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Top 10 Perennials for a Spectacular Spring Garden!

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Top 10 perennials for spectacular spring gardens! These spring blooming perennials are perfect companion plants for daffodils, tulips, and other spring blooming bulbs. Dicentra/Bleeding Heart. For perennial gardens, there are two types of dicentra. The traditional favorite is Dicentra spectablis, also known as old-fashioned bleeding heart. It starts blooming along with the daffodils. The plants grow 3 feet tall and the flowers are displayed in a row on slender, arching stems. The flowers can be deep pink, red or white. After flowering, the entire plant dies back to the ground. The other type, Dicentra formosa, is sometimes called fernleaf bleeding heart. These plants grow 6 to 10 tall and display clusters of smaller, slightly less distinct hearts in the same color range of white, pink and red. Flowering begins a few weeks after Dicentra spectablis and continues on and off all summer. The foliage stays fresh-looking and attractive until fall. Hellebores. These clumping-forming plants have leathery leaves and rose-like flowers. In the photo above, the blossom at the center has already lost its petals. What remains is the showy calyx, which is like a saucer beneath the flower. These persist for several weeks and are almost as attractive as the flowers themselves. Hellebores grow 12-18 tall and their downward-facing blossoms are borne in clusters. The earliest blooming is Helleborus niger, which has white flowers on short stems. Helleborus orientalis is a taller plant and is available with single or double flowers in a wide range of colors, from cream through pink and burgundy. Hellebores are wonderful cut flowers. Here is a video on how to get the longest vase life from cut hellebores - Primula/Primroses. There are dozens of different types of primroses that bloom from early through late spring. Hybrids are the most commonly available and they offer the widest range of color options. Traditional favorites such as cowslips and drumstick primroses have their own unique charm and are definitely worth seeking out. Primroses self-sow but in a good way. To encourage this, leave the spent flowers in place until the seed pods are dry and empty. At that point, you can cut off the stems (and the foliage, too if it's looking limp and yellow) and the plants will generate fresh leaves. Candytuft. This long-lived, creeping perennial, whose Latin name is Iberis sempervirens, grows 6 to 12 tall. It is happiest when planted in a sunny nook, especially in or near a rock wall. The leathery foliage stays deep green almost year-round. The blinding-white flowers last for weeks. If you shear off the spent flowers, the plant will provide an attractive carpet of foliage all season long. Cushion Spurge. Euphorbia polychroma (shown above) is a mounding plant with brilliant, chrome yellow flowers that last for a month or more. The bracts (clusters of modified leaves) that surround the flowers magnify the color impact. Another good euphorbia to consider is Euphorbia dulcis Chameleon’. It has maroon leaves and burgundy flowers. These two plants look great together and flatter any others that are growing nearby. Foamflower. These easy, long-lived plants are closely related to heuchera, but the leaves are smaller and have a fuzzy surface texture. Many also display prominent red or purple names. Tiarella cordifolia grows just 8 to 12 tall and has pale pink, bottle-brush flowers. Native tiarellas are excellent groundcovers because they spread by stolons or runners. If you want a plant that will stay where you put it, seek out a named cultivar such as Sugar and Spice’ or Pink Skyrocket’. Lungwort. This plant's unusual common name comes from its Latin one: Pulmonaria officinalis. Botanists named it for the spotted patterns on its soft, slightly hairy leaves. The plants grow 12-18 tall and maintain a neat, mounding habit. This is a prolific spring bloomer, with flower clusters that typically display a mix of blue and pink florets. Bees are crazy about the flowers. Barrenwort. This graceful, well-mannered plant grows 12-18 tall. The heart-shaped leaves often have reddish edges both early and late in the growing season. Epimedium flowers resemble little parasols and are displayed in airy clusters, with flower colors ranging from white and pink to yellow and even orange. This is an excellent plant for dry shade, though it will also thrive in moist, woodland-like soils. Miniature Iris. These diminutive perennials bloom almost a month before their full size relatives. Crested iris are the earliest and the tiniest of the lot, standing just 3 tall. Dwarf bearded iris (shown above) range in height from 5 to 12 tall. They look like miniature versions of their larger cousins and are available in the same range of beautiful colors. Support my channel by becoming a member:
Date: 2025-02-06

