About Perennial Flowers

Perennial flowers have been around forever. That's part of their charm; they keep coming back each year. Perennials usually last a couple of years and some varieties last for many years. There are so many perennial flowers from which to choose it can be overwhelming. Perennial flowers include full sun, full shade, part shade, dry and moist soil perennials, and every size and color imaginable.

Once planted, perennial flowers require only basic upkeep like weeding and deadheading. Perennials can be evergreen keeping their leaves each winter. Many perennial plants will appear to die during winter months, but pop right back up for spring. Some varieties actually drop all their leaves and regrow new ones during the spring.

Shade Perennial Flowers

• Lenten Rose: The Lenten Rose will add pink, white or mixed colors to the shady spot in your yard. It not only provides great color, but makes a grand statement by growing up to three feet wide and 18 inches tall.


• Lily of the Valley: Lily of the Valley grows well in shady spots and can even take partial sun. A beautiful plant with bright green leaves, pink or white blossoms, a delicate appearance and a sweet scent. These are sure to grow in a variety of soils and once established can be invasive.

Sun Perennial Flowers

• Shasta Daisy: Shasta daisies thrive in full sun and lasts for approximately two years or more. Each fall they die back and reappear in the spring. Flowers are a couple of inches wide with single white petals and bright yellow centers.  Spectacular when planted in mass. Flowers begin blooming the beginning of summer and finish up in July.


• Daylily: Daylilies are tall at three feet high and have tall stems with several flower buds blooming all summer long. Used primarily as a border flower and do quite well in hot, full sun providing they have moist, well-drained soil. Colors range from pale yellow to bright orange to gold and bright yellows.