Who isn't mesmerized these days with the mind-boggling array of perennial plants on the market? What we really want to know is: How does a plant
perform in gardens over the long-term? Since 1989, our nursery has been trialing plants in our own trial gardens. We've compiled a list of and now offer
the best of the best "must have" plants in gardens where they will grow.
Use the chart below to select ToGoGarden TOP Selection cut flower perennial plants for certain sun exposures, water needs, bloom period and USDA Zones
*Water Needs: Indicates needs once plants are established
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| Perennial Plant Name or Type | Sun Exposure | Water Needs | Season in Color | USDA Zones |
| Acanthus (Bears Breeches) | Shade / Part Shade | Average, High | Summer | 7-10 |
| Achillea (Yarrow) | Sun | Low | Spring & Summer | 4-9 |
| Agastache (Hummingbird Mint) | Sun | Low | Summer to Frost | 7-9 |
| Anemone (Windflower) | Shade / Part Shade | Average, High | Fall | 5-9 |
| Artemisia (Wormwood) | Sun | Low | Year Round Foliage | 5-9 |
| Astilbe (False Spirea) | Sun | Average | Spring | 4-9 |
| Baptisia (False Indigo) | Sun | Low | Spring | 4-8 |
| Brunnera (Heart Leaf Forget-Me-Nots) | Shade | Average | Spring | 3-8 |
| Centaurea (Mountain Bluet) | Sun | Average, Low | Spring & Summer | 4-8 |
| Coreopsis (Tickseed) | Sun | Low | Summer & Fall | 5-9 |
| Dianthus | Sun | Low | Spring | 4-9 |
| Echinacea (Coneflowers) | Sun | Low | Summer | 4-8 |
| Eupatorium (Joe Pye Weed) | Sun / Part Sun | Average, High | Summer | 4-8 |
| Ferns | Shade / Mostly Shade | Average | N/A | 3-10 (Varies) |
| Gaillardia (Blanket Flower) | Sun | Low | Spring to Frost | 5-9 |
| Helenium (Helen's Flower) | Sun | Average, Low | Summer, Fall | 4-8 |
| Helianthus (Sunflower) | Sun | Average | Summer | 4-8 |
| Helleborus (Lenten Rose) | Shade / Part Shade | Low | Winter, Early Spring | 5-9 |
| Heuchera (Coral Bells) | Shade / Part Shade | Average | Spring, Summer | 4-8 |
| Heucherella (Foamy Bells) | Shade / Part Shade | Average | Spring, Summer | 4-9 |
| Hosta Lilies | Shade / Part Shade | Low | Summer | 3-8 |
| Iberis (Candytuft) | Sun | Low | Spring | 3-9 |
| Kniphofia (Red Hot Pokers / Torch Lilies) | Sun | Low | Summer | 5-8 |
| Lavendula (Lavender) | Sun / Part Sun | Low | Summer | 8-10 |
| Leucanthemum (Shasta Daisies) | Sun | Average | Summer | 4-9 |
| Monarda (Bee Balm) | Sun | Average, High | Spring, Summer | 4-9 |
| Nepeta (Catmint) | Sun | Low | Spring to Frost | 4-9 |
| Perovskia (Russian Sage) | Sun | Low | Summer | 4-9 |
| Phlox (Garden Phlox) | Sun | Average | Summer | 3-8 |
| Physostegia (Obedient Plant) | Sun | Average, High | Summer | 3-9 |
| Platycodon (Balloon Flower) | Sun | Low | Summer | 3-9 |
| Polemonium (Jacob's Ladder) | Shade | Average | Spring | 3-9 |
| Pulmonaria (Lungwort) | Shade | Average | Spring | 3-8 |
| Rosmarinus (Rosemary) | Sun | Low | Spring | 6-9 |
| Rudbeckia (Black Eyed Susan Daisies) | Sun | Low | Summer | 3-9 |
| Salvia (Sages) | Sun | Average, Low | Spring to Frost | 6-10 (Varies) |
| Scabiosa (Pincushion Flower) | Sun | Low | Spring to Frost | 4-9 |
| Stokesia (Stoke's Aster) | Sun | Low | Summer | 5-9 |
| Tiarella (Foam Flower) | Shade / Part Shade | Average | Spring | 4-9 |
| Verbena | Sun | Low | Spring to Frost | 7-10 (Varies) |
| Veronica (Speedwell) | Sun | Low | Spring, Summer | 3-8 (Varies) |
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