These are the Longest Blooming Perennials in my Garden (I Tracked Them All Year)

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I tracked the bloom times of the flowers in my garden for an entire year to come up with this list of very long blooming perennials. I can’t wait to reveal the results.
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Longest Blooming Perennials in My Garden (+ Links to Purchase)
Butterfly Weed (11 weeks): shrsl.com/21uh1
Catmint 'Walkers Low' (8 weeks*): shrsl.com/1r0tx
Purple Coneflower (10 weeks): shrsl.com/1iqez
Coreopsis 'Early Sunrise' (12+ weeks): shrsl.com/k7oy-3nq-emu6zk_1-1
Crape Myrtle 'Black Diamond Pure White' (11 weeks): shrsl.com/1oq8c
Daylily 'Fragrant Returns' (12 weeks*): shrsl.com/1j34z
Joe Pye Weed 'Baby Joe' (7.5 weeks): shrsl.com/39t6a
Rose of Sharon 'Azurri Blue Satin' (11 weeks): shrsl.com/3ndlc
Siberian Bugloss 'Silver Heart' (7 weeks): www.brecks.com/product/silver...
Spanish Bluebells (8 weeks): www.brecks.com/product/spanis...
Spiderwort (8 weeks*): shrsl.com/39t6l
Veronica 'Pink Potion' (12+ weeks): shrsl.com/39t6i
Yarrow 'Apricot Delight' (8 weeks): shrsl.com/39t6d
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@PrettyPurpleDoor 3 ай бұрын

Free bloom charts: www.prettypurpledoor.com/guides/free-bloom-charts/

@JoseMartinez-df2db Ай бұрын

Keep up the great work! Can you do a video on small, native columnar/vase/umbrella shaped flowering trees & evergreens/conifers/pines? I have a small garden in Chicago and want wildlife beneficial trees that grow only 10’ to 15’ with a width about 6’ to 8’. I know it’s specific but it is a small city lot.

@lorimackie8282 19 күн бұрын

I just found you on here. Very interesting and inspiring way to track what's flowering in the garden. Thank you for making this available to us all 😁👍

@HillTopRooted 3 ай бұрын

I know we are here to talk about flowers but I can’t hear or see anything you are saying because that dresser in the backdrop has caught my complete and total attention!!! I am in love! 🥰. The color is amazing!!!💜. Ok. Let me start the video over and try to focus!! 🥰💜

@lesliekendall5668 3 ай бұрын

😆. Happens to me all the time.

@macylouwho1187 3 ай бұрын

Same 😂. That thing is eye catching!

@PrettyPurpleDoor 3 ай бұрын

Lol thanks so much. I painted it myself. www.prettypurpledoor.com/bright-furniture-diy/

@ebw78756 2 ай бұрын

Funny! The exact same thing happened to me. I saw that dresser and didn’t hear anything she said. That dresser is gorgeous.

@brendastone9672 2 ай бұрын

Yes! Me too!!

@rosemarythyme6351 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for including plants that grow in a large range of zones. Very helpful to gardeners across America!

@sim1travels922 3 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed that you measured the bloom time of the flowers in your garden! Thanks for the inspiration! I will try to do similar this year for my own garden in the middle of Sweden 🙂

@paull4048 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this. I have been looking to spruce up my yard and this video has been a fabulous help! You deserve a subscription for this! Looking forward to watching your other videos!

@janiceroberts4805 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, I really appreciate knowing some of the longest blooming perennials to attract pollinators to my garden, especially the perennials so you don't have to plant them every year!

@judymckerrow6720 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Amy. ❄️🫠💚🙃

@B30pt87 2 ай бұрын

Hey, thank you so much for all this information! The length of bloom times (as well as the zones) is very useful. Going to check out your other videos now :)

@PrettyPurpleDoor 2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@mkpoptic5790 2 ай бұрын

Great overview and I’m thinking about plants to add to my newer gardens. Thanks

@bjbrown6488 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, this is really helpful whening planning this year's garden.😊

@faboo21 2 ай бұрын

Great list! Love Veronica and Yarrow. Thanks for the bloom calendar 👊🏽

@margaretalicea3495 Ай бұрын

Was you able to find it? If so where please

@patjackson3506 2 ай бұрын

First video I’ve found of yours. Great job! You are such a natural. Best wishes!

