthus (African lily)
• Anaphalis (Pearl everlasting)
• Anemone hupehensis (Japanese anemone) -avoid coastal sites
• Artemisia absinthium (Absinthe)
• Centaurea dealbata (Knapweed)
• Centaurea hypoleuca (Knapweed)
• Centranthus ruber (Red valerian)
• Eryngium variifolium (Eryngo)
• Euphorbia characias (Spurge)
• Festuca glauca (Blue fescue)
• Kniphofia caulescens (Red-hot-poker)
• Lavatera maritima (Tree mallow)
• Lavatera thuringiaca (Tree mallow)
• Limonium latifolium (Sea lavender)
• Phlomis russeliana (Phlomis)
• Phormium cookianum (Mountain flax)
• Phormium tenax (New Zealand flax)
• Sedum spectabile (Ice plant)
• Sedum telephium (Orpine)
• Stachys byzantina (Lamb's lugs)
• Yucca filamentosa (Adam's needle)
• Yucca flaccida (Yucca)