Flower name German |
Flower name botanical |
Location |
Heyday |
Height |
Flower color |
Perennial |
Columbine |
Aquilegia |
Shady, partial shade or sunny |
April to July |
60 to 100cm |
White, blue, yellow, pink |
Yes |
aster |
aster |
Sunny |
20 to 150cm |
Purple, white, blue, pink |
No (winter aster yes) |
Bush mallow |
Lavatera thuringiaca |
Sunny |
July to September |
Up to 150cm |
White, pink |
Yes |
thimble |
digitalis |
Sunny to partial shade |
June to August |
60 to 200cm |
Red, pink, blue, purple, white |
Biennial |
Lady's mantle |
Alchemilla mollis |
Sunny to partial shade |
June to September |
45 to 60cm |
Yellow-green |
Yes |
Bellflower |
Campanula |
Sunny to partial shade |
June to September |
20 to 80cm |
Purple, white, pink |
Yes |
Heather, Heather |
Calluna vulgaris |
Sunny to partial shade |
August to November |
30 to 100cm |
White, pink, purple |
Yes |
Autumn anemone |
anemone hupehensis |
Shady to sunny |
July to October |
80 to 120cm |
White, pink |
Yes |
hydrangea |
Hydrangea macrophylla |
Partial to shady |
May to July |
Up to 2m, other types also higher |
Blue, pink, white, purple |
Yes |
Cornflower |
Centaurea cyanus |
Sunny |
May to September |
20 to 100cm |
Blue, white, purple, pink |
Yes |
clove |
Dianthus |
Sunny |
Different depending on the variety |
30 to 70cm |
Many different colors |
Annual or biennial |
Peony |
Paeonia |
Sunny to partial shade |
May to June |
60 to 100cm |
White, pink |
Yes |
phlox |
phlox paniculata |
Sunny to partial shade |
July to August |
80 to 200cm |
Blue, white, pink etc. |
Yes |
Primroses |
Primula |
Sunny to partial shade |
December to April |
8 to 30cm |
Many different colors |
Yes |
Purple bells |
Heuchera |
Penumbra |
Different depending on the variety |
40 to 75cm |
Red White |
Yes |
delphinium |
Delphinium |
Sunny to partial shade |
June to July, second flowering possible |
Depending on the type, 30 to 200cm |
White, blue, purple |
Yes |
Candytuft |
Iberis |
Sunny to partial shade |
April to May or later |
30 to 40cm |
Pink, white, red, purple |
Annual or perennial |
Iris |
iris |
Sunny |
May to June |
Different depending on the variety |
10 to 120cm |
Blue, purple, pink, yellow, white, etc. |
Yes |
Hollyhock |
Alcea rosea |
Sunny |
July to August |
Up to 220cm |
Many different colors |
Yes |
zinnia |
Zinnia elegans |
Sunny |
July to October |
Different depending on the variety |
Red, pink, purple, yellow, orange and white |
no |