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Best Blooming Perennials

Corresponding Blog for Podcast Episode 114

In the horticulture world, there is no topic I love more than perennials. Why? The insane variation, the brilliant colors, and the truly endless possibilities make this category of plants that I will never be done learning about!

Top 10 Best Blooming Perennials (according to Holly)


  • Baptisia (AKA False Indigo):

    • Spring blooming

    • Flowers are large and cover the top of the plant with brilliant colors

    • Large range of colors- includes almost all major flower colors or a combo

  • Agastache:

    • Hardiness zone 4-9

    • Early summer blooming

    • Flowers are tall and long lasting

    • Mostly found in purple color

  • Catmint:

    • Hardiness zone 3-8

    • Late spring, early summer blooming

      • Trim it right away and it can bloom a second time

    • These flowers are numerous, covering the top of the plant and they are long lasting

    • Mostly found in purple color

  • Hibiscus:

    • Hardiness zone 4-9

    • Summer into fall blooming

    • They plant's stature and bloom size is staggering

    • Large range of colors- includes almost all major flower colors but most commonly found in pink or red

  • Allium:

    • Hardiness zone 4-10

    • Summer blooming

    • Flowers are like pom-poms on the top of the stems coving the mound of foliage

    • Mostly found in purple color but some varieties are pink or white

  • Geranium:

    • Hardiness zone 3-9

    • Spring-summer blooming

    • This mounding plant is usually covered with small flowers

    • Range of colors but mostly pinks and purples

  • Coneflower:

    • Hardiness zone 3-9

    • Summer- fall blooming

    • Continued reblooming perennial with large, prominent flowers

    • Large range of colors- includes almost all major flower colors or a combo

  • Peony:

    • Hardiness zone 3-8

    • Spring blooming

    • Large statement flowers covering the mounding plant

    • Large range of colors- includes almost all major flower colors or a combo. Mostly found in pink and white

  • Perennial Grasses:

    • Hardiness zone 3-9

    • Fall blooming

    • Grasses have a large range of textures, colors and sizes that are always the perfect showy detail for late in the season interest that extends into winter

  • Daylily:

    • Hardiness zone 3-9

    • Summer blooming

    • Sometimes reblooming, these are very consistent bloomers

    • Large range of colors but they most prolific are usually yellow blooming


Best blooming, sun loving perennial: Catmint

Best blooming, shade loving perennial: Bleeding Heart

Best spring blooming perennial: Peony

Best summer blooming perennial: Agastache

Best fall blooming perennial: Ornamental Grasses

Best blooming groundcover: Vinca

Best blooming, large growing perennial: Hibiscus

Best blooming vine: Trumpet Vine

Holly's favorite blooming perennial: Baptisia



List of other blooming perennials...

I wanted to provide an extensive list of possible alternatives in case you need some inspiration. These are organized by bloom time category, and within each category, they are arranged from the shortest to the tallest grower (give or take a few inches).


Spring Blooming

  • Ajuga

  • Primrose

  • Creeping Phlox

  • Pachysandra

  • Lily of the Valley

  • Snow-in-summer

  • Brunnera

  • Bergenia

  • Dianthus

  • Geranium

  • Helleborus

  • Lady's Mantle

  • Lungwort

  • Jacob's Ladder

  • Geum

  • Columbine

  • Iris

  • Anemone

  • Soloman's Seal

  • Amsonia

  • Foxglove

  • Lupine

  • Peony

  • Bleeding Heart

  • Baptisia

  • Wisteria


Summer Blooming

  • Creeping Thyme

  • Vinca

  • Ice Plant

  • Candytuft

  • Coral Bells

  • Foamy Bells

  • Betony

  • Lilyturf

  • Lavender

  • Blue- Eyed Grass

  • Allium

  • Burnet

  • Veronica

  • Obedient Plant

  • Salvia

  • Yarrow

  • Coreopsis

  • Coneflower

  • Shasta Daisy

  • Bee Balm

  • Astilbe

  • Calamint

  • Catmint

  • Campanula

  • Prickly Pear

  • Black Eyed Susan

  • Oriental Lily

  • Asiatic Lily

  • Red Hot Poker

  • Pincushion Flower

  • Blanket Flower

  • Butterfly Weed

  • Daylily

  • Ornamental Oregano

  • Liatris

  • Delphinium

  • Penstemon

  • Garden Phlox

  • Cardinal Flower

  • Agastache

  • Ligularia

  • Goat's Beard

  • Milkweed

  • Poppy

  • Hollyhock

  • Hosta

  • Hibiscus

  • Clematis

  • Honeysuckle Vine

  • Trumpet Vine

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Love, Holly (Owner & Creator of Houseplant Homebody LLC)


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