What plants are good for summer pots?
Suitable plants whatever the style or situation, there are summer container plants to suit; focal point:argyranthemum (marguerite) grown as standards, dahlia, fuchsia, lantana, lavender, phormium and salvia. Some of the best varieties for growing in containers are achillea, agapanthus, allium, aquilegia, aster, astrantia, bergenia, bellflowers, crocosmia, echinacea, geraniums and daylilies.There are even herbaceous perennials that will look great in containers in autumn and winter – either from their foliage or their autumnal flowers. Go for the following: Heuchera, Hylotelephium (sedums), Japanese anemones, Liriope muscari, Persicaria (red bistort) and Symphyotrichum (asters, Michaelmas daisies).Small plants of silver foliage subjects such as santolina, helichrysum and cineraria and variegated euonymus are all reliable favourites for autumn and winter pots. Woody herbs, especially thymes and sages, stay looking great through winter and you can pick off the odd sprig of foliage to use in the kitchen.
What can I plant in pots in August?
It’s also a good month to plant autumn-flowering bulbs such as colchicums and flowers that will bring instant colour to fading borders. Plants such as marigolds and shrubs like caryopteris can also be planted in pots, but these will have to be watered frequently to stop them drying out. Good plants to try include Calendula , Nigella , Cerinthe , Papaver , Aquilegia and hardy Geranium. Buy or order spring-flowering bulbs. Some bulbs can be planted now, such as Colchicum, daffodils and Madonna lilies (L.
What is the longest flowering summer plant?
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.