Keep up the great work! Can you do a video on small, native columnar/vase/umbrella shaped flowering trees & evergreens/conifers/pines? I have a small garden in Chicago and want wildlife beneficial trees that grow only 10’ to 15’ with a width about 6’ to 8’. I know it’s specific but it is a small city lot.
I know we are here to talk about flowers but I can’t hear or see anything you are saying because that dresser in the backdrop has caught my complete and total attention!!! I am in love! 🥰. The color is amazing!!!💜. Ok. Let me start the video over and try to focus!! 🥰💜
I can only plant deer and rabbit resistant plants, and have dug out a lot of my lilies for this reason. I value anything they don’t touch, and allium is at the top of the list. Serendipity is what I planted. Hellebores are also right up there.
What an excellent video……It’s nice to see such enthusiasm in young gardeners. I’m retired from my nurseries now and make very few videos any longer, but I’d like to have had half your enthusiasm. Well done, I agree with some of your assessments, even here in the UK, Eupatorium is one of the best attractors of pollinating insects I’ve ever seen…..there is a smaller version here called Baby Joe, it’s not that much smaller but better for those with tiny gardens. There is a national campaign against Spanish bluebells going on here due to the possibility of them wiping out the native English form…..which is weaker and somewhat one sided. Anyway…..Best wishes…..Malcolm (Plantsmans Corner)
Thanks for your kind words. Yes I'm growing baby joe in my yard. I *think* I mentioned that but not 100% certain. Interesting about Spanish bluebells over there too. It's so important to look up plants before using them. Conditions can vary so much from one place to another!
This is a great list. One comment: be sure you REALLY like Spiderwort before you plant it since you can never get rid of it. I pull them out all the time and they just keep coming back.
Took me years to get rid of it. Popped into the middle of nearly every other perennial in my garden. I had blue, pink, and white ones. Pretty flowers for a short time then the foliage turns ugly and brown. A big No No on my list😠. Still find a few each year.
@@maryk1668Same here! I have tried to get rid of it for 15 years. Still keeps on coming. If you get it nearby another perennial or bush, there is no choice but to dig up the plant and manually rinse the roots from the spiderworts roots. Smallest, tiny rest of a root turns in to a new plant. Yuck! I am living in south of Sweden.
Thank you, I really appreciate knowing some of the longest blooming perennials to attract pollinators to my garden, especially the perennials so you don't have to plant them every year!
Spiderwort behaved itself in my garden and a neighbor’s for seven years. I had numerous colors and loved them. Then they spread like wildfire. Partly in thick clumps. Partly by seeds hiding in the leaves of my lilies. They hide well until it may be too late. It’s taken a lot of work to be mostly rid of them. But I love them so much, I wonder about inviting them back and rehoming the lilies.
Oh that's interesting that they spread after several years of behaving. I love them but a lot of people say they are too aggressive in their gardens. Tough call!
Hi, I’m in Zone 7B, Charlotte, NC and I love all these plants! I grow most of them in my bedding areas. Thank you for mentioning them in this video. Easy to grow and so rewarding in their beauty and care. Many thanks for this wonderful video! 👌🪴🥰
As always only grow milkweed native to your actual county where you live. Regardless of the plants ability to thrive in your garden. Monarch butterfly do different things in different places , it takes several generations for them to complete 1 migration. They know which plants to est , which ones to lay eggs on , which ones to mate . If you grow one not from your exact location the butterfly who find your yard could do the wrong step. For example your area might be where they are supposed to rest and keep flying, if you plant the milkweed they lay eggs on instead that don't belong there, those butterfly will lays eggs and die and those eggs will freeze etc. Monarchs go from Canada to Mexico it takes 3 generations or more for them to complete the cycle and people plant milkweed to help them, but planting the wrong ones has become a huge problem .
Amy, you make the best videos. I love how you compared baby joe pyeweed to autumn joy sedum. Perfect description, I have both and your description is spot on. I have most of the plants you mentioned and they all do have long bloom times, I'm in zone 6b.Thank you
I really enjoyed that you measured the bloom time of the flowers in your garden! Thanks for the inspiration! I will try to do similar this year for my own garden in the middle of Sweden 🙂
I love the apricot color, too! I've been growing Yarrow for decades. They are super easy to grow, but it's helpful to support the taller varieties with a tomato or peony cage.
