Perennials–aka plants that come back every year–are a gardener's dream. Even more appealing is the fact that most of them are quite hardy and low maintenance. Here are 8 to know.
PEONIES
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One of the most popular flowers around, these beauties are some of the longest-living perennials. (Some, according to Almanac, have been known to live 100 years).
PHIL CARPENTER
FOXGLOVE
2
Foxgloves (aka Digitalis) are a little temperamental, so it's important to take special care of them during the brisk winter months to ensure they bloom year after year.
ERIKO TSUKAMOTO
LAVENDER
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Another wild favorite. Lavender plants are pretty, versatile, fragrant & they also live for a long time. We're talking 15 years in a home garden.
SYLVAIN SONNET
YARROW
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These flowers grow in tiny clusters of yellow, red, pink or mixture of the three shades. Aromatic and remedial, yarrow has also been used for its healing properties.
CHRISTOPHER BERNARD
SEDUM
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Sedum divergens & sedum ternatum are creepers, but others such as the low-growing sedum mojave & sedum murale are suited for ground cover.
GRACE CARY
CONEFLOWER
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The purple variety is most known, but there are also pink, red, orange, white, yellow & green varieties. Plus pollinators love them!
CAPPI THOMPSON
HELLEBORE
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Commonly known as Lenten rose, the hellebore is an early-blooming flower that's sure to make your winter blues a little bit better.
TINE NORDBRED
ASTERS
8
These daisy-like perennials keep those end-of-summer blues at bay as they're known to bloom in the late summer and early fall months.