If you have a lot of sunshine in your landscape, this may be the flower garden
design deck for you. The plants in this flower garden all thrive in full sun. Once
established, many of them tolerate periods of drought as well. All are
perennials whose beauty will return to delight you year after year. All are
hardy at least to zone 5 and most to zone 3 or 4.
The 30 plants in this flower garden range from Garden Pinks (Dianthus) to
Golden Oregano (Oregano vulgare ‘Aureum’), from Purple Poppy
Mallow (Callirhoe involucrata) to Crimson Pincushion
(Knautia macedonica).
Flowering begins in spring with tulips and Fujino Spirea (Spirea
thunbergii ‘Fujino’) and lasts through
the final burst of autumn glory with a white cloud of Starflowers (Boltonia)
and deep pink Stonecrop (Sedum ‘Vera Jameson’). As winter
sets in, the dried Stonecrop flowers and feathery plumes of Japanese Silver
Grass (Miscanthus sinensis) continue to add beauty to your flower garden.
Use this deck to plan a sunny flower garden. The plants include a wide
variety of sizes, shapes, textures and bloom types and have varying light
and moisture requirements. We’ve included shrubs, ornamental grasses and
ground covers for texture, form and winter interest.
