Plants with extended blooming time
Zonal pelargoniums are examples of free-flowering plants, which bloom profusely throughout the year.[ 1] Ingardening , the termfree-flowering is used to describeflowering plants that have a long bloom time and may often lack a definedblooming season , whereby producing flowers profusely over an extended period of time, at times all-year round.[ 2] long-flowering andlong-blooming are also used forperennial plants that bloom for much of the year.[ 3]
Examples of free-flowering or long flowering plants includesalvias ,[ 4] [ 5] thunbergias ,[ 6] loniceras ,[ 7] roses ,[ 8] lavenders ,[ 9] periwinkles ,[ 10] gaillardias ,[ 11] oleanders ,[ 12] begonias ,[ 13] bougainvilleas ,[ 14] morning glories ,[ 15] geraniums /pelargoniums ,[ 16] hibiscuses ,[ 17] lantanas .[ 18]
This list includes plant species that are free-flowering, particularly in warmer climates:[ 19] [ 20]
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