I have the Spanish bluebells throughout my property and they are still blooming prolifically for 4.5 months. I added a dusty pink variety several years ago and I was hoping to divide them up this year to spread throughout but I had major surgery so I’ll just enjoy them where they are. In zone 8b PNW.. Also my aluims are all starting to open, some of my Rhododendrons and azaleas are in full blooms and others are full of buds. My hydrangeas look like they are behind this year but they are long blooming for me. Those were here when I purchased the place 7 years ago. The flowers are mopheads with baby blues, dark blues and purples…monochromatic look…don’t know the variety but possibly Endless Summer? Thank you for sharing these beautiful varieties…will share with my husband so I can talk him into digging 😊
Thank you very much for this very informative video! I really appreciate that you jumped right into it rather than ramble on like so many YTers! And you moved right through each variety. I have over half of them I’m happy to say. 😊 You’re lucky to get 8 weeks from the bluebells, I only get 4 if I’m lucky. I think early spring very warm days does them in sooner. One of my favorites though, I have them naturalizing all over my 1.25 acre property in zone 7a.
@@PrettyPurpleDoor Spanish, Hyacinthoides hispanica Excelsior. Altho I’d love the native VA Bluebells! There are lovely drifts of them in the wooded areas in VA just south of where I’m located.
Great video! I should do this in my own yard. Off the bat, besides those you mentioned, I would guess that my native rudbeckia and Little Quickfire Hydrangea have some of the longest bloom times in my garden. The rudbeckia is planted in this tiny bit of ground between my driveway and a fence and it gets full blazing afternoon sun and no purposeful watering from me and it just keeps thriving and providing a sunny welcome home when I enter the driveway.
I enjoyed this video very much. I am in 8b coastal NC. Society garlic blooms 6 months for me! I love this plant so much. I think you cn only grow it in zones 7 - 10.
I purchased 3 of the Black Diamond crape myrtles in different colors last season, and they were a joy in the garden. Please take note that some are dwarf myrtles or semi dwarf myrtles, so if you are limited for space these work great. Also, they do well in zone 9b and flourish in very hot weather as long as they get enough water.😊
Hey, thank you so much for all this information! The length of bloom times (as well as the zones) is very useful. Going to check out your other videos now :)
I was in zone 6B but they uped to zone 7A. I don't now about the 7A zone. My crape mertles, I've had them for many years. Sometimes, not every year it gets killed back, but it always comes back by the roots. It's very hardy.It grows really fast and it always blooms. I have 6 crape myrtle. Pink, white, red and lavender. I would love to get a dark purple. Also I would love to get me some pink and yellow yarrow. I ha e it going wild in my field it's white but it looks like a kinda dirty white. Looks like cauliflower. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. ❤
Your zone has upgraded but it should not change anything. The climate has just gotten warmer over the last decade so they updated the zones to match the changes (it was very outdated). It's not any different, really... Except maybe you can try to grow a few plants that you didn't think you could.
I live right on the 6/7 line, I've noticed that crepe myrtles around here tend to be completely fine down to around 5 degrees, but every now and again we get a deeper freeze (I've seen down to around -5 to -10) and most of them die back to the roots but they mostly push new growth from the ground the next year. So I'd say they're zone 6* with the note that in 6 they may die back to the root some years
Mine died back several years ago and never really recovered. It's still about 2 feet tall and I'm probably pulling it out this year. You may have a nice microclimate going. I also think there's other things beyond climate that can affect it. Gardening is a lot of trial and error 💜
Great informative video! I have all the plants that you mentioned in this video, they are beautiful and long blooming. Catmint, coneflower, hellebores, Butterfly weeds Coreopsis ,yarrow, they are truly deer resistant in my garden.
Greeting's from Ireland, great video and my longest flowering perennial's are geranium rozanne's. My earliest flowering perennial is orvala which flowers from mid March to mid May I'm going to chop down the orvala and plant some cosmos to fill the gap.
Great video and great information. Non-native perennials that bloom in my garden (Central North Carolina) from late January to early June are Hellebores. I love Spiderworts but the voles love them also.
Thank you so much for this. I have been looking to spruce up my yard and this video has been a fabulous help! You deserve a subscription for this! Looking forward to watching your other videos!
What an insightful journey through your garden, Amy! Your dedication to tracking the bloom times of these perennials is truly admirable. I'm curious, did you encounter any unexpected challenges while maintaining this comprehensive list? Also, considering the varying climates and conditions across different regions, do you have any advice for fellow gardeners on how to adapt your findings to their own gardens? Looking forward to exploring your recommended plants further!
I have heavy clay soil on the bank of a river I have grown many of your recommendations but they Peter out after a year or two. Day lily does well hydrangea too, sedum and I am going to try Chaste tree this year.
Just love this video. Could you please start adding which ones are deer resistant. I have a HUGE PROBLEM here in east central Iowa. Thanks so much. Also for the cool chart system you have created.
I try to include that in some of my videos but honestly there's nothing that's truly 100% deer resistant. Youll need to try other alternatives if you have a lot of deer pressure... Fencing, liquid fence deterrent, etc. Good luck 😊
Rozanne geranium is the longest blooming perennial in my garden. Blooms virtually ALL summer long. Love it. I ended up pulling my spider wort out.disliked it’s messy look and spreading ways 😟
Hello there i am new to your channel. This was a very informative video. I have some of these plants already. I live in New Jersey Thank you for all this information. So until next time God Bless you and have a Blessed weekend and stay safe my dear and Special u-tube friend.
