Summer Plant Types

Summer is the time for relaxing. It is also a time to plant different flowers and make your garden blossom into an array of colors. When the sun is out and the temperatures high, plants can bloom and create an exotic flow of color in your garden. This will attract butterflies and birds and present a picture perfect view of all that is good about summer.

Full Sun Plants

When there are parts of your garden that are prone to dry and receive excessive sunlight you need full sun plants. These plants are tolerant of draught conditions and most popular in rock gardens. There is the snow-in-summer plant that creates a snow like appearance in summer. Its silvery leaves and white flowers perk up any garden.

Then you have the mat like yellow alyssum that grows low and gives a bright color to the driest part of your garden. The Shasta daisy flower is a ray of sunshine. Its bright petals creating a sun like appearance. Then there is the lavender flowers, with their soft purple shade is another option for the driest part of your garden. As long as there is sunlight, it will bloom.

Dry Shade Plants
Areas that are dry and receive little sunlight in your garden may be troublesome but there are plants that will thrive in such an environment as long as they receive regular moisture.

So planting them in that area does not mean they will grow, only that they will survive until you water them. There is the Liriope spicata, which looks like grass but is actually a lily. It has spiky flowers and has a variety of colors to choose from. The daylily [Foxglove] is also a floral plant that can survive in the dry shady part of the garden.

However, it is poisonous so grow it with caution. The Hosta plant is a distinct plant that thrive is the shade, it is tall and spreads easily. The dense leaves do not allow the weeds to grow and create an effective garden border.

To cover the ground, the Vinca minor is a great option. It has small blue flowers that bloom in spring, and in summer they cover the ground with their leaves. Snow drops are the perfect option for bloom right after winter. They start pushing through the snow and create starlets of white crystal as they begin to bloom.

Easy Care Plants

Once you have taken care of the problem areas of your garden, you are free to grow any plant. Consider the Coneflowers, they grow in a variety of colors from purple and white to orange and yellow.

The flower easily grows in any environment and they take care of themselves, all through summer. The Globe Thistle is another option that comes in blue or white. It has a long tap root and likes to grow alone. It grows well in dry or moist environments.

A early summer bloomer is the Peony (Paeonia) while most of the plants take care of themselves the heavy double blossoms may need some staking. Then there is the Sea Thrift that comes in pastel shades like lilac and rose and some bright shades like red and pink. It looks like grass but have great looking flowers that are sturdy and able to grow in most soils.

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