Different Types of Flowers
to keep color in the garden all season
By planting different types of flowers in your garden, you can have non-stop color all season. Different kinds of flowers, add contrast, height, and many colors, not available in roses.
Careful planning, and knowing the bloom time of these perennial flowers, make your garden a riot of color! It's up to you to choose- bold and bright, or soft and pastel.
For more information on any of these different types of flowers, click on the name of the flower. They are available from White Flower Farm.
Tiny white, brown, or pink-striped petals (called "bees") in the centers of these frilled blossoms make their deep rosy pink color look even more delicious. 'Pink Punch' is one of the New Millennium hybrids developed in New Zealand and supplies summer borders and bouquets with towers of spectacular color. Encourage fall bloom by deadheading.
The tall hybrid Delphiniums are the outstanding elements of every well-bred garden. However, dwarf forms and the sturdy and graceful species are equally charming in their own way. Delphiniums require full sun and rich soil amended with lime. In the South, they are best planted in the fall and treated as cool-season annuals.
The tall hybrid Delphiniums are the outstanding element of every well-bred garden and get most of the press accorded to this genus. However, the sturdy and graceful species are equally charming, equally blue, and a good deal more durable. Their colors are stunning and the period of bloom is long, in part because they produce secondary spikes in late summer and fall. Delphiniums require full sun and rich soil amended with lime. 'Bellamosum' is bright, deep blue, with 4ft stems.
Delphiniums are MY favorites! They add beauty, with height. And that "Blue" color,... stunning!
Blooming in June, Delphiniums come in a variey of colors, don't overlook this perennial flower, when choosing different types of flowers for your garden.
Echinacea, a North American genus in the Daisy family, has big, bright flowers that appear from late June until frost. Coneflowers thrive in average soils or hot, dry conditions and shrug off cold. Blooms last well, cut or dried, and the seeds in the large cone at the heart of the flower head provide nourishment for birds. The new hybrids and excellent strains of Purple Coneflower, E. purpurea, a rugged species that is native from Iowa and Ohio to Louisiana and Georgia.
A Top Performer at Pennsylvania's historic Longwood Gardens in 2007, Veronica spicata 'Purpleicious' is indeed a vibrant shade of purple. Its upright habit and 18-20in flower spikes mix well in the middle ground of borders, complementing other summer bloomers, such as Shasta Daisies, Yarrows, and Coreopsis. This one blooms in July-August.
When adding different types of flowers to your garden, put together colors that compliment each other.
Bred in England, the Star Series of compact Dianthus updates the old-fashioned charm of Garden Pinks with new disease resistance and vigor. Pop Star’s deeply fringed, double flowers -- lavender pink with a dark eye -- perch above diminutive mounds of gray-green foliage and produce a strong clove scent. Bloom is heaviest in spring, but continues on and off until fall if plants are deadheaded.
They should be planted in well-drained soil with a pH close to neutral (7.0). This may call for an occasional dusting of lime. Once first flowering is complete, spent flowers should be removed. Dianthus are wonderful planted in front of roses, or at the base of climbers.
This 12in selection is a deep heliotrope in color. It is the lowest-growing Lavender, excellent as an edging plant for a border or path.
Many gardeners grow Lavender for its fragrance, but the genus includes several excellent garden plants that should be more widely used for their midsummer beauty and resistance to heat and drought. The cool, gray-green foliage provides a perfect backdrop for the slender, arching flower stems. Some varieties are small, others tall, but they all prefer well-drained, sweet soil and full sun. Plant them in masses or form them into small hedges, and you'll find that they are attractive and useful long after the spent flowers have been clipped off.
There are many varietys of lavendar, find one that will grow in your climate.
Purple colored plants look spectacular planted beside yellow, or pink roses.
A simple flower made quite endearing by fringed tips that look like they've been cut with pinking shears. Each brilliant yellow face features bold, wine-red marks. 'Sunfire' blooms from June through October, and this newcomer is an award winner in Europe.
A genus of Daisy-like plants, Coreopsis is excellent for the border. Most are native to the southeastern United States and Mexico. They are not the least fussy about soil but require full sun. Cut stems back after the first flush of flowers fade to promote a repeat bloom.
As lovely as these are, I find Coreopsis to be invasive in my garden, so plant them in a corner spot by themselves, unless you have a big garden!
