A perennial plant is a plant that comes back year after year from its roots. Plants that are classified as perennials may not be considered perennials in all hardiness zones. Make sure that you choose perennials that are within your hardiness zone so they will come back year after year. Perennials are a great option for yards and landscapes as they provide years of enjoyment!
Stunning spring color with brilliant gold foliage and rosy-pink heart- shaped flowers dangling from arching stems, as with other spectabilis types plants will go dormant in summer, provide at least half shade for best color and performance.
Rosy-pink flowers
Spring blooms
Brilliant gold foliage
Dark bronze-purple foliage with long spikes of soft pink flowers that fade to white, fragrant.
Fragrant soft pink bottlebrush flowers
Blooms late summer
Dark bronze-purple foliage
Late to break dormancy, prefers drier and well-drained soil, vibrant orange flowers are a magnet for butterflies, attractive seed pods are used in floral arrangements, grow above 65ºF and dry.
Vibrant orange flowers
Prefers drier and well-drained soils
A magnet to butterflies
Cheerful two-toned flowers are lavender-purple with blue centers. Spring blooms occur on short stems just above the low mounding foliage. Prefers part sun.
Large bicolor flowers
Blooms late spring to early summer
Long bloomer
A seed grown variety that produces highly uniform plants in flower and growth habit. Red flowers soften to orange as they age; plants will bloom all summer.
Great for butterflies
Allow to dry between watering
Flowers appear all summer
More compact, better branching and a higher flower count than the typical double-flowered Echinacea. More reliable first year flowering.
New deep red color
Eye-catching double flower form
High flower count
A 2010 All America Selection Winner, large 3-4" flowers are deep rose-purple which do not fade; plants are compact and exhibit exceptional basal branching for greater flower production. Also blooms continuously without deadheading.
Rose-Purple flowers
Blooms all summer
Compact form
Introduced exclusively by Bailey Nurseries, bred by Hugh and Ruth Cocker of Rochester, MN. Cristi™ is a big bold plant with enormous ruby red flowers in late summer. The flowers begin to bloom in August and can be 6-8" in width. This plant has a nice, round bushy habit. Remember, this species is notorious for not breaking bud until early June in the garden. Best in good organic soil.
Mid-late season bloomer; fantastic new color! Large flower plumes are purple with a hint of blue and the foliage is dark green, stems are sturdy and won't flop over.
Feathery flowers are upright
Great for color in the shade
Great when combined with Hosta and Ligularia
Late season bloomer; unique blue-green foliage with a silver overlay, reddish stems add color and bear open panicles of delicate peach-pink flowers; vigorous grower and more sun tolerant than others.
Delicate peach-pink flowers
Late season blooms
Unique blue-green foliage
Spikes of large, soft pink plumes on gracefully arching stems and green, fern-like foliage. Great color for darkened areas of the garden or wooded sites.
Soft-pink flowers
Blooms early to mid-summer
Great for color in the shade
Spikes of graceful red plumes, mostly erect but some arching, on medium green foliage. Prefers a rich and moist soil in a shady location. Flowers are effective in dried arrangements.
Classic red flower spikes
Prefers moist soil in a shady location
Great for dried flower arrangements
Large semi-double coral-pink daisy flowers with yellow centers; mature plants form a Mammoth mound 20-36" tall and up to 4 feet wide.
Tons of Coral-pink flowers in late summer/fall
Deer resistant
This perennial mum is like a small shrub in size
Semi-double bright yellow flowers with unique spoon shaped ray florets. Mature plants form a Mammoth mound 18-24" tall and up to 4' wide.
Semi-double bright yellow flowers with yellow centers; spoon shaped petals
Blooms late summer
Selected for their hardiness, vigor, and mammoth size
Gigantic, pleated, light pink with red eye flowers and glossy, dark leaves on well branched plants. Under 3 feet tall which is ideal for gardens or large containers. Very heat tolerant, blooms from mid-summer to early fall.
Dinner-plate-sized flowers
Shell pink with dark eyes
Compact habit
Very floriferous, large single white flowers on upright stems for 5 weeks or more in late summer.
Large white flowers
Blooms late summer
Attractive seed heads
A large, magnificent fern, long arching shiny green fronds have serrated leaflets for a frilly and ruffled appearance, slightly more sun tolerant.
Long, arching shiny green fronds
Frilly and ruffled appearance
Slightly more sun tolerant
An incredible colorful specimen for a sunny garden! Striking dark purple, maple-like foliage is thick and leathery and will not fade in color as it matures. Habit is nicely compact and dense. Dark, black-red glossy buds open to enormous deep scarlet red flowers, 8-9" across. Blooming for an extended period from mid-summer into early fall, it provides an eye-catching display that cannot be beat.
Unique bicolor flowers of pale blue and white hoods with intense deep blue lower petals, forms large clumps of glossy dark green deeply cut foliage, flowers bloom on tall wide-branching panicles.
Bicolor blue and white flowers
Summer bloomer
Great cut flower
Very long blooming selection with large 1½" terminal clusters of lavender-blue flowers, glossy dark green narrow foliage forms dense clumps and remains attractive all season, foliage turns yellow in fall and dried reddish flower stems provide additional interest into winter; drought tolerant.
Long blooming perennial
Seed heads are attractive in winter
Drought tolerant
A dwarf variety with 2" round violet-purple flowers that appear in mid-summer, dark purple stems add color when not in bloom, clumping habit, very drought tolerant, seed heads persist for winter interest.
A dwarf variety that works well in small spaces
2" round violet-purple flowers that appear in mid-summer
Great for areas where deer and rabbits are a problem
Large evergreen foliage with thick leathery leaves, clusters of deep purple-red flowers bloom on heavy stems in spring, glossy foliage turns burgundy-bronze in fall and winter.
Deep purple-red flower clusters
Blooms in spring
Foliage turns bronze in fall