And improved/better version of Walkers Low catmint is the one named Junior Walker. MUCH better intense floral color. And, when they modified the taxonomy recenly, Euphorbium purpureum became Eutrochium dubium (not purpureum).
Don’t forget roses my red rose in the pot start to bloom late May up to late October or early November. My Camilla from early February to mid to late April. Cutleaf coneflower start to flower late June up to October.
Technically an annual, but my picks this year are Zinnias, so attractive to the Monarch and bumble bees, and Dahlias. I also have a self seeded Linaria which has flowered for 8-10 weeks. New Zealand viewer.
My new beighbors soray for mosquitoes. We are in an older area of town and the lots are small with houses close together. The spray drifts into my yard. I no longer plant host plants for pollinators or butterflies.
Hi, this was very helpful. Lots of great information. I'm looking for a Veronica that is resistant to powdery mildew. Do you have any varieties to suggest? I pulled all the Veronica I had because they were in an area I didn't want to spray. They were planted in full sun with lots of air circulation so I don't know what the problem was. I would like to try Veronica again if I can find a more resistant variety. Thanks!
I like the idea of intensive planting but I also have the dual goal of getting rid of my lawn (I hate mowing!). For my edible beds I'll do intensive planting and then for lawn areas it make sense to cover them with wood or straw mulch to kill weeds until I have energy/time to plant ornamental or edimental without having to dig up weeds/rototill, etc. It is too overwhelming to convert all my grass to growing vegetables and flowers at once.
Centranthus (Jupiter's Beard) beats all of these. They are the first to come, March, and the last to go out. Three bloom cycles. Red, two and half ft high,. I live in Colorado. They grow anywhere except deep shade.
Thanks. Not one I'm familiar with. Track it and let us know. I'd imagine the first bloom period is shorter and then it reblooms throughout the season? I've never heard of a perennial that blooms all year like an annual, except for some of my students in beautiful California weather 😊. For all of these I tracked the first flush and just noted that they rebloom.
Please start putting zone in your headline space? I hate going off the video to go look for it. And WHAT is that dark purple Astilbe at 10:09? Is that Black Pearls? Thank you!!
@@PrettyPurpleDoor If it's in the Title then I can pass on the video if it is outside my zone. As a viewer of a lot of gardening videos, If I click on multiple videos and have to watch part of them only to discover the focus is outside my zone.. it becomes a time issue. Also what is the variety of purple astilbe?
Really, really, _really_ good video! Thanks. Adding value beyond the generic videos out there. Would've been even more perfect if you'd presented the bloom times in some sort of rank order for better comparison, or compared different classes of flowering plants. Subscribed!
This spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) is native to Eastern and Central USA. Because it's native, it grows "in the wild" and often people will refer to these types of plants as weeds, even if they are extremely beneficial to the environment. With that said, there's another variety known as Bengal day flower or tropical spiderwort (Commelina Benghalensis). This is a true weed that's difficult to control. This is why I always put the scientific name on the screen. Many plants are referred to by the same common name even though they're completely different plants.
None of these plants, many which I’ve tried to grow in SW Florida, were successful outdoors. I’ve had luck with Mexican Petunias (reg. and dwarf) and gazania. Surprisingly, red marigolds do well in pots as long as I keep them well watered with good drainage. Sometimes when the sun is to intense in winter, or the heat is to high in the summer, I’ll put the marigolds in speckled sunlight and they bounce back in a week. I keep backup reserve pots of marigolds in speckled sunlight in my back yard, and switch them out and rotate them with the pots in the front.
very interesting we're in MA and when going to florida I noticed the variety of plants was very distinct and heat resistant (waxy for instance) where there was nothing even close to growing that we have up here and with the intense heat there that totally makes sense b/c when we even get that heat for a few days our plants wilt and suffer, so I can understand theres little chance you could grow what we do here (unless maybe in an artificial indoor (well lit) setting protected from intense heat) Its a bit ironic b/c we also have a long list of perennials here that either do not survive winters OR are inconsistent meaning they may survive sometimes or they weaken over the seasons (get smaller eventually dying), and i keep saying to myself how I wish we lived in a warmer climate, maybe mid-atlantic would be more ideal for many of the flowers that I desire to see survive consistently, but Florida is a totally different animal for sure. I guess as the saying goes its always greener on the other side !!! And yah Marigolds do very well here, but they are an annual and I prefer perennials for my garden
@@davedamerjian6035 Update: I found cornflowers [bachelor’s buttons] did very well down here this past winter. I was pleasantly surprised, but unfortunately they are annuals down here, also, despite the weather. It’s just their “built in” short life cycle whether grown north or south. Their flowers last weeks on the plant and they don’t require very rich soil at all. I’m going to keep reseeding pots to see how they do now through the hot/wet season through the next 5 months. They did well even grown close together from seed. I will space them out more now to try to prevent humidity problems. Also, I have blanket flowers popping up all over my yard where I had once had containers of them, and had given up because they were scraggly looking. They are literally growing and flowering in nearly all fine sand. Perhaps I crowded them too much and gave them too much black soil. I’ll space them and try again. Good luck.
