Summer Bedding Plants

While Florida summers can be terribly hot, there are beautiful bedding plants that can take the heat and give your landscape a fresh burst of color.

UF/IFAS Sites

• The Colors of Summer
• Gulf Coast REC: Melampodium
• Gulf Coast REC: Tourenia
• Monthly Flower Care: Summer

UF/IFAS Publications

• Bedding Plants: Selection, Establishment and Maintenance
• Choose Melampodium for Low Maintenance Summer Color (PDF)
• Gardening in the Heat (PDF)
• Tourenia fournieri Wishbone flower (PDF)
• What to Plant in June in Southwest Florida (PDF)

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