If you plan to make a garden plot interesting, one of the best decisions is to stick to a certain style. The style of the garden is its semantic image, concept, keynote. He has his own canons and attributes, and in him, as they say, everything is already selected, and competently and with taste. There are many such styles (and not at all three, as is commonly believed). And each provides ample opportunities and a variety of options.
Well, as soon as it comes to the garden, the plants play the first violin in it. They make the garden a garden. Therefore, the style is primarily determined by them, and only then by architectural forms. Each has its own flowers, shrubs and trees. Of course, many of them are universal and fit many styles at once. But the point is not even in the choice of specific species and varieties, but in their combination. The right combination of plants - this is the main secret of creating a garden style.
Therefore, today I offer you my “navigator” for the most spectacular styles and plants corresponding to them.
Alpine garden
This garden looks like an alpine hill, it reproduces the mountain landscape. Its feature is the use of a large amount of natural stone. Such a garden, as a rule, has uneven terrain or is located on a slope. If the site is flat, the relief is artificially created. Most of the plantations in the alpine garden are low, preference is given to conifers.
Trees:
all conifers, mostly low: mountain pine, pyramidal and creeping junipers, Canadian spruce Konika, thuja. Single planting of fruit crops, including creeping apple trees, is suitable.
English style
It gives the impression of an old English manor with the very lawn that has been mowed for 300 years. Elegance with elements of classics, but without regularity and symmetry. We can say landscape classics. The English-style garden is not full of bright colors, the first violin in it is played by foliage and herbs.
Trees:
birch, oak, chestnut, larch, mountain ash (wild or dessert).
Art believe
This word translates roughly as "deliberate, artistic poverty." The garden is designed so that it looks artistically, freely, without frames and canons, but in some places, with deliberate simplicity, sophistication can be seen. As if the owner of the garden is the trendsetter of the garden fashion. Art believe - to some extent, a bohemian style.
Creepers:
actinidia, lemongrass, girl's grapes, clematis and honeysuckle honeysuckle.
Trees:
blue and silver spruce, thuja, black pine or Veymutov pine, columnar juniper, chestnut, maple, columnar apple tree, weeping birch or willow.
Art & Craft
Garden of needlework and art. Very many people have been intuitively enjoying it for a long time and therefore have taken root in their summer cottages, although the owners sometimes do not know that this is Art and Craft. It is dominated by manual work, garden figurines, characters, various miniatures and compositions. A lot of bright plants and "stylish little things." As a result, a garden in this style is perceived as “warm” and homely.
Trees:
mountain ash, blue spruce, willow or weeping birch, artificially formed trees: elm, birch, oak, linden, maple, alder, chestnut, poplar, as well as all fruit and conifers.
Architectural style
Despite the name, the architectural style is very “floral”. He as if interprets architecture, depicts it in the language of the landscape. That is, the forms and images of various structures and structures are played here. Style seems to tell us that everything, whatever a person creates, one way or another had prototypes in living nature. And the MAFs themselves (small architectural forms) are no more in it than in others.
Baroque
Ceremonial, luxurious, palace style. But it is possible in the usual suburban area.
You just need to take some of his “remarks”: a lot of bright colors, smooth lines, arched shapes and curls, forging, screens and pergolas, light shades and corresponding plants.
Trees:
weeping birch, mountain ash, linden, maple, cherry, pear, fruit and decorative apple trees.
Brutalism
Garden brutalism is characterized by sharp contrasts between rude and graceful, dark and light, low and high. This is a very natural style, there is nothing technogenic in it. We can say that it is somewhat “primitive”, but if some modern detail is used in it, it must be supermodern. Brutalism has a lot of “its” plants.
Creepers:
actinidia, Amur and girl's grapes, hops, mountain clematis, lemongrass.
Country
Country - the style of rural life. It is very bright, “patchwork”, laid-back, asymmetrical, it has a lot of “village” accessories. Garden crops and fruit trees are preferred, but the front garden should be especially bright
Creepers perennial and annual:
hops, morning glory, sweet peas, fiery beans, decorative pumpkin.
Classic style
This is the so-called regular style, which many have heard of. Clear symmetry and strict forms of lawns, flower beds and paths, large spaces, "Greek" arbors, stucco molding, fountains and topiary. If you lower the degree of pomposity and use stylization, you can really create classics even in small areas.
Shrubs:
weigela, edible honeysuckle, spiraea, lilac, mock up, park roses, hybrid tea and miniature roses, Tunberg barberry, privet, three-lobed almonds.
Trees:
spruce, including blue, spherical thuja, pyramidal cypress or juniper, linden, elm, maple, pyramidal poplar, fruit crops.
Modern
Art Nouveau style is very elegant, the main thing in it is smooth, flowing lines, grace, visual "high cost". It is similar to Art Nouveau in the interior. Materials for buildings are used mainly natural, figures should be elegant, there are a lot of plants and they should be densely planted. Vegetable style symbols are iris and gladiolus. By the way, it is plants, and not partitions, that the garden areas are separated from one another.
Shrubs:
tree-like and large-leaved hydrangea, roses, elderberry, mock orange, rhododendron, climbing roses, Tunberg barberry, gray or Japanese spirea.
German style
This is a very elegant, and most importantly, neat and well-groomed garden "from the postcard." It combines elements of country and classics. The most important thing here is pedantry, rationality and quality factor. Trimmed trees, lush flower beds, rural-style figures, decorative mulch, natural and high-quality materials for all objects.
Trees:
spruce, pine, thuja, weeping birch or willow, mountain ash, artificially formed trees, maple, poplar, all fruit crops.
Persian style
This is an oriental theme garden. But the East is different, and in this case we are talking about the motives of Central Asia. There are many bright plants and accessories, as well as various small details that are interesting to consider. Cozy patios, colored paving slabs and mosaics, brooks will help to create the Persian style, it is advisable to arrange a small round pond. Arches and openings in structures are better to make a lancet shape.
Flowers and perennials:
poppies, chrysanthemums and asters, irises and gladioluses, ageratums, gaillardia, dahlias, lilies and daylilies, peonies, terry marigolds, fragrant tobacco, lavater, gypsophila. Be sure to a large number of varietal tulips. Rice is perfect for the style if you grow it in special "flood" areas.
Garden minimalism
In a minimalist garden, everything is simple and concise, and there are few details, as in the minimalist interior. Namely parts, additions, designs.But there should be many plants. But not all, but expressive. They are planted in large curtains, a motley mixture in this style is not welcome. Shapes and lines are not necessarily strictly geometric, but simple and clear.
Trees:
thuja, black pine or Weitmouth pine, blue spruce, columnar juniper, maple, weeping birch, willow, columnar apple tree, chestnut.
Garden Hi-Tech
In garden hi-tech, unlike interior, there is no abundance of metal, plastic and concrete. He just gives an advantage to nature. This is a garden of unusual and bold decisions, where “high garden technologies” are used: modern finishing materials, unusual (usually abstract) designs and accessories. It is in the garden in hi-tech style that you can see original, unusual for the eyes ponds, gazebos, recreational areas.
