5 You do not always have to water the summer flowers

5 Summer Flowers You'll Hardly Ever Have to Water

Weeding and watering are two of my favorite horticultural activities, especially in the summer. Complete mulch takes care of the first, but the second is to choose the right plants to cut. I like to drink, not swallow. In fact, any plant that I can not go a week without standing at the end of a pipe will experience a short and miserable life.

Please understand, that I am talking about plants growing in the ground, not containers. With the exception of succulent plants, most plants that grow in pots need daily watering because they have little soil to grow in and the soil dries out quickly. With this, I present to you five flowers that, once installed, will only bloom with H2O levels throughout the summer. Give them plenty of suns and well-drained soil.

1 Blanket Flower (Gaillardia x grandiflora)

If you live near the beach, blanket flowers will grow on the dunes in the pure sand. Hybrids have done a lot of work with them to create large flowers, different colors, and shrub patterns. The collection of southern living plants includes' Sunset Orange '(Keilardia grandiflora' Sunset Orange 'orange and yellow),' Celebration '(Keillardia grandiflora' Sunset Flash 'pp 26945 red), and' Sunset Flash '(Gaillardia p99 redflo99'). All grow to 14 to 16 inches tall and wide. Butterflies love them. Click the old seed heads to prevent new flowers from coming.

 2 Summer Snapdragon (Angelonia angustifolia)

Ancient snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus) hate the summer heat. Summer Snapdragon (above) loves it. These tropical aborigines come in two forms, upright and retreating. The spikes are decorated with blue, purple, lavender, red, pink, or white flowers. Plants only need occasional dying. Butterflies like them, but deer do not. If flower production is slightly reduced, give them liquid fertilizer to drink.

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 3 Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena globosa)

Easy to start from seed and easy to grow in a garden, Globe Amaranth (above) is the dream of a lazy gardener. Flowers like clover appear intermittently in pink, purple, white, orange, and red. They form large cut flowers as they retain their color when dried. Some plants in the Strawberry Fields series can grow up to 2 feet tall. My favorite, however, is the purple dwarf 'step', which only reaches 6 to 8 inches. Plants do not need to nod and deer do not eat them.

 4 Ornamental Purslane (Portulaca hybrid)

It's hard to believe that a scary meadow will give birth to a wonderful flower, but it did happen. Growers crossed the common purslane (Portulaca oleracea) with other species to create an ornamental miracle (above) that combines fleshy, fins-shaped leaves with exotic flowers in red, orange, peach, yellow, or white. The flowers open in the morning and close in the evening. Due to its backwardness, the decorative purse makes knock-out hanging baskets, but you can use it on the edge of floral borders. Butterflies like it, but deer do not like it. Requires minimal attention - do not water too much.

5 Lantana (Lantana sp.)

Why do you often see locusts planted in shopping malls and neighborhood entrances? This is because they provide consistent color with zero care. Round flower clusters about an inch in diameter usually have pale-yellow flowers in the center with orange, red, pink, peach, yellow, or white flowers, although some choices offer solid colors. Butterflies Landana does not need any stumbling blocks to it. Check the height and spread on the label, some grow larger and higher, while others hold the floor.