The Ever-Blooming Garden
Create waves of colorful blooms from spring through fall.
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With careful planning, you can design a garden that is continuously flowering.
The key to having a great-looking garden is to have color — lots of it. The trick, however, is to keep the color coming. Bob Harvey, a master at successive-blooming plants, shares his knowledge on how to grow plants that blooms in spring, summer and right into fall.
The goal is to create waves of blooms that begin in early spring and carry on into late fall. This garden starts with bearded iris that bloom pink and blue, progressing into yellow daylilies called 'Happy Returns', which bloom at the same time as roses. Then the garden progresses through the late fall with brilliant sedum along the bottom border. It's the grand finale for gardeners.
For a creative window box idea, Bob suggests planting California poppies. They cascade wonderfully, and their leaf texture complements other types of leaf textures. It has a nice way of capturing the sun. Almost any kind of plant can go in a window box. A stunning plant combination is cranberry-colored coleus surrounded by browallia and torenia.
Another garden features peonies surrounding lilies. The goal is to have taller flowers in the center of the garden, with perennials at different levels beneath. One old-fashioned perennial, rose mallow, blooms for about six to eight weeks. Together these flowers provide a great display of color and fragrance.
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