What Annual Flowers Are Ideal for Planting in the Spring in Texas?

Spring is the season of growth, and it's the perfect time to fill your landscape beds in Texas with annual flowers that will thrive during this season. Four popular spring annuals to consider adding to your landscape beds this spring include cornflower, dianthus, dusty millers, and geraniums. Cornflowers add intense shades of dark blue or purple to your landscape beds and will attract butterflies. Dianthus provides tones of pink, purple, and white and attracts many pollinators due to its strong fragrance. Dusty millers grow dense, attractive foliage and are a great accent in your landscape beds during the spring. Geraniums offer colors ranging from red, white, and pink and can easily fill a landscape bed with color. All these annual flowers add vibrancy and life to their surroundings, making each a great addition to your landscape beds this spring!

Install cornflowers this spring to add intense shades of blue and purple to your landscape.

Cornflowers often come in shades of blue and purple, but they can be pink and white as well. Their leaves are green with a hint of gray and they can reach between 1 to 3 feet in height. Due to their bright colors and overall pleasing appearance, these flowers are often used in bouquets! Cornflowers prefer cooler climates as opposed to hot, humid ones and thrive in full or partial sun. Although these flowers will soak up full sun, they don't require frequent watering and are drought-tolerant. Cornflowers are even more attractive when neighboring other colorful annuals, making them a great addition to landscape beds in the spring!

Add fragrance and color to your landscape beds in the spring by installing dianthus.

Dianthus is a popular annual flower that is often installed in landscape beds and can come in tones of pink, purple, and white. It attracts many pollinators in the spring due to its strong fragrance. The leaves are gray with a hint of silver and the height of the plant ranges from 4 inches to 3 feet depending on the type. These types of flowers prefer full sun but can tolerate the shade as well. However, providing this flower with 6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day is ideal.

Dusty millers grow dense foliage and prefer a lot of sun.

Dusty miller is a beautiful plant that has yellow flowers that are commonly trimmed to promote the growth of the dense, grayish-green foliage. The leaves are silver or white with green undertones and a felt-like or lace appearance because they're covered in fine hairs on both sides. This plant can grow up to 2 feet, but won't be smaller than 6 inches. Dusty millers prefer full sun in hot, dry locations but can tolerate partial shade. Although they also prefer moist soil, dusty millers are drought tolerant once established and can survive some neglect as well.

Installing geraniums in the spring is an easy way to fill your landscape beds with color.

Geraniums boast shades of red, white, and pink, offering a range of flower colors with attractive leaves as well. Geraniums can range in height from 6 inches to several feet, depending on the type. They prefer full sun and will thrive when they receive at least 4 hours of direct sunlight a day with regular watering. However, they can tolerate partial shade. Geraniums are often installed in the spring to fill up landscape beds with color.

Contact us today to schedule our annual flower installation service.

At Purple Care, we will install the annual flowers of your choice in your landscape beds this spring to improve their aesthetics. We've been in business for 30 years and always ensure we do things right. We offer our annual flower installation service to commercial and residential properties, as well as HOAs, in Fort Worth, TX, and other nearby cities, such as Arlington and Weatherford. Contact us today at (817) 880-6052 to sign up.