Vernonia ‘Summer’s Swan Song’ has been voted the 2027 Perennial Plant of the Year by The Perennial Plant Association’s members.
It was officially announced at the 2026 National Symposium in East Lansing, Michigan, the last week of July 2026.
“Vernonia is a genus of about 350 forbs and shrubs in the daisy family,” according to NC State Extension. “The genus name honors William Vernon (1666/67 – c. 1711), an English plant collector and entomologist who collected plants in Maryland, USA in 1698.”