Shrubs:
there are few of them, but mainly those that have something interesting: leaves, crown shape, fruits - for example, red barberry, heather, rhododendron, snow-berry.
Trees:
the principle is the same - an interesting look: a decorative apple tree, blue spruce, an interestingly shaped oak, weeping birch will do.
Scandinavian style
This style is a combination of simple shapes and vibrant colors, simple large ornaments and natural materials, but at the same time - an abundance of interesting accessories, different lighting, a lot of relaxation areas, although small in size. Scandinavian style is characterized by universalization. That is, each object and object in the garden can be used both this way and that way - at will and mood.
Trees:
any coniferous plants, as well as any fruit and forest, but some of them should stand out - for example, the shape of a crown or the color of leaves.
The style of the noble estate
The garden in this style has a characteristic feature: it is divided into two parts - regular (front) and landscape. There are many shady corners, a gazebo by the pond, which is decorated in a natural style, grottoes, stone sculptures, alleys, a lawn and flower beds of the correct form. The house is decorated with vertical landscaping. Pergolas and pavilions resemble Greek architecture.
French style
It will be more clear and recognizable such a definition as the Provence style. More precisely, the attributes of Provence prevail in the French style, but some elements of the classics are added to this. The style is very chamber, comfortable, it is difficult to implement on a large area. Mandatory garden and lawn, and all flower beds are located around the perimeter. The recreation area is arranged at the entrance to the house, and the materials used are wood, gravel and brick
Perennials and flowers:
rose-stem, large-bearded irises, lilies, sage, wormwood, digitalis, lavender (in our conditions it is better than mullein or veronica), ferns of different varieties (in groups and in single plantings), zone pelargonium, geranium.
Trees:
thuja, fruit crops, decorative fruit trees.
Fantasy
The style of fantasy can also be described as "fairy-tale gothic", the style of fairy tales and legends. You can also define it as a medieval garden. A castle-shaped house would fit in perfectly. The winding paths and paths, mosses, heathers, boulders, overgrown ponds, grottoes and driftwood, forged elements and garden figures "bronze", a lot of vertical gardening.
Perennials and flowers:
hosts, rhubarb, Rogersia, alpine ground cover: gray fescue, soap dish, cloves of fire, alissums, alpine asters, ferns, irises, "forest" bulbs, bells.
Creepers:
The "symbols" of the style are Amur and girlish grapes, hops, lemongrass, actinidia, mountain clematis.
Trees:
oak, elm, alder, birch, willow, shrimp, columnar apple tree, maple, hazel, mountain ash, apple tree, plum, cherry. In general, when choosing trees, it is important to focus on those with a beautiful pattern of branches and a darker bark.
Exotic garden
Garden imitating the images of exotic countries - Africa, Australia, Brazil.It creates the flavor of a tropical jungle. This style has a lot of color and ornaments, wooden flooring and screens. And the vegetation surrounding all this is very lush.
Trees:
irga, apple tree, felt cherry, plum, river maple and Tatar.
Eco style
Eco style recreates the image of wildlife in the garden. These are forest trees, wild plants, grasses, buildings and accessories made of natural wood, natural lawn from clover, “dry” retaining walls with ground cover plants, rude handmade furniture. The main concept of the garden is environmental friendliness.
Shrubs:
derain, elderberry, honeysuckle, chokeberry, barberry, large hazel (hazelnut) and common hazel, lilac, mock up. But any forest shrubs will do.
Trees:
willow weeping and goat, irga, bird cherry, mountain ash, maple, birch, oak, as well as various forest trees.
Japanese garden
This is a mysterious, philosophical garden, in which canonical attributes and plants with decorative leaves prevail. All elements, buildings, accessories should give the impression of old, ancient. This is water, a lot of natural stone, rock gardens, bamboo, moss, Japanese stone lanterns, simple forms of buildings, asymmetry in everything.
Perennials and flowers:
hosta, astilba, ferns, rogers, rhubarb, various sedges and cereals, brunner, meadowsweet, daylily, irises, various chrysanthemums, bows, lilies of the valley, wild garlic, buzulnik, peonies, bulbous flowers of a “natural” look, bamboo (you can replace it with black alder varieties "Imperialis").
I hope that this "cheat sheet" will help you create the garden of your dreams - bright, stylish and spectacular. Have a good experiment!
Bulb root plants
Ornamental vegetation with exactly this kind of roots begins to bloom first, so we will start a discussion with them. Bulbs include a large number of beautiful plants, unpretentious in nature. The only thing you need to protect them from the attack of rodents. For this, special baskets for planting have been created, they will also be useful and facilitate the process of extracting overgrown bulbs from the ground.
Colchicum (colchicum)
Flowering time depends on the species, occurs in August-November.
Landing in July-August, deepening the bulb by 10 cm.
The height of the flowers reaches 5-20 cm.
You can grow both in an open area and in partial shade. Colchicum autumn prefers slightly moist soil, other plant species grow exclusively on dry ground.
Suitable for growing on alpine hills, for decorating the lawn zone, flower beds, you can also grow in the hills or create shrubbery.
The vegetation got its name due to the fact that it begins to bloom in late autumn, after leaf fall, when most ornamental crops have already faded and, suddenly, in the middle of a dull landscape, these late flowers, similar to crocuses, bloom. Not pickiness in care combined with belated color make these decorative items desired in any flower bed. Colchicum should be planted in the soil in July or August, preferring open areas or with partial shade. After planting, you will forget about caring for this vegetation for a long time, since excessive care can only harm them.
However, for all its merits, one should not forget that colchicum is poisonous. All parts of the flower contain a potent toxic substance, be extremely careful when planting it, especially if there are small children or curious pets in the area.
Tulip Botanical
The flowering period falls on March-May, depending on the variety.
You need to plant a crop in the fall.
Instances reach a height of up to 50 cm.
To grow in a place open to the sun, the soil should be saturated with useful elements and water, but in the summer it is better to keep it dry, in the spring moderately moist, without stagnant water.
Planted in groups in flower beds or flower beds, are well suited for rockeries, as a complement to the lawn, as well as for growing in flowerpots. The advantage of this flower is that it has any possible color, therefore, based on individual preferences, for landscape design, you can choose the right shade. Unless there is blue, but the breeders have tried, and you can choose many others: the shape of the petals, height and color.
This type of tulip does not require annual digging of bulbs. You will put them in one place that you choose, and they will grow there year after year, gradually growing and giving more and more flowers, it will look very impressive.
On the plot and flower garden, as a rule, you can find the following types of tulip: Kaufman, Foster, late variety, forest tulip, as well as Turkestan.
Due to its low height, the flowering culture is suitable for planting in a rockery or on an alpine hill, perfect for framing bushes in the lawn area. But here they will not look so spectacular on a flower bed or a discount. The best time for planting is autumn, as with most plants with a bulb root. Tulips of Kaufman, Foster and Turkestan begin to bloom in early April, Greig bloom at the end of the same month, but the forest variety and later bloom in May.
Iridodictium
Vegetation blooms in regions with a cold climate in April, in the south - at the end of March.
It is best to plant in August and until late fall.
