Perennial Flowers - Plants that return

Sown once, a reunion every year: perennial flowers are the dependable beauties of the garden and give pleasure over many years. They come back faithfully after winter, often more generously than before, without having to be sown again. Anyone who wants long-lived flower will not get past these easy-going garden dwellers.

Whether hardy perennials for sunny beds, flowering perennials for the wild garden or bee-friendly perennials for insects and butterflies, this category holds a wide choice of varieties that convince through their flowers and through their staying power alike.

Many of these flowers that return every year come into their own from the second season and grow finer year by year. They combine well with other perennials, herbs or grasses and suit beds as much as containers or naturalistic plantings.

Perennial flower seed is usually sown in spring or late summer. A little patience pays off, because what has once put down roots often stays part of your garden for many years.