@PrettyPurpleDoor 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. I'm definitely not a natural I have made over 100 videos and practice and prepare a lot.

@peggymalabuyoc9150 2 ай бұрын

Hi, I’m in Zone 7B, Charlotte, NC and I love all these plants! I grow most of them in my bedding areas. Thank you for mentioning them in this video. Easy to grow and so rewarding in their beauty and care. Many thanks for this wonderful video! 👌🪴🥰

@elisabethvismans 2 ай бұрын

Amy, I love your videos. Always informative and well designed.

@PrettyPurpleDoor 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@jsud5559 Ай бұрын

Great choices! Thanks so very much. I want native plants in my garden.

@MarlenesHomeandGarden 3 ай бұрын

All so beautiful. Never tried Yarrow. That color is gorgeous. I usually see the yellow one. Happy Gardening.

@rosemarythyme6351 3 ай бұрын

I love the apricot color, too! I've been growing Yarrow for decades. They are super easy to grow, but it's helpful to support the taller varieties with a tomato or peony cage.

@hannahhein2378 3 ай бұрын

This was very helpful! Thank you!

@adrabruzzese7610 3 ай бұрын

Amy, you make the best videos. I love how you compared baby joe pyeweed to autumn joy sedum. Perfect description, I have both and your description is spot on. I have most of the plants you mentioned and they all do have long bloom times, I'm in zone 6b.Thank you

@PrettyPurpleDoor 3 ай бұрын

Oh thank you! 😊

@LorraineBilonda 25 күн бұрын

Thank you Amy for this incredibly informative plant info.

@PrettyPurpleDoor 25 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@KDAlaska Ай бұрын

These are all so beautiful!

@PrettyPurpleDoor Ай бұрын

They are! 😍

@kaitlinjohnson2915 3 ай бұрын

Great video! I should do this in my own yard. Off the bat, besides those you mentioned, I would guess that my native rudbeckia and Little Quickfire Hydrangea have some of the longest bloom times in my garden. The rudbeckia is planted in this tiny bit of ground between my driveway and a fence and it gets full blazing afternoon sun and no purposeful watering from me and it just keeps thriving and providing a sunny welcome home when I enter the driveway.

@Antarctica2025 2 ай бұрын

Great! Love the blooming chart! For me my garden is about butterflies and bees so I like to know which plants are supporting which insect and bird!

@tinaknutsen Ай бұрын

I have the Spanish bluebells throughout my property and they are still blooming prolifically for 4.5 months. I added a dusty pink variety several years ago and I was hoping to divide them up this year to spread throughout but I had major surgery so I’ll just enjoy them where they are. In zone 8b PNW.. Also my aluims are all starting to open, some of my Rhododendrons and azaleas are in full blooms and others are full of buds. My hydrangeas look like they are behind this year but they are long blooming for me. Those were here when I purchased the place 7 years ago. The flowers are mopheads with baby blues, dark blues and purples…monochromatic look…don’t know the variety but possibly Endless Summer? Thank you for sharing these beautiful varieties…will share with my husband so I can talk him into digging 😊

@sunitashastry5270 3 ай бұрын

Great list!

@ginnykerlin 3 ай бұрын

Great video and great information. Non-native perennials that bloom in my garden (Central North Carolina) from late January to early June are Hellebores. I love Spiderworts but the voles love them also.

@GrandmaSandy 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for another great garden video my dear friend always enjoy watching your videos, so well done

@PrettyPurpleDoor 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Sandy! Hope you are doing well 💜

@musings2022 2 ай бұрын

Great video! Very informative! Thank you! God bless all!

@judys5767 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for all the information and charts. On the plant lists it would help to provide water needs in the description.

@joaniestraw5075 3 ай бұрын

Appreciate your info, glad to see many of mine in your collection. Liked and subscribed for adding the plant chart!

@PrettyPurpleDoor 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

@HoosierDaddy_ 3 ай бұрын

This is a great video idea! Another winner!