In height they grow by 10-15 cm.
An open area is suitable for a permanent habitat, the soil should easily pass water, if the soil is heavy, sand must be added before planting. The earth should preferably be neutral or slightly acidic, stagnation of water is not acceptable, even for a short time.
Iridodictiums are ideal for rockeries or rock gardens, they will feel good in the shade of deciduous trees with a light crown. Will look great in a group planted on the lawn. Also, flowers tolerate distillation favorably.
Saffron (Crocus)
Flowering occurs in March and lasts until May, which depends on the type of herbaceous plant; there are also late-flowering species.
Early flowering varieties should be planted with the advent of autumn, or rather, from August to the first frosts, late flowering, on the contrary, in spring. Vegetation is often the victim of rodents, so when planting, you should use special baskets to protect the bulbs.
Perennial reaches from 7 to 20 cm.
It is better to choose a landing site in the sun or in a small reception, for example, under trees or shrubs. The kidney should pass water well.
You can use rockeries, rock gardens, as they simply magically combine with stones. A good idea is to plant them on the lawn too, and soon they will grow into a whole lawn. They are also used to design flower beds, flower beds with other perennials. Suitable for growth in pots.
Mouse Hyacinth (Muscari)
It blooms from April to June.
It is optimal to plant in the ground in August-September, and the first month of summer after falling leaves, you can plant flowers.
Reach from 10 to 30 cm.
The place for growth should be sunny and warm, you can allow light partial shade. At the beginning of the season, the soil may be moist, but later onions prefer to be located in dry ground. Vegetation does not like mineral fertilizing, it is better to use compost in this case.
It is preferable to use for final decoration under trees or around shrubs, in rockeries and stone gardens, decorating the lawn. It is also possible to plant a flower garden with it along with other flowers with an onion root. Viper bow is suitable for distillation.
Narcissus
Flowering is observed in April-June, which depends on the variety.
It is better to plant a decorative culture in August or September.
Up grows by 30-60 cm.
The site should be well-lit, the soil well loosened with high fertility, water should not stagnate on the surface.
They will find their place in the flower beds, during the design of the rabatok or combined flower garden, they look beneficial under deciduous trees. It grows well in containers, suitable for distillation and for cutting.
Many gardeners plant this famous flower on its territory. Every spring you can see its flowering everywhere. In addition, the bulbs do not need to be protected, as rodents, for inexplicable reasons, do not touch them. There is an opinion that the smell of the root system and the whole plant repels small pests, and for this reason they need to be planted around the perimeter of the flower garden to protect other plants.
Pushkinia
Grassy vegetation blooms in April and May.
Plant on the site in the second half of August and September.
It grows to 10-20 cm.
Optimum conditions for growth is an open place, accessible to sunlight in early spring, with the onset of summer, partial shade is needed, which can be found under garden trees.
They are used for group planting near trees and shrubs, on the lawn, for decorating garden paths, flower beds and spring flower beds. Suitable for distillation.
Plants do not like a lot of attention, so once again do not bother them. They are among those about which we can say: “planted - and forgot”, which is common to all small-bulb.
Hionodox Lucilia
This culture blooms in April-May.
Landing in September.
The height of the specimens ranges from 15 to 25 cm.
Illumination is not important, as they grow both in open space and in the shade, the soil must be fertile, well-drained. Moisture should be moderate. Excess is detrimental to the decorative culture.
It is good to place in the garden for decoration rockeries and rock gardens, because they are not prone to overgrowth. Acceptable and group plantings, including on the lawn. Suitable for flower beds and forcing.
Also, unpretentious plants for gardeners will be snouts, lilies of the valley and white flowers.
Perennial vegetation with beautiful color
The advantage of such crops is that they do not need annual sowing or breeding seedlings. Each new season, the flowers are becoming more beautiful due to sprawl and splendor. If you add unpretentiousness to all the pluses, it will turn out to be just the ideal option for a beginner or gardener without extra free time.
Watershed (Aquilegia)
It blooms in May and flowering continues until August.
Landing is optimal in the following months: April, May, September.
The achieved height of the culture is 20-80 cm.
The best conditions for growing are partial shade, if the soil is moist, then you can grow in the open.
Apply for flower beds, flower beds, small varieties are suitable for rockeries located in the shade. In addition, aquilegia grows well on the banks of summer cottages.
The catchment blooms very attractively. But even without flowers, openwork foliage looks harmonious, decorativeness is maintained throughout the season. To grow seedlings is a very time-consuming task, but it is quite possible to purchase material already ready for planting, which you can later propagate yourself.
The division of the bushes can be carried out in early spring or autumn. The separated part of the vegetation is immediately planted in the ground at a constant place of growth. You can leave the flower stalks and let the seeds ripen. Considering that water carriers carry out independent sowing well, you can get an abundance of culture for the next season. But hybrid specimens do not retain their qualities, so this may result in an overgrown glade of multi-colored aquilegia. In addition, they may appear outside the flower garden, so it is better to control the process.
Color scheme
If you draw an equilateral triangle inside the diagram, then the colors that are at the top of the corners - combine bright and contrast, even if the shades are chosen pale. Opposite colors are also contrasting.
If you choose shades that lie next to the circle, you get a calm and discreet combination.
The type of flower garden in landscape design is largely determined by:
- the place where it is supposed to be placed,
- available area
- background (fence, lawn, house and so on)
- point of view.
Types of flower beds
Rabatki - These are stripes of flowers 1-3 meters wide. Depending on the viewing angle and purpose, there are:
- one-sided (in the foreground the lowest plants are planted, in the background - tall)
- bilateral (the tallest plants are planted in the middle)
- homogeneous (the whole space is filled with one kind of biennial or annual flowers)
- ornamental (plants are planted in an artistic order, forming a certain repeating pattern)
Border - a narrow strip of flowers with a width of 50-70 cm, which continuously bloom and remain highly decorative throughout the summer. The border from undersized flowers for a garden looks beautifully, framing paths against a lawn.
Flowerbed - most often it is a flower garden of the correct form, having a fence.
Parterre - a beautifully organized ceremonial space, including a lawn, flowerbeds, flower beds, small architectural forms, paths, cut shrubs and trees.
Mixborder - it is a wide strip of plants (from 2 to 5 meters) with straight or curved contours. Mixborders are based on perennial flowers, deciduous and coniferous shrubs can also be used, trees in the background. For continuous flowering, various onions and summers are selected for them. The plants in the mixborder should be tiered so as not to obstruct, but to emphasize each other's merits. At the same time, flowering plants should be in harmony.
Rockery It is created from stones and undersized ground cover plants. Hosts, creeping junipers, clove-grass, various milkweeds and youngsters look harmonious in rockeries. Until perennials grow, empty space is filled with undersized flowers for the garden.
Rock garden (alpine hill) - resembles a rockery, but, unlike it, is located not on an even plot of land, but on a rocky embankment. Flowers and plants on the slopes of the rock garden are usually stunted.
Flower bed of continuous flowering from perennials
The least care and attention requires a flower garden from perennials of free form, a real decoration of the garden. How to make it beautifully do it yourself?
