Warm season represents that period of the year when you can enjoy richness and chromatic variety in your garden, thus turning it into your favorite relaxation space. Choosing plants for your garden is an extensive process that requires great attention to ensure that each type perfectly adapts to the environmental conditions you have available. Fortunately, most plants you can purchase to plant yourself come with care instructions, so you can ensure they will grow and thrive in your environment. Here are some of the most suitable varieties you can choose if you want to enjoy a visual and olfactory spectacle every day:

Plants with Colorful Flowers

Whether you’re a passionate gardener or an enthusiastic beginner, the explosion of colors cannot be missing from your garden, which is why plants with colorful flowers should be among the first varieties you plant in front of your house. To make your decision easier, we’ve selected some of the most beautiful and easy-to-care-for colorful plants that you should have this summer:

Roses

The kings of gardens, roses beautify and fill any space with their unmistakable fragrance. There are numerous varieties and shades to choose from depending on your preferences, but our recommendation is to opt for as many types as possible, from classic red roses to climbing variants with which you can create tall walls next to which you can spend summer evenings in a romantic and sophisticated landscape. They are easy to maintain and do not require special conditions to enjoy them every year. Plant them in a place with moderate sun, provide them with daily moderate watering, protect them from the cold, and remove dried flowers, and you will have rich and beautiful roses throughout the years.

Lavender

Combine elegance and relaxation with the unique scent of lavender that fills your senses from every corner of your garden. Bring a piece of the Provence realms directly home and transport yourself into an idyllic landscape whenever you delve deeper into these creations of nature. Lavender impresses not only with its unique beauty but also with the therapeutic effects it can have on the body and mind, which is why it’s worth dedicating at least a part of your garden to it. It’s one of the plants that require very little care, perfect for planting along pathways.

Peony

Peonies create a spectacle of volumes and sophisticated shades, and their unmistakable fragrance will bring a smile to your lips at any time of the morning or evening. Pink, burgundy, white, or bright red, with perfectly round buds or fully open flowers, they offer elegance and boundless beauty to your garden during their flowering period. Make sure to plant them at a sufficient distance if you don’t want to mix the varieties and ensure they have enough sun throughout the day to last as long as possible.

Perennial and Hardy Plants

If you want to enjoy nature, color, and fragrance without having to spend too much time in the garden, here are some flower varieties that thrive harmoniously in any conditions, offering you a spectacle every summer with minimal effort on your part:

Autumn Lily (Hosta)

Autumn Lily is an excellent choice for any garden due to its versatility, beauty, and ease of care it demonstrates. With its impressive leaves and delicate flowers, colored in various shades of white, pink, purple, or blue, Hosta adds elegance and refinement, transforming shaded spaces into true paradises. It thrives brilliantly in any environmental conditions, being a plant that prefers shade and can be used to cover the ground and create a lush green backdrop for other plants.

Iris

If you’re looking for a plant to bring color and elegance to your garden, iris is the perfect choice, as it manages to add a touch of magic to any garden without requiring much care on your part. With spectacular flowers and elegant green foliage, iris only needs sun and moist soil to grow tall and imposing, making it one of the most appreciated and sought-after flowering plants for gardens. There are numerous iris varieties, with small and dense flowers or with flat and rich petals, which give an exotic note to your garden, such as the Japanese iris. You can create diversity and chromatic variety with just this plant if you opt for different varieties.

Aromatic and Medicinal Plants

You can also use the space in your garden for various aromatic plants that you can use in the kitchen for added flavor and health benefits. Herbs are among the easiest to cultivate and maintain plants, offering you numerous benefits, in addition to their exceptional appearance and aroma:

Mint

Mint is one of the plants that grow and multiply rapidly, regardless of environmental conditions, making it one of the most popular aromatic plants cultivated in gardens. Aromatic and refreshing, it can be used in numerous summer dishes and beverages where you want to add a touch of freshness. It has numerous health benefits, being a good sedative. It combats digestive problems, alleviates colds, and contributes to maintaining mental health, reasons why it’s worth cultivating in your garden, beyond the pleasant appearance and relaxing aroma it offers.

Basil

If you’re passionate about cooking and Italian flavors, basil cannot be missing among the aromatic plants in your garden. With its distinct aroma and beneficial properties, basil is essential both in the kitchen and in traditional medicine, being a powerful antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and digestive. You can use it in various dishes, beverages, and teas, while bringing numerous benefits to other plants in the garden, attracting pollinators and repelling certain pests. It requires minimal care on your part and offers you fresh leaves for months as long as it has constant sunlight and moist soil.

Decorative Plants

Decorative plants bring numerous benefits, from improving aesthetics and landscaping design to supporting biodiversity and ecological health. They create a relaxing, pleasant environment and can potentially increase the value of your property, which is why it’s worth investing time and resources in decorative plants that will bring you numerous visual satisfactions and more.

Hydrangea

Hydrangeas are exceptional ornamental plants that bring color, elegance, and vitality to any garden, being easy to care for and extremely versatile, which means you can create a true oasis of beauty in any corner of your garden. These flowers are renowned for their large and colorful inflorescences, which can vary from white, pink, and blue to shades of purple and green, making them the focal point of attraction in any outdoor space. As beautiful as they are, it will be just as easy for you to maintain them, as they adapt well to a variety of soil and climate conditions and can thrive and bloom abundantly without needing daily attention.

Lily

Lilies impress with the elegance and refinement they display, characteristics you can enjoy without needing to exert much effort in this regard. You can choose from a variety of varieties depending on the effect you want to achieve, from Asiatic or Oriental lilies to trumpet or Casablanca lilies, those that most resemble Romanian lilies. Each of these offers you a unique combination of colors and delights you with an unmistakable fragrance, and all you have to do to enjoy them for as long as possible is to plant them in a sunny location, water them regularly, and remove the dried flowers.

Shade Plants

If the sun is scorching throughout the day and you want to create a relaxation corner in your garden, opt for voluminous plants that will provide you with the shade you need.

Fern

With the grandeur of a tree but the delicacy of garden plants, ferns add a note of elegance and naturalness to any garden or interior, managing to reach impressive dimensions. The large and very resistant leaves will create the shade you need to enjoy the hot summer days, and all you have to do to ensure they maintain their impeccable shape for as long as possible is to water them regularly without overdoing it.

Conclusion

A beautiful and well-maintained garden doesn’t have to require a lot of effort as long as you choose the right plants according to your desires and the time you have to take care of them. By combining any of the options outlined above, you get a special chromatic tableau and a delicate fragrance that will beautify each day of this summer. All that’s left is to choose your favorites and plant them as soon as possible so they have enough time to grow and bloom before the warm season begins.