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Choose your hardiness zone, sun and other garden conditions to see the perennials that will thrive where you live. Every result links to a full growing profile with planting and care advice.

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Astilbe

Astilbe spp.
Zones 3–8Part shadeDeer resistant
A wide, soft mound of 'Walker's Low' catmint covered in lavender-blue flower spikes in a sunny garden bed

Catmint

Nepeta × faassenii, Nepeta racemosa and hybrids
Zones 3–8Full sunDeer resistant
Young coral bells with ruffled copper and amber leaves glowing in the sun, planted in a gravel-mulched bed

Coral Bells

Heuchera spp. and hybrids
Zones 4–9Part shadeDeer resistant
Long bands of magenta and white creeping phlox in full bloom covering the sloped bank of a narrow river in spring

Creeping Phlox

Phlox subulata
Zones 3–9Full sunSometimes browsed
Pink peony blooms and buds growing on a leafy clump in a perennial garden bed.

Peony

Paeonia spp.
Zones 3–8Full sunDeer resistant
Purple salvia flower spikes blooming in a sunny perennial garden bed.

Salvia

Salvia nemorosa and hybrids
Zones 4–8Full sunDeer resistant
A dense mat of 'Angelina' sedum with bright chartreuse, needle-like leaves on trailing stems

Sedum

Sedum and Hylotelephium spp.
Zones 3–9Full sunDeer resistant