@@generalnguyenngocloan1700 havent had luck with blankflower but i see someone down the street has done very well with them out front near the street where they are blanketing. but heres one, foxglove - bunch of them just literally showed up under thick grove of maples in my backyard had no idea what they were or how they got there. when i figured it out i have now transplanted to my main garden where theres more light and they have done great. supposedly a biennial which i guess i will confirm by next year if the same plant comes back flowering again or if it self-seeds like they say it does.
Free bloom charts: www.prettypurpledoor.com/guides/free-bloom-charts/
Keep up the great work! Can you do a video on small, native columnar/vase/umbrella shaped flowering trees & evergreens/conifers/pines? I have a small garden in Chicago and want wildlife beneficial trees that grow only 10’ to 15’ with a width about 6’ to 8’. I know it’s specific but it is a small city lot.
I just found you on here. Very interesting and inspiring way to track what's flowering in the garden. Thank you for making this available to us all 😁👍
I know we are here to talk about flowers but I can’t hear or see anything you are saying because that dresser in the backdrop has caught my complete and total attention!!! I am in love! 🥰. The color is amazing!!!💜. Ok. Let me start the video over and try to focus!! 🥰💜
😆. Happens to me all the time.
Same 😂. That thing is eye catching!
Lol thanks so much. I painted it myself. www.prettypurpledoor.com/bright-furniture-diy/
Funny! The exact same thing happened to me. I saw that dresser and didn’t hear anything she said. That dresser is gorgeous.
Yes! Me too!!
Thank you for including plants that grow in a large range of zones. Very helpful to gardeners across America!
I can only plant deer and rabbit resistant plants, and have dug out a lot of my lilies for this reason. I value anything they don’t touch, and allium is at the top of the list. Serendipity is what I planted. Hellebores are also right up there.
What an excellent video……It’s nice to see such enthusiasm in young gardeners. I’m retired from my nurseries now and make very few videos any longer, but I’d like to have had half your enthusiasm. Well done, I agree with some of your assessments, even here in the UK, Eupatorium is one of the best attractors of pollinating insects I’ve ever seen…..there is a smaller version here called Baby Joe, it’s not that much smaller but better for those with tiny gardens. There is a national campaign against Spanish bluebells going on here due to the possibility of them wiping out the native English form…..which is weaker and somewhat one sided.
Anyway…..Best wishes…..Malcolm (Plantsmans Corner)
Thanks for your kind words. Yes I'm growing baby joe in my yard. I *think* I mentioned that but not 100% certain. Interesting about Spanish bluebells over there too. It's so important to look up plants before using them. Conditions can vary so much from one place to another!
This is a great list. One comment: be sure you REALLY like Spiderwort before you plant it since you can never get rid of it. I pull them out all the time and they just keep coming back.
Glad to know!
Had some magically show up next to one of my garden beds❤
My spiderwort doesn't spread at all! I'm in sw Ohio
Took me years to get rid of it. Popped into the middle of nearly every other perennial in my garden. I had blue, pink, and white ones. Pretty flowers for a short time then the foliage turns ugly and brown. A big No No on my list😠. Still find a few each year.
@@maryk1668Same here! I have tried to get rid of it for 15 years. Still keeps on coming. If you get it nearby another perennial or bush, there is no choice but to dig up the plant and manually rinse the roots from the spiderworts roots. Smallest, tiny rest of a root turns in to a new plant. Yuck! I am living in south of Sweden.
Great choices! Thanks so very much. I want native plants in my garden.
For me it’s hellabore, they just don’t die and come up from January until March, sometimes May If it’s cold. By June it stops blooming.
I love hellebores! I didn't realize they bloomed that long 😊
Thank you, I really appreciate knowing some of the longest blooming perennials to attract pollinators to my garden, especially the perennials so you don't have to plant them every year!
😂😂😂 I watch a few RUclipsrs who sew clothes. Long-bloomers really caught my attention!
And then I subscribed bc of your content! ❤
Haha funny! Thank you 🙏
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Finally someone fro. PA!,and not a Carolina❤
Agree, many are from the Carolinas. Another local channel is Nothlawn Flower Farm from Lancaster county.
Yes, I agree. I’m zone 6b in eastern WV bordering on Va, Pa and Md. So Amy’s information is perfect for me.
Cool im always spending time in lancaster county,i should just move there lol@Carl-iw9sy
Very Helpful! Thanks.
