Summer flowers are the perfect choice if you want the flower bed or balcony box to be cheerful and colorful. The selection of mostly one- to two-year-old species is huge: it is estimated that there are around a million different species. Choose the most beautiful ones for your garden!
Which summer flowers are suitable for a long-blooming summer flower bed?
Recommended summer flowers for a long-blooming bed include bearded carnations, cup mallow, daisy, fairy mirror, carnation, midday gold, hollyhock, zinnias, snapdragons and marigold. These species have a wide variety of colors and bloom from May to October.
Summer flowers for a long blooming flower bed
Of course, given the sheer number of summer flowers, there isn't enough space here to introduce them all to you. However, we don't want to withhold from you the best species for your summer bed at home. Here is our small but fine selection:
- Bearded carnations (Dianthus barbatus hybrids): bloom from May, very diverse colors
- Cup mallow (Lavatera trimestris): white or pink flowers between July to October
- Tassels (Bellis perennis hybrids): red, pink or white flowers between March to August
- Elfenspiegel (Nemesia Fruticans hybrids): long flowering period between June to October, many colors
- Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus): many varieties and colors
- Midday Gold (Gazania rigens): multicolored flowers, blooms between May and October
- Common hollyhock (Alcea rosea): lots of decorative 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 to September
- Marigold (Calendula officinalis): yellow and orange flower heads between May to October
Prefer and plant summer flowers
So that you can enjoy the magical blossoms of summer flowers for a long time, you should plant them on the windowsill early on. Many species can be sown as early as March in a flat seed tray (€13.00 on Amazon) and grown under the conditions of an indoor greenhouse. First pot the young plants individually in small pots; they should only be put outdoors after the Ice Saints. In addition to the summer flowers listed above, which are usually propagated from seeds, tuberous plants such as dahlias and tuberous begonias can also be grown. To do this, plant the tubers in standard potting soil from March onwards, keep it slightly moist and place the planter on a bright windowsill in a protected, warm room. These flowers can also be grown outdoors from the end of May.
Tip
Some biennial summer flowers such as carnations or hollyhocks are grown in the first year but only bloom in the second year. If you let these plants go to seed, you will get new seeds.