To avoid mistakes, you must:
- make a list of plants indicating their flowering period (summer, autumn flowers or blooming all summer)
- draw a landing plan taking into account the height and width of the bush of each instance
- mark on the site a place for a flower garden and evaluate it in terms of visibility and background
The most popular perennial bulbous plants begin spring flowering in the garden: these are unpretentious flowers that multiply quickly and easily. As a rule, small-onion-like ones (bluebills, hinodoxes, snowdrops, white flowers, crocuses, muscari) do not need to be excavated after flowering, they only need to be planted once every few years. Bulbs are planted in large groups, preferably at least 50 pieces, so that the flowers form a bright spot.
In addition to small onions, in the spring tulips, daffodils, hazel grouse, decorative bows, cannons, hyacinths, primroses, hellebores, phlox are awl-shaped and splayed, forget-me-not is alpine.
Bulbs of tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, hazel grouse are planted in the fall, and after flowering, they are dug up, dried, sorted and stored in a cool place until a new planting.Primrose, phlox, hellebore and forget-me-nots are perennial rhizome plants, they are unpretentious and winter-hardy, bloom early and long.
In May-June, doronicum, gravilate, and dicenter bloom.
Irises of various shades begin summer flowering. When planting irises, it must be borne in mind that they do not tolerate stagnation of water and deepening of the root neck during planting.
In June, peonies, aquilegia, dolphin, cyanosis, feverfew, obriet, oriental poppy, lychnis, lupins, evening primrose bloom. In July - lilies, carnations, gypsophila, delphiniums, daylilies, monarda, nyvyanik, roses. In August and September, autumn flowers are pleased: asters, gelenium, gladiolus, lilacberry, panicled phlox, echinacea, chrysanthemums.
Ornate deciduous perennials - hosts, heichera, brunner, ferns, tiarella, cyst, shade the bright beauty of flowering plants.
When laying the flower garden, do not enclose it with a bright plastic fence and use a large amount of inert materials (colored pebbles or wood chips). Use stones with caution (unless it is a rockery or alpine slide) and small architectural forms. Artificial materials often look unnatural against the background of fresh flowers and violate the harmony of the flower garden.
How to plant flowers
Preparing the soil for the flower garden. For planting flowers, the best soils are loamy and loamy sand. If the soil is heavy, it must be removed, mixed with sand and peat, and at the bottom of the landing pit, make a drainage layer of crushed stone, expanded clay or broken brick. Most plants prefer slightly acidic or neutral soil, so if its acidity is increased, it is necessary to add deoxidants (lime, dolomite flour). When laying the flower bed, rotted manure or compost is introduced. The ground level is raised by 5-10 cm, so that after shrinkage of the soil the flower garden does not fall below the level of the path or lawn, otherwise water will stagnate in it. Flowers are planted in planting pits or furrows with a large planting area.
Planting perennials. Perennial plants can be planted in the ground with green dividers, rooted cuttings, rhizomes, seeds.
Planting of plants should begin from the middle of the flower garden to its edges, curb undersized flowers are planted last. Planting material of one species should be homogeneous (for example, only delenki or only seedlings).
When buying rhizomes in early spring, it is advisable to choose those in which the buds woke up. If it is too early to plant a plant in the garden, it is stored in the refrigerator, covering the roots with damp sawdust. You can plant a rhizome with a sprout in a pot before warm days, providing it with good lighting.
Perennials need to be planted, taking into account their habit in adulthood, so that the flower garden does not look empty - annual flowers are planted between perennials, which are then removed.
Spring-flowering rhizome plants and bulbs are planted in autumn, the rest - in late summer, autumn or spring. After planting, the plants are watered and subsequently monitor the soil moisture.
Planting annuals. If perennial plants are more suitable for creating mixborders, then for flowering and curbs beautifully flowering and decorative leafy summer flowers are indispensable.
Annual plants are planted in the ground with seedlings or seeds. As a rule, you can’t do without seedlings when growing petunias, gatsaniya, verbena, aster, levkoy, zinnia, celosia, lobelia. Unpretentious fast-growing eschscholtia, marigolds, nasturtium, cosmea, and calendula are sown immediately into the ground.
The soil for sowing summers is prepared in the fall - they are dug up, carefully removing the rhizomes of perennial weeds. In the spring it is leveled with a rake, well watered and slightly rolled. Small seeds are sown superficially, sprinkled with a thin layer of sand on top, larger ones are sown in grooves to a depth of 1.5-2 cm.Plantings are regularly watered with fine spraying, thick seedlings are thinned out so that the plants do not stretch.
Garden Flower Care
In order for the flower garden to please all summer, it needs regular care, which consists in watering, weeding, cultivating and fertilizing plants. In spring, under perennials, nitrogen is introduced twice, with an interval of three weeks, and during the budding period and in the fall, complete complex fertilizer with an increased content of potassium and phosphorus is added.
When planting annuals that bloom all summer, the soil is usually well prepared and seasoned with organic fertilizers. If this has not been done, then the feeding scheme is as follows: during a period of intensive growth, nitrogen is introduced, and when buds are laid and flowering begins, they are fed with complex fertilizer with a high content of phosphorus and potassium.
Some plants need a pinch for better branching and lateral shoot formation. It is necessary to remove faded inflorescences and set seeds in time, since their presence reduces the flowering time and the number of new buds. Do not wait until the inflorescence completely withers, it must be removed as soon as decorativeness begins to lose.
In some plants, after a beautiful and spectacular flowering, the foliage turns yellow. It must be removed. Bulbs of tulips, daffodils, hazel grouse are dug up and dried.
Large tall plants or plants with a spreading aerial part are tied up so that they do not break and do not fall apart from the wind.
Conclusion
Decorative flowers for the garden are the most important part of the landscape that can uniquely decorate your garden. We briefly talked about which flowers for landscape design to use, how to combine them correctly, how to plant and how to care for them. We hope this helps you turn your ideas into interesting and original landscape solutions.
Species and varieties of undersized plants blooming all summer
Plants with a stem height of up to 30 cm are considered stunted. Adorable flower beds are made up of one variety of such flowers, as well as using several species. In summer, multi-tiered compositions bordered by miniature flowering specimens and borders with a fringing of compact bushes look great. Many varieties of perennials belong to long flowering, even more of them among annuals.
The flowering border is magnificent
Annuals or perennials - selection criteria
Many gardeners consider annual low flowers for flower beds to be the best option for decorating their sites:
- Quickly (during the planting season) allow you to ennoble the territory by composing an excellent composition.
- They have an incredible number of varieties, which makes it possible to select specimens for any zones on the site: sunny and shady, arid and waterlogged, with fertile soil and poor.
- Do not need special care, top dressing, frequent watering in the summer.
- Provide room for creative natures for exciting experiments with the annual renewal of garden design.
- They allow the correction of errors in the selection of varieties, colors in the next season.
- Suitable for cultivation by novice gardeners, since most of them are unpretentious.
