Growing a Backyard Bouquet
Flowers add color, cheer, and a sweet aroma to your garden. Being able to have fresh-cut flowers straight from your own garden throughout the season takes planning, but it is worth the investment. Flower bouquets are the perfect gift for special occasions, to lift the spirits of someone who needs some cheer, or to provide natural color in your own home.
Every Portland landscape has the potential to be a breathtaking scene of color and texture. Our climate allows for lush greens and bright colors to fill the yard all year long. We live in the GREAT Northwest! However for some, choosing which flowers to grow can be intimidating. We have so many great plants to choose from!
Below is a comprehensive list of trees, shrubs, and perennials that produce excellent flowers. It is possible to have fresh flowers in a Portland landscape all summer long when you incorporate some of the plants listed below.
If you have questions about where to get these flowers, call or visit us at our Portland garden center.
Trees
- Cercis – Redbud
- Cornus – Dogwood
- Crataegus – Hawthorn
- Forsythia – Forsythia
- Prunus – Flowering Cherry
- Salix – Willow
- Syringa – Lilac
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Shrubs
- Berberis – Barberry
- Buddleia – Butterfly Bush
- Callicarpa – Beautyberry
- Caryopteris – Bluebeard
- Cornus sericea – Red osier Dogwood
- Corylus – Walking Stick
- Cotinus – Smokebush
- Exochorda – Pearlbush
- Hamamelis – Witch Hazel
- Hydrangea – Hydrangea
- Ilex – Winterberry
- Salix – Willow
- Sympor. – Snowberry
- Syringa – Lilac
- Rosa – Rose
Perennials
- Achillea – Yarrow
- Aconitum – Monks Hood
- Agapanthus – Lily of the Valley
- Agastache – Hyssop
- Alcea – Hollyhock
- Alchemilla – Lady’s Mantle
- Alstromeria – Mugwort
- Anemone – Anemone
- Aquilegia – Columbine
- Artemiesia – Mugwort
- Aster – Aster
- Astilbe – Astilbe
- Astrantia – Masterwort
- Baptisia – False Indigo
- Boltonia – False Starwort
- Catanache – Cupids Dart
- Centaurea – Bachelors Button
- Centranthus – Red Valerian
- Chrysanthemums – Mums
- Campanula – Cup and Saucer
- Coreopsis – Tickseed
- Crocosmia – Crocosmia
- Delphinium – Larkspur
- Dianthus – Pinks
- Dicentra – Bleeding Heart
- Digitalis – Foxglove
- Doronicum – Leopards Bane
- Echinacea – Cone Flower
- Echinops – Globe Thistle
- Engeron – Flea Bane
- Eryngium – Sea Holly
- Eupatoium – Mist Flower
- Euphorbia – Spurge
- Gaillardia – Blanket Flower
- Gaura – Windflower
- Geum – Lady Stratheden
- Gypsophilia – Baby’s Breath
- Helenium – Helen’s Flower
- Helianthus – Sun Flower
- Heliopsis – Ox-eyed Daisy
- Helleborus – Lenten Rose
- Heuchera – Coral Bells
- Hosta – Hosta
- Iris – Iris
- Jean May Camellia
- Knautia – Knautia
- Lavendula – Lavender
- Leucanthemum – Shasta Daisy
- Liatris – Gayfeather
- Lilium – Lily
- Limonium – Statice
- Lupinus – Lupine
- Malva – Mallow
- Monarda – Bee Balm
- Kalmia latifolia – Mountain Laurel
- Nepeta – Catmint
- Papaver – Poppy
- Penstemon – Beards Tongue
- Peony – Peony
- Perovskia – Russian Sage
- Platycodon – Balloon Flower
- Phlox – Phlox
- Physostegia – Dragons Head
- Rudbeckia – Black Eyed Susan
- Ruta – Rue
- Salvia – Flowering Sage
- Scabiosa – Pincushion Flower
- Solidago – Golden Rod
- Stokesia – Stokes Aster
- Thalictrum – Meadow Rue
- Trollius – Globe Flower
- Veronica – Veronica
- Zanteaeschia – Calla Lily
