What is the longest blooming perennial flower?
Moonbeam’ tickseed. With blooms that form in early summer and last all the way until the end of fall, ‘moonbeam’ is the definition of a long blooming perennial. Examples are tickseed (coreopsis), bee balm (monarda), sneezeweed (helenium), perennial sunflowers (helianthus) or tall phloxes (phlox paniculata, phlox maculata, etc. Most of them are long lived, hardy and proven perennials. You can choose from pure native wildflowers and their nativars.
What flowers bloom in summer?
Try popular picks like azaleas, daisies and geraniums or go for more unique options like striking portulaca or celosia. You’ll find blooms in just about every color to brighten your garden — think perennials in shades of purple, pink, bright orange and yellow. Black-eyed Susans, for example, are one of the easiest full-sun flowers you can grow because they can thrive in just about any well-draining soil type and are fairly drought-resistant. Colorful zinnias are another flower that is easiest to grow in full sun for similar reasons as the black-eyed Susans.When you’re looking for full sun flowers for pots, consider summer snapdragons, lantana, mandevilla vines and portulaca. This planter of full sun flowers includes ‘Akila Lavender Shades’ osteospermums (also known as African or Cape Daisies), ‘Cool Wave Frost’ spreading pansies and ‘Clear Crystal’ white alyssum.