Summer flowers are the perfect choice if you want the flower bed or balcony box to be bright and colourful. The selection of mostly one- to two-year-old species is huge: there are an estimated one million different species. Choose the most beautiful ones for your garden!
Marigolds bring color to the summer flower bed
Summer flowers for a long-blooming flower bed
Of course, given the sheer number of summer flowers, there isn't space here to introduce them all. However, we do not want to deprive you of the best species for your summer bed at home. Here is our small but fine selection:
- Sweet William (Dianthus Barbatus hybrids): flowers from May, very varied colours
- Mug mallow (Lavatera trimestris): white or pink flowers between July and October
- Sweethearts (Bellis perennis hybrids): red, pink or white flowers between March and August
- Elfenspiegel (Nemesia fruticans hybrids): long flowering period between June and October, many colours
- Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus): many varieties and colors
- Midday gold (Gazania rigens): multicolored flowers, flowering period between May and October
- Common hollyhock (Alcea rosea): many ornamental flowers between July and September
- Zinnias (Zinnia elegans): large variety of varieties, bloom between July and October
- Snapdragon (Anthirrinum majus): pretty cottage garden flower, blooms between June and September
- Marigold (Calendula officinalis): yellow and orange flower heads between May and October
Prefer summer flowers and plant them out
So that you can enjoy the enchanting blossoms of the summer flowers for a long time, you should prefer them to the windowsill early on. Many species can be sown in a flat seed tray as early as March and grown under the conditions of an indoor greenhouse. First pot the young plants individually in small pots; they should only be outdoors after the ice saints. In addition to the summer flowers listed above, which are mostly propagated from seeds, bulbous plants such as dahlias and bulbous begonias can also be used. To do this, plant the tubers in standard potting soil from March, keep it slightly moist and place the planter on a bright window sill in a sheltered, warm room. These flowers can also go outside from the end of May.
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Some biennial summer flowers such as Sweet William or Hollyhocks are grown in the first year, but only bloom in the second year. If you let these plants seed, you will gain new seeds.