I want to plant a flower garden im SE Missouri.?

I just need some help picking the best ones to stay around all spring and into fall... Are there any like that? Or you can just tell me some good flowers for SouthEast Missouri.

I want to plant a flower garden im SE Missouri.?
Checkout Springhill Nurseries. Their catalogs have "planned gardens" that are designed to compliment each other in color and bloom, with plants that bloom continually with plants that bloom at different times.



I don't know if their website offers the same feature -- but they'll be more than happy to send you a catalog and a discount coupon.



These planned gardens -- some for shade, some for sun, some for around a fence, next to the house, etc. etc., will give you lots of info and inspiration. The catalog -- as well as the site -- will indicate the zone-hardiness for the plants they sell.



Your local garden center will also be helpful, as they will carry plants that are suitable for your locale.



Perennials will offer blooms only once, unfortunately. Annuals will continue to bloom through a season. The ideal is to create a garden with a mix of perennials and easy-to-deal-with annuals. The "exception" to this rule are roses. Hybrid bush roses will bloom intermittently from early summer to the first frost, but rarely will they have blooms continually.



All that aside, look into Columbines. They are billed as "biennials," but are actually perennials -- blooming their second or third year after planting from seed. You can get mature plants from the garden center, and they will reseed themselves, often creating offspring of unusual color. Generally, Columbines start blooming early-to-mid-May and continue through mid-to-late June. Columbines are beautiful, graceful, medium tall, and attract butterflies and humming birds, so I am always eager to suggest a gardener to get a few established in their yard.



Good luck and happy gardening.



ADDED: Laney made a good suggestion, but they are called Purple Cone Flowers, otherwise known as Echinacea. They are perennials, medium tall, and bloom from mid-summer to mid-to-late fall, so they do have a long blooming season. Another is bee balm. This is a perennial that spreads rapidly and comes in various purple to red flowers, is very aromatic, and true to its name, attracts bees and often hummingbirds. This also blooms from early-to-mid summer to late-fall. (Makes great potpourri also).











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Reply:Check with your county extension office. They have lots of information on flower gardening for your area.
Reply:invite to see garden. how many guards are there. any flower stays and blossoms with proper touch.
Reply:morning glories, stay

beautiful and they stay

healthy. also sun flowers,

like purple corn flowers,

they multiply rapidly.



laney
Reply:go with a larg bag of wild flowers they are hardy and most seed during the fall and you can keep the tops and plant them next year