What is the best flower that blooms all summer?
Zinnias are one of the most popular summer flowers. Not only do they come in brilliant colors, but they require little care and are low maintenance. They have a long bloom time, from early summer to first frost, and are unsurpassed as fresh cut flowers. Summer flowers burst to life with radiant sunflowers, fiery zinnias, glowing marigolds, and bold coneflowers. Vibrant petunias, dazzling lantanas, and striking dahlias paint gardens with brilliance, while salvias attract bees and butterflies.
What is the longest flowering summer flower?
Geranium. Probably one of the longest flowering garden plants, hardy geraniums start flowering around May, and continue to October, depending on the variety. One of the longest flowering varieties is Geranium ‘Johnson’s blue’ (illustrated) which is also attractive to bees. Butterfly bush have one of the longest bloom times of all garden plants: they seem to never be without flowers from early summer through autumn. This makes them perhaps better called “continuous bloomers” over rebloomers, since they don’t really take a break like other plants on this list do.