Low-maintenance perennials are my favorite for color. Summer is coming, and that means it’s gardening time!
There’s nothing I love more than a beautiful and blossoming garden, there’s just something so fresh and rejuvenating about it. I’ve gathered some of my favorite perennials for you to be inspired by.
I highly recommend planting a few of these in your garden. They’re beautiful, and they’re relatively low-maintenance. You can’t beat that!
17 Low-Maintenance Perennials
Perennial Sage
Perennial Sage comes in deep purple and blue flowers that look simply magical. I could plant my whole yard with blue and purple flowers and be totally content.
Coneflowers
These beauties come in lots of different colors, mostly in warm tones. Some variations can even be used in herbal remedies! Bonus: these are also drought resistance.
Butterfly Bush
This plant looks beautiful in any garden. It’s a large shrub that comes from China, and it produces so many huge flowers in the most vibrant colors, you can’t really go wrong!
Yarrow
Plant Yarrow in your garden this year. It usually blooms yellow or white, so it would be a lovely compliment to your perennial sage!
Black-Eyed Susan
These flowers look amazing in large spaces, and, in case you didn’t know, they’re the state flower of Maryland!
Asters
These lovely flowers bloom in late summer or autumn, and they have the most beautiful pinkish-purple color. These are great for some end-of-season garden color.
Baby’s Breath
I have to admit, these are some of my favorite flowers. They’re actually part of the carnation family, but they’re tiny and oh so adorable. Plus they look amazing in flower arrangements so you can use them as cut flowers.
Peonies
Peonies are stunning flowers. They’re vibrant, luscious, and just fluffy enough to look beautiful in a bouquet. These usually bloom in early Spring, though some varieties will bloom throughout the Summer.
Delphinium
This is the flower of choice in British cottage gardens. Delphinium grows in the most beautiful purples, pinks, and blues, and the flowering part is remarkably unique and lovely.
Autumn Joy
This is a lovely flower that attracts butterflies and changes colors from deep pink to copper. These flowers last from the end of summer into the fall.
Daylily
These flowers are renowned for their attractive blossoms. These plants are very adaptable and hard to kill, so they are perfect for beginners.
Hibiscus
Grow this if you want to attract tiny hummingbirds. If that weren’t reason enough to plant these beauties, they come in the most amazing colors. This is one of my favorite low-maintenance perennials.
Liatris
This plant is great because it is so tolerant and so beautiful. This plant can withstand drought, heat, and even bad soil. You’ll hardly have to do anything for this plant.
Siberian Iris
This plant does great in moist and boggy areas. The stalks are very sturdy, and the flowers look beautiful cut and in a vase.
Daffodils
These are some of the most popular flowers because of their lovely color and shape. They need to be planted in a sunny area, so make sure to do that!
Chrysanthemums
These are some of the easiest perennials to grow. They can be planted at almost any time of the year, but preferably after freezing temperatures and before scorching temperatures.
Veronica
These flowers are actually edible and some say it makes a great tea! These are amazing low-maintenance perennials.
Now you know about these perennials, why not visit my friend, Jenny, at Bees And Roses. She is a certified master gardener and can tell you which perennials are great for your front porch.
Great Info!
The enjoyed the article and found I’m only missing three!
Can these be planted in Florida?
Did you find out if these can grow in Florida ?
Just a caution that liatrus and babysbreath are invasive in some areas. You might want to check your state’s classification of noxious and invasive species. While you’re at it, check your state’s list of protected and endangered plants.
Thank you for mentioning this! Great tip!
good info to know
Yes! So is the butterfly bush!
Where can I find the Butterfly bush?
Buddlias can be purchased from any garden centre or off ebay. I bought a yellow flowering one last yr from ebay. It doing great. I cut the branches I don’t want as I want it as a tree not a Bush as I have a purple tree also. They are real hardy plants.
Seen qvc sells butterfly bushes
I don’t seem to have much luck with plants from qvc. My last purchase last year were 3 butterfly bushes and a braided hybiscus. Butterfly bushes dies one at a time , hybiscus is barely hanging on.
Can you keep braided hibiscus over the winter
home depot
Also unfortunately ‘Butterfly Bush’ is also listed as invasive !!
mine died.
Butterfly Bush is like a weed . You often see it growing alongside old railway tracks or in abandoned industrial sites. If you manage to kill one off then it’s likely from bad maintenance as it will grow anywhere. All it needs is some water. They look dead when you cut them back at the end of the season but will grow back strong.
Mine are not
To echo someone else baby’s breath is very invasive. Where I live, it isn’t found, even in open areas, it’s treated ASAP with herbicide… environmentalists hate it
But liking the others on the list 🙂
Does that Butterfly bush really come with all those colours? I would love one like that if anyone knows where I can purchase it
Hybrids are not invasive and are ideal for large planters .The multi coloured shrubs are actually a few of the shrubs planted together to give the effect of a multi coloured blooming.
Butterfly bushes are beautiful and come in several colors. These bushes are not invasive.
The Siberian Iris is beautiful but tried to take over my garden doubling in size each year.
Loved the lay outs. I just moved to Mo.. Do you have suggestions on what kind of flowers and bushes to attract Butter9 s Well as honey bees??
Hebe autumn glory. I had a sixty foot long Hebe Autumn Glory hedge that had so many bees in it it hummed! Bees took up residence and left a huge honey comb behind.
Does anyone know where i can get a multicolor butterfly bush in Canada please
What is the plant called (photo labeled 17) that shows a bush of red, white and blue flowers altogether in the article (I can no longer find on your site) titled 17 Low-Maintenance perennialsThanks.
It’s called Veronica!
A multicolored butterfly bush would be a welcome addition here. Mine are either purple or DARK Purple, almost black looking. My Mother has no luck with them in the Midwest but they grow great in PA. What is the name of the multicolored variety? Anyone know?
Thank you for all the info! I have the daylillies, cornflower,black eyed-Susan,Perennial sage and 3 hydrangea plants.
I bought 2 butterfly bush the dark and light purple this year. They grow very wild the stems are long. I read yesterday when I googled it to only trim them in the spring. I might trim in fall it’s covering my hydrangea plant!
The butterfly bush is an invasive species in WA. It’s really bad for the salmon because it makes their water murky.