Flowers That Bloom in Springtime
Spring is the season when the world starts to warm up and blossoms appear, bidding goodbye to winter. Many different types of flowers blossom in this season, brightening up the garden. Including a couple of springtime blooms to the garden welcomes the coming birds and butterflies to the flower bed.
Spring Annuals
Annuals typically have a short lifespan, but they can offer the garden with a long blooming period. Marigolds (Tagetes spp.) , pansies (Viola x wittrockiana) and petunias (Petunia spp.) Are typical spring-blooming annuals. Marigolds fill the flower bed with alluring colours such as orange and yellow, while pansies are available in both warm and cool colours such as red, pink, orange, purple, blue, white and purple. Petunias grow nicely in flower beds and containers with crimson, pink, purple, purple and white trumpet-shaped blossoms. All these annuals begin blooming in the spring and last until killed by extreme hot or cold weather.
Flowering Bulbs
Some of the first springtime flowers are bulbs, which can be planted in the autumn. Grape hyacinths (Muscari azureum) reach just 6 to 12 inches tall in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 through 9. These highly fragrant blossoms can be seen poking through snow and frosty ground in the spring together with Dutch crocuses (Crocus vernus) at USDA zones 3 through 8 and are available in white, yellow and purple. Daffodils (Narcissus spp.) Are another common springtime bulb for USDA plant hardiness zones 3 through 11, available in yellow, white, white, pink and multi-colored. Other spring bulbs include tulips (Tulipa spp.) , Anemone (Anemone spp.) and snowdrop (Galanthus navalis).
Springtime Perennials
Some perennials start blooming in the spring since they grow back after a winter dormancy period. One intriguing perennial flower is that the “Mars Midget” pincushion plant (Knautia macedonica “Mars Midget”), that creates deep red double flowers from spring through autumn. This mounding perennial reaches 16 inches tall, spreading 20 inches broad in USDA plant hardiness zones 5 through 8. Speedwell (Veronica spp.) Grows best in USDA zones 3 through 11, producing 12- to 36-inch-tall spikes made up of tiny pink, blue, purple or white blossomsthat last from spring through autumn.
Flowering Shrubs
Various kinds of flowering shrubs placed in an impressive spring series of blooms. Azaleas and rhododendrons (Rhododendron spp.) Grow best in USDA plant hardiness zones 4 through 9, producing large clusters of showy spring flowers in red, pink, yellow, white and purple. Most of these shrubs continue to blossom in the summer when the weather remains cool. Wisterias (Wisteria spp.) Create cascades of big flower clusters in blue, red, purple and white blossoms on long vine-like branches in USDA zones 4 through 9. This kind of spring-blooming shrub places on 10 feet of growth every single summer.