June is the beginning of the summer growing season, together with the best flower gardens creating masses of blooms, colors, beauty and aroma. When you arrange flowers in the garden, planting each variety together in a mass creates a formal look. Mixing different type of individual flowers creates a wildflower subject. The secret to using summer-blooming flowers is to mix them in with spring- and also fall-blooming blooms to produce a garden that is always in bloom.
Showcase Flowers
Showcase flowers call attention to themselves with size and unusual colors. One outstanding group of summer blooms are dahlias (Dahlia spp.) , which grow best in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 7 through 10 at the full sun. Based on the variety, these perennials reach 1 to 6 feet tall with large, dramatic flower heads appearing from the middle of summer through fall. Dahlias can be found in red, pink, lavender, purple, orange, white and yellow colors. “TigerEye” gloriosa daisy (Rudbeckia “TigerEye”) creates masses of golden blooms from summer through fall in USDA hardiness zones 3 through 9. Each sun-loving bloom displays several rows of yellow ray petals encircling a cone-shaped brown facility. Gloriosa daisies begin inland close to the start of summer and last until the end of fall.
Ground Cover Blossoms
Low-growing summer-flowering plants behave as ground covers when planted around taller flowers. “Georgia Blue” speedwell (Veronica peduncularis “Georgia Blue”) creates a creeping mat of glossy evergreen leaves 4 to 6 inches tall spreading 36 to 48 inches wide. Masses of blue flowers float at the top of their leaves all summer long. At USDA zones 4 through 8, speedwell can be employed as a weed-suppressing ground cover in full to partial sunlit locations. Sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum), which can be a shade-loving flower and grows best in full to partial shade, reaches 6 to 12 inches tall in USDA zones 5 through 9 with vanilla-scented leaves and small white starlike flowers, appearing from late spring until the end of summer.
Airy Filler Blooms
Airy filler flowers cover large areas in the flower bed to fill in gaps with feathery blooms. A number of these kinds of flowers produce incredibly showy blossoms. “Geyser Pink” gaura (Gaura lindheimeri “Geyser Pink”) rises well in USDA zones 5 through 9 in full to partial sun, reaching 20 to 36 inches tall and broad with delicate pink blossoms from late spring through fall. This perennial tolerates drought, heat and heat. “White Sensation” astilbe (Astilbe simplicifolia “White Sensation”) creates white, feathery plumes reaching around 18 inches tall each of summer. At USDA plant hardiness zones 4 through 9, this perennial creates a mound of leaves 10 inches high and 24 inches wide in filtered sun locations.
Structural Flowers
Structural blossoms provide a garden feel and powerful upright components. Several of these kinds of blooms send up tall flower stems during the summer. “Hidcote Blue” English lavender (Lavandula angustifolia “Hidcote Blue”) attracts butterflies all summer in sunny areas in USDA zones 5 through 9 with fragrant 2- to 3-foot-tall flower spikes comprising little dark-purple blossoms. “Snow White” bee balm (Monarda “Snow White”) rises well in USDA plant hardiness zones 4 through 9, reaching 2 to 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide in full-sun exposure with mint-scented leaves and summer-long white pompomlike flowers, which attract butterflies and hummingbirds to the garden.
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