BY:DATTA NIGHUT
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This web-stories provides a helpful guide to picking the longest-blooming and hardy perennial flowers for your garden. It lists the top 10 perennials that live the longest - up to 50 years or more! - so you can plant flowers just once and enjoy them for decades.
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1. Daylilies (Hemerocallis) - Extremely hardy, can live 20-30 years or more. Come in a huge variety of colors.
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2. Iris (Iris) - Lives 8-10 years typically, but can live much longer. Beautiful blooms in spring/early summer. Many color varieties.
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3. Peony (Paeonia) - Very long lived at 50+ years. Gorgeous large blooms in late spring. Come in white, pink, red, and yellow.
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4. Garden Phlox (Phlox paniculata) - Lives up to 10 years. Bright clusters of flowers bloom summer into fall. Variety of colors like white, pink, purple, red.
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5. Hosta (Hosta) - Grown primarily for foliage, but clusters of lavender flowers bloom in summer. Lives 30+ years. Shade tolerant.
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6. Bellflower (Campanula) - Long blooming with bell-shaped flowers summer into fall. Colors include blue, purple, white. Lives 8-10 years.
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7. Hardy Geranium (Geranium) - Gorgeous 5 petaled flowers spring into summer. Foliage may be evergreen or semi-evergreen depending on climate. Lives up to 10 years.
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8. Catmint (Nepeta) - Spiky lavender blue flowers bloom spring to fall. Aromatic gray-green foliage. Lives 8-10 years. Drought tolerant.
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9. Lily-of-the-Valley (Convallaria majalis) - Sweetly fragrant, white bell-shaped flowers in spring. Lives 20+ years. Does well in shade.
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10. Blanket Flower (Gaillardia) - Daisy-like flowers bloom summer into fall. Red/orange colors. Full sun. Lives 5+ years. Drought tolerant.
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