What flowers will bloom all winter and can tolerate the cold? Here’s a short list:
- Pansies (pictured above)
- Supertunias (pictured below)
- Petunia
- Verbena
- Superbena
- Snapdragen
- Snowprincess
- Hybrid Tea Roses
- Drift Roses & Knockout Roses
The Supertunias should bloom until around July. You can replant them as early as October in most all sunny Gainesville Landscape. The Verbena and Superbena will grow all year round and bloom. They may have to be cut back if they get to leggy, but they love Gainesville lawn. The Snowprincess will grow and bloom year round but does not like to dry out. Be sure to give it enough water. To have Snapdragons bloom all winter you need to plant them early in the fall. They need to be established early before the days shorten to blossom all winter. Roses actually like the cooler weather better than the hot summer. The biggest mistake I see with Roses is that they are planted in the shade – they like full sun. Be sure to cut back your roses February 14th each year and give them a good feeding. Roses should be fed monthly from February through Fall.
Your more formal flowers that bloom in the cooler weather are Camellia both Japonica and Sasanqua, and Shi-Shi Camellia.
We use a mixture of summer and winter blooming plants in our Gainesville FL landscape designs so that you have year-round color in your Gainesville lawn.