Opt for perennials that bloom for long to bring everlasting colorful beauty to your garden. It’s also beneficial for wildlife and pollinators.
Perennials return every year and don’t need to be replanted. However, they bloom for a shorter period of time than annual flowers.
Some bloom for a week or two before they fade. But, it doesn’t mean that there aren’t any long-blooming perennials.
The ones we’ve gathered for you can bloom from spring to fall and help you create a garden that’s blooming and good-looking throughout the whole year!
10 Best Long-Blooming Perennials
- Garden phlox
This bloomer from mid-summer into fall loves mild summer temperatures and appreciates an area with good airflow.
You can find white and pink-purple color varieties. Plant it in soil that’s well-drained and medium moist.
- Stella de Oro daylily
This hybrid is a compact plant that blooms for a long period of time, from May to July, though its individual blooms last for a day.
It’s not demanding in terms of care and can be divided when you want to propagate it. It can be found in yellow and gold colors and appreciates full sun exposure or partially shaded areas.
- Salvia
This species boasts numerous perennials like May Night, Blue Hill, Victoria Blue, and Caradonna. If they’re deadheaded on a regular basis, they may bloom the whole summer.
They’re low maintenance and flower for several months. They can grow up to two feet in height. They’re available in blue and violet colors and love full sun exposure.
- Russian sage
This is a showy long-blooming perennial and it can reach a height of up to 5 feet. It blooms from July to October.
It can be found in lavender and blue colors and will appreciate full sun exposure and well-drained soil.
- Yarrow
This herb plant flowers throughout June and September. It has clusters of white flowers but there are varieties in other colors like yellow, red, pink, etc.
Divide it every three to five years and deadhead the flowers to prolong the bloom period.
- English lavender
This lovely perennial will bring that lovely class touch to your landscape. It blooms from June to August and can reach up to three feet in height.
It likes full sun exposure and dry to medium-moist soil.
- Cone flower
They bloom from June through August and some can reach up to five feet in height. They appreciate division done every four years; otherwise, they’re really low maintenance.
They can be found in purplish pink, orange, yellow, green, and red color.
- Butterfly bush
Blooming from June through September, this perennial grows quite tall and can reach up to eight feet in height.
Blue Chip is a good cultivar and a smaller version that usually grows up to two feet in height and doesn’t spread excessively.
You can find it in blue and purple colors and will appreciate full sun exposure.
- Autumn joy stonecrop
A late summer bloomer, the flowers of this perennial will gradually go darker within weeks and become purple by fall.
You can find it in various foliage colors, depending on the cultivar. It provides a long-lasting autumn color and the blooms are masses of smaller and clumped flowers. It’s also low-maintenance, though it needs shearing to the stems after frost.
Plant it where it will get full sun exposure.
- Spiked speedwell
The best long-blooming variety is the Veronica spicata and the Royal Candles cultivar. It boasts blue flower spikes on plants that grow between 9 and 12 inches in height and bloom from June through August.
They need to be sheared regularly so that the flowering period is prolonged. It can be found in blue/violet, pink, and white colors. Plant it where it will get full sun exposure.
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