While the thought of a garden full of flowers that flower only for one day is pall , some very democratic plants have flowers that do just that . The secret to their popularity is that each of them produces flowers in enough abundance to supply week of garden color . Several are available as hybrids , offering a across-the-board Texas Ranger of bloom colors , size and forms . Many are adaptable to growing condition in both live and frigid climates .

Tropical Hibiscus

Tropical hibiscus ( Hibiscus rosa - sinensis ) is one of about 200 hibiscus smorgasbord . A popular ardent - weather garden shrub lie with for its sheeny , green leaves and large , showy trumpet - shaped blossom , it normally produce 5 to 6 foot tall . Use it as an in - basis bush or container plant life . Tropical hibiscus is hardy in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 9 and 10 , with minimum winter temperatures between 20 and 30 degrees Fahrenheit .

tropic hibiscus cultivar bloom in a image of colors including white and several shades of yellow , pink , orange , red , aristocratic and purple . Several of them have bi - color blush . Attractive to hummingbirds , the flowers may have single or twofold petals with smooth or frilled border . plant grow in full sun have the greatest number of 24 - time of day blooms . Tropical hibiscus like mildly acidic ( pH below 7.0 ) , well - drained soil .

Daylilies

Easy - care perennial , daylilies ( Hermocallis ) are brave to -40 degree F. Standing up to 30 in grandiloquent and wide , daylily are reliable midsummer botch available in a heavy range of combined people of colour and cast . They grow in thump with pointed strap - like leaves . Even when they are n’t blooming , their bright green leaf adds garden interestingness .

During July and August , says the Missouri Botanical Garden , day lily ’s stems bear several 5 - inch peak that each open for a single daytime . Planting them in groups ensures a continual colorful presentation . Many loan-blend rebloom after a rest . flora in full sun to partial tad and well - drained filth . They thrive even in infertile land and red-hot , humid summers . comparatively disease- and - gadfly - gratis , they spread quick . Divide large clumps when peak production diminishes .

Virginia Spiderwort

Standing up to 3 feet mellow , Virginia dayflower ( Tradescantia virginiana ) grow waste from Maine south to Alabama and as far west as Missouri . A meadow and Natalie Wood perennial , it has branching stalking with arching , vivid green leaves . Between March and August , each stalk produce a cluster of two to three gloomy - over-embellished , yellow - stamened blooms . first step in the morning , they droop quickly and are gone within a day . Plant Virginia spiderwort in ample soil – it ’s not fussy about soil type or wet – and sun to part tad . Its tolerance of juglone , a chemical release by black walnut tree trees that often preclude other plant from growing nearby – makes it a good alternative for planting beneath those trees .

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