Let’s talk about having reliable color and interest in our Southern landscapes year-round. That sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? To have many things blooming in the dead humid heat of August and also colorful blooms in the middle of winter! See below for some of our favorite perennials, annuals, and shrubs that add big punches of color. By adding one or two from each season's list below, you'll be adding interest all year through.

Winter:

• Lenten Rose; perennial (also known as Christmas Rose)

• Pansies; annual

• Coral Bells; perennial (no flower in winter, but colorful foliage year round)

• ‘Arctic Fire’ dogwood; shrub (beautiful brilliant red twigs in the winter)

• Camellia; shrub

Late winter/early spring:

• Crocus bulbs; perennial (must be planted the fall before)

• Daffodil bulbs; perennial (must be planted the fall before)

• Camellia; shrub

• Pansies; annual

• Forsythia; shrub

• Flowering Quince; shrub

• Loropetalum; shrub

  
  

Spring:

• Tulip bulbs; perennial (must be planted the fall before)

• Bleeding Heart; perennial

• Astilbe; perennial

• Azalea; shrub

Late spring/early summer:

• Peony; perennial

• Iris; perennial

• Dianthus; perennial

• Spring/Summer annuals are blooming and bloom until frost; begonias, geraniums, vinca, zinnias, impatiens, etc.

• Rose; shrub

• Hydrangea; shrub

• Creeping Phlox; perennial

• Astilbe; perennial

  
  

Summer:

• Rose; shrub

• Daylily; perennial

• Hydrangea; shrub

• Black Eyed Susan; perennial

• Coneflower; perennial

• Butterfly Bush; shrub

• Veronica; perennial

• Spring/Summer annuals blooming

  
  

Autumn:

• Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’; perennial

• Chrysanthemums; perennial

• Aster; perennial

• Pansies; annual

• Spirea; shrub

• Burning Bush; shrub