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Planting perennials is a
great way to add colors to your landscape or flower beds that keep coming
back year after year. But you need to do a little homework...perennials can
bloom at different times of the season, some lasting 1-2 weeks, maybe 3-4
weeks, and some lasting even longer. Today, let’s take a look at some
perennials that are good for solid summer colors.
Gaura, or Whirling
Butterflies…wispy foliage ranging from greens to maroons, loves the sun, and
is covered most of the summer with these wonderful white, pink or dark pink
flowers that actually resemble butterflies. A little wind and you have
whirling butterflies! Great in ground or in containers.
Rudbeckia or Black-eyed
Susan…tough, durable, great mid to late summer colors, you can always count
on these daisy like flowers.
Coreopsis…or
tickseed…another oldie but goodie, that you can count on for summer colors
in several colors and flower shapes
Perovksia or Russian
sage…always a great show mid summer to fall with its silvery gray foliage
topped with these spikes of lavender blue flowers…that do a nice job
attracting bees and butterflies.
And how about these
Oriental garden lilies? What a show they put on! The flowers are short
lived, but trust me…the 2-3 weeks these are in flower…the garden simply
lights up.
And don’t forget the
hardy hibiscus with its dinner plate sized flowers…these beauties will keep
producing right into late summer and early fall.
Now these are just a few
of the many summer blooming perennials available for your landscape or
gardens. Don’t forget they’ll also do well in containers. So get out to
your local garden stores and check them out! |
