Full Sun Annuals That Bloom All Summer

When the summer heat takes hold, most gardeners tire easily from working in the garden. Work smarter and save yourself from the hot sun. Look for low maintenance plants that flower for a long time. The good news is that you have a wide selection of summer blooms to choose from when planting your summer garden.  Check out the full sun annuals that bloom all summer below.

Summer Blooms

• Zinnias are reliable summer bloomers, thus filling the garden with long lasting flowers in many colors. You have the choice of small, single flowered thin petal zinnias to large pom-pom size blooms.
• New Guinea Impatiens: Like most Impatiens, flowers bloom year round, but do not do well in full sun. Guinea Impatiens thrive in full sun. New Guinea Impatiens form small clumps and hold their many flowers above their foliage.
• Marigolds are annuals that require full sun and well-drained soil. Marigolds come in white, yellow, red, and orange combinations. Marigolds help repel insect pests, so they’re often put in and around vegetable patches.
• Scarlet sage is a perennial, however is typically grown as an annual. Deadhead for continuous summer blooms.
• Fire Bush: Long blooming, easy care tropical bedding plant with showy red–orange, tubular flowers. Great hummingbird attractant. Tremendous heat tolerance coupled with good pest resistance.
• Snapdragon is another reliable annual with a long flowering season..They flower in almost all possible shades of pink, peach, yellow and red. Their base usually have a darker or contrasting color that adds to the variety.