Summer Flower Bulbs: Keeping Colors In Your Garden All Season

The usual season for planting bulbs are in spring, but there are also many summer flowering bulbs, tubers, rhizomes, and corms that can enhance the summer look of your garden. If your aim is to provide your garden with lots of colors and enhance the beauty of your other flowers, add these to your flower selection and marvel at the over-all summer beauty of your garden:

Lily of the Nile (Agapanthus orientalis)
These bright blue or white blossoms flower in the middle of summer with long, tall stalks that can reach up to 5 feet. This flower is a sun-lover, preferring the sun to shine down on it fully than partial shades. This is also very drought resistant and as a result, is a low-maintenance bulb.

Iris
Though it has many varieties, the tall, bearded iris are the all-time favorites of most gardeners. Other varieties are: flag iris, iris cristata and the Siberian iris.

Calla Lily (Zantedeschia)
A tropical summer flower, these cup shaped blooms are usually white, but they also come in shades of reds, yellows, and pinks.

Tuberous Begonias (Begonia tuberhybrida)
These long blooming flowers are a favorite choice for containers and vases as they come in splashy and intense colors that will surely light up a room or a shady corner in your garden.

Canna
These are tall and elegant-looking flowers, showing off their tropical and exotic appeal in colors enhancing the summer season.

Lily-of-the-Valley (Concallaria majalis)
These flowers have an intense scent that will surely fill your garden with their fragrance and dainty appeal.

Gladiolus
One of the most popular flowers in cut, these trumpet shaped blooms on long and tall stalks give out a sure sign that summer in here.

Dahlia
A huge variety of very diverse flowers, these are popular and highly rated during flower competitions. Planting these in your garden will guarantee you a spectacular focal attraction together with a great backdrop of foliage.