Showcasing vivid red, white, and blue, flowers in your landscape is a great way to accent your patriotism and a wonderful way to brighten up your neighborhood! Finding our national colors with just the right seasonal bloom is very easy if you know what to look for. You can plant your flowers in garden beds, around flag poles and mailboxes. For smaller apartments, and Fourth of July parties, you can decorate by your front door, on the patio, on balconies with container gardens, and window boxes.
When installing or planting your beds and containers, remember to use dimension and texture. Having a tiered effect of red, white and blue, is extremely effective if your house is neutral or you have an evergreen hedge as a backdrop.
Show your holiday spirit with decorations, such as banners, ribbons, gold stars or flags.
- Begonia, wax (l, m)
- Begonia, tuberous (l, m)
- Calibrachoa (h, s)
- Cardinal flowers (t)
- Celosia (m)
- Dianthus (m)
- Firecracker, (t, m, l, h)
- Gerbera daisies (l)
- Geranium (l, m)
- Gomphrena (m)
- Impatiens (l)
- Kalanchoe (l)
- Lantana (m, h)
- Pentas (m, t)
- Pentstemon (m, t)
- Phlox (l)
- Porterweed (t)
- Roses, Drift (m)
- Salvia (m, t)
- Verbena (l, m, s, h)
- Zinnias (l, m)
- Begonia, tuberous (l, m)
- Begonia, wax (l, m)
- Calibrachoa, (h, s)
- Cat Whiskers (t)
- Cosmos (l, m)
- Dianthus (l)
- Geraniums (l, m)
- Impatiens (l)
- Lantana (l, h)
- Lisianthus, (m, t)
- Marigolds, French (l, m)
- Moonflowers (l, s, h)
- Morning Glory (l, s, h)
- Nemesia (l)
- Nicotiana (m, t)
- Osteospernum (m)
- Pentas (m, t)
- Periwinkle (m)
- Phlox (l)
- Roses, Drift (m)
- Zinnias (l, m)
- Agapanthus (t)
- Ageratum (l)
- Ajuga (l - shade)
- Asters (m)
- Blue Daze (l, h)
- Centaura (m)
- Exacum (l, s, h)
- Lisianthus (m, t)
- Morning Glory (l, s, h)
- Nemesia (l,)
- Salvia, blue (m, t)
- Scabiosa (m)
- Stokes Asters (m)
- Torenia (l)
- Porterweed (t)
- Plumbago (t)
- Russian Sage (t)
- Verbena (l, h)
- Veronica Speedwell (m)
"American Beauty", climber, strong fragrance, deep pink, the national flower symbol of United States.
"America, Climber", coral pink, strong fragrance.
"Fourth of July", 1999 All American selection, climber, red flowers striped with white, apple-fragrance.
"Memorial Day", 2004 All American selection, hybrid tea, dark pink, strong damask fragrance.
"Americana", hybrid tea, strong fragrance, medium red.
"Miss All-American Beauty", hybrid, pink, fragrant.
"Mr. Lincoln", deep red, hybrid tea, long-stemmed rose, fragrant.
"Veteran's Honor", hybrid tea, dark red, raspberry fragrance.
"American Pride", hybrid tea, large-flowered, dark red, strong fragrance.
"Patriot", large flowered hybrid, dark red, mildly fragrant.
"Peace", pink-yellow, hybrid tea, mild fragrance.
"United States", Pernetiana, yellow, rare.
Originally published ?In Your Backyard? newsletter, 2006.
