Littlefield suggests starting with some of the easiest perennials to start from seed. She names black-eyed susans, purple coneflowers, blanket flower (Gaillardia), columbine, Shasta daisies ...

giving the plant one of its common names, fringe flower. Purple Pixie® Dwarf Weeping Loropetalum dazzles in containers and brings movement and brilliant jewel tones to the garden floor.

Read on for easy-to-grow, full-sun perennials. Coneflowers are colorful, daisy-shaped flowers with spiny centers and petals in hues of purple, pink, red, orange, yellow, and white. They’re ...

Foxglove beardtongue is an easy-to-grow native plant that tolerates deer, rabbits, drought, clay soil and dry soil, making it ...

Most perennials bloom profusely during a specific season, such as spring, mid-summer or fall. Peonies bloom in late May through early June, tall iris flower in mid-June, and garden phlox blossom ...