Yeah, I'm going to be difficult here and say that this is just the natural life cycle of plants. Especially ones that haven't been heavily crossbred and genetically modified. As they approach the end of their flowering and growing season, as cool nights set in, they don't look fresh and green anymore. If you're thinking about this time of year in particular, goldenrod, ironweed, boneset and asters are all things that are currently flowering and looking green. Answer from Ok_Oil_995 on reddit.com
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Proven Winners
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14 Low-Maintenance Shrubs for the Front Yard - Proven Winners ColorChoice Flowering Shrubs
May 21, 2025 - In late spring, pink/red flowers dot the plant and continue to bloom through fall. ... From spring through fall, this spirea provides a stunning color show. Foliage is ever-changing through the seasons with hues of orange, red, and yellow. In late spring/early summer, purple flowers join the show. Make your front landscape inviting not only to people but to pollinators, too.
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Pinterest
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Year Round Plants Front Yards
Discover Pinterest’s best ideas and inspiration for Year round plants front yards. Get inspired and try out new things. ... These 8 Shrubs Keep Their Red Leaves Through Every Season!
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Natives that stay looking ok all season?
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What plants are going to survive year round for the front yard?
Iris, tulips, daffodils, autumn ferns, lavender, etc. Look for zone 7a and you should be fine. More on reddit.com
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The Best Flowers for Color All Season: With Planting Chart
5 days ago - Do you want a flower garden that delivers continuous blooms from spring through summer and into the fall? We’re excited to share this new flower color guide that tells you the best flowers to plant to get color all season and fills those “bloom gaps.” Plus, we have a “cheat sheet” to tell you when to plant these trusty perennials and annuals.
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Good Housekeeping
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It's Gardening Time! We Found the Best Summer Flowers for Your Yard
April 23, 2025 - So if you're looking to reap all the benefits of your garden this year, consider this roundup of the best summer flowers. Try popular picks like azaleas, daisies and geraniums or go for more unique options like striking portulaca or celosia.
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Proven Winners
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20 Tough Plants for Full Sun & Heat That Thrive All Summer
Uses: groundcover, edging plant, front of the border, mass planting · 2-4’ height. 3-5’ spread. Sun. Hardy in zones 4-9. Flowering shrub. ... Crapemyrtle is a summer stunner with colorful blooms from midsummer to fall. But why wait all season for conventional crapemyrtles to do their thing when you can plant one with fabulous foliage that shines all season?
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Southern Living
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16 Small, Low-Maintenance Plants For Your Front Yard
February 11, 2025 - Bright blue agapanthus blooms will bring birds and butterflies to your yard without attracting pests. This evergreen shrub reblooms from spring through summer, doesn’t need pruning, and is drought-tolerant. It’s fast-growing to 20 to 24 inches tall and 12 to 18 inches wide. Give it partial sun in USDA Zones 8 to 11. ... Thanks for your feedback! ... Collection Saved! ... By clicking “Accept All Cookies”, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts.
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10 Easy Foundation Plants for the Front of Your House
It is also salt tolerant, so it is safe to plant near driveways and paths that are salted in winter. ‘Totem Pole’ is a 6’ tall, narrow columnar variety of switch grass that can be used to soften the corner of your house, hide utilities, or create a living screen. Its gray-green to steel blue foliage complements any neutral color of brick or siding. Other than cutting it down to the ground each spring, no other maintenance should be needed to keep it standing tall all season.
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Low-Maintenance Outdoor Plants | Online Plant Nursery – Great Garden Plants
Easy-care plants that don't need much watering, pruning, or fertilizing & thrive on neglect. Shop our collection of low-maintenance garden plants for sale.
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r/NativePlantGardening on Reddit: Natives that stay looking ok all season?
August 16, 2025 -

I have a front yard native garden in zone 6B (SE Michigan) and I am looking for native plants that don’t end up looking really terrible at some point in the season. Examples of “looking really terrible” include the black eyed susans in the photo whose leaves are turning black, as well as things that get powdery mildew really badly.

Some plants I currently have that look ok all season include nodding wild onion, purple love grass, prairie dropseed, harebell, butterfly weed, and whorled milkweed.

It’s a full sun location, with dry sandy clay. Since it’s in the front yard, I want to keep plants to 3 feet tall max.

