Year Round Flower Garden

Plants add a textural element to gardens with their tall wispy form.

Year round flower garden.

Designing year round gardens simply begins with choosing appropriate plants for your region. To get a garden that really looks good all year round a little planning is needed. Small white flowers make a summer appearance but it s the saturated burgundy color the notable deer resistance and low water needs that make this cordyline a real stand out. Sow seed in early spring or fall or plant seedlings after all danger of frost.

The key steps are to take control of the garden put in structure and then fill it up with flowering plants. Spider flower gives a strong long flower show from summer heat to hard frost. Spring flowers combined with fall flowers allows your garden to contain color all year round or you can get the same effect by using flowers that are resilient regardless of climate. Depending on where you live you can use any combination of perennials annuals and container plantings for these all season flower gardens.

You can grow it indoors as well as outdoors in plastic pots to enjoy its year round flowers. Use as a backdrop to shorter flowers in beds and in butterfly or cottage gardens. This cascading evergreen grass like plant is a striking well mannered choice for year round interest. To grow a garden that blooms all year round you need to understand what flowers prefer and what are the best climates for them.

Stems top out around 4 feet.