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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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Close-up of a scarlet bee balm flower head with a ring of narrow, tubular red petals

Bee Balm

Monarda didyma, Monarda fistulosa and hybrids
Zones 4–9Full sunDeer resistant
Golden black-eyed Susan flowers with dark brown centers blooming in a perennial garden bed.

Black-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia spp.
Zones 3–9Full sunDeer 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
Pink-purple coneflowers with orange-brown centers blooming in a sunny perennial garden bed.

Coneflower

Echinacea spp.
Zones 3–9Full sunDeer 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
A cluster of garden phlox with pink-and-white striped flowers surrounded by violet-purple phlox blooms

Garden Phlox

Phlox paniculata
Zones 3–8Full sunSometimes browsed
Purple lavender flower spikes blooming above silvery-green foliage in a sunny garden bed.

Lavender

Lavandula spp.
Zones 5–9Full sunDeer resistant
Pink peony blooms and buds growing on a leafy clump in a perennial garden bed.

Peony

Paeonia spp.
Zones 3–8Full sunDeer resistant
Branching silver-white stems of Russian sage lined with small lavender-blue flowers, with a bee feeding on the blooms

Russian Sage

Salvia yangii, formerly Perovskia atriplicifolia
Zones 4–9Full 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