Clematis flowers are beautiful star-shaped or bell-shaped blossoms that grow profusely on trailing and climbing vines. Impressive flowering clematis vines thrive in sunny gardens with minimal care. Colorful clematis flowers bloom in shades of purple, pink, rosy-red, white, yellow, and lilac. Some of the largest clematis blooms are enormous fragrant flowers growing up to 10” (25 cm) across.

Clematis is a group of flowering vines, noted for their large colorful star-shaped or bell-shaped flowers, lance-shaped green leaves, and climbing or spreading habit. Clematis flowers are some of the showiest in the garden. Large clematis flowers can be as huge as 10” (25 cm) across and be shades of purple, red, pink, and white. Small clematis flowers are dainty star or bell-shaped blooms with slender petals and bloom throughout spring.

Lavender flowers with their vivid shades of purple, lilac, blue, pink, and even white are beautiful aromatic flowering spikes growing on small perennial shrubs. Lavender plants typically bloom in summer and fill gardens with fragrant aromas and stunning colors. Despite being native to the Mediterranean region, lavender shrubs are easy to grow in colder climates.

Campanula (bellflower) is a group of flowering plants with dainty bell-shaped or star-shaped flowers. Campanula flowers have five-lobed petals that grow 0.8” to 1” (2 – 2.5 cm) long. The beautiful bellflowers can be in shades of purple, blue, pink, or white. Whether growing as annuals, evergreen perennials, or herbaceous plants, you can find campanula flowers blooming from late spring throughout the summer.

Azalea bushes are spectacular flowering shrubs with eye-catching blooms in a wide range of colors and shapes. Brightly colored azalea flowers are funnel-shaped and come in shades of pink, red, orange, white, yellow, and purple. Flowering azalea bushes are easy to grow in a garden landscape and add plenty of color as they bloom from late winter until early fall.

Gladiolus flowers are beautiful flowering spikes that produce showy trumpet-shaped blooms in spectacular bright summer colors. Gladiolus plants start flowering 10 to 12 weeks after planting. After that, the colorful flowers bloom for a week or so. To ensure tall gladiolus flowers bloom from summer until frost, you can plant the bulbs in your garden flower bed every few weeks.

Gladiolus flowers are showy blooms of funnel-shaped flowers growing on tall flowering spikes. The flowering perennial gladiolus plants fill garden landscapes with spectacular floral displays of red, purple, pink, orange, white, yellow, and multi-colored flowers. In addition, the beautiful gladiolus flowers have plain, frilly, ruffled, or semi-ruffled petals adorning vertical blooming flower stalks. Gladiolus flowers usually appear in summer and have a long bloom time until frost.

The orange star plant is a beautiful ornamental plant with clusters of star-shaped orange flowers growing on the end of tall stems among lime-green foliage. Also called the Star of Bethlehem and Sun Star, the orange star flowers form a spectacular bouquet of 15 to 20 small blossoms, each with six triangular orange petals. Orange star plant thrives in gardens in sandy soil where it gets full sun for most of the day.

Hollyhock (alcea rosea) is a species of flowering garden plants with colorful white, purple, pink, red, and yellow cup-shaped flowers growing on tall spikes. Hollyhock flowers have a long blooming season, and their tall growth makes them useful landscaping plants. Easy to grow from seed, hollyhocks grow as short-lived perennials or biennials. Their brightly colored flowers make them ideal low-maintenance landscape plants for cottage gardens, mixed flower beds, or to create a colorful flowering living fence.

Begonia plants are famous for their spectacular colorful leaves and clusters of showy pink, red, yellow, orange, or white flowers. Species of begonia are grown as tropical tender perennials, bedding annuals, or houseplants. Popular types of begonia, such as wax begonias, tuberous begonias, and rex begonias, bloom through the summer and fall. When growing indoors, some begonia cultivars and hybrids produce flowers all year long.