Perennials for Your Cutting Garden
There are many perennials ideal for cutting. We have provided a list with the colors that are available and when each bloom. Have fun creating your own cutting garden.
Anemone | Zones 4 - 8 | white, rose, or pink | Bloom late summer and fall. |
Aster | Zones 4 - 9 | pink, purple, blue, and white | Daisy like blooms. |
Bee Balm | Zones 3 - 9 | red, pink, lavendar, violet, or white | Hummingbirds are attracted to this plant. |
Bellflower | Zones 3 - 8 | blue, purple and pink | They have clusters of bell shaped flowers. They bloom in the summer for several weeks and last well in a vase. |
Bearded Iris (German Iris) | Zones 3 - 9 | red, pinks, yellows, blues, violet | Look for varieties that rebloom. They will bloom in spring and again in the fall. |
Blanket Flower | Zones 3 - 8 | single or double daisy like flowers | Bloom in summer into the fall. Heat and drought tolerant. |
Blazing Star | Zones 3 - 8 | spikes of white, rose, or purple flowers | They attract butterflies. |
Coralbells | Zones 3 - 9 | red, pink or white flowers | Can be used as fillers between bigger blooms and appear for several weeks. They last a long time when cut. |
Coreopsis | Zones 3 - 9 | yellows and gold blooms | Easy to grow daisy like blooms on slender stems. Tolerates poor soils. |
Gooseneck Loosestrife | Zones 4 - 9 | white blooms | A fast spreader. Caution it spreads easily and can take over the space. |
Lady's Mantle | Zones 4 - 7 | chartreuse blooms | It blooms in early summer and is easy to care for. |
Lily | Zones 3 - 9 | pink, red, orange yellow, and bicolor blooms | Star shaped blooms. Many are very fragrant. Asiatic lilies bloom early to mid summer and Oriental hybrids bloom late summer and fall. |
Obedient Plant | Zones 2 - 8 | pink or white spikes | Easy growing. |
Peony | Zones 3 - 8 | wide range of colors | Grows in a bush like bunches. Often fragrant. Blooms late spring to eary summer. |
Garden Phlox | Zones 3 - 8 | pinks, violets, reds, and white blooms | Blooms summer to early fall. Light fragrance. Grows 3 - 4 feet tall. |
Perrenial Sage | Zones 4 - 9 | blue spikes | Blooms early summer through early fall. |
Purple Cormflower | Zones 3 - 9 | purple | Blooms midsummer through first fall frost. Easy to grow daisy like flowers. |
Veronica | Zones 3 - 8 | white, pink, blue, violet flowers | Depending on variety blooms early spring or summer to late fall. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Easy to grow and drought tolerant. |
Yarrow | Zones 3 - 9 | yellow, orange, red, pink or white flowers | Blooms throughout summer. Resists heat and drought. Easy to grow. |