Perrenials bloom in one or at most two seasons. Some few bloom in spring and again in fall. The same is true of annual plants; they have a season, but they are seldom continually flowering.
I would recommend what people refer to as geraniums, though their true genus name is pelargonum. They bloom well and repeatedly with large clusters of red, pink, and orange. They take heat fairly well, though they prefer afternoon shade in summer. They are considered drought tolerant which makes them great for containers. They are classed as annuals because they are not winter hardy in the U.S., but the plants can be wintered over in a sunny room. Cuttings should be taken the second year since the plants will eventually get woody and brittle. It is a little early to set them outside, but they will soon be available in your garden center.
Best plants/flowers for gdn pots (low maintenence with all yr colour. virgin gardener. thank you.x?
To answer in short, most plants don't flower all year but have a season, the tip is to have multiple plants that will blossom during different intervals. For example in my flower bed I have Tulips that bloom in the spring, and Galdiola that bloom in the summer. The tulip foilage (the non flower part of the plant) remains green into the early summer, I trim the tulip foilage as it yellows, teh two types look similar. I also have evergreen shrubs for the winter months. There are very few plants that bloom in the winter, but the green from the holly is nice when everything is gray.
Depending on the size of the pot, and if you want to have it indoors during the winter season could also dictate what type of plants you use.
If you want to cycle through different seasons you could periodically replant annuals for a continual blooming display.
In the end it evens out you can spend a lot of time pruning, clipping, or fertilizing perrenials. Or you can enjoy your selection of annuals for a few months, then repot as the seasons change.
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Reply:Grow some herbs, some last all year (like rosemary) Mine flowered twice through the winter. Also small cyclamen look beautifull all throu the winter, and in the late spring plant up with petunias or busy lizzies. Easy peasy! And pretty with it. Happy gardenting
Reply:due to global warming=and the heat in summer =brown grass, maintenance free=I'd put down a bunch of tarps over the dirt to stop any weeds from growing, then dirt and beauty bark and in between put artificial flowers of different colors on both sides front and in back of your home and alternate them with green artificial bushes. Then put down round or recticular stones for a path to walk around your home. then maybe a different rock garden or a water fountain type with water channels with fish where the water starts at one location and moves to the fountain . In otherwards same water goes from one location to another and then back around.
Reply:For flowers, I'd go with moss roses, which are really easy to take care of, but need to be taken inside during the winter. For a plant, you could try a spider plant, though you'd have to make sure to trim it every now and then so it isn't too wild.
Reply:Heathers.. Hebe's, bulbs, dianthus any evergreen sml trees, minitures are available for most species so try fruit tees and japanese maples.. Depends really what you want to spend and whether you are prepared to add a little colour at different times in a nutshell Annuals only flower the year they are planted and then die, perennials flower and then die back (as a rule) and then come back every year, biannuals are planted one year and then flower the next evergreens no flwrs but foliage all year, deciduous means they will lose their leaves in autumn but will reshoot in the spring.. bulbs are good because they provide flowers from January eg:snowdrops and crocus in spring (march on) daffs and tulips and miniture iris and summer a plethora lily of the valley, gladioli, anenomes and of course lilies and fresias Bulbs are also protected in pots so more likely to flower again the following year, they also retain moisture in the bulb so can withstand some dryness..
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