Bright annual flowerbedFans of perennials cite unjustified losses of time, money, strength during the annual selection of plants for flower beds, chores with seedlings or sowing seeds in the ground. Of course, perennial low-growing flowers for flower beds, blooming all summer, make it possible for several years to avoid these worries. But gradually they lose their decorativeness, and every 5-7 years they have to be updated, spending more effort than planting annuals.
Perennials allow you to create flower beds with a special charm, but they are not encouraging with such brightness and variety as annuals. The argument is also argued that weeds cannot develop under the rugs of perennial plantings.Yes, under thick curtains, the germination of weed seeds, the development of sprouted weeds is suppressed. But if they already managed to break through to the sun, to destroy them is much more difficult than in annual plantings.
Perennial shear
Prefer annual or perennial flowers, and possibly their combination, is your choice. In any case, it would be useful to get to know some of their species.
The most popular unpretentious annuals
Purslane - One of the most beautiful annual stunted flowers for a flower bed is known to many simply as a “rug”. In fact, its creeping juicy shoots with peculiar leaves, similar to fleshy needles, form a continuous carpet, covering the ground. Numerous flowers of various tones can be simple and terry, depending on the variety. The most popular are terry species that open buds at the beginning of summer and decorative until autumn frosts:
Purslane is unpretentious, easily takes root on sandy, stony soil, does not need top dressing, frequent watering. But he needs the sun: in the shade, the shoots are stretched, thinning, the flower loses its appeal. Moreover, the buds of most varieties of purslane are revealed only in bright light, which is why it, even planted in a sunny place, is not so picturesque on a rainy day. However, there are varieties with flowers that do not close in cloudy weather:
- Sundance,
- Cloudbeater
Charming FlamencoAnd if you are planning to use annual stunted white flowers to decorate the flowerbed, it is difficult to find anything more suitable than a variety of purslane with the talking name Belotsvetkovy.
This purslane should be called Snow White
Tagetes (marigolds) - An extremely unpretentious stunted flower, which a child can grow. Marigolds do not require specific soil, regular watering. But with all their non-capriciousness, they demonstrate excellent decorative qualities, which is not common. From the first days of summer until autumn frosts delight with bright flowers of various colors of warm colors, which makes the flowerbed "sunny" even in bad weather.
Two kinds of marigolds are distinguished by compact bushes: rejected and thin-leaved. Both groups are incredibly cute and attractive.
Low tagetes in the design of the border 
Marigolds rejected
Examples of Other Long-Flowering Annuals
Petunia - quite a whimsical favorite in the cultivation of a favorite of landscape designers and gardeners, there are many varieties that differ in various shapes and colors. One can distinguish luxurious large-flowered and modestly, but abundantly flowering species of petunias. It is worth noting that the latter suffer less from rains that are harmful to terry specimens. But you can find terry petunias that are not afraid of rain (Butterfly F1, for example), which will become the favorites of the garden.
Butterfly F1 - tenderness itself
Lobelia - these purple, white, and more often blue undersized flowers are quite suitable for a flower bed that comes to life at the beginning of summer and withers only by October. Spherical miniature (10-20 cm) lobelia bushes love sunny places with loose, but not very fertile soil such as loam. In care, timely watering is important, especially in the hot season, the ground under the lobelia should be constantly moist.
Lobelia, grade Blue
Calceolaria - An unusual undersized plant that will decorate a flower bed in a shaded place. Calceolaria is not just shade tolerant - direct sunlight is generally contraindicated for it. This exot loves high soil moisture, but it should be watered with caution: when water gets on velvety leaves, they significantly lose their decorative effect.
Exotic Calceolaria
Iberis grows equally well in the sun and in a shady place, the soil loves light, breathable. It has small fragrant snow-white inflorescences more often, but there are varieties with pink, carmine, purple color. Flowering lasts two months, starting in May.Perfectly combined in combined flower beds. For example, the proximity of white Iberis and small red flowers of cloves for a flowerbed is a very advantageous option.
Amazing snow-white Iberis
Annual carnation (Chinese). The lovely neighbor of Iberis can please not only red, but also pink, white, purple flowers that have a pleasant aroma. Loves the sun, resistant to frost. Being by nature a perennial, sometimes it can overwinter.
Beautiful perennials - enchanting constancy
If one day you can successfully choose perennial species of stunted long-flowering flowers for a flower bed, you can get rid of the spring troubles for its improvement for a number of years and enjoy the beauty on your site from the first days of summer. Various carnations, hardy asters, saxifrages and other beautiful representatives of the flora are popular. It is worth paying attention to at least a few favorites among them.
Beautiful flower beds - the visiting card of the site
Astra Alpine - a herbaceous plant 10-30 cm high. The best place for it is openwork penumbra, well-drained soil. Flowering can last up to three months, the most long it is in Rosea.
Astra Alpine Rosea
Clove grass - unpretentious undersized perennial, the dark green of which for one and a half summer months is completely covered with purple or pink small flowers. Along with perennial arabis, feverfew, primroses, it can act as beautiful border flowers for edging a flower bed or path.
Clove-grass as a border
Evergreen begonia is rightfully leading among flowers for flower beds that bloom all summer. Begonia plantations blaze with various elegant inflorescences from May-June to late autumn. It can bloom almost year-round, if transferred to a warm room for the winter. Exceptionally decorative not only flowers, but also begonia leaves, pleasing to the eye with shape and color.
Terry evergreen begonia
By the color of the leaves, green-leaf, bronze-leaf hybrids are distinguished. The height of stunted bushes, as a rule, is within 15-30 cm. Begonia is not indifferent to the growing conditions. The soil for the flowerbed should be rich in humus, with a slightly acidic reaction, moisture-intensive, but not waterlogged - excess moisture in the summer causes root decay.
About 600 hybrids of evergreen begonia are known. Among them are medium-sized (up to 25 cm) series of varieties:
- Queen
- Cocktail,
- Ray.
GroundcoverGroundcover applicants for a place in the flower garden
Among the undersized perennials there are a lot of groundcover or carpet flowers for beds of continuous flowering. It is useful to meet several representatives of this group.
Phlox awl. Extremely unpretentious, forms curtains up to 10 cm high. He loves the sun and dry earth, is afraid of stagnation of water. From the beginning of May for two months it has been covered with inflorescences of red, white, pink, and lilac shades. The second wave of flowering occurs in September.
Phlox awl
Stonecrop (sedum). Among the five hundred varieties you can pick up sun-loving (most of them) and shade-loving specimens. Stonecrop does not need watering, top dressing, hibernates without shelter - is it a find for summer residents with limited time? Moreover, there are so many varieties of sedum that only one of them can make a colorful motley flower bed.
Sedum prominent
Ducheneea. Rapidly growing groundcover, sun-loving, feeling great on any soil. But in order for the dusheney rug to be dense, the ground under the bushes must be constantly kept moist. Original leaves and fruits of dyusheney are very decorative in the summer. However, it is worth remembering that berries, somewhat resembling strawberries, are inedible.
Dyusheneya Indian
Aubrieta. Bright representative of carpet, ideal for rock gardens. It can be used as a frame for flower beds and in independent plantings.It blooms a month and a half since May, and after pruning it can repeat this process. Winters with leaves that look attractive in early spring. It must be borne in mind that the aureth grows aggressively, like dushenya - both of these species can suppress, even survive, neighbors.
