The perennials in particular. I am redoing my flower bed and having hard time to find anything interesting in the garden centers. The selection is pretty much the same, and most of them only selling spring flowering kinds. I hate to buy and plant in June or July, but before it there is nothing to choose from. So I think may be going online, but I a not sure what I am looking for.
Do you have a favorite perennial flower in your garden suitable for flower bed? Please share! I am particularly interested in hardy ones for zone 5.
Bellow are my notes on what I have and what I think about them:
Full sun:
Peonies - very showy, but very short bloom window, too large for the bed, better if planted alone or among other peonies
Echinacea (Coneflower) - very tall, fine when just started to bloom, flowers stay on the stalk faded and drying out for too long. Spreading reasonable, but has to be checked for seedlings
Shasta daisies - spreading like crazy, need to be by them self
Black eyed Susan - spreading like crazy, need to be by them self
Avens - spreading pretty well, but can be kept in desired size without digging half of your bed
Tall phlox - showy, but spreads too much and difficult to remove runners, better if they have their own place.
Veronica- nice compact plant
Poppy - it should be hardy, but I had no luck to keep it for more than 2 years.
Blanket flower - a little unruly, but bright, tolerates drought and comes back even when pulled out by rake.
Irises - need to be planted separately
I have some other as well, but names are lostâŚ
