Gardening is a hobby enjoyed by millions of people around the world, and adds charm, beauty and color to anyone’s yard. Whether you garden for functional purposes with vegetables, or garden for the aesthetic value, it can be a rewarding experience. Add the five most popular summertime flowers to your garden, landscape or home and enjoy the beauty these plants have to offer.
Roses
Roses are the number one choice of many blushing brides. There are hundreds of varieties from which to choose. Novice gardeners, or for those who do not have a particularly green thumb should stick with a more hardy variety like the Landscape roses, those with experience tending to more difficult roses can try a more advanced and delicate version like the hybrid roses.
Sweet Pea
Sweet Pea flowers encapsulate the very essence of summer with their delightful smell and vivacious and bold colors. Seeds can be started in indoor pots, or directly into the ground and are relatively easy to maintain. They thrive in full sun, but blooming is often cut short by the heat. They come in three main varieties, old-fashioned, Spencer cultivars and Bijou groups. Bijou groups are considered a dwarf version, and work especially well in containers.
Daisy
Shasta and Gerber daisies are the most preferred varieties of this popular summertime flower. Daisies are easy to grow, whether you plant them out in your garden, or have them gracing your home in containers. Daisies are most often grown from seed, and prefer full sunlight. Daisies are one of the easiest and hardiest plants to grow, and they are seldom bothered by pests or disease. Daisies are perfect for the beginning garden, but so much a favorite among experts that many include them in their perennial borders.
Hydrangea
Hydrangea is a favorite among many flower connoisseurs and newer varieties have recently been introduced that will have you falling in love with this flowering shrub all over again. There are now hydrangea varieties petite enough to fit into a perennial border, hardy enough to withstand colder temperatures and still some others that will blow you away with their vibrant colors.
Gardenia
Gardenia are as luscious scented as they are beautiful. Gardenia prefer the full sun if grown inside, and partial shade if part of an outdoor landscape. Gardenia love the heat and humidity, and do particularly well in the Southeast regions of the United States. This ornamental shrub will add charm and beauty to any garden or landscaped yard with its powerful scent and gorgeous white blooms.
This informative article was submitted by Ramesh Jain. Whenever Ramesh needs flowers delivered, he turns to Liberton Flowers, an Edinburgh florist. For more information on their services, and same day delivery services, call them at 0131 664 6588.
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