Here are the most beautiful Perennial Flowers for Georgia that you can grow in your garden for a brilliant display of colors if you live in the state!
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Best Perennial Flowers for Georgia
1. Blanket Flower
Botanical Name: Gallardia
USDA Zones: 3-10
Blanket flowers add a dash of colors to the garden bed from midsummer till fall. It loves full sunlight and prefers medium to low well-draining soil.
2. Garden Phlox
Botanical Name: Phlox paniculata
USDA Zones: 4-8
With their heady fragrance and showy display, Garden Phlox can cover your garden in blooms from early to mid-summer till fall.
3. Coneflowers
Botanical Name: Echinacea purpurea
USDA Zones: 3-8
Another popular choice for perennial flowers in Georgia is Coneflower. With blooms that look similar to Daisies, Coneflowers attract butterflies and bees.
4. Hostas
Botanical Name: Hostas
You can grow Hostas for their stunning foliage and enjoy blooms from July to September. Its blooms attract hummingbirds and make for beautiful ground cover.
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5. Oriental Poppy
Botanical Name: Papaver orientale
USDA Zones: 3-7
Add Oriental Poppy to your yard if you wish to add flair and color to the space. The papery flowers rise above the foliage from early to mid-summer.
6. Black-Eyed Susan
Botanical Name: Rudbeckia Hirta
USDA Zones: 3-9
Black-eyed Susan looks similar to a Sunflower as it belongs to the same family of Asteraceae. It’s an ideal perennial flower for Georgia as it has a long-blooming season.
7. Gerbera Daisy
Botanical Name: Gerbera jamesonii
USDA Zones: 8-11
Gerbera Daisies produce big, showy daisies in red, yellow, and orange with a distinct yellow center. Flowers rise on slender stems in mid-summer and continue to bloom until fall.
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8. Blue Wild Indigo
Botanical Name: Baptisia australis
Blue Wild Indigo can be worth all the efforts as it can amaze you with its attractive blooms in shades of blue and purple.
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9. Rose Mallow
Botanical Name: Hibiscus moscheutos
USDA Zones: 4-9
Rose Mallow is also called Swamp Mallow or Hardy Hibiscus. This ornamental perennial shrub can grow up to 3-7 feet in height with pink or white flowers.
10. Cardinal Flower
Botanical Name: Lobelia cardinalis
USDA Zones: 2-9
With vibrant red-colored blooms, Cardinal Flower resembles the bright red robes of Roman Catholic cardinals, as the name suggests.
11. Shasta Daisy
Botanical Name: Leucanthemum x superbum
USDA Zones: 5-9
These perennials with short-season can return for many years before they die out. They look similar to the Wild Oxeye Daisy though the flowers are brighter and bigger.
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12. Butterfly Weed
Botanical Name: Asclepias tuberosa
The butterfly weed is a cluster-forming perennial. With bright orange blooms and contrasting foliage in green, it looks fabulous in garden beds.
13. Bird’s Foot Violet
Botanical Name: Viola Pedata
Bird’s Foot Violet grows bright blue-purple flowers and is also known as Viola Pedata. Irs bright stamens in the shade of orange add contrasting hue to the overall appearance.
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14. Foxglove
Botanical Name: Digitalis
USDA Zones: 4-10
Foxglove blooms in spring for 5-7 weeks. Removing the spent flowers will encourage a new flush of blooms later in the season.
15. Cherokee Rose
Botanical Name: Rosa laevigata
USDA Zones: 7-9
The state flower of Georgia is drought-tolerant and can survive in poor soil. It blooms waxy white flowers with a large golden center encircled by green leaves.
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