Long-lasting blooms for the sunny flower box - a selection
Annual summer flowers score with a never-ending flowering time, as if they were aware of their short lifespan. The following species and varieties immerse your south balcony in a sea of flowers:
- Hanging petunias, magic bells 'New Celebration': flowering time from May to October
- Faithful to men 'Blue Carpet' (Lobelia erinus 'Blue Carpet'): Flowering period from May to October
- Dwarf snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus pumilum): Flowering period from June to October
- Tricolor winds (Convolvulus tricolor 'Ensign Mixture') for drooping flower cascades from July to October
- Double, two-tone cockade flower (Gaillardia pulchella): Flowering period from July to the first frost
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If you want consistency in a sunny flower box, combine perennial shrubs to annual flowers (€ 13.18 on Amazon *). A prime example of this design variant is cranesbill (geranium) with standing and hanging hybrids. The lavish flowering from May to November repeats itself every year when frost-free winter quarters are available.
Sun-loving herbs for the south-facing balcony
Mediterranean herbs are predestined for the flower box in full sun. A positive side effect is their robust dry tolerance, so that you don't have to patrol here with a watering can every day. The following types and varieties give you a breathtaking flowering time and aromatic herb harvest in one go:
- Blaze of Fire (Salvia splendens): flowering time from June to October
- Purple chives 'Forescate' (Allium schoenoprasum): Flowering period in May and June
- Greek oregano (Origanum heracleoticum): flowering period from July to September
- Small spice thyme 'Compactus' (Thymus vulgaris): Flowering period in May and June
Please fill the balcony box with special herb soil so that Mediterranean herbs can develop their full bloom and aroma. Its composition is tailored to the plants' low nutritional requirements. Alternatively, organic vegetable soil is suitable, which you lean with a third of quartz sand (€ 14.90 at Amazon *) or lava granules. (€ 10.95 at Amazon *)
Tips
Ornamental grasses that stay small enter into a wonderful partnership with sun-loving flower beauties. Socialize flowers and perennials in the sunny balcony box with (mosquito grass Bouteloua gracilis), heart quiver grass (Briza media) or crested sedge (Carex comans), create a relaxed appearance.
