Landscape Gardening Action

The flowering bulbs of summer show off a lot of beauty to any garden landscape. Many flowering bulbs for summer have small flowers and do not grow very tall; these should be placed in the front of a flower bed grouped together.The others bulbs have larger flowers and usually grow taller also should be grouped together but placed in the back of the flower bed; many of them will need to be staked in order for a proper display. These flowering bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers add gorgeous color and a feeling of the tropics to almost any garden.

If you happen to live in a warm climate zone most of these bulbs can be left in the ground year round. If you are a gardener in a cooler climate zone you will need to dig them out in the fall and store for the winter months. You can replant them during the spring. Just as the spring flowering bulbs have started to die off these summer flowering bulbs are beginning to add more color to the garden. Most of these summer flowers will bloom during June and run through the fall for a beautiful garden.

Tuberous begonias have several styles to choose from but we usually think of the large flower version that has numerous combination of color. These color combination will brighten a shady corner in the garden. Their leaves look almost succulent. Begonias vary in size and shape and their flower colors range from white to pink or red. Many gardeners plant this flower mainly because of their foliage color.

Canna flower bulbs have bold bright leaves and their flowers can be cream, orange, pink or red. These rhizomes usually produce plants that can be anywhere from three feet to eight feet tall. They are very popular because they are exotic looking and colorful.

Caladium bulbs are mainly grown for their bold colorful bold leaf and will do very well and prefer a shady part of the garden even though will still do well in a sunny area. Their leaves are wide and arrow-shaped with color combinations of greens, pinks, reds, whites, and bi-colors. The flowers on the caladium plants are insignificant and gardeners remove them at first sight.

Dahlia flower bulbs can produce two foot to eight foot tall plants with flowers from 8 to twelve inches across and they will bloom from July to October. They have a wide selection of colors to choose except for the blues. The dahlia flowers are quite popular for flower competitions. They will usually start to bloom in late summer into fall.

Gladiolus has a wide range of colors and could possibly grow to five feet tall. Each corm will produce only a single flower which makes them attractive as background flowers. Their flowers are spiked and will begin to appear only a couple of months after planting. The flowers are can be found in cutting gardens and the selection of colors is vast.

Lily of the nile plants have bright blue or white flowers with stalks getting as high as five feet. They will bloom during the middle of summer. Lily-of-the-valley with their gorgeous bell shaped flowers and aroma can easily be missed because the plant is so short. The lily bulbs flowers are large and trumpet shaped. They can range in height from two feet to well over 6 feet tall and are available in just about every color of the rainbow. Calla lily plants look very tropical and their flowers are generally white but can also be found in pink, red, and yellow.