@PrettyPurpleDoor 3 ай бұрын

Yay! Thank you!

@maureenmckenna5220 3 ай бұрын

I can only plant deer and rabbit resistant plants, and have dug out a lot of my lilies for this reason. I value anything they don’t touch, and allium is at the top of the list. Serendipity is what I planted. Hellebores are also right up there.

@seamus6994 3 ай бұрын

Well done video. Great information.

@HillTopRooted Ай бұрын

There is my beautiful green friend! 🥰💜

@LindasFlowersandVegetablesGard 3 ай бұрын

Great informative video! I have all the plants that you mentioned in this video, they are beautiful and long blooming. Catmint, coneflower, hellebores, Butterfly weeds Coreopsis ,yarrow, they are truly deer resistant in my garden.

@pennylivingston148 3 ай бұрын

I enjoyed this video very much. I am in 8b coastal NC. Society garlic blooms 6 months for me! I love this plant so much. I think you cn only grow it in zones 7 - 10.

2 ай бұрын

amazing work!! Thank you!

@sbert127 3 ай бұрын

This is a great list. One comment: be sure you REALLY like Spiderwort before you plant it since you can never get rid of it. I pull them out all the time and they just keep coming back.

@tracycrider7778 3 ай бұрын

Glad to know! Had some magically show up next to one of my garden beds❤

@robinvalentine4764 Ай бұрын

My spiderwort doesn't spread at all! I'm in sw Ohio

@maryk1668 2 күн бұрын

Took me years to get rid of it. Popped into the middle of nearly every other perennial in my garden. I had blue, pink, and white ones. Pretty flowers for a short time then the foliage turns ugly and brown. A big No No on my list😠. Still find a few each year.

@larrybarge3345 3 ай бұрын

Finally someone fro. PA!,and not a Carolina❤

@Carl-iw9sy 3 ай бұрын

Agree, many are from the Carolinas. Another local channel is Nothlawn Flower Farm from Lancaster county.

@elisabethvismans 2 ай бұрын

Yes, I agree. I’m zone 6b in eastern WV bordering on Va, Pa and Md. So Amy’s information is perfect for me.

@larrybarge3345 2 ай бұрын

Cool im always spending time in lancaster county,i should just move there lol@Carl-iw9sy

@loisfoster6073 11 күн бұрын

Very Helpful! Thanks.

@claybakin2478 23 күн бұрын

Thank you very much for this very informative video! I really appreciate that you jumped right into it rather than ramble on like so many YTers! And you moved right through each variety. I have over half of them I’m happy to say. 😊 You’re lucky to get 8 weeks from the bluebells, I only get 4 if I’m lucky. I think early spring very warm days does them in sooner. One of my favorites though, I have them naturalizing all over my 1.25 acre property in zone 7a.

@PrettyPurpleDoor 23 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed. Do you have Spanish bluebells or Virginia bluebells?

@claybakin2478 13 күн бұрын

@@PrettyPurpleDoor Spanish, Hyacinthoides hispanica Excelsior. Altho I’d love the native VA Bluebells! There are lovely drifts of them in the wooded areas in VA just south of where I’m located.

@karengaudet7006 2 ай бұрын

Great video. Can’t wait to plant some of these in my Texas garden.

@PrettyPurpleDoor 2 ай бұрын

Have fun!

@terrypaul4741 3 ай бұрын

Thanks great guide.

@evecampbell7744 3 ай бұрын

Great video!

@SamFredSand 2 ай бұрын

I'm in Southern Canada 5b hardiness zome 59, 31 miles from the NY state US/Canada border. Thank you for sharing the bloom chart and your information

@PrettyPurpleDoor Ай бұрын

Youre very welcome, glad you enjoyed it!

@karenwilliams4152 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 I watch a few KZfaqrs who sew clothes. Long-bloomers really caught my attention!

@karenwilliams4152 2 ай бұрын

And then I subscribed bc of your content! ❤

@PrettyPurpleDoor 2 ай бұрын

Haha funny! Thank you 🙏

@victoriawang4726 20 күн бұрын

Thank you for this video!!!!! This is super helpful and informative.❤

@PrettyPurpleDoor 19 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@ChristiaanHartNibbrig 2 ай бұрын

Terrific video. Thank you!

