Free-flowering
Plants with extended blooming time
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In gardening , the term free-flowering is used to describe flowering plants that have a long bloom time and may often lack a defined blooming season , whereby producing flowers profusely over an extended period of time, at times all-year round. [2] The terms long-flowering and long-blooming are also used for perennial plants that bloom for much of the year. [3]
Examples
Examples of free-flowering or long flowering plants include salvias , [4] [5] thunbergias , [6] loniceras , [7] roses , [8] lavenders , [9] periwinkles , [10] gaillardias , [11] oleanders , [12] begonias , [13] bougainvilleas , [14] morning glories , [15] geraniums / pelargoniums , [16] hibiscuses , [17] and lantanas . [18]
List
This list includes plant species that are free-flowering, particularly in warmer climates: [19] [20]
- Adenium obesum
- Ajuga reptans
- Allamanda cathartica
- Canna indica
- Crossandra infundibuliformis
- Clitoria ternatea
- Dimorphotheca ecklonis
- Euphorbia milii
- Euryops pectinatus
- Hibbertia scandens
- Impatiens hawkeri
- Ipomoea cairica
- Ipomoea indica
- Ixora coccinea
- Jatropha curcas
- Mandevilla sanderi
- Maurandya scandens
- Murraya paniculata
- Mussaenda erythrophylla
- Pandorea jasminoides
- Plumbago auriculata
- Plumbago indica
- Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides
- Salvia splendens
- Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia
- Thunbergia alata
- Thunbergia erecta
- Tibouchina urvilleana
- Westringia fruticosa
References
- ↑ Sabrina Hahn (11 June 2017). "The new breed of nana plants" . The West Australian . Retrieved May 22, 2023 .
- ↑ John F. Letts (1966). Handbook of Hardy Heaths and Heathers: Hardy, Free-flowering, Foliage, Evergreen Plants . Ithaca, New York: J.F. Letts, 1966. OCLC 92233 .
- ↑ "Long flowering" . PGA . Retrieved May 24, 2023 .
- ↑ Plant Growers Australia Pty Ltd. "Salvias" . PGA . Retrieved May 22, 2023 .
- ↑ National Parks Board. "Free-flowering shrubs and trees alongside a road" . National Library Board , Singapore . Retrieved May 22, 2023 .
- ↑ "Black-eyed Susan Vine, Thunbergia alata" . Wisconsin Horticulture Division of Extension . Retrieved May 23, 2023 .
- ↑ "Honeysuckle: Lonicera and how to grow it" . Gardens Illustrated . Retrieved May 23, 2023 .
- ↑ "Free flowering, healthy roses feature among winning roses" . The New Zealand Rose Society . Retrieved May 23, 2023 .
- ↑ "Lavandula hybrid Bella Rose" . Paradise Plants . Retrieved May 23, 2023 .
- ↑ "Vinca, Periwinkle" . Kaw Valley Greenhouses Headquarters . Retrieved May 23, 2023 .
- ↑ "Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)" . Gardenia.net . Retrieved May 23, 2023 .
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( help ) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link ) - ↑ Frederick Leeth. "How To Grow Tuberous Begonias In Pots" . Backyard Gardener . Retrieved May 22, 2023 .
- ↑ Elizabeth Kamaldin. "Bougainvillea: Colouring Our Streets" . NParks Buzz . Retrieved May 23, 2023 .
- ↑ "Potted Morning Glory-Vine" . PlantShed . Retrieved May 22, 2023 .
- ↑ National Parks Board. "Fantasia Shocking Pink Geranium" . Roger’s Gardens . Retrieved May 22, 2023 .
- ↑ "Hibiscus" . Lovingly.com . Lovingly, LLC . Retrieved May 24, 2023 .
- ↑ Karen Russ. "LANTANA" . Home & Garden Information Center . Clemson University . Retrieved May 22, 2023 .
- ↑ "26 Flowers That Bloom All Year Round - Permanent Flowering Plants" . India Gardening . Retrieved May 24, 2023 .
- ↑ 31 Beautiful Flowers That Will Bloom All Season Long by Jason White from All About Gardening. November 19, 2022. Retrieved June 1, 2023.