Plants with a long flowering season

"No trouble, just a little expense" as my Father used to say

 

A few more ideas;

Solanum rantonettii flowers profusely all summer. Needs to be frost free over the winter though...........


There are many houseplants that will thrive outdoors in the summer and my Streptocarpella thrives under the Weeping Willow.......................


Another is Impatiens niamniamensis. Grow from cuttings and plant out in their second season - they will romp away right up until the first frost kills them...........................


Impatiens balfourii is a gem. The only problem is that it needs to be dead headed once a week to stop it setting too many seeds.....................


Penstemon heterophyllus is bomb proof and will flower from late spring to mid autumn................


The many forms of Gaura are also hardy and long blooming (although I found that they like the soil to be airy)................


Another tender one - Abutilon x hybridum........................

 

Solanum rantonettii is a stunner....what a beautiful colour!! Penstemon heterophyllus is another cracker....I love purples and blues in the garden.

 

How do I get my soil airy, Longk? Never thought about this before!

 

Both are very easy. P.heterophyllus "Electric Blue" is quite common in seed form.

What I mean by airy is that it breaks up in your hand very easily, even when very dry. At my last house it did just about ok in a heavy clay, here it has romped away (almost a nuisance actually) in a nice fine soil. Whenever I plant anything I always dig a hole two or three times larger than it needs and add grit, eggshells or similar.