I need some great flowers with alot of color that bloom during the summer and fall or all the time?

Question

Please give me examples of flower types not just 'perrenials' thanks in advance.

Answer 1

For blooms all season long, you just can't beat the more popular annuals. For sunny locations, try petunias, marigolds, geraniums or salvia. The shade stalwarts in my garden are impatiens or begonias. Just make sure they are well watered and I fertilize my annuals monthly until frost. Good luck!

Answer 2

As others have said, petunias are great for any area - they grow and bloom very well and the more you deadhead them, they more they bloom.

Pansies are another good annual - they need both sun and shade - they tend to wilt when it's too hot.

Impatiens are wonderful in the shade, several colors, dark green foliage, and easy maintenance.

Another good annual that you start by seed are Morning Glories - they are gorgeous, come in several colors, grow rapidly and bloom beautifully. They flower all summer, but will die with the first good frost. They are a vining plant. They don't do well with transplanting though, so plant the seeds right in the ground. You need to soak the seeds overnight before planting.

For a shade perennial, try astilbe - they are very pretty and come in 3 different colors. You can get them in bulbs or as a plant that is already started. I just planted some of these bulbs 2 weeks ago and they are already about 4" tall.

Sunny perennials - bee balm, purple cone flowers, daisies, delphiniums, bleeding heart, hosta, hydrangea, hardy hibiscus (huge, gorgeous flowers), butterfly plants. Just to name a few

Answer 3

Most all annuals are long term bloomers and are for all areas from sun to shade.
Geraniums, impatiens, petunias....go to any garden center and what is in bloom as an annual will pretty much stay that way...it also states bloom time on the care tags in each plant.
I have a Crane's Bill Geranium (perennial) that grows in a large mound once mature and doesn't stop blooming - even into the fall.
Best bet is prolly the annual listed above.

Answer 4

These may be dogwood, if you are in say, zone 6 or 7 right about now - dogwoods will have white petals - four per flower, and they will be white or slightly pink with veins on them that run from one point at the base to one point at the top - the petals are fairly round, about the size of a nickel. It they are smaller, you might have a pear or an apple. The pear or apple tree will be shorter and rounder in shape. Sometimes the pear tree form is almost tear-drop shaped. Dogwoods have more horizontal branches in them and are understory trees - mostly in shady areas or clusters at the edges of larger wooded areas. Apples and pears are normally ornamental or domestic - standing in larger clearings, fields, and front or back yards. Lastly, if you are farther south, some of the cherry trees will be in bloom - their blossoms are more pink. They are found all over, but they bloom quite briefly and they tend to have a spreading top - this time of year they are not yet blooming in zone 6, but they soon will be.

Answer 5

For shady areas, you can't beat "Impatiens". They bloom constantly until killed by frost, and there is absolutely NO maintenance!. For full sun, I'd recommend moss rose--they bloom all summer & are drought tolerant. They're beautiful in containers, too.
In sunny areas, petunias, pansies, dianthus and snap-dragons do well, but need to be dead-headed (dead blossoms removed) in order to keep blooming. "Wave" petunias don't need dead-heading, but are more expensive.

Begonias are good in shade OR sun, and are care free, and geraniums need little care other than dead-heading the few blossoms they get.

Some good seeds to try are cosmos, marigold, bachelor buttons, alyssum and zinnia. These all make great cut flowers, too.

Answer 6

Ooh, I love these types of questions!
Give more info:
*what part of the country/world are these plants going to be living in?
*what sort of light will they be getting ?(as in, they'll be in the deep shade of a pine tree, or, they'll be along a sunny walk)
*do you want to plant them in the ground? in window boxes? in pots? (and what size of pot/container)
*what sort of soil do you have (if they'll be in the ground)
*what level of care do you plan to give them? (it's not like being a Mom; there's no 'right' answer --- just: how much time do you plan to spend watering, deadheading, pruning --- they need a commitment of sorts) ...I personally love plants (perennials, ha) that can be planted, babied for a short time if need be, and left to their own devices except for watering every week, fertilizer every 1 to 3 months, and maybe soil amendments every 2 or 3 years... nothing too high maintenance!
Ask your question again, with these ???s answered and I'm sure you'll get tons of answers!
Best of luck!

Answer 7

For sunny areas, you can't beat marigolds. My very sunny backyard is full of them, potted and in the ground. Impatiens are great for shady areas, geraniums are good in part sun/part shade, rose of sharon is good in sun, oleanders good in sun. Most blooming plants need to be dead headed regularly to keep their blooms coming in.

Answer 8

Yes, Morning glories are beautiful and easy, but they are also poisonous to animals...be careful. There is also a variation of the morning glory called evening glories or something that are neat too.

Answer 9

Petunias are pretty, grow fast, with pretty much any dirt on the ground and they have a wide array of different colors.

Answer 10

what about hollyhocks ? they are late bloomers and they are really pretty . good luck and happy gardening .