Daylily / Hemerocallis
Daylily are the choice if you want a flower you plant and forget about it. Most blooms last one day – thus his name but have no fear they keep blooming from early to midsummer.
Creeping Phlox
There’s nothing like the rich fragrance in spring from the delicate flowers Creeping Phlox produce. As the name implies they are a creeping plant which is perfect for rock gardens, between the crevices in stone walls, or planted as a ground cover.
Coneflower / Echinacea
These daisy-like flowers come in an array of colors like deep red, brilliant pink, bright orange and a delicate white. These heat and drought-resistant perennials are easy to grow.
Black-eyed Susan / Rudbeckia
Enjoy the delightful daisy like blooms that almost look like mini sunflowers that bloom early summer to fall. These beauties can take the heat and drought of summer. Great for cut flowers!
Bee Balm
Bee Balm has spikey, tubular flowers that spike out of the cone-like center. They usually come in brilliant red but also come in blue, pink, white, purple and blue. Bee Balm attracts bees, and butterflies!
Tuberous Begonia
Exquisite blooms in solid and bicolor shades of yellow, red, pink, orange and white and even double bloom versions that look like roses. An outstanding choice for filling out your containers with luscious color. Trailing varieties add drama to hanging baskets and window boxes.
Torenia
Also known as the Wishbone flower, these unique flowers are easily recognizable with their trumpet-shaped blooms and come in regal colors ranging from blues and purples to pinks and yellows. There are upright varieties that work well as bedding and border plants and trailing varieties that are perfect for containers. A favorite of hummingbirds.
Rieger Begonia
Perfect for adding long-lasting color in your shade garden. The combination of dark green shiny foliage contrasted with the larger-than-life blooms are sure to make an impression! To keep the party going, remove spent blooms to encourage rebloom and water with care to avoid getting the foliage wet.
New Guinea Impatiens
Flamboyant flower buds and blooms are hard to miss! Fuchsias are best used where the trailing stems can spill over container edges, hanging baskets and window boxes. The funnel shaped blooms are loved by butterflies and hummingbirds.
Impatiens
The go-to flower for shade gardening, Impatiens show off their single or double blooms in a wide range of colors and habits suitable for containers, hanging baskets and the landscape. Impatiens are making quite the comeback now that advances in breeding have improved their resistance to downy mildew.