Browse our A-Z listing of perennials to find the top varieties that will grow bigger and better every year.
View a list of Perennials by common name or scientific name
- Light:
- Part Sun,Shade
- Plant Height:
- 3-6 inches tall
- Zones:
- 3-9
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
Used by Native Americans for war paint, the intensely colored yellow sap that flows from this plant when cut gives the plant its...read more >
Plant with : Lily-of-the-valley, Bleeding heart, Japanese painted fern
- Light:
- Sun
- Plant Height:
- 1-3 feet tall
- Zones:
- 3-8
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
It's tough to find a perennial with truer blue flowers than bugloss. A beautiful plant with a less-than-beautiful name, bugloss...read more >
Plant with : Hyssop, Black-eyed Susan
- Light:
- Sun,Part Sun
- Plant Height:
- 6-10 inches tall
- Zones:
- 4-8
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
One of the most versatile ornamental grasses, blue fescue can be used in many different ways. Plant it at the base of leggy...read more >
Plant with : Dianthus, Blanket flower, Shrub rose
- Light:
- Sun
- Plant Height:
- 4-5 feet tall
- Zones:
- 4-9
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
Refined and elegant, blue oat grass adapts easily and fits equally well in formal or informal gardens. Its mound of grassy...read more >
- Light:
- Sun
- Plant Height:
- 6-36 inches tall, depending on variety
- Zones:
- 5-9
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
A meadow dotted with clumps of this plant, often called blue-eyed grass, is a lovely sight. Where it is hardy, 'Aunt May' has...read more >
Plant with : Lupine, Perennial geranium, Iris
- Light:
- Sun
- Plant Height:
- 3 feet tall
- Zones:
- 4-8
- Plant Type:
- Perennial,Shrub
Offering rare blue late-season flowers, bluebeard grows into a compact and flattering companion to other late bloomers such as...read more >
- Light:
- Sun,Part Sun
- Plant Height:
- 1-4 feet tall
- Zones:
- 3-9
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
Amsonia is one of those plants that will make people stop in their tracks and ask what it is. At its peak in mid- to late spring,...read more >
- Light:
- Sun,Part Sun
- Plant Height:
- 3-5 feet tall
- Zones:
- 4-8
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
Looking almost like a tall baby's breath, boltonia is a large, late summer showstopper in the perennial border. Also known as...read more >
Plant with : Bluestar, Joe Pye weed, Miscanthus
- Light:
- Sun,Part Sun,Shade
- Plant Height:
- 1-2 feet tall
- Zones:
- 2-11
- Plant Type:
- Annual,Perennial
Browallia earns its nicknames of amethyst flower and sapphire flower for the richness of its small blue flowers, which pop out...read more >
Plant with : Impatiens, Sweet potato vine, Begonia
- Light:
- Part Sun,Shade
- Plant Height:
- 6-9 inches tall
- Zones:
- 3-6
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
Like its dogwood relatives, bunchberry has flowers surrounded by showy white bracts in spring. After flowering, small bunches of...read more >
Plant with : Hosta, Foamflower, Hydrangea
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