Which garden flowers are perennial?

Perennial garden flowers

Astilbe, Bearded Iris, Black-eyed Susan, Bleeding heart, Carnation, Carpathian bellflower, Chrysanthemum, Clematis, Columbine, Cranesbill, Crocus, Daffodil, Daylily, Delphinium, Freesia, Fuchsia, Garden phlox, Gerbera, Grape hyacinth, Hellebore, Heuchera, Hollyhock, Hosta, Hyacinth, Hydrangea, Lavender, Lily, Lupin, Ornamental onion, Peony, Primrose, Purple coneflower, Rose, Showy stonecrop, Snowdrop and Tulip: the cards of these flowers mark them as perennial.

Care at a glance

Plant	Life span	Started as	Planting season	First flowers	Flowering lasts	Frost
Astilbe	perennial	divisions	spring	78 days after growth starts	30 days	tolerates light frost
Bearded Iris	perennial	rhizomes	autumn	46 days after growth starts	14 days	tolerates light frost
Black-eyed Susan	perennial	from seedlings	spring	100 days after the shoots appear	90 days	does not tolerate frost
Bleeding heart	perennial	divisions	spring	31 days after growth starts	30 days	tolerates light frost
Carnation	perennial	young plants from a nursery	spring	108 days after growth starts	90 days	tolerates light frost
Carpathian bellflower	perennial	young plants from a nursery	spring	78 days after growth starts	60 days	tolerates light frost
Chrysanthemum	perennial	rooted cuttings	spring	110 days after growth starts	42 days	does not tolerate frost
Clematis	perennial	young plants from a nursery	spring	90 days after growth starts	60 days	tolerates light frost
Columbine	perennial	young plants from a nursery	spring	61 days after growth starts	45 days	tolerates light frost
Cranesbill	perennial	divisions	spring	47 days after growth starts	60 days	tolerates light frost
Crocus	perennial	bulbs	autumn	5 days after growth starts	21 days	tolerates light frost
Daffodil	perennial	bulbs	autumn	30 days after growth starts	14 days	tolerates light frost
Daylily	perennial	divisions	spring	92 days after growth starts	60 days	tolerates light frost
Delphinium	perennial	from seedlings	spring	460 days after the shoots appear	35 days	tolerates light frost
Freesia	perennial	bulbs	spring	56 days after growth starts	60 days	does not tolerate frost
Fuchsia	perennial	young plants from a nursery	spring	49 days after growth starts	120 days	does not tolerate frost
Garden phlox	perennial	divisions	spring	95 days after growth starts	75 days	tolerates light frost
Gerbera	perennial	young plants from a nursery	spring	14 days after growth starts	150 days	does not tolerate frost
Grape hyacinth	perennial	bulbs	autumn	152 days after growth starts	30 days	tolerates light frost
Hellebore	perennial	young plants from a nursery	autumn	151 days after growth starts	63 days	tolerates light frost
Heuchera	perennial	divisions	spring	78 days after growth starts	60 days	tolerates light frost
Hollyhock	perennial	from seedlings or sown straight into the bed	spring	470 days after the shoots appear	60 days	tolerates light frost
Hosta	perennial	divisions	spring	108 days after growth starts	30 days	tolerates light frost
Hyacinth	perennial	bulbs	autumn	21 days after growth starts	14 days	tolerates light frost
Hydrangea	perennial	young plants from a nursery	spring	80 days after growth starts	60 days	tolerates light frost
Lavender	perennial	rooted cuttings	spring	78 days after growth starts	21 days	tolerates light frost
Lily	perennial	bulbs	autumn	77 days after growth starts	21 days	tolerates light frost
Lupin	perennial	young plants from a nursery	spring	64 days after growth starts	30 days	tolerates light frost
Ornamental onion	perennial	bulbs	autumn	76 days after growth starts	21 days	tolerates light frost
Peony	perennial	divisions	autumn	65 days after growth starts	10 days	tolerates light frost
Primrose	perennial	young plants from a nursery	spring	7 days after growth starts	60 days	tolerates light frost
Purple coneflower	perennial	from seedlings	spring	120 days after the shoots appear	90 days	tolerates light frost
Rose	perennial	young plants from a nursery	spring	60 days after growth starts	120 days	tolerates light frost
Showy stonecrop	perennial	divisions	spring	139 days after growth starts	60 days	tolerates light frost
Snowdrop	perennial	bulbs	autumn	7 days after growth starts	28 days	tolerates light frost
Tulip	perennial	bulbs	autumn	28 days after growth starts	14 days	tolerates light frost

How this list is made

Chosen by the life span in the card: perennial. Every figure on this page comes from the plant cards; each plant’s page lists the sources.

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