12 colorful summer flowers that will bloom brilliantly when planted in your yard

Below we introduce some particularly easy-to-grow annual and perennial summer flowers. They are all particularly fast-growing plants that produce brilliant, captivating blooms in summer. Let's take a look at which ones they are.

1. Purple mustard

Purple mustard is a flowering plant very suitable as ground cover, and it works well as an accent flower along flowerbed edges. Its plants are relatively short and very easy to grow. It can be cultivated in small gaps and has a certain spreading ability. Its flower colors generally include purple, red, pink and lilac.

For care, it needs loose, fertile soil and a sunny environment. Purple mustard is a perennial flowering plant that can keep blooming for more than 10 years in a row.

2. Red valerian

Red valerian is a flowering plant with red, pink or white flowers, and it can sometimes be seen growing in the wild. It is a particularly easy-to-grow plant suitable for planting in all kinds of environments, and it can grow in every region of our country. It has extremely strong adaptability to the environment. It is an annual flowering plant, but it can also be grown as a small perennial flower. Its cold tolerance is extremely strong, and it can survive below 0 degrees.

3. Delphinium

Delphinium is a very tall perennial plant. Its flower colors are generally very elegant, with common blue, purple and white. It can tolerate low winter temperatures to a certain extent, but prolonged cold can easily damage the rhizome. The most important thing is to grow it in a place with good drainage to avoid root rot, and avoid growing it in a place exposed to strong winds.

Delphinium can keep blooming for more than 20 years in a row. The growing environment should have well-drained soil and fairly abundant light. After the flowers fade, the seeds can still be collected.

4. Geranium

Geranium is a perennial herbaceous flower suitable for growing in a sunny environment, but when summer temperatures are high it should be given appropriate shade to avoid excessive exposure. The growing soil must be loose and fertile and kept well drained. In winter, take care to protect it from the cold and avoid keeping it below 5 degrees.

5. Scabious

Scabious is a perennial flowering plant with very unique flowers. Its flowers are not only excellent ornamentally and very large, they also have a fresh fragrance that smells like a blend of lavender and lilac.

After the flowers of scabious fade, the spent blooms can be removed promptly to encourage continuous blooming. Grown in a sunny spot in the yard, it will grow well without frequent care, and it can tolerate brief periods of low temperatures.

6. Blue flax

Blue flax is a perennial flowering plant with a distinctive appearance. It has sky-blue flowers that look very fresh, slender flower stems, and leaves that look very small. However, the flowers of blue flax only stay open for one day, though it will continuously produce new flowers. It is a perennial flower with a flowering period that is not too long.

7. Dianthus

Dianthus has a great many varieties, the most common being carnation, also known as xiāngshícài. Dianthus is a relatively short flowering plant suitable for planting in a spot with plenty of sunlight. It is especially easy to grow and likes a warm, humid environment year-round, and it is afraid of cold.

8. Livingstone daisy

Livingstone daisy is a very short succulent plant, yet it can produce brilliant, captivating flowers. Its adaptability to the environment is fairly good. It likes a warm, slightly dry environment year-round and has low water needs. It likes a sunny environment. Its flower colors are rich, commonly including purple, pink, white and orange, and the flowers open during the day and close at night.

9. Campanula

Campanula is a very short perennial small flowering plant. It is very suitable for planting in the yard. It is a small flower that grows in a creeping manner, suitable for growing beside rocks. The growing environment should be kept sunny, with loose, well-drained soil provided.

10. Dusty miller

Dusty miller has silvery leaves and golden-yellow flowers. It is suitable for growing on slopes with a certain incline, and it can also be grown as a potted plant. It has fairly strong cold tolerance and can produce brilliant flowers in summer. It can tolerate low temperatures of minus 4 degrees. When caring for it, keep the light abundant and avoid waterlogging in the soil.

11. Foxglove

Foxglove is generally grown as a biennial plant. It is suitable for sowing in spring and summer. In warm regions, it can be sown in autumn and will produce beautiful flowers the following summer. The strings of flowers look especially captivating. It has a great many varieties and flower colors, and the flowers look like little bell-shaped trumpets.

12. Blue poppy

It is also called the Himalayan blue poppy, and people also call it lǜrónghāo. It is a highland plant that grows in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau region of our country. It is extremely ornamental and can also be used as medicine.

This ornamental plant is very cold-tolerant. Its flowers look sky blue and especially captivating. It likes a cool environment year-round and does not like humid places. When it blooms in the first year, the flower buds should be removed to store enough nutrients, which can then encourage it to bloom again.