A well-designed garden offers planting interest from early spring through to late fall. Choose the right perennial plant species and varieties and you will fill your garden with gorgeous blooms for a constant show from early to late in the season. Perennial plants come back year after year, in most cases multiplying into sizable clumps that you can simply divide in fall.
This means you can then spread the plants around your yard to create that fully planted look that's so desirable. Fortunately, there are plenty of reliable choices that perform consistently well. The joy of the best perennials is that they are not demanding plus keep on giving and many will tolerate different conditions and US hardiness zones .
Here, I reveal what the experts have nominated as their favorite longest-flowering perennials. Coneflowers are the long-flowering stars of this perennial border Grow these easy garden plants and they'll brighten your space for months every year. The good news is they're all good plants for pollinators too, so you can help increase the biodiversity of your outdoor space.
1. Salvia Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna' Perennial varieties of salvia have long-lasting blooms that flower all summer long in US hardiness zone 4 to 10. The key thing to remember when growing salvias is to give them a position in full sun with well-drained soil and deadhead regularly, then you will be rewarded with many more blooms over a longer period of time.
'Salvia is a huge genus that contains a plet.