What flowers and bushes can I plant in mid july? I want to spruce up my garden with color?

Question

I have just purchased a cond. The person that I bought the condo from had it looking nice but she has let it go down hill in the last couple of weeks, because she knewshe was moving. I am looking for some bushes and flowers- bright to plant now in the heat in North Carolina. I would just like to make it look nice. I am a first time gardener aswell as a first time home owner, so I would like to keep the appearance of my garden up. If anyone knows of any nice flowers and bushes at a low cost please reccomend. I have a shaded area of the garden aswell as a sunny rea of the garden. Please Help!

Answer 1

I would hold off untill the temps cool down some and go with begonias and lorapedilums or painseys really anything but never a good idea to plant flowers in the south in the summer. If you do make sure you buy from Home Depot they give you a One Year guarantee on all of their plants so if they die you can just return them. So on second thought plant what you like just hold on to the reciept.

Answer 2

hydrengias. they r so beautiful :)

Answer 3

i live here too in nc ,we are currently suffering through the one of the worse droughts in a while,unless it starts raining and i mean a lot we are not going to have grass much less flowers or shrubs,i advise you to wait until fall after the trees defoliate  it will be wetter then and your plants will be able to put out some roots,how about potted plants instead ,you can regulate sunlight and water according to need and you can arrange them in different ways,how about some humming bird feeders.....when you get round to it plant dwarf trees or short shrubs ,no pines or maples ,or oaks ,they get too big, azaleas grow well here but hate drought , rose bushes you can't kill ,ornamental pears,apples,or dogwood look great in spring but are kind of plain the rest of the year............tom

Answer 4

When you plant any bushes dig a hole big enough to put the plant.  Buy peat moss and manure and mix and put in the hole with the roots and make sure to wet the area like a thick soup.  Go to your local nursery for various ideas.  I also go online for nurseries and click on bushes and I can see what they look like.  Check the area on the map for the region you are in and the number you are in and you can see the choices of plants.  You can than go to the local nursery and ask for these plants.  You will need to water all plants and flowers 2 times a day.  Early in the morning and late in the afternoon especially they are new plants.  After 6 weeks you won't need to water them as frequently.  You can choice your flowers the same way.  A nice choice is a mixture of periennuals and annuals.  The  prtirnnuals will come up every year but only flower a certain time of the year for a few weeks.  Annuals will die after the summer but will flower continual until the first frost.

Answer 5

Lantana is great this time of year they will go dead in the winter but dont dig them up they are just sleeping they will come back gorgous in the summer.

Answer 6

Well Condos usually have limited space, but start from the ground up. Improve the soil by adding compost to the soil (mix it in), This time of year you will have to water every day due to the heat. Use slow release fertilizer when planting anything.

For color in the sun, Lantana is the toughest and most colorful annual you can plant. In November switch them out with Pansies.

As for sunny shrubs, Althea (Rose of Sharon) is in the Hibiscus family and will bloom all summer. Is upright and decidiuous (loses its leaves in winter) though. Glossy Abelia will bloom all summer and is fragrant, is evergreen, but gets about 6' tall and around. Responds very well to pruning though. The Knock Out Rose is very tough and blooms a long time with little care. Not evergreen and has thorns.

A sunny perennial that will bloom alll summer is Coreopsis Moonbeam. Also very tough.  Has iridescent yellow daisy like blooms on ferny  foliage. Hibiscus Lord Baltimore and Lady Balitmore are perennial Hibiscus which sow few seeds, so they bloom more steadily. Pinch when first emerging to make bushy, increasing the bloom count too.

For the shade, there is a new Hydrangea that blooms on both old and new wood called Endless summer. It is compact also. Hydrangeas (hydrate-water) will take a couple years to fully establish. You will have to water it through both summers at least. The Althea from above will do well in part shade. Kerria is an excellent shrub which repeat blooms, best in sun, but ok in part shade too. 6' x 6'. Camellias are excellent for shade, and tough, are evergreen and have long bloom times. About 3 months on average. There are some dwarf varieties which are fall bloomers.

Lilacs are a northern plant.

It is very hard to satisfy all desires with a single plant or two. So some forthought and planning is a good thing.

Also when someone tells you a plant will get "x" size, assume it will get at least 1/3 larger than they say. Especially if you improve the soil as recommended.

These are some good plants, although not all small.

There are plenty more options.

TopCatt

Answer 7

Rose bushes, Lilacs things like that.

Answer 8

Geraniums, violets, tulips, gardenias, and carnations.That is

what my mother plants in her garden every now and then.