Does anyone know of any nice Perennial flowers that they could recommend?

Question

Especially for the front yard, in full or partial sun.

I'm in Zone 9a by the way.

Answer 1

Yes. If you want some beautiful , bright color,Tulips,Gladiolas,Snapdragons,and roses. If you want flowering bushes, Hydrangeas,and Lilacs,are always popular choices and are a good accent to offset the vivid colors of other plants. Lilacs can come in pink,white,and lilac, while Hydrangeas can come in white, bright blue, a yellowy green, and a dusty rose. Hydrangeas are great for picking and drying and make nice arrangements in vases and wreaths. There is one variety of white one, that if you add certain minerals to the soil, it will turn them blue, or the other mineral can keep them white. I believe it is lyme and magnesium. Some Hydrangeas can't withstand the cold northern winters, while other varieties are very hardy. Also Hollyhocks, which are tall and come in a multitude of colors, and tiger lilies, with their peachy orange color are very hardy and multiply. Irises are also hardy , have beautiful color and their tubers spread underground and come up in other areas without even having to be transplanted. They can start as 12 in a cluster and after a few years that cluster can have as many as 40 irises. I love the vivid purple ones, but there are yellow and white ones too. The yellow with the purple accentuate each other nicely. Roses, and Hollyhock, buds are great to put in bud bowls on a dining room table or a night stand in a guest room to make it inviting . Save the rose petals as they fall to the ground,in a paper bag until they dry and use them in poupourri .

Answer 2

My garden has peonies planted right in the middle which are flanked on either side by asiatic lilies and have hydrangeas planted at both end of the bed. The gaps are filled in with prolific annuals that year after year replant themselves by throwing out plenty of seeds. If you learn what to look for you can select what seedlings to keep, move them around as desired or just plain scoop them out and pot them up. I do buy plants each year for container gardening, but my garden bed usually takes care of itself. The annuals I have are snapdragonc, cosmos, zinnias, johny jump ups(mini pansies), marigolds, and some unknowns.

Answer 3

Need a little more info. Shade? Full sun? What zone?

Answer 4

Depends on where you live. Where I live we need hardy perennials. My favorites are lupins and bleeding heart. Check your local garden stores. These links may help.

Answer 5

Hard to answer w/o more info.

To go where, how tall, what kind of sunlight, what else is already there, any color scheme?

I like daylillies, lavendar, cosmos, begonias, roses, coneflower, sea lavendar, Cal. poppies, etc.

Answer 6

Cuphea gracilis

Answer 7

Begonias, poppies, snapdragons

Answer 8

lantana, theyre easy to grow and bloom well. a good bet for the not so green thumb.