Which flowers can I plant now- I live within Virginia? plz abet!? I really want to plant some flowers for my mom preferably today!...
I really want to plant some flowers for my mom preferably today! But I dont know what is good for planting at this time. I know its like mid-summer and I live contained by VA so its very hot these days - but what pretty flowers can I plant? I really approaching snapping dragons - I think thats what the're called- can I plant those? Or what can I? THANK YOU!
Snap dragons are okay. They aren't my favorite flowers.
It really depends if you are planting surrounded by a sunny area or shady area.
Some annuals for sun are:
coleus
marigold
geranium
dahlia
gerbera daisy
cleome
Some shade annuals are:
impatiens
begonias
Here are a few that grow outstandingly nicely and because of the hot days now, try planting a bit more contained by the shade:
HARDY FERNS
Golden Stargazer Lily
Gay Parer Peony
All Summer Beauty Re blooming Hydrangea
TULIPS
GERMAN IRIS
Primrose Lilac
Lemon Lights Azalea
just to name a few...
Good Luck
Answers: Ahhhhh another Virginian!
For those readers who aren't here:
You are immediately entering Zone 7 and home to all the heat, humidity, and little exoskeletal creatures that a garden can host!
Gardening here can be rather labor intensive because of our clay, but well worth the effort. Because of where on earth we are we can really grow just about anything but the tropicals; I've even have some of the sub-tropicals that grow as perennials elswhere, but that people here usually list as "annuals" return the subsequent year if I give them a little extra TLS come winter. Anyway...
I've looked at the list your other two answer-ers gave you (at the time that I started typing you only have two)), and what they list are very much what most inhabitants grow for a nice, pretty, simple, spring time, garden. The only problem that I saw in the list was really minor, and that is that, since most of them are bulbs, they obligation to go in contained by the late fall, and lone bloom in the spring. The impatiens and things (actual plants) that they listed are available immediately, and will continue to bloom given partial sun (and preferably even LESS partial as the heat really starts to grasp up there) and as long as you water. But the heat around here can really trick you and near the clay content, unless your really check; it can look wet and be dry, or vice versa. The ferns.well.I'd stay away from them for presently; plant them in the fall, consent to them settle over winter; and for the most part, they really prefer the deep shade within our heat.but most people forget to wet in the woods, so.
Coleous are great: double check these when buying...some like sun, some don't; but any way (since you didn't say if you requirement which) they are a great color addition to any area of the patio.
Cleome (or Spider Flower) is a fun, happy, old fashioned flower that starts from pip..once you plant it, you'll find out just how MANY will start from the seeds of the first one that you plant this time.planter beware!! (but it's a GREAT flower!! Tall, pretty, colorful: freshly make sure you thin them out if you want other things surrounded by your garden)
Gerbra Daisy can be planted any time, any where sunny, with minimal soil amendments, and are a wonderful, relaxed flower that comes in sooooo many colors. Now: this is one of those that necessitate to be mulched heavily in the fall, and uncovered surrounded by the spring after the soil gets warm: and at hand still is no guarantee; I mean...it IS a sub tropical.but mine come back as long as they are surrounded by the ground. Nothing comes back from clay pots: we may not get much snow, but those things freeze solid.
Now...my recommendation for this time of year?? For siimplicity of starting at this time of year: I like the the variety of daisies and afternoon lilies that we can grow here: shasta daisy (and all of it's cousins; like rudbeckia) are at the top of my register. You can plant them now, have instant color in a minute.and the "cousins" come in LOTS of colors and heights and the shastas make available the white, canvas background: in recent times remember to lightly water every afternoon as the heat and transplant shock can take it away while you stand near watching!! But even if this does appear to happen, don't give up and verbs it out! It's more resiliant than you think and just might surprise you by coming spinal column in the springtime!!
Day lillies are ready to budge in the ground and even if they've bloomed once already; you can give them a style and most of them will bloom again later!! Then you can have some 'pretties" that will hold you happy now while you prep the rest of your garden areas for the other perrenials that you want to receive in for the fall that will bloom contained by the spring and early summer.other plants that I'd suggest for next year??
Sun: Glads, butterfly bush, bee balm, salvia, yarrow, hyssop, asters, zinnia, dahlia etc...
Partial Shade: Columbine, Soapwort, lungwort, and we own a bunch of cool grasses that do really well here!
Annuals are up to you. This time of year..they are few and far between.or vice versa...
I don't know what part of Virginia you are surrounded by, so I can't say if you'd be able to carry to this place.but they have a really wonderful listing of plants on their network page so you can look and make a list for doesn`t matter what place you CAN get to..I've put it in the "source" nouns.
Now...I did note that no one really address the snap dragon question...
Snap dragons are my favorite, cottage garden flower!! A couple of things though. They are annuals...some people will utter "not" because they always seem to come spinal column where they were planted the ultimate year. They generally re-seed (but not always), and they come in two height. They also cross polinate so they are not color true the next year!!
I prefer the tall array, but sometimes combine both when I'm going heavy on the little guys . (Pair them with violas and you'll own a cottage garden paradise!!) Heres the trick to this flower though! If you want them to bloom in the spring: start the seed in the fall. If you want them to bloom within the fall, start the seeds contained by the spring. Come mid summer, the only ones that are going to be blooming though are the tallers that you've planted in obscurity..these wonderful little beauties are a northern flower for the most part and wilt contained by the heat. I've reached the point where on earth I just scatter the seed when I dead head and afterwards clip the plant to the ground at hard frost. You can still get them within the local markets; now they may look for a while scruffy, scraggly, and leggy; so get them when they are merely in bud, plant them where they'll individual get morning sun, and enjoy!!
Good luck and Happy Gardening!!
I would step to your local garden/flower shop (even home depot or even walmart) and ask them. They can tell you what to plant and they can show you.