Perennials with Extended Bloom Periods

These perennials have a colorful bloom period of 10 weeks or more. Plant them to maintain color in your garden for longer periods of time. (right) My Garden boxes in late Summer 2008.

• 'Monch' Aster (Aster frikartii 'Monch')
• Bellflower (Campanula carpatica, C. portenschlagiana)
• Red Valerian (Centranthus ruber)
• Shasta Daisy (Chrysanthemum maximum)
• Yellow Bleeding Heart (Corydalis lutea)
• Fringed Bleeding Heart (Dicentra exima)
• Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
• Blanketflower (Gaillardia)
• Butterfly Flower (Gaura lindheimeri)
• Baby's Breath (Gypsophila)
• Hollyhock (Alcea)
• Bee Balm (Monarda)
• Catmint (Nepeta cataria)
• Russian Sage (Perovskia atriciplifolia)
• Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida)
• Meadow Sage (Salvia nemerosa)
• Showy Stonecrop (Sedum telephium)