What plants are good for outside all year round?
Evergreen flowering perennials will keep their green foliage all year, long after the blooming season is over. Many herbs are particularly known for being great practical flowering plants with evergreen foliage, such as Lavender, Rosemary, and Salvia, among others. Evergreen varieties include most species of conifers, ivy, eucalyptus, camellia and many more. Many grow into massive specimens or dwarf selections but you could try planting evergreen shrubs between brightly coloured plants or into mixed borders for adding effect.evergreen flowering shrubs include camellia, daphne, lily of the valley shrub, mahonia, mountain laurel (kalmia), azalea and rhododendron.The best planting designs are dynamic, passing emphasis from one area to the next as blooms come and go across the garden over the course of the year. Blend evergreens among winter-dormant species in a manner that will allow all plants to properly enjoy the spotlight in their season of greatest charm.
Are there any perennial flowers that bloom all summer?
In general, daylilies are a great perennial addition, but the stella de oro’s are some of the earliest and longest blooming varieties. Coneflowers or echinacea have perennial flowers that bloom through summer in pink, purple, white, orange, red, or yellow. Butterflies and other pollinators love coneflowers! Some of the best include geranium rozanne, famous for its incredibly long flowering season, and salvia caradonna, which blooms early and often. Gaura whirling butterflies, verbena bonariensis, scabiosa butterfly blue and nepeta six hills giant also flower for much of the summer.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.