15 Tall Perennial Flowers

Growing tall flowers (we're talking at least 3' and as high as 9') can make your yard look stunning, but they can also serve as a living privacy fence or hide an ugly view. Lofty perennials can also make a dramatic backdrop to a garden that has plants with varying heights and colors. Here’s a list of common perennials to try in your yard.

This towering shrub grows 7' to 9' tall, just as tall as an ornamental tree. Its flowers can grow up to 12" wide and come in gorgeous shades of red, pink and white. The only thing this giant has in common with its fragile, tropical kin is its exotic-looking blooms. It can survive winters as far north as Zone 5.

These hardy beauties grow 4' to 6' tall and burst with big, showy flowers in white, red and pink. They smell sweet and are great for cutting gardens, clip a few blooms for bouquets and flower arrangements.

These old-fashioned, soaring flowers produce spikes of blooms in color-saturated tones of blue, pink, purple and white. The biggest varieties can reach 6' tall.