Tulips are beautiful but oh, so hard to grow. Hostas are easy but sort of boring. Some flowers you are supposed to prune, some need a lot of water, some only last a year. Here is my list of the best flowers for having continuous bloom in your garden with little work and less money.
Spring Flowers
For spring flowers I recommend four different kinds. Snowdrops, crocuses, daffodils and violas/pansies.
Snowdrops are hardy, can bloom even in snow and spread by both seed and bulbs. Simply pull of the seed pod and put it somewhere you want to grow snowdrops and in a few years you will have new ones to brighten your early spring.
Crocuses can grow almost anywhere and they are wonderful spots of color in early spring. They also spread by themselves. The only downside with these pretty flowers is that squirrels tend to like both the bulbs and the flowers.
Daffodils, I absolutely love daffodils. They come in lots of different variations; yellow, white with orange middles, double, triple and almost completely white. They spread easily and deers and other animals will leave them alone. If you plant ten every fall for a few years you will soon have a cascade of yellow for Easter.
Violas or pansies. Who doesn't love these tiny, cheerful little flowers. The amazing thing with these are that they bloom from early spring to frost in the fall. And if you have them in pots one year they might spread all over your garden and you will find them the year after in places you couldn't imagine.
Early Summer Flowers
One of my favorite flowers are daisies. They are simple yet so pretty with their yellow mitts surrounded by the white petals. If you find the right kind of daisy for your garden they will grow so much you will have to start giving them away. They also spread easily (almost like a weed), you can trim them down and they will still bloom and they can take a lot of hard weather.
Another of my favorites are Columbines. These elegant and intricate flowers are special because they will crossbred and if you started with purple and yellow ones you might end up with a marvelous purple-yellow flower in a few years.
When the flower have died down and the seed pod have dried you throw the seeds wherever you want flowers next year. Simple and gratis.
Peonies, oh this flower is a showcase of colors and they will brighten any garden. You can buy a tiny little root and in a couple of years you will have marvelous, gigantic flowers in your garden.
Midsummer and through the summer
Widows Tears this flower has an amazing greenery that looks like grass and then dainty flowers show up at the tips. These are almost impossible to kill. And they will also crossbreed and give you new variations. I used to only have bluish-purple flowers but last year this amazing flower showed up.
Coneflower or Echinacea, this flower loves my garden. I bought a small bag of seeds about 7 years ago and now they bloom long and hard every summer. I love these flowers because they attract a lot of bees and butterflies. And they seem to be hard to kill.
And of course we can't forget Marigolds, colorful, easy to grow and if you let the plants be until they have died down you can shake out the seeds on all the spots you want Marigolds the next year. I haven't bought Marigold seeds in several years. And they will bloom late in the year, until heavy frost.
Spring Flowers
For spring flowers I recommend four different kinds. Snowdrops, crocuses, daffodils and violas/pansies.
Snowdrops are hardy, can bloom even in snow and spread by both seed and bulbs. Simply pull of the seed pod and put it somewhere you want to grow snowdrops and in a few years you will have new ones to brighten your early spring.
Crocuses can grow almost anywhere and they are wonderful spots of color in early spring. They also spread by themselves. The only downside with these pretty flowers is that squirrels tend to like both the bulbs and the flowers.
Daffodils, I absolutely love daffodils. They come in lots of different variations; yellow, white with orange middles, double, triple and almost completely white. They spread easily and deers and other animals will leave them alone. If you plant ten every fall for a few years you will soon have a cascade of yellow for Easter.
Violas or pansies. Who doesn't love these tiny, cheerful little flowers. The amazing thing with these are that they bloom from early spring to frost in the fall. And if you have them in pots one year they might spread all over your garden and you will find them the year after in places you couldn't imagine.
Early Summer Flowers
Another of my favorites are Columbines. These elegant and intricate flowers are special because they will crossbred and if you started with purple and yellow ones you might end up with a marvelous purple-yellow flower in a few years.
Peonies, oh this flower is a showcase of colors and they will brighten any garden. You can buy a tiny little root and in a couple of years you will have marvelous, gigantic flowers in your garden.
Midsummer and through the summer
Widows Tears this flower has an amazing greenery that looks like grass and then dainty flowers show up at the tips. These are almost impossible to kill. And they will also crossbreed and give you new variations. I used to only have bluish-purple flowers but last year this amazing flower showed up.
Coneflower or Echinacea, this flower loves my garden. I bought a small bag of seeds about 7 years ago and now they bloom long and hard every summer. I love these flowers because they attract a lot of bees and butterflies. And they seem to be hard to kill.
And of course we can't forget Marigolds, colorful, easy to grow and if you let the plants be until they have died down you can shake out the seeds on all the spots you want Marigolds the next year. I haven't bought Marigold seeds in several years. And they will bloom late in the year, until heavy frost.
Beautiful collection!
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