Transform Your Garden: The Best Low-Maintenance Perennials Revealed

Creating a vibrant summer garden is easier with perennials that spread quickly and require minimal care. Here are top picks from expert sources to fill your landscape with continuous color:

thrives in full sun, spreading rapidly to create swaths of golden-yellow blooms from midsummer through fall. Its drought tolerance makes it ideal for low-maintenance borders.

delivers fiery red, pink, or purple flowers that attract hummingbirds and butterflies all summer. This sun-loving plant resists deer and grows 2-4 feet tall.

forms soft mounds of lavender-blue flowers from late spring to fall. Its aromatic foliage deters pests while providing a flowing texture in sunny, well-drained areas.

offers daisy-like blooms in purple, pink, or white from June to August. Reaching 2-5 feet tall, it naturalizes easily and withstands dry conditions.

produces airy spikes of lavender-blue flowers from early summer until frost. This drought-tolerant perennial grows 2-4 feet wide, thriving in poor soils with full sun.

adds vertical interest with torch-like orange and yellow flower spikes. Blooming from late spring through summer, it attracts hummingbirds and grows up to 6 feet tall.

towers 4-7 feet with dusty pink flower clusters that bloom from summer into fall. This moisture-tolerant plant thrives in sunny rain gardens or pond edges.

forms a low carpet of violet-blue blooms for two months in early summer. Ideal for rock gardens or wall edges, it spreads moderately in well-drained soil.

For extended color, pair these with (long-blooming spikes in sunset hues) and varieties offering continuous summer blossoms. Prioritize plants matching your USDA zone and sunlight conditions for optimal growth.