Flowers for spring in Louisiana

Spring and Summer Annuals

We get a lot of questions about what warm season flowers to plant in areas from Baton Rouge to Slidell to New Orleans, Louisiana.  To help, we have put together a list of some of the common flowers you can plant, along with the sun requirements, distance from other plants and average height of each species. We hope this helps with adding beautiful flowers to your landscape.

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List of Spring and Summer Flowers for Southern Louisiana:

Name

Agapanthus*

Amaranthus

Angelonia Serena ^

Begonia, Baby Wing ^

Blue Daze

Butterfly bush*

Caladiums

Candlestick plant

Celosia crista

Cleome

Cleome, Senorita Rosalita ^

Coleus

Cosmos bipinnatus

Daylilies*

Gomphrena

Hibiscus*

Hydrangea*

Hydrangea, Penny Mac ^

Impatiens

Lantana*

Marigold African

Marigold French

Moonvine

Morning glory

Moss rose

Narrow-leaf Zinnia

Ornamental sweet potato*

Pentas, Butterfly ^

Profusion Zinnia

Purple Cone Flower*

Rudbeckia*

Ruela

Salvia*

Shasta Daisy*

Texas Sage*

Verbena*

Vinca

Light

Sun to part shade

Sun

Sun

Part Sun

Sun to part shade

Sun

Depends on variety

Sun

Sun

Sun to part shade

Sun

Depends on variety

Sun

Sun

Sun

Sun

Morning Sun

Morning Sun

Shade to part shade

Sun

Sun

Sun

Sun

Sun

Sun

Sun

Sun to part shade

Sun

Sun

Sun

Sun

Sun

Sun to part shade

Sun

Sun to part shade

Sun

Sun

Spacing

1 foot

2 feet

1 foot

2 feet

10 inches

5-10 feet

10 inches

3 feet

2 feet

1.25 feet

1.5 feet

1 foot

1 foot

1.5 feet

8 inches

Varies

4 feet

4 feet

10 inches

2 to 8 feet

1 foot

8 inches

1 foot

6 inches

10 inches

10 inches

3 feet

1 foot

8 inches

1 foot

1 foot

1.25 feet

1.5 feet

1.5 feet

1 foot

1.5 feet

1 foot

Height

3 feet

3-5 feet

1.5 feet

2 feet

10 inches

5-10 feet

1-3 feet

5-10 feet

18 inches

4 feet

2 to 4 feet

1 to 3 feet

3 feet

1 foot

2 feet

Varies

2 to 4 feet

4 feet

1 to 2 feet

3 feet

3 feet

1.25 feet

Vine

Vine

6 inches

8 inches

10 inches

2 feet

12 inches

3 feet

2.5 feet

3 feet

2 feet

3 feet

2 feet

1.5 feet

1 foot

^ Louisiana Super Plant
* Perennial