A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Plants and Flowers Forum choice of flower for summer long bloom

Hi all,


1. How many of you deadhead petunias?

2. What are your choices of flowers for color and bloom all summer long?

Carol

Zinnias are a great choice for summer long blooms and they come in most colors.
roses are another good choice.
Portulaca are also good and come in most of the hot colors.
And Marigolds again in hot colors. I love hot colors in the garden.

Since I harvest seeds I don't deadhead for the most part.

I do deadhead my petunias, but they usually don't last long here unfortunately.

This summer I found and planted gaillardias for the very first time and I must say that I LOVE them!!! They have been in constant bloom ever since I planted them - WOW! I do deadhead them also to keep the buds coming, and they just keep blooming their pretty heads off!

We are probably in the same zone, so you can't go wrong with them if you like yellows, oranges, and reds! By the way... they are perennials too!

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I'm with the marigolds, here they last til we have a good heavy frost, which is usually late Oct, to mid Novermber

Zinnia is a good choice. I love them. They have different colors, so you can plant mixed color...they simply brighten up the whole garden.

We've been getting frost and the Galliardias are still blooming.

I deadhead once in a while. Marigolds stay pretty for a long time as well as zinnia. If you have shade touch me nots stay forever. If you plant 4 o'clocks where you water them they stay forever here.

I deadhead my petunias, roses, marigolds, sweet peas, dahlias, and fushias. I also harvest bachelor buttons & cosmos. They all do great here usually. We've had a much cooler/wetter year, so some of the flowers were late starting and others were finished early. And now the nights are dropping into the low 40's
May I ask what is a galliardia? Do you have a picture of it? I think I would like to try them!