flowers, shrubs, plants in general... COLOR please?

Question

i live in ohio and i want to get a perenial garden going and lots of color around the rest of the house so i have some color in every season, what are some good plants with some color that i can use?

Answer 1

For spring blooms, plant tulips, daffodils and crocus. All are planted in bulb stage, usually in the fall. Bleeding heart is a perennial that also blooms in the spring/early summer. Each come in an array of colors, although daffodils are primarily yellow, orange or white.

For summer blooms, most perennials will do just fine, and you can add annuals to fill in where the perennials have yet to bloom or are done blooming. (Perennials grow year after year, annuals only one season)

Some perennial varieties to try: bee balm (red), shasta daisy (white), liatris (purple), blanket flower (reddish orange), black-eyed susan (yellow).

Annuals to try: impatiens (multi-colored) (prefer light sun or shade), petunias (multi-colored), coleus, salvia (multi-colored), marigolds & (yellow or orange), cosmos (multi-colored).

For fall color, choose perennials that have interesting foliage to be enjoyed even after the blooms of summer have faded. Mums are a good perennial choice for fall, along with asters. Both are perennials and come in many different colors. You can also plant pansies, which are an annual. They prefer the cooler weather of spring or fall.

The lists could go on and on. I suggest you find a good gardening website or book and see what works well in your gardening zone. Not all perennials are hardy in every zone, so it is important to know which one you are in before investing money in a plant that will not thrive.

Answer 2

1. Daylilies -- easy to grow and hard to kill. Every color under the sun. Some bi-colored. Profuse bloomer. Likes sun.
2. Irises -- beautiful shades of lavender, purple, yellows, etc. A frilly, dainty-looking flower that is tough as nails.
3. Hostas -- likes semi-shade or shade. Shades of green. Planted for foliage mostly although they have nice white flowers. Sort of a tropical-looking plant that's not. Plant with ferns.
5. Tulips -- plant these bulbs now. Plant in clusters of five to give yourself the best showing in a perennial bed. They are just spring bloomers but well worth it. Many, many bright colors.
6. Garden mums -- for fall bloom but best planted in the spring. Loads of bronzes, yellows, purples, lavenders, rusty reds, whites.
6. Daffodils -- beautiful spring bloomers, yellow, white, orange. Tough as nails. Plant now.
7. Plant a tea rose bush here and there. Lots of color in the summer months. Reds, yellows, lavenders, pinks, whites, some bi-colors.
8. Always leave room for annuals for filling in.

Experiment and have fun. Change your plans every once and while. Make mistakes and learn. Get plants from neighbors and friends and relatives.

Answer 3

Mums are a good choice, also tiger lilies and day lilies. You'd be surprised at how many colors they come in and how hardy they are. Lily of the Valley is one of the first plants to come up in the spring, delicate highly fragrant blossoms, and in the fall they produce an orange berry. I live in the thumb of Michigan and have the plants listed above in my garden. Every few years you have to divide them as they grow like weeds...even in poor soil. Good luck with your garden!

Answer 4

Hello, i live in Ohio also and now its falls and I have my mums blooming. Mine are yellow..Mums bloom in the spring and in falls..they come in almost every color..when you buy them they are kinda small but they can grow kinda big..its kinda late to plant anything else right now,,because of the scare of frost..

Mums can be planted in the fall..this time of year is the biggest seller of mums...My mother and aunt work in a green house here in south west Ohio and the only plants they are growing and selling right now are mums and poinsettias..I have over 300 verities of plants and flowers in my yard so i know what i am talking about..The ground here is starting to get cold and if you plant something that isn't suitable for cold weather then it will die and not have a chance at surviving the winter. Wait until early spring and plant all of your bulbs,,yes they will bloom in late spring and summer..if you plant them now and they don't have a chance to get a root system started they will turn to mush..

here are some good perennials to grow
clamatis..vine...come in a varieties of colors
rose's
hummingbird vine..(trumpet vine)
butterfly bush
hos ta
bulbs...1000s to choice from...
lilac bush...smalls awesome in the spring...
black eyes Susan vines or bushes they reseed them selves for the next growing seasons..and they are beautiful
patunias...put in big containers and when the season is over put the dead part back in the conatiner and cover for winter and they will reseed them selves as well so you wont have to buy them every year...there are thousands of perinnieals to choice from..
DONT PLANT LILLY OF THE VALLEY IN THE GROUND IT WILL TAKE OVER YOUR YARD...put in containers..if you have to plant them...i dont recommend them at all...

Answer 5

Peony, clematis, zinnia (blooms all season), pansies (spring and fall blooms) OH, you said perennial. oops

Peony still counts as well as clematis, maybe Gerbera Daisies would make it if mulched. Perennial hibiscus, crocus, here, have a link:

http://www.chocolateflowerfarm.com/plants1?start=60
http://www.eminencemeadows.com/peren.htm

or two......happy gardening!