Six Perennials To Include In Your Garden

I continue to report to you on plants that perform. I am quick to eliminate plants that don’t live up to expectations.Here are six topnotch perennials you will enjoy in your garden for many years.


Muhlenbergia capillaris ‘White Cloud’

Arkansas bluestar (Amsonia hubrichtii) grows into a 2-3 feet tall arching clump of soft, feathery green leaves. Blue starry flowers appear in late April into May (in Tennessee). This sun-loving plant is long-lived. Light green fine needle-like summer foliage turns an exceptional bright golden color in fall. 2011 Perennial Plant of the Year. (Z 6-8).

‘Gold Standard’ coreopsis (C. tripteris ‘Gold Standard’) is an unusually tall growing 5 – 7 feet high coreopsis. Starting in late July, multitudes of sunshine yellow flowers stand tall on sturdy wiry branches The bright floral display stands out over 2-3 months. ‘Gold Standard’ has a rhizomatous spreading habit, about 2 feet over 3 years. (Z 3-8)

‘American Gold Rush‘ blackeye Susan (Rudbeckia x ‘American Gold Rush’) is a compact hybrid cultivar, only 24 inches high compared to  taller ‘Goldsturm’. Its narrow 2-inch wide hairy leaves are highly  resistant to Septoria leaf spot disease. Bright, yellow-gold flowers cover the plant from July to September and attract lots of pollinators.  Z 3-8

Phlox ‘Glamour Girl’

‘Glamour Girl’ Summer Phlox (Phlox paniculata ‘Glamour Girl’) bears large panicles of hot coral pink flowers that attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Flower heads are supported on strong 30 – 36 inch dark purple stems. This standout cultivar exhibits bright green foliage with good mildew resistance all season long. Z 4-8

Allium ‘Millenium’ is rhizomatous clumping onion with globe-shaped floral heads full of tiny rosy-purple florets. Compared to bulbous alliums, Millenium does not self-seed readily and is a lot less weedy. Flowers grow 16 – 18 inches tall and blooms are particularly attractive to butterflies. 2018 Perennial Plant of the Year. (Z 5-8).

White Cloud muhly grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris ‘White Cloud’) is a native ornamental grass that delivers quite a show in early fall. White billowy flower heads (inflorescences) stands tall on sturdy erect 4 feet tall stems along with blue-green foliage. Its bloom period begins a few days after pink muhly grass (M. capillaris). (Z 6-10).

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