Floral Displays
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Partner with the city or a service group to help create and/or maintain floral displays.

Plant gardens that attract bees and hummingbirds. Yellow, blue and purple flowers will attract bees, while red and orange will attract hummingbirds.

Nominate a business for our commercial property contest.

Nominate a neighbor for our front yard contest.

 
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June blooming selections

White Annuals                               height

Angelonia - Serena White                           12 - 18"

Angelonia - Angelwing white                     12 - 18"

Bacopa -                                                              4 - 8"

Begonial - Baby Wings                                   12 - 18"

Begonia - Encore                                             6 - 18"

Calibrachoa - Cabaret White                       6 - 10"

Cleome - Sparkler White                              36 - 48"

Cosmos - Sonata White                                                20 - 24"

Euphorbia - Diamond Frost                         12 - 18"

Gaillardia - Daybreak White                        14 - 18"

Gazania - Daybreak white                           10 - 14"

Impatiens - Accent White                            10 - 12"

Hibiscus - Luna White                                    24 - 36"

Lantana - Patriot Dove Wings                     24"

Nicotiana - Hummingbird White               10 - 12"

Petunia - Madness White                            10 - 15"

Petunia - Shock Wave Ivory                        7 - 10"

Petunia - Whispers Mini                               8 - 10"

Sunflower - Italian White                             48 - 72"

Thunbergia - White Black-eyed Susan Vine

Vinca - Cooler Coconut                                 10 - 14"

 

White Perennials                          height

Echinacea - White Swan                               40"

Iris - Japanese or Bearded                           18 - 24"

Oxeye Daisy 10 - 24"               

Snow in Summer                                              4 - 8"

Veronicastrum virginicum                            36 - 72"

 

Red Annuals height

Alternanthera – Purple Knight 16 – 20”

Begonia – Bronze Leaf Big Red 20”

Begonia – Dragon Wing 18 – 24”

Begonia – Encore 10 – 12”

Canna – Australia 72 – 96”

Celosia – Fresh Look 12 – 18”

Celosia – New Look 14”

Coleus – Wizard Velvet Red 12 – 14”

Cordyline Red Star 36”

Fushia – Gartenmeister Bonstedt 30”

Geranium – Calliope 12 – 18”

Geranium – Rocky Mountain Red 12”

Gomphrena – Strawberry Fields 24”

Impatiens – Firefly Red 6 – 21”

Impatiens – Accent Red 10”

Lantana – Dallas Red 36 – 48”

Millet Purple Majesty 36 – 48”

Nicotiana – Hummingbird Red 10 – 12”

Nierembergia – Mont Blanc 6 – 10”

Pennisetum rubrum 36 – 48”

Pentas – Stars and Stripes 12 – 24”

Pentas – Butterfly Red 12 – 22”

Phormium – Amazing red 18 – 24”

Salvia – Flame 30”

Salvia – Lady in Red 24”

Salvia – Hot Lips 24”

Scarlet Runner Bean* - Painted Lady 120”

Sugarcane – Pele’s Smoke 72”

Sunflower – Moulin Rouge 48 – 60”

Verbena – Obsession Red 6 – 8”

Verbena – Trailing Patio Red* 4 – 6”

Vinca – Pacifica Really Red 10 – 12”

Zinnia – Benary’s Giant Scarlet 30 – 36”

Zinnia – Red Spider 18 – 24”

 

Red Perennials height

Achellia – Red Velvet 30”

Daylily – Chicago Apache 24 – 36”

Lobelia – Fan Scarlet 20 – 24”

Rose – Home Run 24 – 36”

Rose – Knockout Red 24 – 48”

*vines or trails

 

 

Silvery plants                     height

Basil - Pesto Perpetuo                  48"

Dichondra - Silver Falls*               6 - 12"

Plectranthus argentea                   24 - 30"

Miscanthus - Morning Light        48 - 60"

Miscanthus - Cabaret                    72"

Miscanthus - Cosmopolitan        72"

Lambs' Ears                                        6 - 12"

Cardoon                                               72 - 96"

Dusty Miller                                        24 - 30"

 

 

 
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  • Arrangements, originality, distribution, location of flowers
  • color, variety, harmony
  • maintenance of flowerbeds, planters, containers, and window boxes.
flowerbeds
 
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Floral Criteria Resources as suggested by America in Bloom

American Horticultural Society
www.ahs.org/youth_gardening/index.htm
- AHS Youth Gardening initiative considering the “children’s garden”, one of the strongest trends in gardening. Acknowledges gardening as an inter-generational environment that can help develop social skills, enhance school’s curricula, bring families together, and emphasize the link between nature and food, clothing, shelter, etc.


American Rose Society
www.ars.org
- Education & promotion of the rose in all its diversity.



American Seed Trade Association
www.amseed.org
- Horticultural & agricultural promotion & information related to seeds.

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