Spiderwort behaved itself in my garden and a neighbor’s for seven years. I had numerous colors and loved them. Then they spread like wildfire. Partly in thick clumps. Partly by seeds hiding in the leaves of my lilies. They hide well until it may be too late. It’s taken a lot of work to be mostly rid of them. But I love them so much, I wonder about inviting them back and rehoming the lilies.
Oh that's interesting that they spread after several years of behaving. I love them but a lot of people say they are too aggressive in their gardens. Tough call!
Same here ! Took several years but have now seeded everywhere.@@PrettyPurpleDoor
Hi, I’m in Zone 7B, Charlotte, NC and I love all these plants! I grow most of them in my bedding areas. Thank you for mentioning them in this video. Easy to grow and so rewarding in their beauty and care. Many thanks for this wonderful video! 👌🪴🥰
As always only grow milkweed native to your actual county where you live. Regardless of the plants ability to thrive in your garden. Monarch butterfly do different things in different places , it takes several generations for them to complete 1 migration. They know which plants to est , which ones to lay eggs on , which ones to mate . If you grow one not from your exact location the butterfly who find your yard could do the wrong step. For example your area might be where they are supposed to rest and keep flying, if you plant the milkweed they lay eggs on instead that don't belong there, those butterfly will lays eggs and die and those eggs will freeze etc. Monarchs go from Canada to Mexico it takes 3 generations or more for them to complete the cycle and people plant milkweed to help them, but planting the wrong ones has become a huge problem .
Amy, you make the best videos. I love how you compared baby joe pyeweed to autumn joy sedum. Perfect description, I have both and your description is spot on. I have most of the plants you mentioned and they all do have long bloom times, I'm in zone 6b.Thank you
Oh thank you! 😊
I really enjoyed that you measured the bloom time of the flowers in your garden! Thanks for the inspiration! I will try to do similar this year for my own garden in the middle of Sweden 🙂
All so beautiful. Never tried Yarrow. That color is gorgeous. I usually see the yellow one. Happy Gardening.
I love the apricot color, too! I've been growing Yarrow for decades. They are super easy to grow, but it's helpful to support the taller varieties with a tomato or peony cage.
I have the Spanish bluebells throughout my property and they are still blooming prolifically for 4.5 months. I added a dusty pink variety several years ago and I was hoping to divide them up this year to spread throughout but I had major surgery so I’ll just enjoy them where they are.
In zone 8b PNW..
Also my aluims are all starting to open, some of my Rhododendrons and azaleas are in full blooms and others are full of buds. My hydrangeas look like they are behind this year but they are long blooming for me. Those were here when I purchased the place 7 years ago. The flowers are mopheads with baby blues, dark blues and purples…monochromatic look…don’t know the variety but possibly Endless Summer?
Thank you for sharing these beautiful varieties…will share with my husband so I can talk him into digging 😊
Great! Love the blooming chart! For me my garden is about butterflies and bees so I like to know which plants are supporting which insect and bird!
Thank you very much for this very informative video! I really appreciate that you jumped right into it rather than ramble on like so many YTers! And you moved right through each variety. I have over half of them I’m happy to say. 😊 You’re lucky to get 8 weeks from the bluebells, I only get 4 if I’m lucky. I think early spring very warm days does them in sooner. One of my favorites though, I have them naturalizing all over my 1.25 acre property in zone 7a.
Glad you enjoyed. Do you have Spanish bluebells or Virginia bluebells?
@@PrettyPurpleDoor Spanish, Hyacinthoides hispanica Excelsior. Altho I’d love the native VA Bluebells! There are lovely drifts of them in the wooded areas in VA just south of where I’m located.
Great video! I should do this in my own yard. Off the bat, besides those you mentioned, I would guess that my native rudbeckia and Little Quickfire Hydrangea have some of the longest bloom times in my garden. The rudbeckia is planted in this tiny bit of ground between my driveway and a fence and it gets full blazing afternoon sun and no purposeful watering from me and it just keeps thriving and providing a sunny welcome home when I enter the driveway.
Many of these are native here in quebec as well. Have them in my garden as well.
Awesome!
Great overview and I’m thinking about plants to add to my newer gardens. Thanks
There’s a dwarf Echinacea (purple coneflower) available that is only 30” high, and that looks more tidy. It is called White Swan.
White swan is fragrant. Echanecia blooms in white, yellow, orange, red, pink and purple and even bi-colors
First video I’ve found of yours. Great job! You are such a natural. Best wishes!
Thank you. I'm definitely not a natural I have made over 100 videos and practice and prepare a lot.
I'm in Indiana, zone 6 and have two crape myrtles. So far they've done great!! 😁
Fingers crossed they stay nice for you. Might just be the variety I have.
I enjoyed this video very much. I am in 8b coastal NC. Society garlic blooms 6 months for me! I love this plant so much. I think you cn only grow it in zones 7 - 10.