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Comments and reviews: 20

aalejardin
Penstemon hirsutus (hairy beardstongue) has done well for me and is a great native. I put in a bunch of bareroot mertensia virginica (virginia bluebells) and am hoping those take hold. There are a lot of beautiful native spring ephemerals that will grow in the shade. I also have many of the plants on your list, and I totally agree that they are great to have! Brunnera and aquilegia do well for me in Zone 7a Lower Hudson Valley. The aquilegia self-sows all over the place, which is a plus in my book -- I just pull any that I don't like. I have a large garden area so I don't mind re-seeders especially if the foliage is distinctive so that it is easy to tell that the baby plants are not weeds.
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betsymaltby6788
Great list. Some I don't have so I took notes! My favs are pulmonaria, brunnera & always hellebores; I have all three tucked in throughout my garden. All three stay evergreen (after they flower) through frost in my zone 6b/7a garden. The pulmonaria can continue to look good in the garden as long as you cut back the spent blooms and periodically the dead foliage from underneath. Hellebores are evergreen, however, I cut back the previous year foliage in the late winter/early spring so the flowers are the star of the show as early as February some years.
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modelno2004
Anything that is beginner-proof! I planted a small fothergilla in my yard in the fall because I saw that it did well in my zone (7, and had 3 seasons of beautiful interest: bottle-brush-like flowers in the spring, lush green foliage in the summer, and then it turns red/orange/yellow in the fall before dying back for winter. I’m hoping it gets to its full size of 5’x5’ and acts as a living fence between me and my neighbor, who can enjoy the plant too!
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northlawn_flower_farm
Lady's mantle (Alchemilla mollis) is wonderful and self-seeds. Love heuchera, tiarella, and heucherella (the cross between the two. Heuchera Marmalade, Green Spice, and Grape Soda are great cultivars. Epimedium are really nice as a ground cover. mine have the yellow flowers. Had a bleeding heart with chartreuse foliage, but it was a short-timer in my garden.
Have to add some dwarf bearded iris to the gardens. oh, Schreiner's!
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wswchen
Awesome list! Now I need to add candytuft, tiarella, and pulmonaria to my grow list this year! I planted some dicentra last year but I don’t think I gave it enough water in a dry shade area that it was planted. I will try again! What do you think of adding baptisia and peonies to this list I have white peonies next to blue baptisia that bloom next to each other in may/June every year and make a stunning show.
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northlawn_flower_farm
Bleeding is one of my favorites as well. Never knew that there was a 2nd version of it. But actually ALL spring flowers are my favorite. The excitement of life, color and fragrance is like a celebration of We've made it through the winter. Unfortunate, like you said, how elements of the region affect the success of the plants. Columbine is my disappointing plant.
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nitastacy8325
Enjoyed this list. Creeping phlox is at the top of my list. I have several large plantings of it and plan on adding more. Of course my daffodils coming up each year is the message that spring is close. I just bought a bleeding heart tuber to add in my shade garden. I’m hoping it grows here in Oklahoma City.
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emmalavenham
Spring ephemerals - twin leaf, trillium and blood root (and bluebells) - are all must have us for us in our woodland spaces - paired with white trout lilies white daffs and later summer snowflake. Perennial must haves - brunnera, epimedium, pulmonaria. Go to groundcovers - barren strawberry and tiarella.
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nicolechew1029
I live in southeast VA zone 8a. One of my favorite spring bloomers is pulmonaria, or lungwort. It's always one of the first to bloom and the pink and purple hues are so welcome in the spring! The spotted, silver foliage is also great for interest. Great list, Danielle!
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carlas872
Hi Danielle! That was fun! I need to add epimedium and candytuft. The hummingbirds love lungwart and put it in as many shady beds as I can. I just bought Primrose 'Cowslip' seeds from Select Seeds and plan to winter sow them. Thank you for sharing your list!
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northlawn_flower_farm
Fantastic topic. I had a flower friend ask about what blooms when. The deer eat my tiarellas but I have all the rest. With a thick layer of snow on the ground it is nice to remember what will soon be coming.
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northlawn_flower_farm
Pulmonaria shrimps on the barbie! They form large clumps quickly, divide well, bloom early and for a long time, and look beautiful even when not in bloom. Can't say enough about that plant!
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MicheleLHarvey
Favorite spring perennials I would say the naturalizing bulbs of crocus, daffodils, grape hyacinth, squill & Leucojum. Of your ten Bleeding heart's my sentimental fave!
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eugemerl6578
I love all your selection of perennial flowers. My friend gifted me hellebores and bleeding heart last year. I can't wait to see them bloom watching from Missouri Zone 6A
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debraisola9037
Moved to a very wet climate by the Sea from a Hot sunny valley and gardening has been difficult. But I planted Hellebores and they are blooming beautifully
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annriggle1945
I live in 6b. My favorite- hands down is ice folley daffodils. I have a yard of 2, 000 of them! I also enjoy hellebores and bleeding hearts as well!
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Gardeningpeace
I watched this video 3 times in a row, took notes and shared with 3 others. I appreciate your videos so much, so beautiful and inspiring. Thank you.
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EmeraldPawYT
Creeping phlox is definitely the stunner in my garden! They are growing along the length of my retaining wall where I can’t get much else to grow.
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EvelynM-vlogs
Giant Solomon Seal, it grows in next to no light, making it an invaluable, tall, spring flower under my row of cedar trees that line my driveway.
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elmariedstra5631
Oh this was really a nice video! I love these flowers! I hope you do more videos on other tried and true plants!
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