Gardens Are for Living: Add More Summer Color to the Spaces You Enjoy Most

Summer is when our gardens truly become part of everyday life. Think about those quiet, daily moments. It's often during these everyday moments that you begin noticing opportunities. Perhaps there's a sunny corner that could use more color, a bare spot along a walkway, or a favorite sitting area that would feel even more welcoming with fragrant flowers and pollinator-friendly plants.

Five Summer Garden Favorites to Plant Now

Blueberry Muffin Ajuga
Looking for an attractive evergreen groundcover plants? Blueberry Muffin Ajuga fills difficult areas with rich foliage and beautiful spring flowers while providing year-round texture in borders, beneath trees, and along pathways.
Best for: Groundcovers, edging, foundations, shaded borders, and low-maintenance landscapes.

Creeping Rosemary
More than just an herb, Creeping Rosemary adds fragrance, evergreen beauty, and fresh flavor to sunny patios, containers, retaining walls, and herb gardens.
Best for: Containers, herb gardens, sunny borders, patios, and cascading over retaining walls.

Coreopsis Uptick™ Gold & Bronze
Long-blooming golden flowers with rich bronze centers provide dependable summer color while attracting butterflies and other beneficial pollinators.
Best for: Sunny perennial gardens, borders, pollinator gardens, and cottage gardens.

Midnight Rose Heuchera (Coral Bells)
Not every plant needs flowers to make an impact. Midnight Rose Heuchera offers striking burgundy foliage speckled with vibrant pink new growth, creating season-long color and contrast in darker corners.
Best for: Partial shade gardens, borders, containers, and woodland landscapes.

Very Van Gogh Veronica (Speedwell)
One of our favorite long-blooming perennials, Very Van Gogh Veronica adds graceful, upright flower spikes that attract butterflies and pollinators while bringing vertical interest to sunny garden beds.
Best for: Sunny perennial gardens, walkways, patios, and pollinator gardens.
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