I purchased 3 of the Black Diamond crape myrtles in different colors last season, and they were a joy in the garden. Please take note that some are dwarf myrtles or semi dwarf myrtles, so if you are limited for space these work great. Also, they do well in zone 9b and flourish in very hot weather as long as they get enough water.😊
Thanks for the tips
I'm in Southern Canada 5b hardiness zome 59, 31 miles from the NY state US/Canada border. Thank you for sharing the bloom chart and your information
Youre very welcome, glad you enjoyed it!
Hey, thank you so much for all this information! The length of bloom times (as well as the zones) is very useful.
Going to check out your other videos now :)
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for such a fun, helpful video and for sharing your tips and tricks. I just stumbled upon this video and I’m excited to start following you.
You are so welcome! Glad you found me 😊
Thank you Amy. ❄️🫠💚🙃
Thanks for all the information and charts. On the plant lists it would help to provide water needs in the description.
I was in zone 6B but they uped to zone 7A. I don't now about the 7A zone. My crape mertles, I've had them for many years. Sometimes, not every year it gets killed back, but it always comes back by the roots. It's very hardy.It grows really fast and it always blooms. I have 6 crape myrtle. Pink, white, red and lavender. I would love to get a dark purple. Also I would love to get me some pink and yellow yarrow. I ha e it going wild in my field it's white but it looks like a kinda dirty white. Looks like cauliflower. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. ❤
Your zone has upgraded but it should not change anything. The climate has just gotten warmer over the last decade so they updated the zones to match the changes (it was very outdated). It's not any different, really... Except maybe you can try to grow a few plants that you didn't think you could.
My knock out roses bloom from May to Nov in zone 7.
Including size would be helpful too! Trying to figure out what to add myself. Great video!
Click on the link in the description for details about each plant.
I live right on the 6/7 line, I've noticed that crepe myrtles around here tend to be completely fine down to around 5 degrees, but every now and again we get a deeper freeze (I've seen down to around -5 to -10) and most of them die back to the roots but they mostly push new growth from the ground the next year. So I'd say they're zone 6* with the note that in 6 they may die back to the root some years
Mine died back several years ago and never really recovered. It's still about 2 feet tall and I'm probably pulling it out this year. You may have a nice microclimate going. I also think there's other things beyond climate that can affect it. Gardening is a lot of trial and error 💜
Super helpful information without extra words. Much appreciated . I subscribed!
Thanks for the sub! 💜🌸
Great list! Love Veronica and Yarrow.
Thanks for the bloom calendar 👊🏽
Was you able to find it? If so where please
Great informative video! I have all the plants that you mentioned in this video, they are beautiful and long blooming. Catmint, coneflower, hellebores, Butterfly weeds Coreopsis ,yarrow, they are truly deer resistant in my garden.
Greeting's from Ireland, great video and my longest flowering perennial's are geranium rozanne's. My earliest flowering perennial is orvala which flowers from mid March to mid May I'm going to chop down the orvala and plant some cosmos to fill the gap.
Rozanne geranium is a good one!
great info - thanks fro reinforcing the difference between invasive and spreading.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for your video on long blooming perennials that are always fun to grow! Very helpful too!
Great video and great information. Non-native perennials that bloom in my garden (Central North Carolina) from late January to early June are Hellebores. I love Spiderworts but the voles love them also.
Thank you so much for this. I have been looking to spruce up my yard and this video has been a fabulous help! You deserve a subscription for this! Looking forward to watching your other videos!
What an insightful journey through your garden, Amy! Your dedication to tracking the bloom times of these perennials is truly admirable. I'm curious, did you encounter any unexpected challenges while maintaining this comprehensive list? Also, considering the varying climates and conditions across different regions, do you have any advice for fellow gardeners on how to adapt your findings to their own gardens? Looking forward to exploring your recommended plants further!
I mentioned all my challenges in the video and also provided bloom charts so you can track your own plants.
I have heavy clay soil on the bank of a river I have grown many of your recommendations but they Peter out after a year or two. Day lily does well hydrangea too, sedum and I am going to try Chaste tree this year.
I've been surprised at how the hummingbirds love my chaste tree!
Thank you Amy for this incredibly informative plant info.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks so much for another great garden video my dear friend always enjoy watching your videos, so well done
Thanks Sandy! Hope you are doing well 💜
Putting a plug in for Star Tickseed (Coreopsis pubescens), bloomed June to December (!) in my zone 7a garden in its first year.
Wow! Impressive! I'm trying coreopsis for the first time this year in zone 6b.
Appreciate your info, glad to see many of mine in your collection. Liked and subscribed for adding the plant chart!
Thanks for the sub!
Amy, I love your videos. Always informative and well designed.
Thank you so much!
Great video. Can’t wait to plant some of these in my Texas garden.
