Consider growing these vibrant repeat bloomers in the garden

One of the perpetual horticultural quests is for repeat bloomers. We extol hybrid tea, shrub, and floribunda roses for their floriferous status in this regard, but there are other plants that exhibit this capacity as well.

For example, there are many varieties of remontant or reblooming, bearded irises. At brecks.com, you will find 40 of them. In addition to flowering in the spring, they bloom again in the fall. Many daylilies are reblooming but the most notable of these is Stella de Oro, a yellow-orange variety that blooms uninterruptedly from spring to fall. Stella de Oro also bears the distinction of being evergreen in warm winter climates such as our own.

Although ice plants are nearly always late winter or early spring bloomers, purple ice plant (Lampranthus productus) flowers on an