Summer Flowers for Phoenix Landscapes
Love to have a garden with flowers blooming? Luckily, summer flowers for Phoenix landscapes come in a wide variety of colors. Many of them even continue blooming into the fall. Here are some of the top choices:
Fanflower
A purple flowering annual plant which blooms all season until a frost. Fanflowers are:
- Low maintenance, drought, and heat tolerant.
- Height 8-14 inches and trail up to 18 inches.
- Requires full sun and average soil.
Blanket Flowers
These red and yellow daisy-like perennials are 1-3 feet tall. Blanket Flowers:
- Bloom through summer and fall.
- Are excellent cut flowers.
- Like heat and sun.
Verbena
A fragrant plant which comes in blue, pink, red and white. Verbena:
- Come in annual and perennial varieties.
- Love sun.
- Are 1-3 feet tall, 12-20 inches wide.
- Bloom summer and fall.
Zinnia
These cheerful, abundant blooming, annual flowers:
- Attract hummingbirds and butterflies.
- Can be as small as six inches or as large as 3 feet.
- Are good cut flowers.
- Come in white, red, orange and yellow.
Vinca
A bushy plant with deep green glossy leaves that is 1-2 feet tall. Vinca:
- Bloom from spring until frost.
- Come in white, rose and pink tones.
- Require daily watering.
- Are 1-2 feet wide.
Not sure you want to worry about replanting each season and maintaining your summer flowers in your Phoenix landscape? Victor’s Landscaping, Inc., with almost two decades of experience in the Greater Phoenix area, can help keep your landscape blooming all summer long.