Have fun!
Just love this video. Could you please start adding which ones are deer resistant. I have a HUGE PROBLEM here in east central Iowa. Thanks so much. Also for the cool chart system you have created.
I try to include that in some of my videos but honestly there's nothing that's truly 100% deer resistant. Youll need to try other alternatives if you have a lot of deer pressure... Fencing, liquid fence deterrent, etc. Good luck 😊
Rozanne geranium is the longest blooming perennial in my garden. Blooms virtually ALL summer long. Love it.
I ended up pulling my spider wort out.disliked it’s messy look and spreading ways 😟
Same with the spiderwort. I just didn’t like how it looks.
Rozanne is one of my favorite plants!! Beautiful...blooms forever.
I also second Rozanne for a long bloomer.
Hello there i am new to your channel. This was a very informative video. I have some of these plants already. I live in New Jersey Thank you for all this information. So until next time God Bless you and have a Blessed weekend and stay safe my dear and Special u-tube friend.
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching!
This is a great video idea! Another winner!
Yay! Thank you!
Thank you, this is really helpful whening planning this year's garden.😊
This was very helpful! Thank you!
Ironweed is fun and gigantic, is bulletproof, does a long late thing, strong color, native, pollinator rockstar. Behind the Joe Pye maybe.
Nice! Thanks for the Rec
These are all so beautiful!
They are! 😍
Thanks for including the Latin/botanical names. In Europe, some of the American names would not be familiar, so the Latin names are helpful.
Yes so many plants have different common names. I always try to put the botanical name on the screen.
amazing work!! Thank you!
You’re my new favorite channel
Aww thank you. You're my new favorite subscriber 💜
I like to keep my spiderwart short so Ive cut back my spider wart in late August and it has regrown and had full blooms for the fall.
Well done video. Great information.
There is my beautiful green friend! 🥰💜
And improved/better version of Walkers Low catmint is the one named Junior Walker. MUCH better intense floral color. And, when they modified the taxonomy recenly, Euphorbium purpureum became Eutrochium dubium (not purpureum).
Thank you for this video!!!!! This is super helpful and informative.❤
Glad it was helpful!
Great list!
Don’t forget roses my red rose in the pot start to bloom late May up to late October or early November. My Camilla from early February to mid to late April. Cutleaf coneflower start to flower late June up to October.
Thank you for this great video!!!
Technically an annual, but my picks this year are Zinnias, so attractive to the Monarch and bumble bees, and Dahlias. I also have a self seeded Linaria which has flowered for 8-10 weeks. New Zealand viewer.
I planted cactus dahlias from seed last year and they were so cute and quirky. I also love benarys giant lime zinnias.
Yes! Can’t beat zinnias! Easy, lots of colors and bloom styles.
I love the more dwarf zinnias. I grow them in pots and the butterflies can't stay away from them. 👍😃
Lenten rose ( hellebores) are in my top ten!
My new beighbors soray for mosquitoes. We are in an older area of town and the lots are small with houses close together. The spray drifts into my yard. I no longer plant host plants for pollinators or butterflies.
Hi, this was very helpful. Lots of great information. I'm looking for a Veronica that is resistant to powdery mildew. Do you have any varieties to suggest? I pulled all the Veronica I had because they were in an area I didn't want to spray. They were planted in full sun with lots of air circulation so I don't know what the problem was. I would like to try Veronica again if I can find a more resistant variety. Thanks!
I like the idea of intensive planting but I also have the dual goal of getting rid of my lawn (I hate mowing!). For my edible beds I'll do intensive planting and then for lawn areas it make sense to cover them with wood or straw mulch to kill weeds until I have energy/time to plant ornamental or edimental without having to dig up weeds/rototill, etc. It is too overwhelming to convert all my grass to growing vegetables and flowers at once.
Great video, thank you! Spiderwort is not the most popular, is it.
Haha apparently it's not popular 🤷♂️
I really enjoyed this video. I am an avid gardener. So… I subscribed
Thanks for subbing!
Centranthus (Jupiter's Beard) beats all of these. They are the first to come, March, and the last to go out. Three bloom cycles. Red, two and half ft high,. I live in Colorado. They grow anywhere except deep shade.
Thanks. Not one I'm familiar with. Track it and let us know. I'd imagine the first bloom period is shorter and then it reblooms throughout the season? I've never heard of a perennial that blooms all year like an annual, except for some of my students in beautiful California weather 😊. For all of these I tracked the first flush and just noted that they rebloom.
Please add Mexican Petunia, Blue black Salviya and Coral honeysuckle to the list. I am in Texas.
Such a useful video! Thanks very much :)
Glad it was helpful!
Please start putting zone in your headline space? I hate going off the video to go look for it. And WHAT is that dark purple Astilbe at 10:09? Is that Black Pearls? Thank you!!
