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Growing Perennials

Low-Maintenance Perennials

These hardy perennials pass the test for low-maintenance and good looks.
 

Cup Plant

A gentle giant in the garden with bright yellow blooms.

Mesa Yellow Gaillardia

A new cultivar for 2010 that will keep your garden bright with eye-popping yellow.

‘Laydekeri Fulgens’ Waterlily

A classic beauty that blooms all summer long.

Perfect Penstemons

Penstemons are a staple in Western gardens—and for good reason. Certain types of these native plants thrive on heat and drought. They prefer poor soils and, once established, require little water.

Indian Pink

This southeastern wildflower sizzles in the shadows with 2-inch-long, trumpet-shaped, fire-engine red flowers that open to yellow throats.

Burning Hearts

Ruby red, pendant-shaped flowers with scalloped edges drip from stems like scarlet teardrops onto blue-gray fernleaf foliage.

False Indigo

Strong, dependable, and requiring very little maintenance, this North American native has a lot to offer gardeners from New Hampshire to Nebraska

Woodland Phlox

This fragrant and hardy wild phlox is a spring bloomer.

‘Hacksaw’ Hosta

This showy plant appears to have sprouted hacksaws in place of foliage.

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