40 Perennial Plants to Create Your Perfect Summer Garden

35. Liatris

Liatris is a stunning, showy perennial with stalks of whispy purple flowers that survives through a unique means: corms! Corms, yes with an m, are short, vertically oriented tubers. Other bulbs that overwinter through corms include some varieties of Iris, Gladioluses, and crocuses.

If you are living in a cold climate, you can dig up the corms and overwinter them in a root cellar or another cool, dry place, making them a versatile choice. You can still have a summery garden even if you live in a chilly location thanks to this perennial!