The zonal range is listed on every single slide for every single plant. Not sure how you missed it.
@@PrettyPurpleDoor If it's in the Title then I can pass on the video if it is outside my zone. As a viewer of a lot of gardening videos, If I click on multiple videos and have to watch part of them only to discover the focus is outside my zone.. it becomes a time issue.
Also what is the variety of purple astilbe?
Options available in this video for zones 2-9. So basically 98% of the US and most of Canada.
Geranium Rozanne blooms a REALLY long time for me.
Thank you for this information, much appreciated.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you very much for sharing 🌸🌼🌺🌱👍
I’m one of the dreaded Carolina-ers and hydrangeas bloom at least 12 weeks for me
Haha lucky you! Hydrangeas do pretty well here in PA also. Lots of rain
Really, really, _really_ good video! Thanks. Adding value beyond the generic videos out there. Would've been even more perfect if you'd presented the bloom times in some sort of rank order for better comparison, or compared different classes of flowering plants. Subscribed!
Glad you liked it! There's a comparison table on my website. Link to article in description of the video. Didn't make sense to do that in a video
Spider wart is a weed in my 2 acre lawn in southern Alabama
This spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) is native to Eastern and Central USA. Because it's native, it grows "in the wild" and often people will refer to these types of plants as weeds, even if they are extremely beneficial to the environment.
With that said, there's another variety known as Bengal day flower or tropical spiderwort (Commelina Benghalensis). This is a true weed that's difficult to control.
This is why I always put the scientific name on the screen. Many plants are referred to by the same common name even though they're completely different plants.
Thanks great guide.
Can you share which plants have evergreen foliage?? I’d love to know that. Thanks!
None in this video are evergreen.
Excellent feedback, thank you.
I’d like to inquire on the green furniture piece please. Would you share where I can purchase please. LOVE IT !
I painted it myself
I couldn't get to the bloom chart. Will you check the link, please?
Thanks for letting me know! www.prettypurpledoor.com/guides/free-bloom-charts/
Great video!
Love your style!
Thank you!!
Love your videos💖
Thank you 😊
None of these plants, many which I’ve tried to grow in SW Florida, were successful outdoors. I’ve had luck with Mexican Petunias (reg. and dwarf) and gazania. Surprisingly, red marigolds do well in pots as long as I keep them well watered with good drainage. Sometimes when the sun is to intense in winter, or the heat is to high in the summer, I’ll put the marigolds in speckled sunlight and they bounce back in a week. I keep backup reserve pots of marigolds in speckled sunlight in my back yard, and switch them out and rotate them with the pots in the front.
very interesting we're in MA and when going to florida I noticed the variety of plants was very distinct and heat resistant (waxy for instance) where there was nothing even close to growing that we have up here and with the intense heat there that totally makes sense b/c when we even get that heat for a few days our plants wilt and suffer, so I can understand theres little chance you could grow what we do here (unless maybe in an artificial indoor (well lit) setting protected from intense heat)
Its a bit ironic b/c we also have a long list of perennials here that either do not survive winters OR are inconsistent meaning they may survive sometimes or they weaken over the seasons (get smaller eventually dying), and i keep saying to myself how I wish we lived in a warmer climate, maybe mid-atlantic would be more ideal for many of the flowers that I desire to see survive consistently, but Florida is a totally different animal for sure.
I guess as the saying goes its always greener on the other side !!!
And yah Marigolds do very well here, but they are an annual and I prefer perennials for my garden
@@davedamerjian6035 Update: I found cornflowers [bachelor’s buttons] did very well down here this past winter. I was pleasantly surprised, but unfortunately they are annuals down here, also, despite the weather. It’s just their “built in” short life cycle whether grown north or south. Their flowers last weeks on the plant and they don’t require very rich soil at all. I’m going to keep reseeding pots to see how they do now through the hot/wet season through the next 5 months. They did well even grown close together from seed. I will space them out more now to try to prevent humidity problems. Also, I have blanket flowers popping up all over my yard where I had once had containers of them, and had given up because they were scraggly looking. They are literally growing and flowering in nearly all fine sand. Perhaps I crowded them too much and gave them too much black soil. I’ll space them and try again. Good luck.
@@generalnguyenngocloan1700 havent had luck with blankflower but i see someone down the street has done very well with them out front near the street where they are blanketing.
but heres one, foxglove - bunch of them just literally showed up under thick grove of maples in my backyard had no idea what they were or how they got there. when i figured it out i have now transplanted to my main garden where theres more light and they have done great. supposedly a biennial which i guess i will confirm by next year if the same plant comes back flowering again or if it self-seeds like they say it does.
Are you deadheading some flowers (coreopsis for example) to get 12 weeks of bloom?
Minimal to no deadheading. Link in description of this video provides more details, including which of these will rebloom later in the season.
This is helpful, thanks :)
Great ideas. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!