Aubrieta Light Blue 
Aubrieta Lucas
Small garden - stunted bushes in the flowerbed
Garden design often uses not only herbaceous plants, but also beautiful trees and shrubs. If you had the idea to use them in landscaping, then perennial stunted bushes that bloom all summer are suitable for a flower bed in the form of a miniature garden. And creeping and dwarf conifers will add a graceful green note to the colorful composition. Among them, the following species can be distinguished.
Mini garden of begonias and conifers
Heather. Evergreen shrub with a low growth rate. Needs well-drained moist soil, develops well in the sun, in partial shade. For winter, it is recommended to mulch and cover it
Heather
Gualteria lying. Creeping evergreen shrub, groundcover, blooming beautifully in summer, including September. Dark green leaves are very decorative; by winter they become bronze-red. Gualteria prefers partial shade, fertile acidic soil with good moisture capacity, and does not tolerate drought.
Gualteria lying
Willow creeping. Attractive dwarf slow-growing shrub with thin elastic shoots. In early May, before the leaves bloom, it is covered with silvery, and in the summer with yellow, catkins. Light and moisture-loving, loves fertile sandy loamy soil, does not tolerate heat and dry air.
Willow creeping
Cotoneaster Dummer. A dense open undersized shrub. In mid-May, it is covered with numerous white flowers. Later decorative bush support multiple light red fruits. He loves the sun, partial shade, is undemanding to the soil, drought tolerant.
Cotoneaster Dummer
Japanese Spirea. Compact creeping bush. Numerous pinkish inflorescences formed in the middle of summer adorn the bushes for a month and a half. Original golden yellow leaves. Spirea is undemanding to conditions, winter-hardy, sun-loving.
Japanese Spirea
Juniper horizontal. Dwarf forms are good for a flower bed, for example, the Blue Chip variety. This is a slow-growing conifer with a bluish color of dense, prickly needles. Photophilous, not demanding on the soil, hardy.
Juniper horizontal
Planting undersized flowers blooming all summer
If you are going to create a colorful, constantly pleasing to the eye corner on the site, you should understand how to properly arrange a flower bed so that they bloom all summer and even part of autumn.
Creek imitation
The principles of arranging flower beds
For a competent approach to the device and filling the future garden masterpiece, it is important not to miss such moments:
- Before running to the store for seeds of undersized flowers for a flower bed, you should clearly determine the place of its possible location, study what there is light-shading, soil characteristics, its moisture. This is necessary for the right choice of plants that will be comfortable in this place.
- Beginners should limit themselves to two or three types of plantings — this is enough to design a beautiful flowerbed. For your first flowerbed, it is better to choose unpretentious varieties of flowers that do not need special care.
- It is important to choose species with similar requirements for growing conditions for a single flower garden.
- It is advisable to use group plantings of the same type of stunted plants to avoid random mixing of different species.
- It is necessary to take a responsible approach to the selection of color combinations of flowering plantations. Excessive brightness, variegation are inappropriate, may indicate poor taste. Combinations of various bright and white colors look organically.
- For a flower arrangement to look spectacular all summer, for it you need to choose plants with different flowering periods.
- When arranging flowers, you need to consider the viewing angle. If the flower bed is viewed from all sides, higher copies should be placed in the center. If its review is possible on the one hand, the background should be a place for tall specimens.
- To achieve a decent result, preliminary planning of the flower garden with the help of a landscape designer or on their own is mandatory.
The combination of bright and white tones is spectacularSchemes of continuously flowering flower beds
For independent planning of a flower bed, from winter you will have to arm yourself with colored pencils and draw in detail its plan on paper. The sketch should indicate:
- the contours and dimensions of the flower garden in scale,
- location of dominant and complementary plants,
- the distance between them
- color gamut (adjust it if necessary).
Important! It must be borne in mind that undersized perennials, growing over time, will begin to occupy more space - on the plan, and subsequently when planting, leave free space between them, temporarily filling it with annuals.
Having made the decision to lay out the flower beds yourself, you will save a considerable amount on the services of a landscape designer. However, for this you need to have a certain artistic taste and flair.
For a beginner in design matters, the task may seem complicated, but at first you can use the ready-made schemes and plans found in books on gardening, or proposed below. Here, for example, is a scheme for filling flower beds with perennials only.
The simplest flowerbed for beginning gardeners is shown below, where the blue delphinium (1) and the red phlox paniculata (2) act as dominant low-growing plants. When making flower beds, they are planted first. A purple geranium (3) is placed in front of them. The flower bed is framed by a ground cover, a yellow cuff (4).
Scheme for beginners
When deciding how to choose perennials and annuals that bloom all summer for your flower bed, you can use the information about them described above, as well as study the assortment of plants presented in the diagrams and choose samples to your liking. The most flexible filling option is the joint landing of bulbs, pilots and perennials. Below you can get acquainted with a few more simple schemes.
Scheme of a mixed flowerbed of continuous flowering 
Planting in pink colors 
Annual flowerbed
Finished projects are not a dogma, it is not necessary to implement them with the utmost precision. Do not give up on your plan if you could not buy the planting material of any plant shown in the diagram. Replace it with another with similar characteristics, coloring and bring the selected scheme to the ideal. And for creative inspiration, watch small videos.
Shaded Flower Plan
Video: Examples of design flower beds undersized flowers
Video: Decoration of flower beds with marigolds
Low-growing flowers, both annuals and perennials are a wonderful choice for your site. Do not be afraid to experiment, show your imagination, creativity, enthusiasm and create an interesting, original, exemplary composition that you can be proud of all summer.
Astilbe
It blooms from July to September, depending on the variety.
Plant in the ground in April, May or September.
It grows from 20 to 120 cm.
For growth, partial shade is needed, well-absorbing soil, well-nourished with organic elements.
It will find application in the garden in group and single plantings located in partial shade of garden trees and shrubs, the shore of a reservoir and flower beds are also suitable. Low species are suitable for growth in containers.
It is impossible to resist the charm of this flower. Luxurious flowering and carved leaf plates can not leave anyone indifferent.If you select varieties with different flowering periods that differ in color and texture, you don’t even have to look for other plants, for the reason that you will get a chic flower garden, which will undoubtedly become the main attraction on your site.
In addition, harmful insects do not infect this crop, and it is resistant to pathogens. Care measures are the timely removal of wilted inflorescences. In a particularly dry summer, it is necessary to provide watering, but well-moistened soils do not require this. For the winter period it is necessary to cover, if climatic weather conditions require it.
Periwinkle garden
The flowering period is in April and May.
Plant optimally in late spring or early fall.
The length of the shoots can reach from 5 to 20 cm (creeping).
Planting necessarily in the shade or partial shade, as direct sunlight is harmful to flowers. The land is loosened, of high fertility without the accumulation of water on the surface.
Applied for decorative purposes, since the plant is povers.
