You’ll have flowers for weeks at a time with these perennial plants.
Perennial plants come back every year on their own,unlike annuals that need to be replacedafter the winter.
The downside of perennials: a shorter bloom time than annuals.
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Black-Eyed Susan
This popular, long-blooming perennial should be at the top of your list to plant.
Plus,deer tend to avoidthisdrought-tolerant plant.
To get additional blooms and to prevent unwanted self-seeding,deadhead the spent flowers.
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This tough but pretty native perennial has showy red and yellow blooms from early summer into fall.
It doesn’t mind heat, drought, or poor soil, andpollinators such as bumblebees love it.
Thisfragrant beautyshows off its colorful flower clusters from July to September.
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Phlox is a must fora butterfly gardenand it makes anexcellent cut flower for bouquets, too.
Its long-stemmed blossoms gently sway over low mounds of gray-green foliage.
Butterflies love its lavender-blue blooms.Deadhead this spring-blooming perennialregularly to keep its flowers coming and the plant looking tidy.
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These beautiful bloomers look like their cousins from the tropics but survive winter in cold climates.
Thesevertical plantsare available in many shapes and colors.
Clematis looks stunning climbing any kind of structure.
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Even the tidy, grass-like,silver gray-green foliagehas staying power, remaining through the drab months of winter.
These perennialsneed to be deadheadedby shearing off old flowers, which will encourage new blooms to keep on coming.
For a beautiful flower border, plant it with any purple orblue flowers, such asperennial salviaorballoon flower.
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Name:Heliopsishelianthoides
Daylily
You’ll often finddayliliesgrowing in ditches and fields as escapees from gardens.
They’re super easy to grow and produce glorioustrumpet-shape blooms in tons of colors.
Look for everblooming or reblooming varieties for the longest flower show.
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But it also produces masses of smalllavender-blue flowersfrom spring to fall.
Most varieties of thisnectar-filled plantare very drought tolerant and low maintenance.
Name:Salvia
Yarrow
Even beginner gardeners will find it easy to grow yarrow.
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It withstands heat, cold, and drought, and doesn’t mind poor soil.
Thislow-maintenance perennialblooms June through September and pairs beautifully with otherdrought-tolerant sun lovers, such asfalse indigoandpurple coneflower.
The blooms of yarrow also makelong-lasting cut flowers that can be easily dried.
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Name:Achillea
Lavender
Besides blooming all summer long,lavenderoffers fabulous fragrance.
It’s wonderful as acut flower for fresh bouquetsand equallygood as a dried flower.
This drought-, heat-, and wind-tolerant perennial is deer-resistant andattracts butterflies and other pollinators.
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