This easy-care summer garden plan lets you enjoy gorgeous flowers with very little work.
The secret to nearly nonstop color in this easy-care summer garden plan is overlapping bloom times.
You’ll even get a post-spring encore in late summer when thereblooming irisproduces a second flush of pristinewhite flowers.
Credit: Illustration by Gary Palmer
Keep them well watered the first year after planting.
If the soil feels dry, then it’s crucial that you water again.
And check that you’re watering early in the morning before the worst heat of the day.
Always verify if the soil feels dry before watering to avoid giving your plants too much water.
Summer perennials are flowers, trees, and shrubs that bloom in the summer.