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Plants that bloom all summer

Spring is finishing and Summer is here. With the summer the heat comes and gardening can get hard work in the blistering heat. With this guide, we will help you find perennials and annual plants that bloom all summer making your garden look spectacular and they won’t need much love and attention.

Here we provide you with 12 plants that bloom all summer. Which plants have you got in your garden or will you choose to add to it.


Allotment and Kitchen Garden Book

Are you starting an allotment or planning on growing your own fruit, vegetables, herbs, and flowers in a kitchen garden? If so we highly recommend the book Allotment Month By Month. This does exactly what it does on the cover to help you with what you should be doing in the allotment and kitchen garden each month. Below you can see the link for Amazon where you can purchase the book directly. This book is extremely popular with all allotment holders as you will read in the reviews:-

You can check out all the allotment and kitchen garden books we recommend here.


12 Plants that bloom all summer


Aster

Asters will add amazing colour to any garden with there daisy-like flowers. They come in purple, pink and white. Choose a colour that will suit your garden.

You can either purchase Aster seeds or you can purchase it as a plant from a garden centre or via the link below.

Asters do not like too much heat. You can either plant them in full sun or partial shade.

These will keep blooming in your garden all summer long.


Candy Tuft

Candy tuft is a great plant to cover a gap in your garden. It will create a blanket of white flowers spreading across a big area.

Candy tuft will start flowering from Spring through Summer. All you need to do is keep the ground moist on dry days. This flower will create a blanket of snow looking flowers.


Coreopsis

The Coreopsis is most commonly known as the Tickseed. This flower is a definite favorite with gardeners far and wide.

These beautiful orange and yellow flowers will appear from Spring and will last all the way through Summer. You can encourage more flowers by deadheading them as they die off.


Eryngium

Why not add something a little special to your garden with this blue and spiky flower. This will look beautiful in your summer garden. These grow great in dry soil which is good if you neglect them.


Gallardia

These flowers are perennials with yellow/orange petals and a red centre. These flowers will keep producing even if you don’t deadhead them. They will also still thrive even if you don’t deadhead them. These are the perfect flowers for the lazy gardener.


Globe Amaranth

The Globe Amaranth you can find in lots of different colours from red, purple, pink and white. These flowers do not loose there colour. They are also ideal for growing as cut flowers as they will dry out and look beautiful in any vase.


Hardy Hibiscus

This hardy hibiscus will add lots of colour in your garden. Blooming from august all the way through to September. Plant it in a sunny position to give it the full potential it needs.


Hydrangeas

Nothing can look any nicer than having a hydrangea plant in your garden. This will flower every year. A Hydrangea likes to be planted in a position to receive the morning sun then shade in the afternoon. This flowering bush will brighten up any garden. The colour of the flowers will depend on your soil.


Marigold

Do you want to add some colour to your garden? These will soon brighten up your borders. Marigolds come in orange and yellow. They do not need much attention once they start growing.

Marigolds need to be watered on a regular basis for them to bloom well. Gardeners can use these to deter pests away from there produce.


Petunia

Petunias are one of the best flowers you can add to your garden. Gardeners tend to have them in hanging baskets and tubs as they are a trailing plant. Petunias come in blues, pinks, whites, and reds.

Petunias are an annual flower. They have one of the longest flowering times from mid-spring all the way through summer. They can really make your hanging baskets look amazing.


Puple Coneflower

The name of this flower comes from the shape of the flower. It originally started as purple but you can now get many other colours.

This flower is a perennial flower. Make sure you are careful if you are dividing it as the flower does not like to be moved.

The petals can be used for a herbal tea.


Zinnias

Zinnias are a great addition to any garden adding lots of different colours to your borders and pots. These will require a bit of watering in dry weather and some feed every so often.


We hope you have found these tips for growing plants that bloom all summer. You can find more tips and advice here.

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