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What are the ideal flowers for each season of the year?

Learn how to select flowers that thrive in specific seasons of the year to keep your home always blooming

By Chrys Hadrian

Submitted at Feb 5, 2025, 1:00 PM

03 min de leitura
Manacá-da-serra

Manacá-da-serra (Nina Edelweiss/flickr)

The choice of flowers suitable for each season of the year is essential to ensure a vibrant and healthy garden all year round. After all, each season has its own climatic conditions that influence the growth and flowering of plants. Thus, discover how to select the best options of flowers to cultivate throughout the year, ensuring continuous beauty in your green space.

Flowers for spring


flowers to cultivate on the balcony petunia

Petunia. (Reproduction/CASACOR)

During spring, incorporate lady of the night, with its colorful flowers, adapted to shaded and semi-shaded areas. Another option is petunia, easily cultivated and low-growing, and ipê, a national symbol that enchants with its vibrant flowers.

Flowers for summer


7 sun plants for a flowered garden all year round

Hibiscus (Jeff Kingma/ Unsplash/CASACOR)

To face the heat, choose the perpetual, which has small discreet flowers and is resistant to arid climates. The lantana, known for its multicolored inflorescences, is perfect for adding vitality to your garden in summer. Other good choices are wax flower and hibiscus, which tolerate strong sun, keeping the garden vibrant.

Flowers for autumn


Manacá-da-serra

Manacá-da-serra (Nina Edelweiss/flickr/Disclosure)

Bet on the manacá-da-serra, which displays white flowers that slowly turn purple. Plants like the flor-de-são-miguel thrive and add a special charm with their purple flowers. Another option is the pau-brasil, whose yellow flowering stands out in autumn, adding an elegant touch to your garden.

Flowers for winter


rosemary is one of the flowers indicated for cold

Rosemary. (Thinkstock/CASACOR)

Winter is the ideal season for cultivating rosemary, which displays small flowers and is known for its medicinal and aromatic properties. Basil, in addition to its attractive flowers, provides a pleasant aroma and is perfect for smaller gardens and vegetable patches. For robust native varieties, marmelo-do-campo and mutamba are also excellent choices.