What are some nice perennials that will bloom for about a month (or more) in the summer?

I am planning on having a really big flower garden next year. I would like to plant some perennials, but I would want them to last for about a month, more would be better. I have already bought some gladiolis and some other different kinds of mixed bulbs, and these will bloom for about 1-3 monthes. What are some more? Any lillies or anything like that? I don't care which type of perennial, but as long as it is nice.


Ps. I have a packet of snapdragon seeds and a packet of larkspur seeds that i didn't get to plant this year, will they still be good for next year, so i can plant them then? Thanks in advance.What are some nice perennials that will bloom for about a month (or more) in the summer?
In my personal and very experienced opinion, nothing can beat the rose. They come in any number of types of bushes, even trees, any number of colors, and bloom from spring to fall with many colorful, fragrant blooms.





Throw the old seeds away, you are doomed to disappoinment planting them.What are some nice perennials that will bloom for about a month (or more) in the summer?
I like the standard kind, the term excapes me now but get what you like or better yet get a variety, one that climbs near a trellis, a bush, a tree, different colors, any kind really. Report Abuse

If you have sunny areas, plant Black Eyed Susans. They start blooming in June here in Missouri and bloom for quite some time. They are very hardy and so pretty. For areas that are mostly shade, you can plant hostas. Mine are flowering now. And when they finish the folage is still pretty. For a anual, plant impations. They bloom all summer and are beautiful untll they freeze in the fall. Here they will reseed themselves.
As for the seeds lower viability but I have had success with snap dragons that were 2 years old...someone told me that it didn't work but I was pretty sure it did...perennial depends on your area, Ilive in Georgia so many pplants that are perennial here would not be in the North.





If you are in Florida morning glory is perennial. If you are in Georgia it self seeds. If you are Maine I dunno I would go with a rose variety and lillies or iris





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First, the seeds. They should still be pretty good next year if you don't plant them this year. Some of them will loose their viability, but the majority should still germinate. Keep them in a moisture proof container in a dry location at room temperature, but not in direct sunlight. I stick them in a canning jar with a lid, on a closet shelf.





It's hard to recommend perennials without knowing where you live as some do well in some zones but not others. Some that are annuals in some zones are perennials in warmer areas. Your local nursery is by far the best source for that info.





That being said, some of the ones I get the longest and best blooms from here in Texas are coreopsis, yarrow, bellflower, dianthus, coneflowers, black eyed Susans, pincushion flower, rose mallow, lavender, and shasta dasies.





Good luck with your garden!
snow in summer, green onions if you let them flower, candytuft, delphiniums and hollyhocks.