Quick spreading perennials fill in gaps in your landscape and flower gardens fast. Once established, these kinds of perennials crowd out weeds, therefore they decrease the need to weed the garden consistently. Fast growing flowers add color to the garden during precisely the same year they are planted.
Showy Flowers
Perennials with showy flowers function well as showcase plants meant to capture the eye of visitors to the garden. These are the flowers which cause people to stop and stare. 1 example, the “Cora Stubbs” peony (Paeonia x “Cora Stubbs”), produces raspberry-pink petals surrounding creamy-white centers on top of 3-foot-tall stems. Its perennial clumps spread 2 to 3 feet wide in full sun locations in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 through 8. These spring blooms are also good for cut flower bouquets. Pretty “Rebecca” viola (Viola cornuta “Rebecca”) grows best in USDA zones 5 through 9, reaching 6 to 8 inches tall spreading 16 inches or more wide. The white vanilla-scented blossoms are blushed with yellow and flecked with purple around the petal edges. This evergreen perennial functions as a ground cover in full to part sun locations, blooming from spring into summer.
Dramatic Leaves
Striking leaves on fast propagating plants last during the season. Some have outstanding, colorful leaf. 1 bright-colored perennial grown chiefly for its leaves is that the “Ice and Fire” plantain lily (Hosta x “Ice and Fire”), a variegated hosta with twisted leaves with white centers and green edges. At USDA plant hardiness zones 4 through 8, lavender flowers appear in the summer on this 14- to 16-inch-tall plant which spreads 12 to 32 inches wide. Hostas are good for shady areas with moist soil. “Midnight Rose” coral bells (Heuchera x “Midnight Rose”) create blackish-purple leaves spotted with warm pink and pink spots and 24-inch-tall white spring blossom spikes in USDA zones 4 through 9, reaching 10 inches tall and 16 inches wide.
Plants That Attract Butterflies
Some quick spreading perennials attract butterflies to their brightly coloured blooms. Gardeners use these perennials to help create butterfly gardens. “Blue Fortune” hyssop (Agastache “Blue Fortune”), in USDA zones 5 through 9, attains 18 inches tall and wide, growing in full to partial sun. The green leaves give off a peppermint-lemon smell when disturbed. Spikes of tiny lavender-blue blossoms appear in the summertime. “Red Velvet” yarrow (Achillea millefolium “Red Velvet”) create velvety red summer blooms held in apartment clusters on 36-inch-tall stems over 12-inch-tall ferny gray-green leaves. This sun-loving perennial quickly spreads, reaching 5 feet wide.
Plants That Attract Hummingbirds
Several kinds of fast growing perennials attract hummingbirds to the garden by supplying the birds a supply of nectar. Golden globes loosestrife (Lysimachia procumbens) produces clusters of yellow blossoms with red throats from spring into summer with golden-green leaves in full to partial sun. This 6- year to 8-inch-high plant spreads out to 18 to 24 inches wide in USDA zones 6 through 11. This perennial functions as a ground cover when grown in moist soil. “The Clown” rose mallow (Hibiscus x “The Clown”) grows best in USDA plant hardiness zones 4 through 10, creating a shrublike mound 4 to 7 ft tall in the full sun. Big pink blossoms with red eyes, which seem from summer until the last autumn frost, give the garden a tropical look.