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:
- Sun
- Plant Height:
- 3-6 feet tall
- Zones:
- 3-9
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
False sunflowers are easily confused with perennial sunflowers, but they have the advantage of being more compact (less floppy)...read more >
Plant with : Aster, Artemisia, Yarrow, Blue oat grass
- Light:
- Sun
- Plant Height:
- 2 feet tall
- Zones:
- 7-11
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
Spangled with dew in the morning or after a light shower, the silvery flower panicles of feather grasses light up a garden....read more >
Plant with : False sunflower, Sedum, Stoke's aster
- Light:
- Sun,Part Sun
- Plant Height:
- 3-5 feet tall
- Zones:
- 4-9
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
'Karl Foerster' is the best known of the feather reedgrasses and boasts all the key elements of this beautiful, useful ornamental...read more >
Plant with : Aster, Sedum, Coneflower
- Light:
- Sun,Part Sun
- Plant Height:
- 2-4 feet tall
- Zones:
- 4-9
- Plant Type:
- Perennial,Herb
Dress up your garden with a textural masterpiece: fennel. With graceful, fernlike foliage, this herb brings beauty to any setting...read more >
- Light:
- Sun,Part Sun
- Plant Height:
- To 2 feet tall
- Zones:
- 5-9
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
Look at the delicate little flax plant with its masses of open, silky flowers, often in purest blue, and it's hard to imagine...read more >
Plant with : Peony, Shasta daisy, Veronica, Evening primrose
- Light:
- Sun,Part Sun
- Plant Height:
- 2-4 feet tall
- Zones:
- 9-10
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
Flax lily is a striking plant with long, grasslike foliage that is often variegated in green and creamy white. In early summer,...read more >
Plant with : Begonia, Bear's breeches
- Light:
- Sun
- Plant Height:
- 18-30 inches tall
- Zones:
- 3-9
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
This tall wildflower produces tiny, daisy-like flowers in great clouds in late summer into early fall. It is often mistaken for...read more >
Plant with : Blue fescue, Yarrow, Salvia
- Light:
- Sun,Part Sun
- Plant Height:
- 10-48 inches tall, depending on variety
- Zones:
- 3-8
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
It's not hard to figure out where fleece flower got its name. In summer, it produces large spikes of beautiful, fluffy flowers in...read more >
Plant with : Iris, Loosestrife, Helenium
- Light:
- Part Sun,Shade
- Plant Height:
- 4-24 inches tall, depending on variety
- Zones:
- 3-9
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
Foamflower is a plant for all seasons. In spring, the charming flowers light up even places under pines in dry shade. Its...read more >
Plant with : Phlox, Japanese painted fern, Solomon's seal, Virginia bluebells
- Light:
- Sun,Part Sun,Shade
- Plant Height:
- To 2 feet tall
- Zones:
- 5-8
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
With tiny bell-shaped flowers that create a foam of bloom, this plant is also appreciated for it handsome clumps of leaves, which...read more >
Plant with : Astilbe, Japanese forestgrass, Heart-leaf brunnera
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