Below are perennials that bloom for two months or more and perform well in Zone 8. Many varieties below bloom from April to Frost, or longer!

Name: Asters Botanical: Aster Height x Width: 18-36" H x 18-30" W Exposure: Full Sun Bloom Color: Assorted Bloom Time: Summer & Fall Water: Low once established Features: Plants are covered with brightly colored flowers in Fall. Companions: Mums and other Fall blooming perennials.

Name: Blue Balloon Flower Botanical: Platycodon 'Sentimental Blue' Height x Width: 12" H x 12" W Exposure: Full Sun Bloom Color: True Blue Bloom Time: Summer Water: Very drought tolerant Features: An abundance of blue, hot air balloon shaped buds open to star shaped flowers during summer. Very drought tolerant. A conversation plant for sure! Companions: Agastache, Daisies, Rudbeckias, Sedums, Verbena, Salvias, , and many more!

Name: Blue Star Creeper Botanical: Laurentia / Isotoma Height x Width: 1/2" H - Space 15-18" apart Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade Bloom Color: Blue Bloom Time: April to Frost! Water: Low once established Features: Fast spreading, matt-forming groundcover is excellent for use betw. Companions: One of the best steppables

Name: Butterfly Bush Botanical: Buddleia Height x Width: 6-8' H x 4-5' W Exposure: Full Sun is preferred Bloom Color: Purple, Pink, Blue, Yellow, Wine, or White Bloom Time: Sumer through Fall! Water: Low Features: Produces and abundance of flower clusters from June to frost that are butterfly magnets! Excellent specimen in the perennial garden or around patios and decks. Very Drought tolerant. Companions: Other Butterfly Bushes, Lantanas, Yarrows, Agastache, Asters, Salvias, Tall Verbena, and other butterfly attracting plants.

Name: Canna Lily 'Tropicana' Botanical: Canna Height x Width: 3-5' H x 1-3' W Exposure: Full Sun Bloom Color: Golden-Orange Bloom Time: May to Frost! Water: Dry or damp Features: Golden-Orange flowers are produced atop outstanding variegated, green, red, and yellow foliage. A beauty! Excellent in the landscape or container plantings. Tolerates dry or damp soils. Mulch in winter. Companions: Other Cannas, Elephant Ears, Yellow Flag Iris, Perennial Hibiscus, Calla Lilies, and many more.

Name: Coneflowers Botanical: Echinacea Height x Width: 18-30" H x 24" W Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade Bloom Color: Purple, White, Yellow, or Orange Bloom Time: Summer through Fall Water: Low Features: Purple or white flowers with orange-brown center cones are produced in abundance atop sturdy stems. Butterflies love them. Very drought tolerant. Companions: Yarrows, Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Bushes, Daisies, Rudbeckias, Coreopsis, Daylilies, Salvias, Sedums, Setcresia, Verbenas, Pincushion Flower, Veronicas, and many more!

Other Coneflowers: Yellow, Double Decker, Orange

Name: Coreopsis 'Moonbeam' Botanical: Coreopsis verticillata Height x Width: 18-24" H x 18-24" W Exposure: Full Sun Bloom Color: Pale Yellow Bloom Time: June to October Water: Low Features: Masses of pale yellow daisy-like flowers are produced during summer and into fall. Very attractive thinly-cut foliage is mounding. Sheering off faded flowers will allow for successive blooming. Companions: Tall Garden Phlox, Butterfly Weed, Daisies, Coneflower, other Coreopsis, Daylilies, Salvias, Sedums, Pincushion Flower,Setcresia, Verbenas, Veronicas, and more!

Name: Coreopsis 'Sunray' Botanical: Coreopsis Height x Width: 24-30" H x 24" W Exposure: Full Sun Bloom Color: Bright Yellow Bloom Time: Spring through Summer Water: Low Features: Masses of yellow, Marigold-like flowers are produced atop stems that rise above somehwat compact dark green foliage. Excellent summer long color! Deadheading encourages a longer bloom season. Excellent cut flower. Can be divided every two years or so. Companions: Phlox, Daisies, Coneflower, other Coreopsis, Daylilies, Salvias, Sedums, Setcresia, Verbenas, Butterfly Weed, Pincushion Flower, Veronicas, and many more!

