Can someone provide a list of flowers to plant that bloom sequentially throughout the summer?

Question

I live in Northern California where the summer is fairly long.

Answer 1

Okay, first make sure you talk to someone at your local Nursery for specific plants for your area. That way you will get the most out of the money you spend. They need to be for the area in which you live as well as specific shade to sun ratio. Now, having said that, here is a list of plants that are long bloomming perennials...

Achillea millefolium- 'Fire King'
Armeria maritima
Aster x frikartii- 'Monch'
Aster x frikartii- 'Wonder of Staffa'
Aster novae-angliae-'September Ruby'
Chrysanthimum rubellum
(Demdranthema zawadskii)- 'Clara Curtis'
Chrysogonum virginianum-'Mark Viette'
Chrysopsis mariana
Coreopsis graniflora- 'Early Sunrise'
Coreopsis grandiflora- 'Sunray'
Coreopsis verticillata- 'Moonbeam'
Coreopsis verticillata- 'Zagreb'
Corydalis lutea
Dicentra eximia- 'Alba'
Gaillardia x grandiflora- 'Baby Bole'
Hemerocallis- 'Happy Returns'
Heterotheca villosa- 'Golden Sunshine'
Hylotelephium (sedum) x 'Autumn Joy'
Malva alcea 'Fastigiata'
Phlox paniculata- 'Eva Cullum'
Phlox paniculata- 'Franz Schubert'
Phlox paniculata- 'Sandra'
Rudbeckia nitida- 'Autumn Glory'
Rudbeckia nitida- 'Goldquelle'
Salvia x superba- 'East Friesland'
Salvia x superba- 'Lubeca'
Salvia x superba- 'May Night'
Scabiosa caucasica- 'Butterfly Blue'
Stokesia laevis- 'Bluestone'
Verbena bonariensis
Veronica 'Sunny Border Blue'

I am sure there are others as well, check with your local nursery for more info. Good luck and Happy Gardening!!

Answer 2

No individual flower lasts 12 months after 12 months. plant existence have a purpose - they're to charm to a pollinator, substitute into fertilized, and then substitute right into a seed or pod or fruit, and grant a potential for starting to be their "offspring". If a flower stayed in flower style constantly, then there would in no way be seeds, that's the complete component of plant existence. Perennial vegetation stay from 12 months to 12 months. some have longer bloom classes than others, yet none bloom non-supply up, constantly.

Answer 3

Get a hold of a seed catalog from a local distibiter, they sell packages of different plants that do just that in a range of different colours, all for one low price.

Answer 4

Here's a list I give our customers. Perhaps a Maine summer is similar to yours?

BLOOM SEQUENCE FOR PERENNIALS IN MAINE GARDENS

SPRING (APRIL-MAY)
Dutch bulbs
Ajuga reptans (Bugleweed)
Aurinia saxatile (Basket of gold) (also called Alyssum saxatile)
Dicentra spectabilis (Bleeding heart)
Doronicum magnificum (Leopard’s bane)
Iberis sempervirens (Candytuft)
Phlox subulata (Creeping phlox)
Primula x polyantha (Primrose)

EARLY SUMMER (JUNE)
Anthemis tinctorius kelwayii (Kelway daisy)
Aquilegia hybrids (Columbine)
Centauria montana (perennial bachelor’s button)
Delphinium
Dianthus species (Pinks)
Dictamnus alba (Gas plant)
Geranium sanguinium (Cranesbill geranium, bloody cranesbill)
Hesperis matronalis (Dame’s Rocket)
Iris x Germanica (Bearded iris)
Iris sibirica (Siberian iris)
Lupinus polyphyllus (Lupine)
Malva (White mallow, rose mallow, high mallow)
Paeonia lactiflora (Peony)
Papaver orientale (Oriental poppy)
Polygonum bistortum (Bistort)
Saponaria ocymoides (Soapwort)
Salvia supurbum (Salvia)

MIDSUMMER (JULY TO MID-AUGUST)
Aruncus sylvestris (Goatsbeard)
Astilbe arendsii (Astilbe)
Campanula rotundifolia (Blue bells of Scotland)
Chrysanthemum maximum ‘Alaska’, ‘Agleya’’ (Shasta daisy)
Campanula glomerata suburba (Clustered bellflower)
Coreopsis grandiflora (Tickseed)
Coreopsis verticillata (Threadleaf coreopsis)
Digitalis (Foxglove)
Gaillardia grandiflora (Blanket flower)
Galium verum (Lady’s bedstraw)
Gypsophila paniculata (Baby’s breath)
Helianthus (False sunflower)
Hemerocallis ssp. & hybrids (Daylily)
Liatris spicata (Gayfeather)
Lilium hybrids (Asiatic lily)
Lychnis chalcedonica (Maltese cross)
Lythrum ‘Morden’s Pink’ (Loosestrife)
Monarda didyma (Bee balm)
Trollius ledebouri (Double buttercup)
Sedum ellacombianum, spurium)

LATE SUMMER (MID-AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER)
Aconitum (Monkshood)
Agastache foeniculum (Anise hyssop)
Aster (New England, New Belgium, alpine, dwarf asters)
Astilbe Taquetti hybrids
Boltonia asteroides (Boltonia)
Cimicifuga ramosa atropurpurea
Dahlia, dinnerplate
Echinacea purpurea (Purple coneflower)
Helenemium autumnale (Helen’s Flower)
Helianthus (False sunflower)
Kirengeshoma palmata (Yellow bellflower)
Lilium hybrids (Oriental lily)
Phlox paniculata (Garden phlox)
Physostegia virginiana (Obedient plant)
Polygonum aubertii (Silver lace vine)
Rudbeckia fulgida, R. hirta (Black-eyed susan, gloriosa daisy)
Sedum ssp., especially Sedum spectabile ‘Autumn Joy’& Sedum sieboldii (Stonecrop)
Solidago canadensis (Goldenrod)


ONGOING (LONG-BLOOMING, OR FOLIAGE OF INTEREST ALL SUMMER)
Ajuga reptans (Bugleweed, esp. ‘Burgundy Glow’)
Artemesias (Silver King, Silver Queen, Silver Mound, Silverado)
Delphinium ‘Tom Pouce,’ ‘Blue Elf’
Dicentra luxuriant (Everblooming bleeding heart)
Edelweiss
Euphorbia polychroma (Cushion spurge)
Helictotrichon sempervivens (Blue oat grass)
Hosta (Plantain lily)
Lamium (Dead nettle)
Lysimachia nummularia (Creeping Jenny)
Nepeta mussini (Catmint)
Phalaris arundinacea picta (Ribbon grass)
Sempervivum (Hens & chicks)
Stachys byzantina (Lamb’s ear)
Thymus species (Thyme)