free-flowering
{{Short description|Plants with extended blooming time}}
File:Zonal geranium with dead flowers.jpgs are examples of free-flowering plants, which bloom profusely throughout the year.{{cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/lifestyle/garden/the-new-breed-of-nana-plants-ng-b88399812z|title=The new breed of nana plants|author= Sabrina Hahn
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In gardening, the term free-flowering is used to describe flowering plants that have a long bloom time and may often lack a defined blooming season, whereby producing flowers profusely over an extended period of time, at times all-year round.{{cite book |author=John F. Letts |title=Handbook of Hardy Heaths and Heathers: Hardy, Free-flowering, Foliage, Evergreen Plants |date=1966 |publisher=J.F. Letts, 1966 |location= Ithaca, New York |oclc=92233}} The terms long-flowering and long-blooming are also used for perennial plants that bloom for much of the year.{{cite web|url=https://www.pga.com.au/Plants/Uses/LongFlowering.cshtml|title=Long flowering|website= PGA|access-date=May 24, 2023}}
Examples
Examples of free-flowering or long flowering plants include salvias,{{cite web|url=https://www.pga.com.au/Plants/Collection.cshtml?collection_id=2|title=Salvias|author=Plant Growers Australia Pty Ltd|website=PGA|access-date=May 22, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/image-detail?cmsuuid=B-1758215f-5e8f-479a-b0a2-c77a25274eba |title=Free-flowering shrubs and trees alongside a road|author= National Parks Board|website= National Library Board, Singapore|access-date=May 22, 2023}} thunbergias,{{cite web|url=https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/black-eyed-susan-vine-thunbergia-alata/|title=Black-eyed Susan Vine, Thunbergia alata|website= Wisconsin Horticulture Division of Extension|access-date=May 23, 2023}} loniceras,{{cite web|url=https://www.gardensillustrated.com/plants/honeysuckle-lonicera-how-to-grow/|title=Honeysuckle: Lonicera and how to grow it|website=Gardens Illustrated |access-date=May 23, 2023}} roses,{{cite web|url=https://nzroses.org.nz/4632-2/|title=Free flowering, healthy roses feature among winning roses|website= The New Zealand Rose Society|date=13 December 2015 |access-date=May 23, 2023}} lavenders,{{cite web|url=http://paradiseplants.com.au/Plants/Plant.aspx?plant_id=678|title=Lavandula hybrid Bella Rose|website= Paradise Plants|access-date=May 23, 2023}} periwinkles,{{cite web|url=https://www.kawvalleygreenhouses.com/plants/Detail/1576|title=Vinca, Periwinkle|website= Kaw Valley Greenhouses Headquarters|access-date=May 23, 2023}} gaillardias,{{cite web|url=https://www.gardenia.net/plant-variety/gaillardia-blanket-flower|title=Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)|website= Gardenia.net|access-date=May 23, 2023}} oleanders,{{cite web|url=https://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US201500071405|title=Free Radical Scavenging Potential and Reducing Capacity of Flowers of Nerium oleander Linn| author = Gayathri, V.; Ananthi, S.; Parameswari, R. P.; Vasanthi, Hannah R. |publisher=Taylor & Francis Group|access-date=May 22, 2023}} begonias,{{cite web|url=https://www.backyardgardener.com/garden-tip-articles/garden-guide/begonia-summer-winter-flowering/ |title=How To Grow Tuberous Begonias In Pots|author= Frederick Leeth |website=Backyard Gardener|date=29 November 2022 |access-date=May 22, 2023}} bougainvilleas,{{cite web|url=https://www.nparks.gov.sg/nparksbuzz/issue-38-vol-3-2018/conservation/bougainvillea-colouring-our-streets|title=Bougainvillea: Colouring Our Streets|author= Elizabeth Kamaldin|website=NParks Buzz|access-date=May 23, 2023}} morning glories,{{cite web|url=https://www.plantshed.com/morning-glory|title=Potted Morning Glory-Vine|website=PlantShed |access-date=May 22, 2023}} geraniums/pelargoniums,{{cite web|url=https://plants.rogersgardens.com/12290002/Plant/12758/Fantasia_Shocking_Pink_Geranium/ |title=Fantasia Shocking Pink Geranium|author= National Parks Board|website= Roger’s Gardens |access-date=May 22, 2023}} hibiscuses,{{cite web|url=https://www.lovingly.com/featured-content/flower-meanings/hibiscus/|title=Hibiscus|website= Lovingly.com|publisher = Lovingly, LLC.|access-date=May 24, 2023}} and lantanas.{{cite web|url=https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/lantana/|title=LANTANA|author= Karen Russ|website= Home & Garden Information Center|publisher = Clemson University|access-date=May 22, 2023}}
List
This list includes plant species that are free-flowering, particularly in warmer climates:{{cite web|url=https://indiagardening.com/featured/flowers-that-bloom-all-year-round-permanent-flowering-plants/|title=26 Flowers That Bloom All Year Round - Permanent Flowering Plants|website= India Gardening|access-date=May 24, 2023}}[https://www.allaboutgardening.com/flowers-bloom-all-season/ 31 Beautiful Flowers That Will Bloom All Season Long] by Jason White from All About Gardening. November 19, 2022. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
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- Canna indica
- Cestrum parqui
- Crossandra infundibuliformis
- Clitoria ternatea
- Coleus neochilus
- Dimorphotheca ecklonis
- Euphorbia milii
- Euryops pectinatus
- Hibbertia scandens
- Impatiens hawkeri
- Ipomoea cairica
- Ipomoea indica
- Ixora coccinea
- Jatropha curcas
- Mandevilla sanderi
- Maurandya scandens
- Murraya paniculata
- Mussaenda erythrophylla
- Pandorea jasminoides
- Plumbago auriculata
- Plumbago indica
- Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides
- Salvia guaranitica
- Salvia splendens
- Sphagneticola trilobata
- Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia
- Thunbergia alata
- Thunbergia erecta
- Tibouchina urvilleana
- Westringia fruticosa
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