A sufficiently large flower bed can be planned in such a way that it blooms and greens all year round. There are flowering plants for every season - even for winter. It is best to fill in the gaps with evergreen shrubs and groundcover, so that the bed always shows color and never looks boring in any season.
If you plant cleverly, you can still enjoy flowers in late autumn
Perennial flowering perennials as key plants
The heart of every year-round flower bed are perennials. Many species flower between June and October, provided the faded shoots are removed in good time. Woodland sage, flame flower (phlox), catnip, girl's eye (Coreopsis verticillata) and frequently flowering bed and shrub roses delight the eye for many months. In between, plant perennials with shorter flowering times, such as typical spring bloomers and summer flowers. In this way, the bed looks magnificent for a very long time without there being too large gaps in the middle. Autumn flowers and ornamental grasses complete the picture.
Blossom dreams for different seasons
For every season there are typical plants that cannot be missing on a flower bed.
spring
The blossoms begin in spring with the first spring bloomers, which often show their pretty white, pink or yellow flowers as early as March and April. Many bulbs belong to this group, such as tulips, daffodils, snowflakes, snowdrops, grape hyacinths, etc. Their bulbs must be planted in the autumn of the previous year, whereby it is best to plant the smaller flowers in groups, while taller tulips can also set individual accents. In addition to the bulbous flowers, many shrubs also bloom early in the year: Small ornamental fruit trees are ideal as the center or border of a flower bed and delight with their rich, white or pink flowers. Forsythia and wild fruit such as the cornel blossom profusely in spring. Its bright yellow flowers can be seen from afar.
summer
Summer belongs to the annual and biennial summer flowers, of which there is an almost unmanageable number. Some start flowering as early as May, while others don't start until June or July. Choose the colors carefully and limit yourself to three different shades if possible - otherwise small beds in particular will quickly look overloaded. Snapdragons, elfin spurs, foxgloves, nasturtiums, mug mallow, pansies, hollyhocks, cosmos flowers or marigolds (tagetes) have a fairly long flowering period and do well in most locations.
fall
You can extend the flowering season with late-blooming autumn perennials: goldenrod, various asters, yellow coneflowers, perennial sunflowers, Indian nettles, coneflowers, water daisies, candleweed, autumn anemones, yarrow (not only available in white, but also in yellow, red and pink), Prairie candle, stonecrop, monkshood and chrysanthemums often start flowering in summer and bloom tirelessly until the first frost.
winter
Even between the beginning of December and February there are still winter-blooming species that provide delicate splashes of color in the gray winter landscape. Christmas rose, winter snowball, winter jasmine, snow heather and witch hazel together with evergreen plants make the flower bed look attractive even in the cold season.
tips
In order for the flower bed to look lush at any time of the year, several species of plants should always bloom. You can achieve this by including all plant groups and, in addition to perennials, also integrating dwarf and ornamental shrubs as well as bulbs and bulbs.