Perennials Bloom Bright with Color

Summer is the perfect season for freshly blooming perennials. Plant the most comprehensive compilation of color in the garden, and watch it return in full vibrancy year after year. Color is not the only benefit perennials offer to the surrounding environment. Many perennial flowers are perfect hubs for the duty of native bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other wildlife. Flowers help the world go around.

While the weather is still warm, get to planting this fresh and formidable foliage. Perennials are the gardeners best tool to combat a bleak and desolate landscape. Take a look at a few easy to maintain suggestions for this season’s perennial planting.

Shooting Star

This plant’s bloom looks just as one might think. Its flowers take the shape of what looks like a shooting star blazing through the night sky. It prefers to be planted in an area that will provide plenty of shade and a well-drained, moist soil.

Shooting Star does not require much maintenance. Its beauty will die off during the winter months of the year, but spring will burst forth new life in this plant. It is best suited for planting in growing zones four through eight.

Swamp Sunflower

Similar to the more well-known Sunflower, the Swamp Sunflower is a sight to be seen. The difference in their appearance is found in the center of the bloom. Regular Sunflower blooms have a large, dark center.

Swamp Sunflowers have more of a yellow center. They grow up to around three feet tall and prefer a more acidic soil. Swamp Sunflowers are best suited for planting in growing zones four through nine.

Orange Daylily

The Orange Daylily is a stunning sight to see in the springtime. Planting them in large groups serves as an excellent foliage border in the garden. These Daylilies love sunlight, so plant them in an area of the land that is not heavily covered with neighboring foliage.

They are very sturdy plants and will grow back thicker each year. The Orange Daylily is best suited for planting in growing zones three through ten.

Cone Flower

The Purple Coneflower is a beautiful example of the color purple in nature. These are large flowers, like the Sunflower. They can grow up to three feet tall when they are properly planted.

Coneflowers prefer full sunlight and a well moistened soil. They are low-maintenance and they attract butterflies and small birds. The Purple Coneflower is best suited for planting in growing zones three through nine.

Fleabane Daisy

Fleabane Daisy is a breed of Daisy flower that looks similar but has a smaller stature. These flowers are white like a common Daisy, but their petals are more abundant and thinner.

Fleabane is a plant that love the sunlight. They are best suited for planting in growing zones two through eight, but zones seven and eight can get a little too warm for this plant’s survival. Moisture is key to proper maintenance of this particular perennial.