What is the quickest growing flowering tree?
Eastern Redbud This family of trees grows 1 to 2 feet each year and flowers as soon as four years after planting. Eastern Redbud These lovely shrub-like trees produce flowers before leaves, leading to a spectacular color show that can last for months.
What is the longest flowering hardy perennial?
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. Many perennials bloom at different times, which will offer a steady showcase of flowers throughout the seasons. Examples include lavender, echinacea, and garden phlox, which provide consistent color and attract pollinators.
Are dianthus flowers perennials?
The Dianthus genus includes over 27,000 registered cultivar names. They are grown as annuals, biennials and evergreen perennials. Flowers are 5-parted, fragrant, pink-lilac, pink-purple or white, often with picotee margins. Dianthus plumarius varieties, commonly called common pinks, garden pinks, wild pinks, or simply ‘pinks’, grow best in full sun and can easily reach two feet tall at maturity. They have a dense, mounding habit and bloom from May until August in flowers with fringed petals, which gives them a recognizable carnation look.