Name: Daisy 'Ryan's' Botanical: Chrysanthemum superbum Height x Width: 2-3' H x 2' W Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade Bloom Color: White Bloom Time: All Summer Water: Low to average Features: The best of the best Shasta Daisies. Three and a half inch daisies are produced in abundance on sturdy stems that rise above the thick, dark green foliage. Forms massive clumps in the garden. An excellent cut flower! Companions: Other Daisies, Coneflowers, Coreopsis, Veronicas, Salvias, Sedums, Pincushion Flower, Butterfly Bush, Lantanas, Agastache, Yarrows, Daylilies, Liliums, Iris, and many many more!

Name: 'Goldstrum' Daisy - 'Black Eyed Susan' Botanical: Rudbeckia 'Goldstrum' Height x Width: 18-24" H x 24" W Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade Bloom Color: Yellow with Black eye-cone Bloom Time: Summer Water: Low Features: The 3-4" diameter yellow flowers with a black center cones are produced in abundance. An easily grown and long-lived species. Excellent cut flower. 1999 Perennial of The Year! A must inevery landscape or garden. Companions: Yarrows, Coreopsis, Daisies, Coneflowers, Agastache, Artemesia, Guara, Daylilies, Japanese Aster, Malva, Tall Phlox, Salvias, Veronicas, Sedums, Verbenas, and many more!

Name: Daylily 'Stella De Oro' Botanical: Hemerocallis Height x Width: 15-18" H x 18" W Exposure: Full Sun Bloom Color: Golden yellow Bloom Time: May and then off and on for 5 months! Water: Low Features: An abundance of yellow trumpet flowers are produced for up to 5 months thru the season! Unrivaled in longevity of bloom. A Wilson Bros. Favorite for sure! A must in every landscape or garden. Plant in mass or as a border in sunny areas. Companions: Too many to name. This Daylily is a must in every landscape. Use it in mass on slopes, as spots of color in the perennial garden, or as splashes of color in groups anywhere in the sunny areas of the landscape!

Name: Gaillardia 'Goblin' - Blanket Flower Botanical: Gaillardia Height x Width: 12" H x 12" W Exposure:   Bloom Color: Yellow & Red bi-color Bloom Time: May to Frost! Water: Low Features: Exceptionally drought tolerant perennial that produces large yellow and red bi-color blooms from May to frost! Very low maintenance. Useful in perennial gardens, rock gardens, or wildflower plantings. Companions: Coreopsis, Rudbeckias, Yarrow, Daylilies, Sedums, Hens and Chicks,

Many colors available

Name: Perennial Hibicus Botanical: Hibiscus Height x Width: 4-5' H x 4-5' W Exposure: Full Sun Bloom Color: Blooms are up to 12" across - dinnerplate size!! Bloom Time: Summer through Fall! Water: Tolerates dry or damp soils Features: These hibiscus are not to be confused with 'tropical' hibiscus which are annuals in Zone 8. Companions: Elephant Ears, Yellow Flag Iris, Horsetail Grass, Calla Lilies, Canna Lilies, Joe Pye Weed, Bee Balm, and other plants that prefer damp soils.

Name: Hibiscus 'Swamp' Botanical: Hibiscus coccineus Height x Width: 6' H x 6' W Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade Bloom Color: Red - 6" across Bloom Time: Summer into Fall Water: Dry or Wet! Features: Outstanding red flowers are 6" across. Cutleaf foliage is very attractive.Outstanding specimen or background plant in the perennial garden or landscape. Tolerates damp or dry soils. Companions: Other perennial Hibiscus, Yellow Flag Iris, Horsetail Grass, Canna Lilies, Joe Pye Weed, Bee balm, Calla Lilies, and other plants that like damp soils.

Name: Ice Plant Botanical: Delosperma cooperi Height x Width: 3-4"H - Space 18-24" apart Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade Bloom Color: Purple Bloom Time: April to Frost Water: Very drought tolerant Features: Purple flowers are rpoduced in abundance atop the evergreen matt-forming succulent foliage. Useful as a groundcover or border in islands, perennial or rock gardens, or foundation plantings. Companions: Combines nicely with just about any other plants. Knockout Rose, Stella De Oro Daylily, Barberries, Yuccas, and Abelias to name just a few.

