July is the most colorful time of year in the garden. Our borders and containers are full of flowers and humming with pollinators. If you are anything like me, you will be snipping stems from the garden and filling your home with vases styled using homegrown blooms. From cosmos to dahlias, chrysanthemums to lilies, July is the time to surround yourself with dazzling flowers.
While it might seem late in the season, you can still sow fast-growing flowering annuals in July for late summer color. Knowing which flowers to plant in July will help to prolong the floral show in your yard this year. As a former professional gardener working in many gardens across the UK and Italy, I have grown all 5 of the following impactful and quick-growing annual blooms. If you want some late-season summer color, you have come to the right place.
