To get the most bang for your buck, be sure to include some long flowering and repeat flowering perennial flowers in your garden design. Large blocks of color add impact to a garden, and the best way to achieve that is with long blooming perennials. Here are 17 long-blooming perennial flowers.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 2 - 9, varies by species Bloom Span: 3+ Months
GOOD CHOICES: Achillea ‘Coronation Gold’, A. millefolium ‘Fire King’, A. m. ‘Summer Pastels’
USDA Hardiness Zones 4 - 9, varies by speciesBloom Span: 2+ Months
GOOD CHOICES: Campanula carpatica ‘Blue Clips’ or ‘Blue Chips,’ C. c. ‘White Clips’ or ‘White Chips’.
USDA Hardiness Zones 3 - 9Bloom Span: 3-4 Months
GOOD CHOICES: Centranthus ruber ‘Albus.’
USDA Hardiness Zones 3 - 9Bloom Span: 3+ Months
GOOD CHOICES: Coreopsis verticillata ‘Zagreb’, C.v. ‘Golden Showers’, C. grandiflora ‘Early Sunrise.’
USDA Hardiness Zones 4 - 9 Bloom Span: 4 Months
GOOD CHOICES: You will probably only find the species of C. lutea.
USDA Hardiness Zones 3 - 9Bloom Span: 2+ Months
GOOD CHOICES: Dianthus gratianopolitanus ‘Bath’s Pink’, D. g. ‘Cheddar Pink,‘ D. deltoids (Maiden Pink).
USDA Zones 2 - 9Bloom Span: 3+ Months
GOOD CHOICES: ‘Alba’ has a pure white flower.
USDA Hardiness Zones 3 - 9Bloom Span: 2-3 Months
GOOD CHOICES: Echinacea purpurea ‘Magnus", E.p. ‘Fragrant Angel,’ E. “Art’s Pride.’
USDA hardiness Zones 2 - 9Bloom Span: 3-4 Months
GOOD CHOICES: Gaillardia x grandiflora, Gaillardia ‘Goblin’ (dwarf), G. ‘Burgundy’, G. ‘Monarch’.
USDA Hardiness Zones: 5 - 9 Bloom Span: 3+ Months
GOOD CHOICES: Any of the hybrids. Kniphofia ‘‘Primrose Beauty’ is especially hardy.
USDA Hardiness Zones 3 - 9 Bloom Span: 3 Months
GOOD CHOICES: Liatris spicata (Spike Gayfeather) comes in white, pink and shades of purple
USDA Hardiness Zones 3 - 9Bloom Span: 2-3 Months
GOOD CHOICES: Nepeta ‘Six Hills Giant’, Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ Nepeta x faassenii ‘Dropmore’ (Sterile and doesn’t need deadheading).
USDA Zones: 3 - 9Bloom Span: 3 Months
GOOD CHOICES: Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm.”
USDA Hardiness Zones 3 - 9Bloom Span: 3+ Months
GOOD CHOICES: Scabiosa caucasica ‘Butterfly Blue’, S. c. ‘Pink Mist’
USDA Hardiness Zones 3- 9Bloom Span: 2-3 Months
GOOD CHOICES: Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’, S. ‘Bertram Anderson,’ S. Madrona, S. ‘Brilliant’.
USDA Hardiness zones 4 - 9Bloom Span: 3-4 Months
GOOD CHOICES: Tradescantia ‘‘Carmine Glow’, T. ‘Snowcap.
USDA Hardiness Zones 3 - 9 Bloom Span: 3-4 Months
GOOD CHOICES: Veronica ‘Sunny Border Blue’.