Name: Lantana's Botanical: Lantana Height x Width: 2-6' H x 4-8' W depending on variety Exposure: Full Sun Bloom Color: Several colors to choose from. Bloom Time: May to Frost! Water: Very drought tolerant Features: Unrivaled for attracting butterflies! The flower clusters are produced in abundance from late spring thru fall. Leave plenty of room in the garden for these fast growing, mounding perennial shrubs. Very drought tolerant. A must in every garden or landscape! Most definitely a Wilson Bros Favorite!! Prune back in Spring when new growth begins to emerge. Fall pruning insures death. Companions: Yarrows, Butterfly Bush, Ice Plant, Sedums, Ornamental Grasses, Junipers, Barberries, Yucca, Coneflowers, Rudbeckias, Pincushion Flower, and many other plants that attract butterflies and are drought tolerant.

Name: Malva 'Zebrina' - Hollyhock Mallow Botanical: Malva sylvestris Height x Width: 36-42" H x 24" W Exposure: Full Sun Bloom Color: White w/ Purple stripes Bloom Time: June through September Water: Drought tolerant once established Features: Single, hollyhock-like flowers open all summer in the leaf axils of plants with big, lobed foliage. Best grown in well drained soils in sun. Companions: Yarrows, Hollyhock, Butterfly Bush, Coreopsis, Daisies, Ice Plant, Coneflowers, Daylilies, Japanese Aster, Liatris, Phlox, Salvias, Sedums, Veronicas, Verbenas, and more.

Name: Pincushion Flower - (Pink or Blue) Botanical: Scabiosa Height x Width: 12-18" H x 18" W Exposure: Full Sun Bloom Color: Blue Bloom Time: April to Frost! Water: Drought tolerant once established Features: Multitudes of vivid-blue flowers, resembling pin cushions, are produced from April to frost on this low, mounding, very drought tolerant perennial. Attracts butterflies and an excellent cut flower! A must in every garden! Companions: Yarrows, Agastaches, Artemesia, Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Bush, Daisies, Coreopsis, Coneflowers, Guara, Daylilies, Japanese Aster, Phlox, Knockout Rose, Sedum, Salvia, Veronicas, and many more!

Name: Garden Phlox - (Tall) Botanical: Phlox paniculata Height x Width: 2-3' H x 2' W Exposure: Full Sun Bloom Color: Assorted Bloom Time: Summer into Fall if deadheaded Water: Low to average...water during prolonged drought Features: Large vividly-colored flower clusters are produced in abundance atop clumps of dark green foliage on vertical stems. Underused in our area. Very eye catching and a must in any sunny garden or landscape! Mildew resistant. Some are fragrant and good cut flowers. Companions: Yarrows, Agastache, Artemesia, Hollyhocks, Coreopsis, Daisies, Butterfly Bush, Coneflowers, Gaura, Daylilies, Lantanas, Japanese Aster, Malva, Russian Sage, Salvias, Veronicas, Sedums, and more!

Name: Pineapple Sage Botanical: Salvia elegans Height x Width: 3' H x 2' W Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade Bloom Color: Red Bloom Time: July to Frost! Water: Tolerates dry but prefers damp soils. Features: Produces an abundance of red tubular flowers that are a hummingbird magnet! The foliage of this plant smells just like fresh pineapples! A must in every garden! Like moisture retentive soils. Companions: Other perennials that like moisture retentive soils and that attract hummingbirds.

Name: 'Bog' Salvia - REPELS DEER! Botanical: Salvia ulginosa Height x Width: 3-4' H x 3-4' W Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade Bloom Color: Intense Sky Blue Bloom Time: June to Frost and beyond!! Water: Performs well in damp or dry soils! Features: This Salvia actually repels deer!!! The odor that comes from the foliage is intolerable to our fluffy tailed friends. Plant several of these beauties around the yard and no more deer! Companions: Other Salvias, Yarrows, Sedums, Coneflowers, Rudbeckias, Agastaches, Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Bush, Lantanas, Coreopsis, Ryans Daisy, Asters, all kinds of shrubs, and many more!

Name: 'Black & Blue' Salvia Botanical: Salvia guaranitica Height x Width: 4-5' H x 3-4' W Exposure: Full Sun Bloom Color: Intense Blue Bloom Time: May to Frost! Water: Average Features: Georgia Gold Medal Winner! Navy blue flowers are produced in abundance from May to frost on this upright perennial bush. One of the most outstanding plants in your garden! A must in every garden and a Wilson Bros. Favorite! Companions: Yarrows, Agastache, Butterfly Weed, Artemesia, Butterfly Bush, Lantana, Daisies, Coneflowers, Daylilies, Japanese Aster, Obediaent Plant, Bee