Perennials are a fantastic addition to any garden. Not only do they bloom year after year from one single planting, but with the right choices and a bit of gardening know-how you can plant perennials that bloom all throughout the season, giving you consistent color each year without having to supplement with annual plantings. To begin, chose a few perennials from the list below. These are early to mid-spring bloomers that will provide color throughout April and May, providing that first blast of color for your perennial garden.
Perennials For The Shade
- Aquilegia (Columbine)
- Campanula (Bellflower)
- Corydalis
- Dicentra (Bleeding Hearts)
- Galium
- Hellebores (Lenten Rose / Christmas Rose)
- Heuchera (Coral Bells)
- Lamium (Dead Nettle)
- Myosotis (Forget-me-not)
- Polemonium (Jacob’s Ladder)
- Pulmonaria (Lungwort)
- Tiarella (Foam Flower)
- Saxifraga
- Viola
Perennials For The Sun
- Anthemis (Marguerite Daisy)
- Armeria (Sea Pink / Seathrift)
- Delosperma (Ice Plant)
- Dianthus (Carnation / Pinks)
- Erysimum (Sanddune Wallflower / Prairie Rocket)
- Euphorbia (Spurge)
- Geranium (Hardy Geranium)
- Geum (Avens)
- Lewisia
- Lithodora
- Nepeta (Catmints)
- Oenothera (Showy Primrose)
- Phlox subulata (Creeping Phlox / Moss Phlox)
- Salvia (Sage)
- Scabiosa (Pincushion Flower)
- Silene (Catchfly)
- Sisyrinchium (Narroleaf Blue-eyed Grass)
- Thermopsis (Pea Bush)
- Verbena
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