@PrettyPurpleDoor 2 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@GardeningAddiction 20 күн бұрын

You’re my new favorite channel

@PrettyPurpleDoor 19 күн бұрын

Aww thank you. You're my new favorite subscriber 💜

@jessieb9811 Ай бұрын

Love your style!

@PrettyPurpleDoor Ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@denisewaller307 3 ай бұрын

Love your videos💖

@PrettyPurpleDoor 3 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@jenniferjefferson7791 2 ай бұрын

I'm in Indiana, zone 6 and have two crape myrtles. So far they've done great!! 😁

@PrettyPurpleDoor Ай бұрын

Fingers crossed they stay nice for you. Might just be the variety I have.

@gardentours 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for sharing 🌸🌼🌺🌱👍

@lourdes3269 22 күн бұрын

Thank you for this information, much appreciated.

@PrettyPurpleDoor 19 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@topaz3468 2 ай бұрын

I purchased 3 of the Black Diamond crape myrtles in different colors last season, and they were a joy in the garden. Please take note that some are dwarf myrtles or semi dwarf myrtles, so if you are limited for space these work great. Also, they do well in zone 9b and flourish in very hot weather as long as they get enough water.😊

@PrettyPurpleDoor Ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips

@julesdavis1845 Ай бұрын

Great ideas. Thank you.

@PrettyPurpleDoor Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@DecorifyHomeGarden Ай бұрын

What an insightful journey through your garden, Amy! Your dedication to tracking the bloom times of these perennials is truly admirable. I'm curious, did you encounter any unexpected challenges while maintaining this comprehensive list? Also, considering the varying climates and conditions across different regions, do you have any advice for fellow gardeners on how to adapt your findings to their own gardens? Looking forward to exploring your recommended plants further!

@PrettyPurpleDoor Ай бұрын

I mentioned all my challenges in the video and also provided bloom charts so you can track your own plants.

@ellyn8893 3 ай бұрын

I have heavy clay soil on the bank of a river I have grown many of your recommendations but they Peter out after a year or two. Day lily does well hydrangea too, sedum and I am going to try Chaste tree this year.

@SMElder-iy6fl 2 ай бұрын

I've been surprised at how the hummingbirds love my chaste tree!

@macylouwho1187 3 ай бұрын

This is helpful, thanks :)

@plantsmanscorner128 3 ай бұрын

What an excellent video……It’s nice to see such enthusiasm in young gardeners. I’m retired from my nurseries now and make very few videos any longer, but I’d like to have had half your enthusiasm. Well done, I agree with some of your assessments, even here in the UK, Eupatorium is one of the best attractors of pollinating insects I’ve ever seen…..there is a smaller version here called Baby Joe, it’s not that much smaller but better for those with tiny gardens. There is a national campaign against Spanish bluebells going on here due to the possibility of them wiping out the native English form…..which is weaker and somewhat one sided. Anyway…..Best wishes…..Malcolm (Plantsmans Corner)

@PrettyPurpleDoor 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for your kind words. Yes I'm growing baby joe in my yard. I *think* I mentioned that but not 100% certain. Interesting about Spanish bluebells over there too. It's so important to look up plants before using them. Conditions can vary so much from one place to another!

@ElizabethM824 3 ай бұрын

Hi, this was very helpful. Lots of great information. I'm looking for a Veronica that is resistant to powdery mildew. Do you have any varieties to suggest? I pulled all the Veronica I had because they were in an area I didn't want to spray. They were planted in full sun with lots of air circulation so I don't know what the problem was. I would like to try Veronica again if I can find a more resistant variety. Thanks!

@nicholasryan5401 18 күн бұрын

Greeting's from Ireland, great video and my longest flowering perennial's are geranium rozanne's. My earliest flowering perennial is orvala which flowers from mid March to mid May I'm going to chop down the orvala and plant some cosmos to fill the gap.

@PrettyPurpleDoor 18 күн бұрын

Rozanne geranium is a good one!

