Is there anything in nature that blooms year-round?
There are indeed plants that flower all year round. For example, my mother’s favorite flower to buy has always been the Gardenia, a fragrant shrub that produces white flowers all year round. Tropical Hibiscus is another lovely one. Also known as Pot Marigold, Calendula is an annual with redish, pinkish, orangish, or yellowish creamy blooms. They add sparkle to country-style bouquets and lure visiting summer butterflies. Their edible petals make colorful salad garnishes.Annuals that last throughout the year and flower over and over again: Violas , Pansies , Calendula (aka pot marigolds), Zinnias.
What perennial lilies bloom all summer?
The All Summer Lily Garden includes a mix of Asiatic, oriental, trumpet and tiger lilies. The flowers start in early summer with the bi-colored and speckled Asiatic lilies. They’re followed by the brightly colored, fragrant trumpet lilies. Finishing out the season are the sweetly fragrant oriental lilies. Oriental Lilies stand out as the showstoppers of the lily world, boasting immense, intensely fragrant, and vividly colored blooms. These exotic hybrids, originating from Japan, grace gardens from mid to late summer, sometimes into fall.