11 outdoor flowering plants ideal for gardens, terraces and balconies

outdoor flowering plants

When decorating your garden, terrace, balcony, surely choosing plants with outdoor flowers that tolerate the sun and heat in summer, and cold and frost is perhaps your maxim. And it is that, to avoid that they die, it is necessary to place species that can really be abroad.

But What are the best outdoor flowering plants? Are there some important cares that you should take into account? Here is a list of all those plants that you can have in your garden.

Margaritas

outdoor flowering plants: Daisies

It is one of the easiest flowers to care for, and also very resistant. Available in various colors, white, orange, yellow and purple are the most used for the exterior.

It supports very well being in full sun, and also the semi-shade. It resists the sun and the cold, although the latter in a medium degree.

Hydrangeas

These colorful and striking plants are only going to ask you to place them in semi-shade or shade, because they do not tolerate direct sun. It likes acidic soil and that it always stays moist, although not waterlogged.

In addition, when the flower beds wither, cut them down so that it can sprout again and bloom again.

petunias

petunias

Other outdoor flowering plants to consider are: petunias. They are one of the plants with the greatest flowering, and very resistant. They have various colors.

Regarding your care, They don’t need a lot of watering and will grow all year long. Of course, put them in full sun.

Buganvilla

outdoor flowering plants: Bougainvillea

Also known as bougainvillea, it is one of the Sun-resistant plants most commonly used for outdoor use. It grows a lot, even being able to cover the walls with a mantle of this plant, full of flowers.

The usual colors are red, pink, white or purple and it likes full sun to be able to develop.

Lavender

Lavender

Lavender is one of the outdoor flowering plants that resists not only heat, but also cold. You must place it in an area with a lot of sun and, in addition, water it at least twice a week.

It can be easily maintained throughout the year, and tolerates shade (although not too much, plus cloudy days). You find it in violet and purple, and it is very striking when it blooms. That is easy to confuse with another flowering plant, Salvia. It has a more attractive green color and is capable of creating flower beds with vertical blooms, unlike lavender, which is more creeping, has a duller green color and what it does is create flowers in a radial way.

Geraniums

Outdoor flowering plants: Geraniums

The geraniums They are plants with outdoor flowers that are very resistant to the sun and heat. In fact, they are the most resistant and that allows many to use them on terraces, balconies and gardens. The colors they have, white, red or combining colors, make them very attractive.

They do not have demanding care beyond water them and provide them with a soil rich in nutrients.

Carnations

Carnations

Carnations are plants that will give you flowers until fall. They withstand high temperatures very well and only ask in return that you water them regularly, but without flooding them.

Visually they are very beautiful, and little known. They have some petals that, in most cases, are two-colored, and its flowers are very showy.

Jasmine

Jasmine

Jasmine is one of the plants that most people have a predilection for. And it is a plant with very curious flowers and, at the same time, that gives off a characteristic, intoxicating smell that is very popular.

Despite that most jasmine are climbers, The truth is that it can be kept in a pot, with a guide, controlling its growth. The only thing the plant is going to ask you is that you give it direct sun and water it from time to time (in summer every two or three days, and in winter only when the soil dries).

Dragon mouth

Dragon mouth

Some also know it as bunnies, dragons, lion’s mouth … It is a little-known plant, and yet it has its origin in the Mediterranean. He loves being in temperate climates, but has no problem adapting to high temperatures. However, does not tolerate frost, and normally diesalthough it is possible that, by spring, it will resurface.

This plant blooms from spring to autumn and has flowers of very different colors, even with combinations of them. Of course, it is usually “invasive”, that is, even if you plant it in a part of the garden or terrace, sometimes it can be displaced and born from the sides of where it is since it is very easy to multiply through seeds that, with the wind, they spread.

Thinking

Thinking

The Thinking They are one of the outdoor flowering plants that can most cheer you up. And it is that they are characterized by having bright colors, ranging from yellow, violet, red, purple, white … All of them they always have a central spot, like the shadow of a flower, in black, purple … everything will depend on the color of the flower.

They will bloom for a long time, but usually until autumn or into winter. It does not need a lot of maintenance but a moderate irrigation and a good soil.

Guinean joys

Guinean joys

Known for the “joy” that comes from seeing them, this plant is one of the most unknown varieties of outdoor flowering plants. And yet it can be a good choice for gardens, balconies or terraces. It is a plant characterized by deep green stems, with leaves of the same hue, and flowers that occupy the entire crown, in varied colors, from lilac, white, orange, pink, red or a combination of several colors.

Our you will have throughout the summer and they tolerate the sun and heat very well. In fact, their ideal location is with many hours of sun, but it also requires some shade, so you can put them in semi-shade and they will thank you with those flowers.

As you can see, you have many outdoor flowering plants to choose from. These are just a small selection, but there are actually many more. Everything will depend on where you want to put it and what care you can provide. Is there one that you especially like? Can you tell us about her?

11 outdoor flowering plants ideal for gardens, terraces and balconies

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