@SterlingGardens 3 ай бұрын

I live right on the 6/7 line, I've noticed that crepe myrtles around here tend to be completely fine down to around 5 degrees, but every now and again we get a deeper freeze (I've seen down to around -5 to -10) and most of them die back to the roots but they mostly push new growth from the ground the next year. So I'd say they're zone 6* with the note that in 6 they may die back to the root some years

@PrettyPurpleDoor 3 ай бұрын

Mine died back several years ago and never really recovered. It's still about 2 feet tall and I'm probably pulling it out this year. You may have a nice microclimate going. I also think there's other things beyond climate that can affect it. Gardening is a lot of trial and error 💜

@bigmistakey3111 Ай бұрын

Including size would be helpful too! Trying to figure out what to add myself. Great video!

@PrettyPurpleDoor Ай бұрын

Click on the link in the description for details about each plant.

@judyingram-kh1vm 3 ай бұрын

I was in zone 6B but they uped to zone 7A. I don't now about the 7A zone. My crape mertles, I've had them for many years. Sometimes, not every year it gets killed back, but it always comes back by the roots. It's very hardy.It grows really fast and it always blooms. I have 6 crape myrtle. Pink, white, red and lavender. I would love to get a dark purple. Also I would love to get me some pink and yellow yarrow. I ha e it going wild in my field it's white but it looks like a kinda dirty white. Looks like cauliflower. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. ❤

@PrettyPurpleDoor 3 ай бұрын

Your zone has upgraded but it should not change anything. The climate has just gotten warmer over the last decade so they updated the zones to match the changes (it was very outdated). It's not any different, really... Except maybe you can try to grow a few plants that you didn't think you could.

@joanshute3384 20 күн бұрын

Hello there i am new to your channel. This was a very informative video. I have some of these plants already. I live in New Jersey Thank you for all this information. So until next time God Bless you and have a Blessed weekend and stay safe my dear and Special u-tube friend.

@PrettyPurpleDoor 19 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching!

@DovidM 3 ай бұрын

There’s a dwarf Echinacea (purple coneflower) available that is only 30” high, and that looks more tidy. It is called White Swan.

@glenncordova4027 Ай бұрын

White swan is fragrant. Echanecia blooms in white, yellow, orange, red, pink and purple and even bi-colors

@chris314car 3 ай бұрын

Putting a plug in for Star Tickseed (Coreopsis pubescens), bloomed June to December (!) in my zone 7a garden in its first year.

@WesternMONo-TillGardening 3 ай бұрын

Wow! Impressive! I'm trying coreopsis for the first time this year in zone 6b.

@lauriekosikar7477 3 ай бұрын

I like to keep my spiderwart short so Ive cut back my spider wart in late August and it has regrown and had full blooms for the fall.

@PetulaGuimaraes 2 ай бұрын

Many of these are native here in quebec as well. Have them in my garden as well.

@PrettyPurpleDoor 2 ай бұрын

Awesome!

@tenafloeter6857 3 ай бұрын

Wonderful video. Thank you! ❤

@AnnieDog-arfarf1 2 ай бұрын

Spiderwort behaved itself in my garden and a neighbor’s for seven years. I had numerous colors and loved them. Then they spread like wildfire. Partly in thick clumps. Partly by seeds hiding in the leaves of my lilies. They hide well until it may be too late. It’s taken a lot of work to be mostly rid of them. But I love them so much, I wonder about inviting them back and rehoming the lilies.

@PrettyPurpleDoor 2 ай бұрын

Oh that's interesting that they spread after several years of behaving. I love them but a lot of people say they are too aggressive in their gardens. Tough call!

@janesgarden7481 2 ай бұрын

Same here ! Took several years but have now seeded everywhere.@@PrettyPurpleDoor

@conniemaniaci3612 22 күн бұрын

I really enjoyed this video. I am an avid gardener. So… I subscribed

@PrettyPurpleDoor 19 күн бұрын

Thanks for subbing!

@karenbixler4243 9 күн бұрын

Just love this video. Could you please start adding which ones are deer resistant. I have a HUGE PROBLEM here in east central Iowa. Thanks so much. Also for the cool chart system you have created.

