#Perennials that bloom all summer series#

It’s also a great cut flower that will last 2 to 3 weeks in a vase.” Finally, Beaudry says that he would not be without the Mexican butterfly weed, “It’s a butterfly magnet that blooms the entire summer. Beaudry says, “It will spread vigorously but is not invasive. It will keep reblooming from spring all the way through to December.” The Peruvian lily, ‘The Third Harmonic,’ is a steady bloomer in the region as well. “It comes in red, white, pink, and bicolor,” he says, “and grows really fast. John Beaudry, a landscape designer in San Diego, California, gives Texas sage rare reviews. The Mexican butterfly weed ( Asclepias curassavica).

#Perennials that bloom all summer series#

Little Miss series of dwarf Peruvian lilies.Credit: Shutterstock Phenomenal Lavender (Lavandula x intermedia) Credit: Proven Winners The Westįinally, our friends in the West can liven up their gardens with: Credit: Shutterstock Image: Lesser calamint. The hardy varieties of lavender are great for long bloom as well, if they are planted in sandy, well-drained soil. It not only tolerates poor soil, but also is a bee magnet. For long bloom, you can’t go wrong with lesser calamint from mid- to late-summer, it is completely covered with delicate pale blue to white flowers that look like Baby’s Breath. He says, “It blooms from spring until the snow crushes it, tolerates our dry shade, has lovely foliage, and brightens up dark areas.” Although it reseeds freely, it is not an invasive in the Midwest the little seedlings are easy to pluck out. Lyon says that yellow cordalis has to be the longest bloomer. The hardy varieties of lavender ( Lavandula x intermedia).Lesser calamint ( Calamintha nepeta ssp.Credit: Shutterstock.įor those who live in the Midwest, Ed Lyon, director of Allen Centennial Gardens in Madison, Wisconsin, suggests planting: Credit: Shutterstock Image: ‘Bloomerang Purple’ Lilac. “Not the zinnia, petunia, geranium, impatiens sort of annuals, but some of the mint family plants, like salvia or agastache, which look more like a perennial.” “The ‘Macy’s Pride’ rose is yellow when it buds, and it then opens to an ivory white with a great fragrance.”Ĭullina likes to keep color coming by mixing these long-blooming perennials with a few nontraditional annuals. “The ‘Bloomerang Purple’ lilac just keeps coming back with more and more flowers all summer.” This small 4- to 5-foot-tall shrub is blanketed with a smaller flower than the traditional lilac but still retains its nice aroma.

If it’s not overly exposed, it blooms nonstop from mid- to late June until frost.

William Cullina, executive director of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine, says the ‘Sweet Laura’ Peruvian lily is hardy enough to make it through cold spells.

See our growing guides for Lilacs, Roses, and Hyrangeas.

Descended from the old favorite ‘Annabelle’ hydrangea, ( Hydrangea arborescens) are white ‘Incrediball’, pink ‘Invincibelle Spirit,’ and magenta ‘Bella Anna,’ which provide long-lasting blooms on strong stems.

‘Twist-n-Shout’ is a reblooming hydrangea in the Endless Summer series that guarantees flowers all season long.

‘Macy’s Pride’ is a rose in the Easy Elegance series with a nice, traditional, tea rose shape.

‘Bloomerang Purple’ is a reblooming lilac.

A new variety of Peruvian lily ( Alstroemeria) called ‘Sweet Laura’.

Gardeners of the Northeast should consider these flowering perennial plants: Lantana Mexican petunia Image: ‘Home Run’ Shrub Rose. Then you’ve got a recipe for continuous color. He suggests planting alongside small-flower shrubs for continuous color, such as dwarf crape myrtle, abelia, and a shrub rose.

Blue Anise Sage (Salvia guaranitica), a blue-flowering plant with constant bloomįelder Rushing, a garden writer and lecturer who lives in Mississippi, calls these plants “absolutely unkillable” and shares that “they all happen to be fantastic butterfly and hummingbird plants.” All bloom with little or no care without having to be deadheaded or prompted in any way.