Perennials for a Fall Floral Finish

After a long hot summer, the autumn garden doesn’t have to end in a sigh. The hardworking perennials presented in this Better Homes and Gardens video provide a fall floral finish.

There are many fall-flowering perennials that can add color and pizzazz to your garden. Plant a few of these and enjoy your garden longer:

‘Fireworks’ Goldenrod is an award-winning classic for almost every fall garden. It’s a reliable tough plant, and pollinators love it too.

While there are many varieties of maidenhair grasses, one of the best for modern gardens is Adagio for its consistent dwarf habit. It’s also a sterile cultivar, which means it won’t re-seed all over the garden.

While little bluestems are popular native warm season grasses, many varieties have a tendency to lodge late in the season, but not ‘Standing Ovation’, a new variety that doesn’t fade or flop as temperatures fall.

Hearty Plumbego blooms through the season, but in fall, those blue flowers provide an unexpected pop of color as the rest of the landscape fizzles.

Pitcher Sage is a North American native that grows in a variety of soil types and is a native alternative to Russian Sage.

Hardworking, drought-tolerant sedums come in a variety of sizes, like the ground cover Lidakense.

Windflowers, which come in shades of white, lavender and pink, have been popular perennials in American gardens for well over a century.

Hardy to Zone 7, Salvia leucantha is a fall-flowering perennial often in full tilt as cooler temperatures set in.