Your choices include not only classic flowering perennial plants but also plants that grow from bulbs and tubers, ground covers, and ornamental grasses.
USDA Growing Zones: 3 to 8 Bloom Color: Purplish-red, white, lavender, pink, rose, purple, coral; some varieties have a contrasting dark eye Sun Exposure: Partial shade (full sun in colder zones) Soil Needs: A fertile, loamy soil that drains well
USDA Growing Zones: 3 to 9 Bloom Color: Pink, red, white Sun Exposure: Full shade in zone 8 (partial shade in colder zones) Soil Needs: Good drainage, evenly moist, humusy
USDA Growing Zones: 4 to 8 Bloom Color: Orange; many color choices are available for other coneflower varieties Sun Exposure: Partial sun in zone 8 (full sun in colder zones) Soil Needs: Well-drained, average-to-below-average water requirements, tolerant of poor soil
USDA Growing Zones: 5 to 9Bloom Color: White with yellow centersSun Exposure: Partial shade in zone 8 (full sun in colder zones)Soil Needs: Good drainage is the main requirement
USDA Growing Zones: 3 to 10Bloom Color: BlueSun Exposure: Partial shade in zone 8 (full sun to partial shade colder zones)Soil Needs: Well-drained, average water requirements
USDA Growing Zones: 4 to 8Bloom Color: White, pink, purpleSun Exposure: Full shade in zone 8 (partial shade to full shade in colder zones)Soil Needs: Well-drained, with average water and fertility
USDA Growing Zones: 4 to 9Bloom Color: White, and shades of pink, purple, and lilacSun Exposure: Full sunSoil Needs: Well-drained, evenly moist, and of average fertility
USDA Growing Zones: 3 to 10Bloom Color: Golden yellowSun Exposure: Partial shade in zone 8 (full sun in colder zones)Soil Needs: Average moisture, humusy, well-drained
USDA Growing Zones: 4 to 9Bloom Color: Pink to crimson, with white margins and dark spotsSun Exposure: Full sun to partial sun in zone 8 (Full sun colder zones)Soil Needs: Well-drained, evenly moist, and loamy
USDA Growing Zones: 5 to 9Bloom Color: Purplish-blueSun Exposure: Full sun to partial shadeSoil Needs: Well-drained and evenly moist; fertilize with a bulb fertilizer
USDA Growing Zones: 8 to 11Bloom Color: Every color except true blue, true black, or green; color pattern can be solid, bi-colored, or tri-coloredSun Exposure: Partial sun in zone 8 (full sun in colder zones)Soil Needs: Well-drained and evenly moist; fertilize with organic flower food with a low nitrogen ratio
USDA Growing Zones: 6 to 9Bloom color: Red, orange, yellow, white, bi-coloredSun Exposure: Partial sun in zone 8 (full sun in colder zones)Soil Needs: Good drainage is its main requirement.
You will be rewarded for your efforts with a perennial as valued for its feathery foliage as it is for its flowers. The flowers are small but come in tightly packed flower heads, and they are available in a number of bright colors. Yarrow stands three feet tall.
USDA Growing Zones: 3 to 8Bloom Color: White, red, yellow, pink, salmon,Sun Exposure: Full sun to partial sun in zone 8 (full sun in colder climates)Soil Needs: Lean, dry to medium soil with good drainage.
USDA Growing Zones: 3 to 8Bloom Color: BlueSun Exposure: Partial shadeSoil Needs: Well-drained, rich in organic matter, and kept consistently moist
USDA Growing Zones: 4 to 9Bloom color: Yellow-green (but the flower is insignificant)Sun Exposure: Partial shade; ensue roots are kept coolSoil Needs: Moist but well-drained
