Summer Beauty - Long Bloom Perennials

Summer maybe winding down and children going back to school, but here is some food for thought for your next year’s commercial property look. Long-blooming perennials make life easy for businesses that want color all summer. To be sure, through careful selection and planning, continuous sequence of bloom can be achieved using a multitude of plants that flower for but a brief time. But having perennial flowers that bloom all summer gives us more room for error. Just plant these species in a place where they'll be happy and let them do the work for you.

Of course, as with all plants, some work is still required, remember we can help with your landscaping, weed control, deadheading and dividing perennials to name just a few things.

But long-blooming perennials are well worth the work; here are some kinds to look for:

Garden Phlox
Come July, garden phlox (Phlox paniculata) is a staple of the garden. This long-blooming perennial flowers all summer and can continue its display into fall.  If you want to skip the presence of powdery mildew disease on your foliage opt out of growing a traditional type of garden phlox. Instead look for newer types like 'David' garden phlox, they are mildew-resistant, which keeps the foliage nice and healthy looking all summer.

Shasta Daisy
If we travel back through the mists of history, we find that "daisy" was once spelled "day's eye." It was a sun metaphor, and very much reflective of the ambiance created by this plant: It's difficult to contemplate a daisy and not come away with a sunny outlook on life. But this classic flower is more than just eye candy. Becky shasta daisies are tough plants and display an endurance that belies their delicate appearance. 

Long-Blooming Perennial Salvia
Deadhead your salvias regularly, and these perennials will bloom all summer long. Victoria blue salvia is treated as an annual in some places, but is still worth growing. 'Blue Hill,' 'May Night' and 'Caradonna' salvias are long-blooming perennials. 

Lavender
When you encounter lavender-scented linens, sachets and potpourris, you can't help but think "class." It's a nice touch in a home, and ridiculously easy to implement. But even people with no interest in such domesticity grow lavender plants. These herb plants bring just the right touch of beauty to the landscape. 

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