The selection of flowering plants available today is almost endless. For every type of flower, there are literally hundreds of varieties with a wide range of colors. Since very few flowering plants stay in bloom all season, gardeners need to select a number of annuals, perennials, flowering trees, and shrubs to attain an exciting and beautiful succession of blooms in the garden. Here are a few of my favorite flowering plants. Happy Gardening! - Allan Storjohann

Annuals for Shade

• Coleus - multi-color
• Caladium - multi-color
• Wax Begonia - red, pink, white
• Forget Me Not - white, yellow, blue
• Johnny Jump Up - white, yellow, blue
• Trailing Lobelia - white, blue
• Torenia - blue, yellow
• Browallia - blue

Perennials for Shade

• Columbine, pink, yellow,
• Bleeding Heart, Dicentra, pink
• Lenten Rose, Helleborus, pink
• Plantain Lily, Hosta, white
• Monkey Grass, Liriope, white, blue
• Mondo Grass, Ophiopogon, white
• Ribbon Grass, Phalaris, leaves white and green
• Yellow Archangel, Lamiastrum, variegated leaf
• Sweet Woodruff, Galium, yellow
• Coral Bells, Heuchera, pink, white
• Japanese Sedge Grass leaves yellow to white

Annuals for Full Sun

• Angelonia, lavender, pink, white
• Supertunia Petunia, many colors
• Calibrachoa (Million Bells), many colors
• Periwinkle, white, pink, rose red
• Marigold, yellow, orange
• Penta (Star Flower)pink, white, red
• Zinnia, pink, yellow,
• Lantana, yellow, white, orange
• Verbena, red, pink, purple
• Gazania, yellow orange
• Gomphrena (Globe Amaranth), pink, purple
• Nierembergia (Cup Flower), white, purple
• Portulaca, multi color
• Scaevola (Fan Flower), blue
• Sunflower, sunny yellow

More Annuals for full sun

• Sweet Potato Vine, chartreuse, variegated
• Sun Coleus, yellows, pinks, combinations
• Cleome (Spider Flower)white, pink
• Osteospermum, purple, white, yellow
• Euphorbia, white
• Annuals for Sun with Protection

Or Afternoon Shade

• Ageratum, blue
• Geranium, red, pink, white
• Snapdragon, yellow, pink
• Wax Begonia, red, pink white
• Celosia (Cock’s Comb), red, yellow
• Impatiens, red, pink white
• Salvia, blue, red
• Strap Leaf Caladium, white, green, pink
• Dianthus, pink, red
• Primula, pink, red, white, multiple
• Pansy, white, yellow, purple, red
• Nicotiana (Flowering Tobacco), red, white

Perennials for Sunny Locations

• Rudbeckia (Black-Eyed Susan), yellow
• Achillea (Yarrow) yellow-white
• Artemisia, silver, yellow
• Butterfly Weed yellow-orange
• Willow Leaf Bellflower, blue
• Lance Leaf Coreopsis, yellow
• Thread Leaf Coreopsis, yellow
• Coneflower, pink, yellow, red, orange
• Globe Thistle, pink
• Blanket Flower, Gaillardia, orange
• Daylily, all colors
• Red Hot Poker, Kniphofia, yellow, orange
• Gayfeather, Liatris, pink
• Speedwell, Veronica, blue
• Russian Sage, Perovskia, blue
• Gaura, white, pink
• Verbena, red, pink, purple
• Ice Plant, Delosperma, white, yellow
• Catmint, Nepeta, blue
• Autumn Sedum, pink
• Canna, many colors, and sizes

Wonderful Old Fashion Shrubs

• Althea, Rose of Sharon, pink, white, purple
• Bridal Wreath Spirea, white
• Vanhoutte Spirea, white
• Butterfly Bush, white, pink, purple
• Chaste Tree, purple, blue, white
• Snowball Viburnum, white
• Forsythia, Yellow
• Lilacs, white, lavender, pink
• Japanese Kerria, yellow

Shrubs that Bloom in Shade

• Azaleas Native and Hybrid, and many colors
• Rhododendrons, many colors
• Glossy Abelia, white
• Oakleaf Hydrangea, white
• Virginia Sweetspire, white
• Leucothe, white
• Viburnums, mostly white
• Nandina, white
• Hydrangeas, PeeGee, and Lacecap
• Camellias, red, pink, double, and single
• Mahonia, yellow
• Weigelia, red, pink
• Great Crapemyrtles
• Hope white 3′-5′
• Victor Red 3′-5′
• Velma’s Royal Delight Magenta, 3′-5′
• Zuni lavender 5′-7′
• Hopi pink 5′-7′
• Catawba deep violet purple 10′
• Raspberry Sundae Raspb. red 10′-20′
• Pink Velour pink, 10′-20′
• Dynamite cherry red 10′-20′
• Natchez white 20′
• Choctaw bright pink 20′

Best Vines

• Clematis, many colors
• Akebia, white
• Carolina Jessamine, bright yellow
• Crimson Trumpet Honeysuckle, red
• Chinese Wisteria, lavender, white
• Trumpet Vines, orange
• Silver Lace Vine, white
• Boston Ivy is great for fall color
• Mandevilla (not winter hardy), pink, red

Landscape Roses

• Carefree Wonder Pink
• Flower Carpet Pink
• Carefree Delight Rose
• Flower Carpet White
• Royal Bonica Pink
• Scarlet Meidiland Red
• Knock Out Red, Pink, and white
• Simplicity Red, Pink, White
• The Fairy Pink
• Sunsprite Yellow
• Lady Elsie May Pink
• Living Easy Yellow Orange
• Shrubs with Colorful Berries
• Firethorn Pyracantha
• Spreading Cotoneaster
• Dwarf Burford Holly
• Nellie R. Stevens Holly

Trees with Terrific Fall Color

• Red Maple Red Oak
• Sugar Maple Ornamental Pear
• Ginkgo Japanese Maple
• Autumn Purple Ash Sweet Gum
• Chinese Pistache Black Gum
• River Birch Linden

Shrubs with Colorful Leaves for Use in Sunny Spots

• Frasiers Photinia
• Silverberry Elaeagnus
• Golden Vicary Privet
• Mound Lily Yucca
• Horizontal Juniper
• Purple Sand Cherry
• Burning Bush

Shrubs with Showy Foliage for Use in Shade

• Oakleaf Hydrangea
• Variegated Acanthopanax
• Nandina
• Leucothoe
• Japanese Andromeda
• Leatherleaf Mahonia
• Oregon Grape Mahonia
• Gold Dust Plant, Aucuba
• Leatherleaf Viburnum
• Zabel’s Laurel
• Otto Luyken Laurel
• Rhododendrons
• Camellias
• Japanese and English Yew
• Julianne Barberry
• Chamaecyparis, False Cypress
• Variegated Dogwood

Colorful Ornamental Grasses

• Purple Fountain Grass
• Hamlen Dwarf Fountain Grass
• Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass
• Silver Maiden Grasses
• Pink Pampas Grass
• Variegated Japanese Silver Grass
• Moudry Fountain Grass
• Pink Muhly Grass
• Ravenna Plume Grass
• Porcupine Maiden Grass
• Zebra Grass
• Little Bluestem
• Blue Lyme Grass
• Blue Fescue

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