In our climatic zone, a small periwinkle is often used, which is found in the forests of Europe in the wild. Breeders bred quite a lot of types of culture with different characteristics: double and large flowers, unusual color, variegated color of leafy plates. A small variety prefers a lot of water and a place in the shade.
In the event that you decide to purchase a large periwinkle or its derived varieties, remember that it needs dry land and heat.
In addition, consider when planting on the site that the plant, in any of its varieties, is prone to grow in a short time. The stems easily take root, so you can propagate it yourself, if desired.
Brunner's decorative
It begins flowering in early May.
You can put on the site in April, May, August or September.
It grows to 30-50 cm.
Penumbra is suitable for growth, moist soil saturated with nutrients is important, the flower quickly grows on clay or loamy soil.
In the shade or partial shade of large garden plants and bushes, along the walls of buildings or fences, as well as along the banks of a stream or reservoir.
Brenner will be able to decorate any garden with his delicate blue in the spring and cheer up. The plant is undemanding to care, so you can place it on the territory and forget for a long time about any chores addressed to it. When landing, keep in mind that the Brunner will require a lot of space, as it grows very much.
Varieties with finger leaves, on which there is a silver or cream pattern, spots or edging of leaf plates, are bred. Immediately arrange for the plant protection from direct sunlight and gusts of wind. These measures are not required to be applied in the brunner with green foliage, it must be protected from dry periods.
Cornflowers
Grassy vegetation gives color in June and ends in September.
Planting is necessary in late April, early May or in August, September.
It can grow from 20 to 100 cm, it depends on the variety.
A large number of cornflower varieties grow well in a place open to the sun. However, there are those who prefer partial shade: mountainous species and round-headed. The type of soil does not matter.
It is optimal to combine with other herbaceous perennials, as well as use in the flower garden.
Many varieties of cornflower are known, all of them are good in their own way. For example, Mountain cornflower and its varieties have white, pink, dark purple, purple-lavender petals. The large-headed variety is noticeable with large bright fluffy yellow flowers.
Crane (Geranium)
Flowering continues, depending on the variety from May to August.
Landing is preferably in April or May.
Height can vary from 10 to 100 cm.
It can be grown under various conditions, thanks to a wide selection of color options, it can be found for any type of soil and light requirements.
It is optimal to plant along shrubs in partial shade. Flowers are also great for flower beds. The smallest specimens are used to decorate borders and in the form of creeping vegetation. Some varieties are suitable for decorating rock gardens, rockeries.
Choosing any type of geranium, you will get a beautiful design, thanks to a beautiful flowering, and unpretentious cultures that do not like too much attention. And solely because of the foliage, decorativeness can be maintained throughout the season. Among other things, pests do not attack this vegetation.
Plakun-grass (Loosestrife loosestrife)
From July to September, the plant blooms.
Move to the ground in April-May or in August-September.
In height can be 60-140 cm.
Ideally suited area with sufficient moisture, located in the shade in the afternoon. Soils can be of any type, even heavy. It can tolerate short-term flooding with water, requires regular soil moisture.
Ideally adapts to low or wetlands. The shore of a pond or other body of water also serves as a suitable place for a loosestrife. Also, the culture is used for planting in rabatki, mixed flower beds, if the soil is saturated with enough water. Plakun-grass will not allow you to pass by your flower garden, if you decide to grow it, the flower will certainly catch the eye of beauty connoisseurs.
Kozulnik (Doronicum)
Flowers bloom in May and June.
Replanted in open ground is optimal in April or May.
The height of the specimens is from 30 to 80 cm.
Lighting is preferably sun or partial shade. Nutrient soil with high water permeability.
Suitable for creating spring flower beds and flower beds. It will also look good in the form of a frame of a shrubby edge.
Bright flowers of the doronicum will provide everyone with a spring joyful mood, they look like chamomiles and will look spectacular in the flower garden, as other flowers are still picking up buds, and bulb ones, for example, are already fading by then.
After the disappearance of the color, the goat enters the dormant stage, which means that the plant withers. At this stage, already overgrown bushes can be divided and planted. When planting on a flowerbed, combine it with perennials or annual species that will mask the fallen foliage during the summer period.
Kucherskaya grass (Swimsuit)
Mostly blooms in May, but some species can bloom from April to August.
Disembarkation is made in April or May.
The height of the leotard ranges from 50 to 90 cm.
Grow optimally in direct sunlight or by placing in partial shade. Soil needs to be moistened well. But do not plant in a hot and arid place with limestone, sandy soil.
It’s good for a swimsuit to draw out the coastal zone near ponds, as well as moisture-saturated areas in the garden, which are in the shade. Framing shrubbery along the walls of summer cottages and fences.
Seeds of hybrid varieties of coachman grasses are available for purchase, with a wide selection of petals in yellow or orange. Sometimes you can see a rare variety of a swimsuit - Chinese, it is characterized by high growth - up to 100 cm, and later flowering.
Solomon Seal (Purchased)
It blooms during May and June.
Landing in April, May, September.
The plant can reach a height of 30 to 100 cm.
This plant is best placed on a shady or semi-shady part of the garden. On moist soil, it can be grown even outdoors.
Make out shady areas with straw prints, planting in groups along the edge of trees or bushes, as well as in the root zone.
Specifics bought are thin curved peduncles with many drowning buds that look like bells.
Meadowsweet (Labaznik)
The color period falls on June-September.
To put in soil in May.
The height of the meadowsweet is from 30 cm to 2.5 m.
The plant can take root in the open place in the sun and in the shade, however, the soil should be moistened, prefers clayey heavy clay and high concentration of humus.
Most often used to decorate the shores of country ponds or streams flowing through the site. Vyazolistny meadowsweet is able to take root in swampy places, and the ordinary species is more suitable for growth in rockeries, a table with limestone soil.
Wolf Bob (Lupine)
The heyday is in the first summer months and lasts until September.
Plants are tedious to plant in April, May.
The height of the culture is 80-100 cm.
To place on the sunny territories, in the land of weak acidity which is well absorbing water. Limestone and oversaturated fertilizer soils will not work.
Wolf bean is good for Provence style decoration. They will also look great in discounts in combination with other perennial flowers and in flower beds.
Do not forget that lupine grains include toxic elements in their composition, for this reason the buds must be removed on time. After cutting, the plant will please the second flowering of the season.
Thistleweed (Smallweed)
It blooms in June and lasts until the first month of autumn.
Reaches a height of 20-80 cm.
The best option for growing is a place open to the light, with loosened nutrient soil.
Apply to flower beds and flower beds.
Small-leaved endowed with a long flowering period with a large number of buds. Care is the only thing - the construction of a support for tall varieties, as they can bend, in particular from rain. Please note that the hybrid plant erigerone is very aggressive, getting into a favorable environment, can grow over long distances, so it is important to control this process.
Gemini (Night candle, Evening primrose)
Depends on the variety, but usually blooms from June to September.
Planting crops is carried out in April or September.
Achievable height of 15-100 cm.
Areas suitable for sunlight are suitable for cultivation, the soil can be scarce, tolerate dry periods well, but with regular watering they can bloom for quite some time.
A night candle is the best option for a flower garden and flower beds with a large variety of plants. Some varieties well take root in rocky gardens or rockeries.
