A Few Choice Perennials to Try

...So The 'Flow' Never Stops

"Everyone should have themselves regularly overwhelmed by Nature."

- George Harrison

Japanese windflower - Star of the Fall Garden

Perennials—those flowering plants that seem to die every winter but come back the following spring—are, to use the Beatle, George Harrison’s words, overwhelming reminders that Nature works in cycles. The seasonal rhythm of perennial flowers reminds us that Nature’s ‘flow’ never stops. In spring, snowdrops, daffodils, iris and peonies emerge from the ground to serenade us, followed by a procession of perennial flowers that feed our pollinators—and our spirits—through the summer into the late fall.

It is a never-ending dance of floral color, fragrance, and form that Nature uses to attract insects and birds.

‘Fatal Attraction’ coneflower (Echinacea purpurea ‘Fatal Attraction’)  are in full bloom with summer blooming ornamental onion (Allium) in the background. Photo by Laura McKillop.