'Plum Royale' forms shiny mounds of purple leaves that hold their color all summer long. Where not covered by snow, the foliage provides winter interest, too, turning silver with a hint of purple. Pinkish white blossoms appear in summer on dark stems just above the foliage. Blooms June-July
With such colorful leaves, these Colal Bells make it easy to add different types of flowers.
Here's a floral trio with soothing color harmony and contrasting textures: mounding, rose-pink florets of Sedum telephium 'Matrona' on dark stems; soft, purplish blue blooms of Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage) along silvery, branching stems; and creamy white, starry clusters of Allium tuberosum (Garlic Chives) held above robust clumps of grassy foliage. We recommend this perennial combination of different types of flowers for the edge of a border, or an area with well-drained soil, where it will thrive even during times of drought. Deadhead the Allium to control self-sowing.
Combine two prolific ground covers for nonstop drama. Alchemilla mollis 'Thriller' and Geranium 'Rozanne' PP 12,175 perform without fail, and the combination of their frothy chartreuse flower clusters and purplish blue blooms is a knockout. Blooms June-September
Although traditionally shade lovers, these different types of flowers (Hostas) do well with some sun.
A White Flower Farm selection of a perennial Snapdragon, this 18-24 in tall plant has long spikes of flowers that are raspberry pink on the outside with throats of white lightly brushed in yellow. The combination of colors is charming and should suggest neighbors. The show starts in June, going nonstop to the end of summer. Winner of the Mailorder Gardening Association's Green Thumb Award for 2002. Exclusive.
Blooms June-September. I'll be sure to order these! I love snapdragons! Sometimes they reseed for me, but I always have to plant some every year, these will be great! Nice color too! I'm always on the lookout for different types of flowers to add to the garden.
This gem is a choice plant for the border's edge, rock gardens, and containers. The flowers are a rich purplish blue with white edges and are shown to advantage by the lovely blue-green leaves. Delightful.
Lacy greens and dancing, late-spring blooms characterize these lovely border plants. They make excellent cut flowers if picked when half open. Grow in full sun or partial shade (required in the South and in western Zones 9 and 10) and average garden soil. Propagation is by seed, so color, while quite reliable, cannot be guaranteed. Aquilegias struggle in the desert Southwest.
Babys Breath
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Gypsophila Festival Star, Gypsophila 'Festival StarGäó' (PP#14,818), provides continuous cut flowers all summer long! Clouds of small white flowers float above densely branched plants from May through October! Gypsophila 'Festival Star' PP#14,818 is a hardy baby's breath that looks great in the landscape or in combination with annuals in baskets, mixed containers, or window boxes. The ice-white blooms provide a brilliant backdrop for other wildflower varieties. Does not transplant well. Plant in light, dry soil and provide a treatment of lime. Mulch for winter protection. Cut the flowers for arrangements when half the blooms are open to extend vase life. You can also place Baby's Breath upright or hang upside down in dry, dark, open, airy place.
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This break-through Hollyhock is a winner on several counts: its stout stems stay short -- about 3ft tall -- and the flowers are double, fringed, and a provocative shade of deep pinkish red. 'Fiesta Time' looks right at home in a cottage garden, but will add glamour to a flower border or large container.
The common Hollyhock is one of the most desirable garden plants nature ever invented. Alcea should be planted in full sun in clumps close to every New England house and, if placed in a protected location, need not be staked. With the exception of our Perennial Singles, the varieties we offer are officially biennials, but we find that under favorable conditions they will persist for a number of years. (In the South, Hollyhocks are best treated as biennials -- planted in fall for bloom the following spring.) Flowering begins in June here and continues into August. Plants prefer well-drained, neutral to slightly sweet soil.
A prolific Shasta Daisy, 'Banana Cream' features bright, 4in, lemon-yellow blooms that turn butter yellow. They have an extra row of ray petals, so they look even fuller. The compact plants produce flower buds on side shoots, which means these cheerful blooms keep coming all summer long. Dark green foliage has increased disease resistant. PPAF
Until recently, we listed Shasta Daisies under the genus Chrysanthemum, but as long-time gardeners, we've become used to having plant names change. What hasn't changed is the plants themselves, which are some of the showiest and most reliable perennials for the summer garden. At peak bloom, they produce a mass of daisies so clean and white, they compete in brilliance with the sun. When you want white daisies, this is where you look.
There is an Almost Endless list of perennial flowers that you could blend in and around your roses. There are many different types of flowers, and different kinds of flowers. Research them, then order some, to add color and variety to your garden.
All the flowers listed on this page are available from White Flower Farm a trusted company with a wonderful reputation.
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