Do you feel that your early flowering blooms don’t last through the season? Or that you’re waiting weeks or months to see your late-flowering varieties appear? What if we told you there’s an easier way to grow your plants?

Succession planting is a great way of planting that can solve this pesky problem. Not only can it help your displays last longer, but it will also make your beds and containers look lovely and full throughout the entire season.

What is Succession Planting?

In its simplest form, succession planting is planning your display in a way that ensures there’s always a plant in bloom. For example, making sure you always have an early, mid, and late-flowering bloom in your arsenal so that there’s never a gap midway through the season.

By planting in waves each week, you’ll see the benefits crop up once your desired season rolls around!

How do you create a successive display?

Sectioning a season by a third and planning accordingly is the best way to tackle succession planting. For example, choosing all the early-flowering varieties you want to grow and planting them first, then waiting a week or two to plant your mid-season blooms and plants, and so forth for the late-flowering varieties. By leaving a gap in between each flowering period, you’ll be able to bridge the start of the season through to the end without any disruptions or blank spaces!

Perfect Picks from J. Parker’s

Looking to decorate your garden for summer? We’ve chosen a selection of early, mid, and late varieties that will keep your garden looking fresh and fabulous for the whole season.

Early Summer: Alliums like Allium Mont Blanc flower from late spring into early summer, making the season change feel seamless. Zantedeschia and Gladioli are also good options for planting in spring to see them appear in the early summer months.

Mid-summer: This is where you can get your large blooms like Dahlias and Astilbe. Their flowers will appear from mid-summer and last for months, giving you plenty of interest in the mid and late season of summer. Why not try our Dahlia Dinner Plate collection for an easy pick to plant En-masse?

Late Summer: Geraniums and Rudbeckia are great examples of flowers that appear in the latter stages of summer. Whether you pop them into flower beds or containers, geraniums won’t fail to impress regardless of when they bloom! Some of our Geraniums like Geranium Johnsons Blue are supplied as loose rooted plants, which make the planting process easy and fuss-free.

You can also explore our full range of perennials online to plan your succession planting displays!