full sun perennials for Nashville Tn

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Perennials are the backbone to any garden. These flowers are some of the toughest and best performing plants that you will have in your landscape.

With so many types of perennials to chose from, we came up with the  following  list of the best perennials that we have found to help you make your dreams come true.

If you need help deciding which perennials would thrive in your garden, let one of our professionals at Acer Landscape Services design the perfect garden for you home that you may enjoy for years to come.

Below is a list of the best perennials for Nashville and Middle Tennessee area. As you look over the following list, you may find some that bring back some good memories.  Maybe your grandmother grew them in her own yard, or maybe you have clipped some pictures out of a magazine that you want to incorporate, or have pictures of some of the beautiful gardens in Europe that inspires you. … a field of poppies, sunflowers, or lavender is spectacular!

Best Perennials for Nashville and Middle Tennessee

The following list of full sun perennials is for zone 6 as well as all the Mid South

    • Clump verbena (Verbena canadensis)
    • Coneflowers (Rudbeckia spp.)
    • Northern Sea Oats (Can also take shade)
    • Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
    • Big Sky hybrid coneflowers (Echinacea)
    • Swamp sunflowers (Helianthus simulans)
    •   Yarrows (Achillea spp.)
    • Wormwoods (Artemisia spp.)
    • Butterfly Weed(Asclepias tuberosa)
    • False Indigo (Baptisia australis)
    • Snowbank boltonia (Boltonia asteroides ‘Snowbank’)
    • Chrysanthemums (Chrysanthemum spp.)
    • Shasta daisys (Chrysanthemum xsuperbum)
    • Hairy goldaster (Chrysopsis villosa)
    • Tickseed (Coreopsis grandiflora
    • Pinks (Dianthus spp.)
    • Hardy ageratum (Eupatorium coelestinum)
    • Joe-Pye weed (Eupatorium purpureum)
    • Gaura (Gaura Lindheimeri)
    • Daylilies (Hemerocallis spp.)
    • Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens)
    • Bearded iris hybrids
    • Japanese iris (Iris Kaempferi)
    • Yellow flag iris (Iris Pseudocorus)
    • Roof iris (Iris tectorum)
    • Spike gayfeather (Liatris spicata)
    • Tiger lily (Lilium tigrinum)
    • Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia)
    • Common Rue (Puta graveolens)
    • Goldenrods (Solidago spp.)
    • Stokes’ aster (Stokesia laevis)
    • Red valerian (Centranthus ruber)
    • Showy primrose (Oenothera speciosa)
    • Garden phlox (Phlox paniculata)
    • Goodness Grows veronica (Veronica alpina ‘Goodness Grows’)
    • Verbenas (Verbena spp.)
    • Sages (Salvia spp.)
    • Sedums (Sedum spp.)
    • New Enland aster (Aster novae-angliae)
    • Lamb’s ear (Stachys byzantina)
    • Byzantine gladiolus (Gladiolus byzantinus)
    • Spiney Bear’s Breeches

Fall and spring are the two best times to plant perennials in your garden.  It’s also a perfect time to be sure the soil is optimal for the success of your plants.

Contact Acer today to inquire about our design services to help you make your garden its very best.

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