@PrettyPurpleDoor 9 күн бұрын

I try to include that in some of my videos but honestly there's nothing that's truly 100% deer resistant. Youll need to try other alternatives if you have a lot of deer pressure... Fencing, liquid fence deterrent, etc. Good luck 😊

@YSLRD 3 ай бұрын

My knock out roses bloom from May to Nov in zone 7.

@karenbale8952 Ай бұрын

Lenten rose ( hellebores) are in my top ten!

@carmenzamastil1545 22 күн бұрын

Thankyou

@beckystauffer3483 3 ай бұрын

Rozanne geranium is the longest blooming perennial in my garden. Blooms virtually ALL summer long. Love it. I ended up pulling my spider wort out.disliked it’s messy look and spreading ways 😟

@kaitlinjohnson2915 3 ай бұрын

Same with the spiderwort. I just didn’t like how it looks.

@elizabethbarberis9957 3 ай бұрын

Rozanne is one of my favorite plants!! Beautiful...blooms forever.

@Carl-iw9sy 3 ай бұрын

I also second Rozanne for a long bloomer.

@marcy6951 3 ай бұрын

Excellent feedback, thank you. I’d like to inquire on the green furniture piece please. Would you share where I can purchase please. LOVE IT !

@PrettyPurpleDoor 3 ай бұрын

I painted it myself

@yadiaag7771 2 ай бұрын

For me it’s hellabore, they just don’t die and come up from January until March, sometimes May If it’s cold. By June it stops blooming.

@PrettyPurpleDoor 2 ай бұрын

I love hellebores! I didn't realize they bloomed that long 😊

@andrewgraves4026 Ай бұрын

Great video, thank you! Spiderwort is not the most popular, is it.

@PrettyPurpleDoor Ай бұрын

Haha apparently it's not popular 🤷‍♂️

@tripudium17 Ай бұрын

I like the idea of intensive planting but I also have the dual goal of getting rid of my lawn (I hate mowing!). For my edible beds I'll do intensive planting and then for lawn areas it make sense to cover them with wood or straw mulch to kill weeds until I have energy/time to plant ornamental or edimental without having to dig up weeds/rototill, etc. It is too overwhelming to convert all my grass to growing vegetables and flowers at once.

@afrocraft1 3 ай бұрын

Really, really, _really_ good video! Thanks. Adding value beyond the generic videos out there. Would've been even more perfect if you'd presented the bloom times in some sort of rank order for better comparison, or compared different classes of flowering plants. Subscribed!

@PrettyPurpleDoor 3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it! There's a comparison table on my website. Link to article in description of the video. Didn't make sense to do that in a video

@luzvigerminal558 16 күн бұрын

Don’t forget roses my red rose in the pot start to bloom late May up to late October or early November. My Camilla from early February to mid to late April. Cutleaf coneflower start to flower late June up to October.

@michelez715 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for including the Latin/botanical names. In Europe, some of the American names would not be familiar, so the Latin names are helpful.

@PrettyPurpleDoor 2 ай бұрын

Yes so many plants have different common names. I always try to put the botanical name on the screen.

@SMElder-iy6fl 2 ай бұрын

My new beighbors soray for mosquitoes. We are in an older area of town and the lots are small with houses close together. The spray drifts into my yard. I no longer plant host plants for pollinators or butterflies.

@skeeterradar 3 ай бұрын

Daylily: Happy Returns has survived several years in my zone 3 garden

@shirleyvastine9328 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for this chart! Just a question about coreopsis. Every time I've grown it, there are so many buds that never open. Is this normal??? Not enough fertilizer??? Zone 6 Ohio, BTW I've stopped planting it for this reason, but I really love the look of them.

@PrettyPurpleDoor 3 ай бұрын

No that's not normal. I don't really fertilize them. Maybe they need more sun?

@plantsmanscorner128 3 ай бұрын

I’ve always grown them in a sunny area of the nursery. All day sun is best, the are certainly sun hungry….very much a meadow plant in that respect and should need no fertilizer……an old perennial border method in Victorian gardens was to fork in a couple of handfuls of wood ash around shy flowering plants…..pure wood ash from a log or bonfire only though. But I suspect it’s a light problem.

