Award Winning Perennials at Reilly's Garden Center
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Here’s a list of some of the best and hardiest perennials out there, awarded for their adaptability to a wide range of climate types, low maintenance needs, and multi-season interest. For more information on these Award Winners, visit The Perennial Plant Association Website.
Everyone has their favorites, but we at Reilly’s have found these 10 perennials are perfect for the beginning Gardner and pro alike. Click on our Garden Topic article to see what we’ve chosen:
10 Best Flowering Sun Perennials for the Pittsburgh Area
| Award Year | Common Name | Latin Name |
| 2011 | Arkansas Blue Star | Amsonia hubrichtii |
| 2010 | False Indigo | Baptisia australis |
| 2009 | Japanese Forest Grass | ‘Aureola’ Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola' |
| 2008 | Geranium ‘Rozanne’ | Geranium ‘Gerwat’ |
| 2007 | Catmint ‘Walker’s Low’ | Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ |
| 2006 | Cheddar Pink ‘Firewitch’ | Dianthus gratianopolitanus ‘Feuerhexe’ |
| 2005 | Lenten Rose | Helleborus x hybridus |
| 2004 | Japanese Painted Fern | ‘Pictum’ Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum' |
| 2003 | Shasta Daisy ‘Becky’ | Leucanthemum 'Becky' |
| 2002 | Garden Phlox ‘David’ | Phlox 'David' |
| 2001 | Feather Reed Grass ‘Karl Foerster’ | Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' |
| 2000 | Pincushion Flower ‘Butterfly Blue’ | Scabiosa columbaria 'Butterfly Blue' |
| 1999 | Black-Eyed Susan ‘Goldsturm’ | Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm' |
| 1998 | Coneflower ‘Magnus’ | Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus' |
| 1997 | Garden Sage ‘May Night’ | Salvia 'Mainacht' |
| 1996 | Tall White Beardtongue ‘Husker Red’ | Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red' |
| 1995 | Russian Sage | Perovskia atriplicifolia |
| 1994 | False Spirea | Astilbe 'Sprite' |
| 1993 | Speedwell ‘Sunny Border Blue’ | Veronica 'Sunny Border Blue' |
| 1992 | Tickseed ‘Moonbeam’ | Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam' |
| 1991 | Coral Bells ‘Palace Purple’ | Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple' |
| 1990 | Creeping Phlox | Phlox stolonifera |