Plants Blooming All Summer

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

So you want the garden to be decorated with flowers throughout the garden season. To do this, you need to select in advance plant varieties that are ready to delight with flowers all summer. Let's remember them and take note

There are many plants that bloom profusely throughout the summer season without much care. They can be grown from seeds, or more simply from seedlings.

1. Petunia

The annual petunia plant blooms for a long time, from mid-spring to late autumn. Hybrid purple, pink, blue, red, creamy white petunias bloom profusely and are suitable for both garden beds and balcony containers. The seeds of the plant are small, therefore, after sowing, it is imperative to thin out and dive its shoots. It is easier to buy ready-made seedlings and plant them in well-drained soil in a sunny place. You can also grow flowers in hanging pots, watering and feeding them regularly.

2. Zinnia

This thermophilic plant blooms in sunny places throughout the summer. Zinnias need to be watered and fed regularly. It should be noted that this flower is quite tall (up to 30-40 cm) and can shade smaller flowers in a flower bed.

3. Gaylardy

The perennial plant blooms with bright yellow flowers decorated with maroon hearts. Gaillardia can grow in poor soils and does not require constant and careful maintenance. It can be grown from seed or seedlings throughout the summer.

4. Amaranth

This plant grows throughout the warm season until the frost. It can often be found in city flower beds. It is well suited for making bouquets, and dried in shady places, the plant looks great in flower arrangements and flower arrangements. Amaranth is a drought-tolerant annual plant that blooms with purple, light pink, lilac, white and red flowers.

5. Hydrangea

A perennial and very beautiful plant, ready to decorate any garden flower bed. Both individual bushes and a whole "living fence" of hydrangeas look good. It blooms almost all summer with large and lush panicle inflorescences. Propagated by cuttings. Hydrangeas grow well in the morning sun and midday shade with ample water.

6. Coreopsis

This is the closest relative of the wild line. It blooms with yellow and golden flowers, similar to daisies. The stems of the plant are thin and long. Coreopsis blooms in late spring, ending flowering in late summer. They prefer sunny places.

7. Marigolds

One of the most versatile and "hassle-free" garden flowers. They are sown in flower beds, as a living border along the garden path, in containers, flowerpots and even in the beds along with garden crops. These are compact plants with flowers of yellow-orange, reddish-burgundy, orange colors. Marigolds love warm weather, and their flowering continues from spring to the very frost. They grow from seeds and do not require much maintenance. But without a long absence of watering, they begin to wither.

8. Yarrow

There are cultivated varieties of yarrow for the garden. It blooms with off-white or yellowish flowers. You can also find shades of pink, cream, peach, red. The plant blooms throughout the season, decorating the garden with flowers and greenery. The plant has medicinal properties. It grows well in the sun, but severe drought can be fatal for it.

9. Iberian

This evergreen plant blooms in tiny white, pink or purple flowers from spring to the end of the warm season. The plant needs constantly moist soil. This plant also has medicinal properties.

10. Echinacea purpurea

Echinacea blooms in large purple-pink flowers that have long petals, slightly drooping down. The core of the plant is strongly convex and prickly. Echinacea hybrids come in many different colors and shapes. The flower propagates by roots. It blooms all summer long. It is useful to brew the flowers of the plant for making tea and infusions, since the plant has medicinal properties.

11. Daylily

The flowering of this relative of the lily under favorable conditions and warm weather lasts from early summer until autumn. Perhaps this is one of the most unpretentious flowers from the lily family. Usually, each flower of the plant blooms only one day, but after it new ones appear all the time, providing the plant with long flowering. Daylilies have long stems, which allows them to form large and beautiful bouquets.

12. Rudbeckia

Perennial garden flowers are distinguished by large yellow flowers and are characterized by abundant flowering throughout the summer. The unusual contrast of the bright yellow petals and the brown center makes the flowers very beautiful. The plant blooms all summer until the coldest days. It is unpretentious in care.

13. Catnip

The fragrant plant blooms with abundant small bluish-purple flowers on long stems. You can recognize catnip by its silvery-gray leaves. It blooms from spring to autumn. The plant is drought-resistant, tolerates sunlight and partial shade well. Has a pleasant scent that cats like very much.

14. Snapdragon

Long-term flowering is also observed in snapdragons, which pleases with beautiful, unusual flowers of all kinds of shades: pink, peach, yellow, red. They are diversified by the middle of the flower, which is distinguished by darker or contrasting shades. This plant is able to decorate the garden throughout the season. Snapdragon propagates by seeds or cuttings, it is better to plant plants in spring.