July 23 — Gardening for Year-Round Color

Top 10 landscape perennials

Common Name / Scientific Name / Exposure

Baby Sun; Sunray Moonbeam; Zagreb / Coreopsis gandiflora / Sun
Daylily / Hemerocallis spp. / Sun or Semi-Shade
Goldstrum Rudbickia / Rudbeckia X Goldstrum / Sun
Perennial Hibiscus / Hibiscus X mosheutos / Sun

(Rose Mallow, Mallow Rose, Swamp Mallow). Grown primarily for its large flowers (six to 12 inches wide), the plant forms a large (three to eight foot) shrub. White, pink and red hibiscus are available. The plant is actually a herbacious perennial and will overwinter. Do not confuse this Hibixcus with K. syruacus (Althea), a woody deciduous shrub common in the landscape or with H. rosa-sinensis (Chinese Hibiscus), a tropical hibiscus which is not hardy. The Moy Grande, Flare and Lord Baltimore are highly recommended for full sun locations, wet or dry.

Purple Coneflower / Echinacea angustifolia / Sun
Garden Canna / Canna X Gerneralis / Sun or Shade
Turk's Cap / Malvaviscus drummondii / Sun or Shade
'Texas Gold' Columbine / Aquilegia Hinckleyana / Shade
Firebush / Hamelia patens / Sun
Perennial Verbena / Verbena X hubrida / Sun

Flowers and Color for All Seasons
1. Designing with Plants
2. Painting with Plants
3. Patio Gardening
4. Vertical Gardening
5. Buterfly Gardening

Fall Planted Spring-Flowering Annuals

Spring Planted Summer-Flowering Annuals

The Southern Garden
Table of Landscape Plants