@lynnbfoster 20 күн бұрын

I’m one of the dreaded Carolina-ers and hydrangeas bloom at least 12 weeks for me

@PrettyPurpleDoor 19 күн бұрын

Haha lucky you! Hydrangeas do pretty well here in PA also. Lots of rain

@carlafoy972 2 ай бұрын

Can you share which plants have evergreen foliage?? I’d love to know that. Thanks!

@PrettyPurpleDoor 2 ай бұрын

None in this video are evergreen.

@jeanrichardson2044 3 ай бұрын

Technically an annual, but my picks this year are Zinnias, so attractive to the Monarch and bumble bees, and Dahlias. I also have a self seeded Linaria which has flowered for 8-10 weeks. New Zealand viewer.

@PrettyPurpleDoor 3 ай бұрын

I planted cactus dahlias from seed last year and they were so cute and quirky. I also love benarys giant lime zinnias.

@pamelaspooner7183 3 ай бұрын

Yes! Can’t beat zinnias! Easy, lots of colors and bloom styles.

@glenncordova4027 Ай бұрын

I love the more dwarf zinnias. I grow them in pots and the butterflies can't stay away from them. 👍😃

@Centerfiremedia 23 күн бұрын

Please add Mexican Petunia, Blue black Salviya and Coral honeysuckle to the list. I am in Texas.

@rayefletcher3702 3 ай бұрын

I couldn't get to the bloom chart. Will you check the link, please?

@PrettyPurpleDoor 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for letting me know! www.prettypurpledoor.com/guides/free-bloom-charts/

@denisecoviello5619 3 ай бұрын

We had to remove a few dying trees so I have a spot in my mostly shady yard where I can actually plant flowers that grow in sun. I don’t want to plant anything invasive. I’ve heard if the word weed is in the common name, it’s usually invasive. Can you advise?

@PrettyPurpleDoor 3 ай бұрын

No that's not true. Milkweed is very beneficial native and is not invasive. You just have to do your research to find a non invasive or non aggressive plant. It varies from location to location.

@ke11ey1 2 ай бұрын

Spider wart is a weed in my 2 acre lawn in southern Alabama

@PrettyPurpleDoor 2 ай бұрын

This spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) is native to Eastern and Central USA. Because it's native, it grows "in the wild" and often people will refer to these types of plants as weeds, even if they are extremely beneficial to the environment. With that said, there's another variety known as Bengal day flower or tropical spiderwort (Commelina Benghalensis). This is a true weed that's difficult to control. This is why I always put the scientific name on the screen. Many plants are referred to by the same common name even though they're completely different plants.

@andrewgraves4026 Ай бұрын

Ironweed is fun and gigantic, is bulletproof, does a long late thing, strong color, native, pollinator rockstar. Behind the Joe Pye maybe.

@PrettyPurpleDoor Ай бұрын

Nice! Thanks for the Rec

@DESMONDLanham 2 ай бұрын

I have a spot in my yard where water pools for a couple days then dries out.. I can plant 2ft away and things are fine….. recommend a plant or flower?

@PrettyPurpleDoor Ай бұрын

I'd suggest looking up plants that will work in a rain garden. They will like those conditions

@hannelorela 3 ай бұрын

Best perennials for nc

@PrettyPurpleDoor 3 ай бұрын

All of the plants have the zonal range listed you'll have to look up your gardening zone to see if they will work where you live.

@patternandcraft3908 2 ай бұрын

surprised to hear catmint described as smelling nice, smells like cat pee to me lol! great video thanks for sharing

@dora59 3 ай бұрын

Agastache is the best!

@paulasmith3590 3 ай бұрын

Centranthus (Jupiter's Beard) beats all of these. They are the first to come, March, and the last to go out. Three bloom cycles. Red, two and half ft high,. I live in Colorado. They grow anywhere except deep shade.

@PrettyPurpleDoor 3 ай бұрын

Thanks. Not one I'm familiar with. Track it and let us know. I'd imagine the first bloom period is shorter and then it reblooms throughout the season? I've never heard of a perennial that blooms all year like an annual, except for some of my students in beautiful California weather 😊. For all of these I tracked the first flush and just noted that they rebloom.