What flowers look great together and also can handle lots of sun?

The flower bed in the front of my house gets all the afternoon sun. Ever year I plant flowers and they never do good. So what flowers will look good together and will last with the sun?

FlowersBirthday FlowersSympathy FlowersJust walk through the plant section and you see the problem all of us have to deal with





Which one will look best here or there





This is the fun of doing it so don't let us take your fun away by telling you what to plant





You will take pride in what you grow when you can tell all





You could say one day I thought I'd try this and just look at them


large Zinnias and they like it hot too.


NICE ain't they


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Reply:Make sure to buy plants for the "zone" you live in. Here's a link with that information, as well as plant groupings for different zones, sun, shade, etc. This company has already done the work for you so it's easy! There are taller plants for the back and heights of plants that tier lower toward the front of the flower bed. You'll also be able to see what plants flower and bloom and what plants are just great coloring foliage. Happy gardening!
Reply:Tall Annuals For Sun:


Canna lilies (a tender rhizome) are available with tropical-looking green, deep purple, or variegated foliage and large red, pink, yellow, or orange flowers. They are bold and dramatic especially when combined with dahlias.
Reply:http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consu...





I like to use portulaca in spaces like you described. It has many beautiful colored flowers and requires little maintenance. It is drought tolerant and thrives in the sun. I included a link above to give you an idea of what it looks like...It is an annual, but mine reseeds itself and comes back every year.
Reply:blue salvia, alyssum, pink %26amp; white geraniums, pink celosia, cleome, and maybe a blush knock-out rose.





Mulch well - 2 - 3 inches, keeping the roots cool and moist is what helps the top of the plant survive the heat.affiliate

What kind of flowers you would recommend for outside flowerbeds in the south?starting flower beds any tips?

I AM A NOVICE AT THIS. I am about begin planting flowers in the flower beds, but I am new at this so any tips would be great. Plus I live in a southern state so I need flowers who can handle the hot humid weather, and are not delicate I am new at this, but pretty and reasonable priced.Any tips from are welcomed?Thank you colorful Preferably perenials

FlowersBirthday FlowersSympathy Flowersmexican tupils, most of all cos they survive in harsh environnment and then they have beautiful flowers and you can choose how you want them to grow, you can leave it grow like a tree or you can crop it, if you need a hedge the you make a hedge with lots of em, another option would be the bugambiglia. both come in many colors
Reply:Everbloom Hydrangeas are great and will bloom all summer, even the normal hydrangeas are gorgeous and probable my favorite. Lantana - butterflies love, I'm a northern transplant myself and find that roses any kind are so easy to grow in the south! My MIL has Knock out roses, more shrub like, can use a hedge trimmer on them, but they bloom their hearts out and provide great color! Iris for spring blooms, plant just below surface, no need to bring in over winter. Gladiolous, day lillies do great. Penta, Russian Sage, Mexican Petunias, Purple Cone flowers, dianthithus, Verbena, Vinca (reseeds itself), Marigolds (reseed), coreopsis, my neighbor lady has beautiful hollyhocks. I have'nt had great success with petunias or geraniums, maybe it's my soil?? Looking for great prices? I love to go to a big nursery's, even lowe's and other places reduced their prices by 50% on perennials by mid to late summer trying to move them out. Even if you plant them in the fall the root system gets a great start and will be bigger and better come spring since th ground doesn't freeze!
Reply:Daylilies are one of the best perennials in my opinion. They are virtually maintenance free, love the sun, and are continuously in bloom. You can plant them kind of sparsely, because they are very prolific, but they look great in mass plantings. Another perennial I like is white ginger. They are beautiful, smell awesome and again are maintenance free, other than cutting them back in the winter. They look terrible when they are dying off in the winter, but after cutting back, they come back without a hitch. If you hurry, you can plant seeds and have color in a few weeks. Things like Cosmos (they get very tall) or Zinnias are quick to bloom.


I live in Louisiana and look for things that are drought tolerant.
Reply:petunias, marigolds rose bushes. go to walmart and just look around and when you go check and see if the ones you think are pretty are wilted and if they are they arnt going to be able to stand the heat but some if you water them enough they will be ok. but just take a stroll around the garden section in walmart. or you can go to home depot and they can help you pick the right kind.
Reply:I love purple coneflowers and black eyed susans and they love the heat.
Reply:look for the flowers with (sow direct) on the packet and you cant go wrong
Reply:YUPsuper nanny

Examples of Flowering and Non-Flowering plants in the following Biomes?

I need to know an Example of Flowering and Non-Flowering plant for each of the following Biomes: Human Tropic Biome , Warm Temperate Biome and Outside Biomes.

FlowersBirthday FlowersSympathy Flowersthis site lists all the biomes and either tells you the types of plants or from the info provided you can do a little more searching to figure it out.





http://www.edenproject.com/horticulture/...skin disease

How do you keep dogs out of the flowers in your yard?

I planted some flowers around a tree in my backyard and my two dogs haven't touched them. So, I planted around another tree that was next to my deck. Well it seems that they walk through these flowers! I haven't put mulch down yet. Any way to keep the dogs out and away from my newly planted flowers?

FlowersBirthday FlowersSympathy FlowersGet a small decorative fence and put it around the flowers. also when choosing mulch do not get cocoa chips. If your dogs eat these they will get very sick! It is made from the same tree that they make chocolate from and your dog can get the same poisoning as them eating chocolate ok.





