Perennials

Perennials

Learn about the wide variety of plants that can add beauty to your garden year after year. Read about their planting and care and get hints on the best varieties to plant for sun and shade. Or if you're ready to start looking at details about specific Perennials you dive right in with our customized Plant Finder.

Tips for Planting Perennials

Perennial is a term that refers to any plant that lives through multiple years. Most perennials grow and flower during spring and summer and die back over the winter. Though technically, trees and shrubs are perennial, the term most commonly refers to herbaceous plants that live for more than two years.

Popular Sun Perennials

Many perennials can be planted in sunny spots and will provide beautiful blooms and foliage year after year. Perennials give the garden dependable color and continuous flowers.

Popular Shade Perennials

Some perennials need shade to thrive and will grow well, for many years, underneath trees and beside homes. These plants will return every year to shower the garden with lovely foliage and fragrant flowers.

Native Perennials

Native perennials are well-adapted to our climate and provide ease and beauty for the garden, year after year. There are hundreds of native plants to choose from!

Grasses

Ornamental grasses grow in many shapes and sizes. They can fill in borders and add contrast to other plants and flowers. They are lovely, low-maintenance perennials.