We wish to plant perennials in planters at Lake Eufuala. They would be I. The sun about 8 hours a day in the summer. What perennials would be best?  This is the most detailed I can get. 

Here are just a handful of options. There are many more. Most are relatively drought tolerant once established but will require some irrigation especially during extreme heat and little to no precipitation. Which ones you choose will depend on the size/space of the containers/planters, exposure, and available water. You should also take into consideration time of blooming as well as foliage, form and texture. If you have the space it will look better and provide genetic diversity if you can combine several species and/or cultivars.

Achillea spp. – yarrow

Agastache – anise-hyssop, hummingbird mint

Allium spp. – ornamental onion

Amsonia spp. – blue star (A. hubrichtii – Thread-leaf or Hubricht’s Blue Star)

Artemisia spp. – wormwood

Asclepias tuberosa –butterfly weed

Aster spp. - aster

Callirhoe involucrata – winecup, poppy mallow

Ceratostigma plumbaginoides – plumbago, leadwort

Coreopsis verticillata – threadleaf coreopsis, whorled tickseed

Delosperma nubigenum – ice plant

Echinacea purpurea - purple coneflower

Gaillardia x grandiflora – blanket flower, Indian blanket

Gaura lindheimeri – Gaura, whirling butterflies

Linum perenne – blue flax

Narcissus spp. – daffodil, narcissus

Penstemon barbatus – penstemon, beardtongue

Perovskia atriplicifolia – Russian sage

Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima – black-eyed-Susan

Salvia greggii – autumn sage, Salvia guaranitica – Anise-scented sage, ‘Black & Blue’

Sedum spp. – sedum

Stachys byzantina – lamb’s ear

Stipa tennuissima – Mexican feather grass

Verbena canadensis ‘Homestead’ – Homestead verbena

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