Find a all natural mulch with no dyes or coloring. I prefer cedar my self mainly because the dogs really dont like the smell and tend to leave it alone. It not only good looking but it also keeps many bugs away too!
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Reply:Boundaries work. Planting through chicken wire will prevent dogs digging and from squirrels from digging up bulbs.





Telling the dog no, but you can't be there all the time.





I've heard to not plant Yucca because the thorns are too big but to plant something with smaller thorns. Not sure if I like that advice.





I've heard to put pine cones in the mulch so it's uncomfortable to walk on and yes, there are loads of dog repellents out there.
Reply:Put a couple of yucca cactus branches in your flower garden. Once they step on them they will not return.
Reply:My husband and I had this with our Weim.


He loves to dig in my mulch around my Japanese Maple.


We went to Home Depot and got a few sections of that white plastic decorative fencing.





He started to enter the area after we put the fencing in, but we got him out of there and now the boundary is physical. He doesn't go in there much now.





Just make sure that the flowers you planted in there aren't harmful to dogs.





I have some Lilies that I planted years ago that keep popping up in the spring. He loves to mess with them, but Lilies are harmful to dogs, so I have to be vigilant about keeping him away from them.
Reply:Give yur dogs away since yur so concerced with yur flowers and nothing else... or get that invisable fence ****.nanny

What later flowering plants can I put in a raised bed?

I have a raised bed that is planted woth roses at the back. In front of them are anenomes that have died down now, what do you recommend planting to fill the bed that is late flowering and low growing? Low growing perennials preferred. Has to be frost hardy.

FlowersBirthday FlowersSympathy Flowersfor the autumn try asters they come a great variety of colours try some autumn crocus they should survive. For winter flowering try cyclamen, iris reticulata they grow approx 6in and are very hardy,winter aconite, snowdrops,crocus.Cushin saxifrage is very good it's spreads well and grows 2-4in in height and will last from late winter to mid spring and of course viola.. good luck happy gardening
Reply:I really like Asters. They are better than mums for the fall. The purple ones are really pretty.
Reply:Japanese flowering white anemone
Reply:why don't you try some of the hostas lovely plants and look good also quite hardy
Reply:Good old pansies,lots of colour,and you can get perennial pansies.
Reply:peony
Reply:Dahlias are late flowering, you lift the roots for the winter and replant next July. There are loads of different shapes, colours and sizes.


One plant that goes really well with roses is Lavendar, I'd use Munstead Dwarf. The scent helps keep aphids off the roses and the colour scheme is usually complimentary.Shoes

What plants to put in a large flower bed?

I just moved to a new house and there is a very large flower bed in an "L" shape on my corner and I want to plant something there after I fix it up.. I need something easy that will come back year after year. If it is a flowering plant I would prefer it have bloom all summer. I am on a busy neighborhood st. so I would also like it to be a "neat" and pleasing looking arrangement.. Something fairly low maintenance. Any suggestions? I live in the north east.

FlowersBirthday FlowersSympathy FlowersThe best plant for your area will also need to take into consideration what soil type you have, soil pH, amount of water available and how much sun. Local advice is often a good thing, or check with your state extension service for a list of plants that do particularly well in your state.





One possibility that's pretty adaptable is 'Stella d'Oro' daylily:


http://landscaping.about.com/od/perennia...





Personally, and depending on how much room you've got, I'd be pretty bored with yellow daylilies all summer long, so I'd probably add a couple of small trees with interesting spring flowers and winter bark. e.g.: http://arnoldia.arboretum.harvard.edu/pd...





Or if you'd like folks to not cut across your property, some rugosa roses might be a good bet:


http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/shrubselect...


Not only are they hardy, they positively resent pesticides and fertilizer. Leave them alone (except for pruning) and they're delighted! http://oldheirloomroses.com/Rugosa.htm
Reply:no perennial will bloom all summer but you can plant a few things that will bloom for a long time and one after another.


For late summer and into fall you can't beat black-eyed susans and cone-flowers.


You should also think of layering ie shorter plants in the front , medium in the middle and taller at the back.


for the front and shorter plants I love the perennial geranium also called cranesbill. They are lovely and have a nice leaf and come in many colours. Also columbines are lovely.





For the middle I love veronica spicata which has a purple plume.





something else i have just thought of thast blooms for a long time is called spiderwort. Each bloom lasts one day but it does continue for a long ,long time. They are really pretty.


If you have some shady spots you should do some hosta.





I would also make sure to get some artemesia which is a lovely silver colour. It doesn't really have flowers but the leaves are nice and pretty and silver and it looks stunning.





hope these are helpful ideas
Reply:I suggest you go to your local professional garden spot and ask for advice there. You will be able to look that the plants that are most pleasing to you and get advice on how to care for them.
Reply:You can plant rhodo's . they flower in spring and heather is nice, i do believe it flowers in summer as well. Lilacs are nice and all 3 of these are low maintanence and look very nice. You could also plant a hydrangia depending on how alcaline or acid your soil is the flowers can range from a brilliant blue to a purple.all of these come back every year as do peonies. i hope this helps you in chosing your plants.
Reply:We had the following and they were so pretty that people would drive by just to look at them:





http://www.jacksonandperkins.com/gifts/s...





Be sure to follow directions that will come with the roses.loan

What later flowering plants can I put in a raised bed?

I have a raised bed that is planted woth roses at the back. In front of them are anenomes that have died down now, what do you recommend planting to fill the bed that is late flowering and low growing? Low growing perennials preferred. Has to be frost hardy.

FlowersBirthday FlowersSympathy FlowersCocosmia hybrids or knifofia (red hot pokers, you can get dwarf varietys), i think i spelt it right lol.puppy teeth