SW PA. I want plants/flowers for my garden that will come up every year?

I live in south-western Pennsylvania. I want to know if you could give me some suggestions on plants/flowers that grow back every year on their own?


I have a tulip bed, but that is it.


Thanks.

SW PA. I want plants/flowers for my garden that will come up every year?
You can grow low-maintenance perennials which come up every year.


Ornamental grasses, Daylilies, Coneflowers (Echinacea), Salvia, Sedum, Coreopsis, Gayfeathers, Hardy Geranium, Butterfly Bush (buddleia ), Liatris (Blazing Star), Peony, Black-Eyed Susan, Gaillardia, Asiatic Lily, Russian Sage, Lupines, Aster, Mountain Bluet (Centaurea montana), Bluebells, Campanula, Lamb's Ears, Yucca, %26amp; Yarrow. Now there's colorful everblooming type daylilies that bloom all summer until frost... Apricot Sparkles, Stella D' Oro, Happy Returns, Pardon Me, Rosy Returns, Red Hot Returns.


"Knock Out" Roses will bloom all summer %26amp; are almost carefree.


http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/cemap...


http://www.waysidegardens.com/webapp/wcs...


Coneflowers (Echinacea) aren't just purple anymore:


http://www.waysidegardens.com/webapp/wcs...





Fountain Grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides) Viridescens Black Fountain only grows 20 " full sun The folliage dries in winter, but still looks good.


http://www.bluestem.ca/grass-scapes/penn...


http://www.outsidepride.com/store/catalo...


Blue Fescue


http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/grasses/blu...


http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/im...


http://www.flickr.com/photos/41642339@N0...


Golden Lemon Thyme - Thymus x citriodorus is a semi-evergreen groundcover


http://mulberrycreek.com/Detailed/204.ht...


Variegated Periwinkle is a nice evergreen groundcover, forming a dense mat:


http://www.perennials.com/seeplant.html?...





For shady areas plant Columbine, ferns, Lily-of -the-valley, %26amp; Foam Flower. Coral Bells (Heuchera) can grow in between areas from sun to partial shade:


http://www.peak.org/~jnelson/coralbellsp...


http://www.flickr.com/photos/wing69/1079...


Foamflower with Heuchera:


http://lesliet.typepad.com/.shared/image...





Shrubs like Azaleas %26amp; Rhododendrons can brighten shadier areas and add height.


A video about low maintenance perennials:


http://video.yahoo.com/watch/946018





P.S. I live within driving distance to PA %26amp; have grown all these plants successfully.





Good luck! Hope this helps.
Reply:You're welcome! Thanks!!


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Reply:Lantana is a good harty flowering plant that will get more blooms every year, so are canna's
Reply:I grew up in that area and I remember Mom's beds of iris, roses, jackolanterns, tiger lillies, lilac bush, trumpetvine and she had snowball bushes and they came back in abundance every year. Some have to be divided so check with some neighbors and they may give you some. Later on when you have plenty, share them with someone else.
Reply:Drive over to your local garden center and buy perennials.