What flowers to plant in zone 8b in the fall?
Flowers: Pansies and Violas: These hardy flowers not only brighten up your garden but can survive light frosts, adding color to your space well into winter. Snapdragons and Mums: Perfect for adding vibrant fall colors, these flowers do well in the mild climate of Zone 8b. Pansies and Violas Additionally, by planting them in the fall, you can enjoy two seasons of these cool-season favorites; they often start blooming again when the weather warms up in spring. If you live in an area where the ground freezes, look for cold-hardy varieties.
What flower opens one night a year?
Queen of the night. This mysterious and majestic cactus flower blooms for only one night a year. For 364 nights out of the year, the night blooming cereus cactus (peniocereus greggi) looks like a pile of dead, gray vines. Epiphyllum oxypetalum is called “queen of the night” because its strikingly beautiful flowers bloom nocturnally. The blooms open after sunset, are exquisitely fragrant during the night, and close by morning.Epiphyllum oxypetalum, the Dutchman’s pipe cactus, princess of the night or queen of the night, is a species of cactus with a native range from Mexico to Nicaragua. It blooms nocturnally, and its flowers wilt before dawn.
What plant has the longest flowering season?
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.