Thanks!

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Monrovia
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Best Flowering Shrubs for Front Yard Landscaping | Be Inspired
August 12, 2025 - Height variation: Incorporate a mix of shrubs with different heights to add depth and dimension to your front yard landscape.Layer from tall to short, with tall shrubs forming a backdrop, medium-sized shrubs and perennials in the mid layer, and low-growing plants and groundcovers in the front. Architectural style: Choose shrubs that align with your home's architectural style to create a unified look. For instance, choose clean-lined hedges for a modern home or lush cottage garden shrubs (like Nitty Gritty™ Roses) for a more historic property. To enhance the beauty of your shrubs, consider adding flower beds in your yard for a colorful display. Flower beds allow you to express your creativity by combining different colors, textures, and sculptural plants to add visual interest to your property.
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Garden.org
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Easiest max-color flowers each New York season for backyard? in the Northeast Gardening forum - Garden.org
September 2, 2018 - Some of my favorite perennials are phlox, Culver's Root, daylilies, iris, and OT lilies...actually I like all lilies! I don't think it makes any difference when the spring bulbs are planted, but perhaps middle of Oct. would be my choice. I would plant low growing little leaved rhododendrons against the ivy.....they come in shades of pink....& hydrangea is always nice! ... RobinD Thank you very much for the excellent suggestions. I think small-leaved rhododendrons would offer nice color in front of the ivy fence.
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HGTV
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25 Plants for Instant Curb Appeal in Front of Your House
May 8, 2025 - These tough perennials are a great idea for flower beds in the front yard; they'll tolerate heat, drought and many pests and diseases. Grow early, mid- and late-season varieties, and you’ll have a show that lasts for weeks. Daylilies grow from fleshy roots that usually take year to get established. But you can sometimes find daylilies already in bloom and plant them for instant curb appeal, Or, if you plant daylily roots in early spring, there's a good chance you'll get blooms the first year they're in the ground.
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Houzz
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Fragrant plants for all seasons
September 24, 2016 - Osmanthus is delightful as well but mine is not yet big enough for the scent to permeate the yard. I still have to walk up to it. Great apricot scent. It blooms heavily in spring and has intermittent flushes the rest of the year. My small rose garden has Don Juan, Chrysler Imperial, and Perfume Delight and I can smell it from 15 feet away even when there's only a couple flowers. Red roses have great wafting ability for me here in Florida. I especially love the scents of Crimson Glory, Chrysler imperial, and Oklahoma. Plant a few of those and you will be in fragrance heaven.
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Pinterest
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All Season Plants Outdoor
Transform your entryway with these 15 low-growing shrubs for the front of your house! From evergreens to dwarf hydrangeas, these compact, colorful, and low-maintenance plants bring structure, year-round beauty, and easy curb appeal to your landscape. ... Stop guessing! Discover 10 gorgeous, easy plants that love full summer sun. Get vibrant color that thrives in the heat. ... Pots are a fantastic way to add some flexibility and seasonal ...
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House Beautiful
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25 Flowers That Bloom in Winter for Your 2025 Garden
4 weeks ago - Also called galanthus, snowdrops must be planted in the fall for a very early spring show. These darling, droopy-headed winter flowers look best at the front of borders or in rock gardens and often start blooming when snow is still on the ground (thus, the name!).
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Gardens Illustrated
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30 plants that look good all year-round
May 13, 2025 - The plant formally known as sedum is a sturdy, succulent, architectural herbaceous perennial with purple stems, the thick olive-green leaves also becoming purple towards the end of the season. In late summer, flat-topped clusters of soft-pink flowers are a magnet for bees and other pollinators. Its stems and seedheads remain attractive throughout the winter, particularly when frosted, and should be cut back to the base before new growth emerges in spring. Invaluable for the front of a sunny border, in dry gardens and also as a cut flower.
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Proven Winners
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Perennials - Easy Plants that Come Back Every Year | Proven Winners
Perennial plants offer incredible variety. You're sure to find a fit for your garden. Many are drought tolerant once established, others make great cut flowers, and some can be grown in containers. ... Keep in mind that all plants – perennials and annuals -- are programmed by Mother Nature to survive.