{"id":12041,"date":"2019-08-16T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=12041"},"modified":"2019-08-15T18:29:45","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T22:29:45","slug":"six-perennials-to-include-in-your-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2019\/08\/16\/six-perennials-to-include-in-your-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Perennials To Include In Your Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I continue to report to you on plants that perform. I am quick to eliminate plants that don\u2019t live up to expectations.Here are six topnotch perennials you will enjoy in your garden for many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Muhlenbergia capillaris<\/em> \u2018White Cloud\u2019 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Arkansas\nbluestar<\/strong> (Amsonia hubrichtii<\/em>) grows into a 2-3 feet tall arching clump of soft,\nfeathery green leaves. Blue starry flowers appear in late April into May (in\nTennessee). This sun-loving plant is long-lived. Light green fine needle-like summer\nfoliage turns an exceptional bright golden color in fall. 2011 Perennial Plant of\nthe Year. (Z<\/strong>\n6-8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Gold Standard\u2019 coreopsis<\/strong> (C. tripteris<\/em> \u2018Gold Standard\u2019) is an unusually tall growing 5 – 7\nfeet high coreopsis. Starting in late July, multitudes of sunshine yellow\nflowers stand tall on sturdy wiry branches The bright floral display stands out\nover 2-3 months. \u2018Gold Standard\u2019 has a rhizomatous spreading habit, about 2\nfeet over 3 years. (Z 3-8)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018American Gold Rush\u2018 blackeye\nSusan <\/strong>(Rudbeckia<\/em> x \u2018American Gold Rush\u2019) is a compact\nhybrid cultivar, only 24 inches high compared to  taller ‘Goldsturm’. Its narrow 2-inch wide\nhairy leaves are highly  resistant to\nSeptoria leaf spot disease. Bright, yellow-gold flowers cover the plant from\nJuly to September and attract lots of pollinators.  Z 3-8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Phlox ‘Glamour Girl’<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Glamour Girl\u2019 Summer Phlox<\/strong> (Phlox paniculata<\/em> \u2018Glamour Girl\u2019) bears large panicles of hot coral\npink flowers that attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Flower heads are\nsupported on strong 30 – 36 inch dark purple stems. This standout cultivar exhibits\nbright green foliage with good mildew resistance all season long. Z 4-8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allium \u2018Millenium\u2019<\/strong> 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).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White Cloud muhly grass<\/strong> (Muhlenbergia capillaris<\/em> \u2018White Cloud\u2019) 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<\/em>). (Z 6-10).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I continue to report to you on plants that perform. I am quick to eliminate plants that don\u2019t live up to expectations.Here are six topnotch perennials you will enjoy in your garden for many years. Arkansas bluestar (Amsonia hubrichtii) grows into a 2-3 feet tall arching clump of soft, feathery green leaves. Blue starry flowers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1117,1168,657,1218,707,747,1319,911,749,780,1415,674,806,602,774,745,853,805,551,627,625,1093,843,1060,812,729,777,630,705,706,646,680,113,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12041"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12041"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12047,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12041\/revisions\/12047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}