Also take into service such flowers as catnip, Lungwort, goldenrod and several types of milkweed.
Annual and biennial decorative crops
Most often, annual specimens are grown from seed germinated to seedlings. Which requires certain skills. But even among these you can find unpretentious specimens that do not cause gardeners the hassle of growing.
Pansies (Viola)
It blooms throughout the season until the first frost.
You can plant flowers in the ground throughout the summer, as it feels good in dry periods. Last spring should be cuttings last year's seedlings.
Bushes grow to 15-30 cm.
Nutritious soil with good water permeability is needed; it can be placed in the shade and in the sun.
This ornament is universal, the viola can be grown on any territory of the garden: in rockeries, on the lawn, in the flowerbed, pots.
To buy material in the spring, it can be found in large quantities in specialized nurseries or at private individuals. Plant a culture on your personal plot and it will bring joy and uplift throughout the summer.
Turkish carnation
It blooms from June to September.
Vegetation is grown by seed for seedlings in April, it is optimal to plant in the soil in spring or before winter.
The height of the specimens is 40-60 cm.
Grow optimally in the sun or in partial shade in loose permeable soil.
Cloves look good when decorating a Provence estate.The plant is self-sowing, therefore, although it is biennial, it will grow for many years in the area that you select. Watch for the removal of peduncles, which will control the growth and form a group planting.
Marigold (Calendula)
Flowering continues throughout the season until late autumn.
Sowing crops in April, May - immediately to a permanent place.
Marigolds grow from 20 to 70 cm.
Vegetation prefers the sun, but will take root in the shade, the type of soil is not fundamental, but still it is better to avoid sandy or with plenty of moisture.
Marigolds can be used for cultivation throughout the garden, in addition, on the loggia, porch or lawn.
Capuchin (Nasturtium)
It blooms in June and before the first frosts.
Sow in the soil in the second half of May.
The height of a curly flower is from 30 cm to 300 m.
Feels optimally in an open area, protected from gusts of wind, the earth should absorb moisture well.
In the garden, it finds its application at the foot of trees and in near-stem circles of the bush, and it is also good to plant along the fence or walls of the house. Capuchin is also good as a poop or for hanging in a pots.
Phacelia
It blooms from June to September.
Phacelia should be sown immediately into the soil throughout the summer, in May it is suitable to achieve color, as a green fertilizer in September.
The decorative grows 20-90 cm.
Well-lit places and a small partial shade are suitable, the soil should be light.
You can sow at any place where it is free, the plant will decorate and saturate the soil. It has delicate leaves and beautiful flowers, besides it is a honey plant that will attract pollinating insects to the garden. After wilting, it will also serve, but already as a siderat.
Do not forget about daisies, cute forget-me-nots, annual cornflower, flax, velvet and other ornamental plants.
As we have seen, there are a lot of unpretentious plants that can make your garden beautiful without a lot of work. Note, this is not a complete list of cultures.
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Variety of flower beds
Before planting flowers, you need to decide on the place where they will grow. Previously, old car tires were widely used as flower beds, and some summer residents instead of flower beds used ordinary beds without extra trimmings.
Today it is fashionable to plant flowers in various flowerpots and unusual flower beds. The main condition is their correct location and compatibility with each other.
Unpretentious flowers
When choosing varieties of a flower, one should rely on the basic rule - give preference to flowers that do not require worries. A country flower is good because it is unpretentious.
It is not known how long the landlord will be absent. Flowers that require daily care, watering, protection from pests quickly lose their beauty.
The once graceful flower garden will turn into a dull, untidy area with weeds. Therefore, flowers for the garden should be abundantly blooming and minimally demanding care.
Perennials or annuals?
This question is often faced by beginner summer residents. Annuals are considered ideal due to instant and long flowering. The buds bloom 1-2 months after planting and continue to bloom until the first autumn frosts.
Perennials are distinguished by their short flowering: from several weeks to two months. But they are loved for the beauty that they deliver to the owners for many years and do not require special cares for themselves.
For landscape design, both perennial and annual flowers are used.
Types of perennials
Among the abundance of perennial plants, bulbous varieties can be distinguished. Due to their unpretentiousness, they remain the main attributes of the garden for a long time. It is worth highlighting the most popular favorites of summer gardeners.
Crocus is the first spring flower to appear in early spring. Buds appear simultaneously with leaves. Blooms for a week, then hibernates again. It is not susceptible to disease and does not require feeding.
Tulips are the most common bulbous. Differ in various colors. Flowering period - no more than two weeks. The main enemy of the tulip is the fungus, so before planting it must be treated with antifungal agents.
Daffodils - the second most popular perennial in the garden. Grows in one place for many years. Prefers moist, slightly shaded soil.
Iris - in recent years, the popularity of this flower has subsided. But many summer residents continue to plant it for the sake of a sweet aroma and fast propagation in the area.
Hyacinths - on the contrary, are gaining a fashionable trend in summer cottages. One of the first to bloom and delight the eye with its bright blue, purple and white inflorescences.
Gladiolus - flowers blooming on the eve of the first of September. Favorite bouquet of teachers. The plant reproduces with the help of bulbs, requires fertilizing with fertilizers. For winter, the gladiolus bulbs are dug up and stored underground until spring.
Lilies - royal flowers, taking pride of place on the site. It is distinguished by a variety of varieties, colors and flowering period.
In addition to the onion varieties described, there are other types of perennial flowers. The most unpretentious of them:
- peonies
- yarrow
- phlox
- dahlias
- Lychnis
- clematis.
These plants bloom in different periods, which allows changing the design of the garden several times during the season.
Flower annuals
Flowers in the summer cottage play the role of decoration and transformation of the country. Annuals do just fine with this feature. Their variety of colors and shapes has no end. But their main feature is prolonged flowering until late autumn. It is worth considering the most traditional inhabitants of the flower garden.
Marigolds - without them, the flower garden would not have gained its appeal. They differ in a variety of colors, shape and height. Fine decoration of borders, paths, flower beds and flowerpots. Due to its specific smell, it has a deterrent effect on garden pests.
Petunias - because of the riot of colors, many flower growers prefer this flower. Like marigolds are the decoration of any flower garden.
Asters - bloom from mid-summer until October. They make beautiful bouquets for gifts.
Viola - a short plant is considered a biennial. Multi-colored coloring complements the plot with special luxury.
Verbena - variegated spray flowers are suitable for the design of the front edge of the flower garden.
Nasturtium - ideal for planting in mounted flowerpots due to curly stems. It has the function of repelling harmful insects. Flowers can be eaten.
Flowers such as:
- lobelia,
- zinnia,
- Iberis
- ageratum
- salvia.
Rose is the queen of flowers. There are numerous varieties of this flower. The centerpiece is for the rose itself. She will add some chic to the summer cottage and enrich it with her presence.
The above flowers are distinguished by their undemanding care. They need only timely watering and weeding. It is with the help of them that it turns out to create a flowering plot in the country, which perfectly harmonizes with nature. Well, outdoor recreation is the best medicine for well-being.
