What is the most beautiful flower in summer?
Share with everyone the knowledge about the most beautiful flowers of summer and 10 kinds of flowers and plants that represent summer. Next, the site editor will introduce them to the netizens.
What flowers to raise in what season, because you did not choose the right flowers, so once summer comes, your small garden becomes 'empty'. These summer flowers, just planting one can make your garden look stunning!
1. Butterfly flower
The petals of butterfly flowers are light and elegant, resembling butterflies dancing in the wind when they are in full bloom. Butterfly flowers are rich in nectar sources, often attracting butterflies to stay. Moreover, butterfly flowers can beautify the environment and are excellent pollution-resistant flowers, which can grow well in heavily polluted factories and mines.
Blooming period: June-September
Daily maintenance:
2. Rainy Orchid
Rainy orchid is a combination of scallion orchid and jiurui orchid, as it often suddenly blooms after heavy rain in spring and summer. Jiurui orchids have larger flower shapes, pink or deep peach in color, petals slightly drooping, and each bulb of the mature plant can bloom, creating a cluster of flowers that shine brightly in the sun, enchanting and loved by all.
Blooming period: April-September
Daily maintenance:
Rainy orchid mainly relies on bulb division for propagation, sowing in spring, and if properly maintained, it can bloom continuously for many years without the need to dig it up every year. It is adaptable, enjoys sunlight but also tolerates semi-shade and low humidity environments, and can grow in散光 semi-shaded environments like window sills and living rooms.
3. Dragon Boat Flower
Dragon boat flowers, also known as xiandan flowers or百日红, belong to the Rubiaceae family, dragon boat flower genus. In some places, it is called muxiuxiu. The plant is short, with beautiful leaves and flowers, rich in color, and flowers all year round in red, orange, yellow, white, and bicolor.
Blooming period: March-December
Daily maintenance:
Dragon boat flowers like moisture and fear dryness, requiring plenty of water during the stem and leaf growth period to keep the potting soil moist, which is beneficial for the germination of branches and leaf growth. However, excessive moisture for a long time can easily cause some root rot, affecting growth and flowering. If the soil is too dry or alternates between wet and dry, the water supply is not timely, and there will be a leaf shedding phenomenon.
In spring, summer, and autumn, which are the growth and flowering periods of dragon boat flowers, water and fertilizer management should be strengthened, with various organic fertilizers or inorganic compound fertilizers being ideal. If the leaves become light green, thin, lack luster, bloom less, and the flower color is pale, it is due to insufficient light, not a lack of fertilizer and water.
4. Agastache
Agastache is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Labiatae family. The flowers are full and unique, with elegant and bright colors. In summer, placing agastache in the bedroom or study allows the delicate fragrance to fill the home, experiencing the natural fragrance of summer plants.
Blooming period: June-September
Daily maintenance:
Agastache enjoys a high temperature and sufficient sunlight environment and grows poorly in shaded areas. During maintenance, it should be placed in a warm and humid environment, avoiding excessively high or low temperatures. Mature plants can grow in full sunlight.
What is the most beautiful flower in summer?
5. Zingiberaceae荷花
Zingiberaceae荷花 is named for its elegant inflorescence, pink bracts resembling lotus flowers, and its origin in the tropics, with flowers resembling tulips, hence called "tropical tulips". Zingiberaceae荷花 has a pleasant color and is often used as a flower for worshiping gods and buddhas.
Blooming period: June-October
Daily maintenance:
Zingiberaceae荷花 enjoys a well-lit environment, with an ideal germination temperature of 30-35 degrees and a growth temperature not lower than 20 degrees. It is necessary to maintain a moist environment during the growing season but avoid waterlogging.
6. Eustoma
Eustoma flowers come in various colors, with single and double petals. The plant is graceful and elegant, the colors are refined and bright, the flower shapes are unique and lovely, and it is one of the internationally popular potted and cut flower species.
Blooming period: April-December
Daily maintenance:
Eustoma enjoys a warm and well-lit environment, with an optimal growth temperature of 15-25°C and is relatively heat-tolerant. It requires loose and fertile calcareous soil with good drainage.
7. Dwarf Hollyhock
The flower shape of dwarf hollyhock is similar to that of the common hollyhock, but smaller, with 5 petals, round and lovely, mostly pink or pink, with many flower buds, light petals, and graceful beauty.
Blooming period: April-November
Daily maintenance:
Dwarf hollyhock enjoys sunlight and should ensure at least 6 hours of sunlight per day, which can be placed on balconies or windowsills for indoor maintenance; it is not cold-tolerant, with an optimal winter temperature above 10 degrees; keep the soil moist, water when the surface is dry, and slightly moist in winter.
In the young stage, a balanced fertilizer or slightly nitrogenous fertilizer is mainly used, generally with a nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium ratio of 20:20:20 in spring, and switching to fertilizers with higher phosphorus content in early summer. Fertilization is stopped during the winter dormancy period.
8. Campanula
Campanula has a sturdy plant shape, bell-shaped flowers, and elegant and graceful colors, popular in European regions, commonly seen in gardens, expressing health, gentleness, and cuteness.
Blooming period: June-September
Daily maintenance:
Campanula is prone to infection in low-temperature and humid environments and should maintain a cool, well-lit, and well-ventilated environment in summer. Providing deep and fertile, well-drained neutral soil can help campanula grow better.
9. Gladiolus
Gladiolus is native to South Africa, with tall stems above the leaves, sturdy and upright leaves, and flower stems arranged from bottom to top with several flowers. The flowers have a variety of colors, rich and colorful, with flower colors including yellow, red, purple, white, etc., commonly used as cut flowers, and dwarf varieties can be used for potted ornamental purposes.
Blooming period: July-September
Daily maintenance:
Gladiolus does not tolerate shade and is a long-day plant, with 16 hours of sunlight being the most suitable. Cut flower varieties are greatly affected by sunlight, with sufficient sunlight leading to robust growth, strong resistance, bright and long-lasting flowers, but strong sunlight should be avoided in hot summers.
Gladiolus requires a lot of water and timely watering to keep the soil moist is an important measure to promote more flowering. In case of hot and high temperatures, it is necessary to spray to increase humidity and lower the temperature, and attention should be paid to drainage after rain.
10. Endless Summer
Endless Summer is a variety of hydrangea with flower balls at least 18cm in diameter, which bloom blue in acidic soil and both blue and pink in neutral soil, hence the name Endless Summer as it can bloom beautiful flowers throughout the summer.
Blooming period: June-September
Daily maintenance:
It is a short-day plant, enjoying a warm, humid, and semi-shaded environment, but the number of flowers will decrease if the daily sunlight is less than 2-3 hours. It is recommended to plant it in a location that can receive at least six hours of dappled sunlight.
The above (Green Plant Enthusiast Website) introduces the most beautiful flowers in summer and the complete introduction of 10 kinds of flowers representing summer, hoping to bring you help. Don't forget to visit the Green Plant Enthusiast Website more often for more flower cultivation experience and common sense!