Life is hard, gardening shouldn’t be. Here are seven plants you can grow that will be colorful all growing season without a minute’s trouble.
Although I no longer sell these specific plants, you can find many more of my colorful favorites here.
LUSCIOUS® Bananarama Lantana
- Tough-as-nails annual is extremely heat and drought tolerant, tolerates poor soils; protect from frost
- Large clusters of bright sunny yellow flowers on mounded plants
- Blooms all season without deadheading
- Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, not preferred by deer
- Full sun
LUSCIOUS® BERRY BLEND™ Lantana
- Tough-as-nails annual is extremely heat and drought tolerant, tolerates poor soils; protect from frost
- Large clusters of fuchsia, orange and yellow flowers on mounded plants
- Blooms all season without deadheading
- Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, not preferred by deer
- Full sun
COLORBLAZE® KEYSTONE KOPPER® Solenostemon(Coleus)
- Richly saturated orange-bronze foliage
- Bred to bloom very late or not at all, making the plant last into fall with little maintenance
- Wonderful in large containers and landscapes
- Heat tolerant and less preferred by deer
- Full sun to shade
COLORBLAZE® LIME TIME™ Solenostemon(Coleus)
- Vigorous selection with bright chartreuse foliage that brightens up any combination or landscape in sun or shade without burning
- Bred to bloom very late or not at all, making the plant last into fall with little maintenance
- Wonderful in large containers and landscapes
- Heat tolerant, less preferred by deer, and mildew resistant (which can be a problem with other chartreuse coleus)
- Full sun to shade
COLORBLAZE® ‘RAINBOW RHYTHM®’ Hemerocallis
- Enormous 7 ½ – 8 ½” flowers
- Glimmering tangerine orange, gold dusted flowers with twisted, ruffled petals
- Blooms in early midsummer on tall scapes loaded with buds
- Full sun to part shade
AMAZING DAISIES™ ‘Banana Cream’ Leucanthemum
- Picture perfect, large 4-5”, lemon yellow flowers age to creamy white
- Disease resistant variety with strong stems that are great for cutting for long lasting fresh bouquets
- Blooms begin in early summer with some rebloom from secondary buds; benefits from deadheading
- Full sun
LO & BEHOLD® ‘Lilac Chip’ Buddleia
- Award winning, seedless butterfly bush that won’t sow its seed around the garden
- Soft lavender pink flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds from midsummer to frost without deadheading
- Dwarf, compact habit grows only 1 ½-2’ tall x 2-2 ½’ wide
- Perfectly sized for containers and small-scale urban landscapes
- Full sun