What flowers can be planted in flower beds in summer. Flowers in the country (60 photos): creating a piece of paradise. Sorting by reproduction method
Decorating a summer cottage is not an easy task, requiring not only aesthetic taste, but also certain knowledge in the field of floristry and gardening. When choosing plants for a flower garden, you need to make sure that they will be in harmony with each other in shape, size and color, and will also meet the care requirements. If landscape design is a topic you have not yet fully studied, we suggest you find out what flowers to plant in the country house to bloom all summer - photos and details.
Flowers in the country create comfort Why do many gardeners prefer to create a variety of flower beds using plants that do not lose their decorative properties throughout the three hot months? The answer is simple - it makes care easier. When the flowering period of plants in one flowerbed is long and completely coincides, there is no need to fill empty spaces or completely replace plantings.
Plants for a summer flower bed - annuals or perennials?
The range of ornamental crops that bloom all summer is represented by annual and perennial varieties. Gardeners actively use both. The advantage of annuals is the ability to decorate the dacha in a new way every season. Even using seeds from last year's flowers, you can create different shapes and combinations.
Perennials are easy to care for. They winter well, so they do not need to be grown from scratch every year. In addition, during transplantation, perennial flowers can be divided, thereby increasing the number of bushes.
Photos of flowers blooming all summer with a description - annuals
Dimorphotheca
In the photo there is a dimorphotheca Dimorphotheca thrives in fertile and well-drained soil in high light. The flowering period is quite long - from the beginning of summer until October. Appreciate the magnificence of the dimorphotheca in the photo.
Dimorphotheca - a flower that blooms all summer until frost Cosmea
An unpretentious, light-loving and cold-resistant plant. It does not require special soil fertilization, but it should be light and loose.
In the photo - terry cosmos 
Cosmea - a popular flower for the garden Eschscholzia californica
Although it is a perennial, we use it as an annual. Beautiful flowers are often used as cut flowers. The provided photograph shows that all parts of the bush are highly decorative: flowers and openwork leaves.
In the photo Californian eschscholzia Californian Eschscholzia begins to bloom from the very beginning of summer and fades in October and self-sows. It is especially decorative when planted in a well-lit area with sandy soil. No additional soil fertilization is required.
Eschscholzia Californian blooms all summer until October Matthiola bicornuum
The garden flower, popularly nicknamed the night violet, has won the hearts of many gardeners not only appearance, so much the most delicate aroma. While at the dacha in the evening, you will plunge into the world of fabulous fragrance spreading everywhere. As you can see in the photo, night violet can have different variations in color and flower structure.
In the photo, matthiola bicornuum 
Antirrinum
The second name of the flower is snapdragon. The popularity of the plant is increasing every year. The variety of varieties is amazing: bushes can have different heights, colors and flower structures. 
Antirrinum in the photo
The wide variety allows you to experiment with new plant varieties every year. Antirrinum will bloom luxuriantly all summer if planted in a sunny area.
Antirrinum - magnificent coloring of the dacha for the whole summer Photos of ornamental crops blooming all summer - perennials
Astration large
There are about 10 varieties and is an extremely popular ornamental plant in modern dachas. Colorful umbrellas will delight the eye all summer if you follow basic care rules.
In the photo the astration is large 
Astrantia umbrellas delight the eye all summer long Salvia oakberry
This is the well-known sage. Salvia oakberry is the easiest variety to care for and tolerates frost well.
In the photo, salvia oakberry, or sage 
Sage blooms all summer Armeria seaside
Neat bushes with delicate flowers require the simplest care and do not need shelter for the winter. Armeria maritime loves sun and sandy, well-drained soil.
In the photo is Armeria seaside Bear with the drought calmly. Armeria feels great among stones, so it is often used to create rocky flower beds.
Armeria seaside - a wonderful decoration for a dacha Gypsophila
As you can see in the photo, this is a plant with unusually delicate pink or white flowers. Sufficiently tall bushes are most often used in flower beds as rear-view plants.
In the photo there is gypsophila Gypsophila varieties that bloom in early summer lose their flowers in early or late August. The type of soil in which gypsophila prefers to live can be understood by the translation of the name from Latin - lover of lime.
Delicate gypsophila flowers delight the eye all summer The cuff is soft and ordinary
Cuff is an elegant plant that attracts gardeners with the beauty of its leaves and small flowers. When creating flower beds, it is important to consider that the cuff is not tall plant(20 – 40 cm). The love of gardeners is explained by the long-lasting decorative nature of the crop - all summer until the coldest weather.
In the photo the cuff is soft 
Common cuff in the country Loosestrife
A tall plant for decorating a garden or cottage, whose star-shaped flowers delight all summer.
Annual flowers that bloom all summer (the name and photo will be presented below) will delight you with their multicolor all season, from the beginning of spring until the onset of the first cold weather. Real gardeners will not be stopped by the annual hassle of growing and planting annual seedlings. Even if this beauty is for one season, a flowerbed with annuals blooming all season will be one of the most beautiful. Flowers in a well-groomed flowerbed always delight the eye and give positive emotions.
Each of us has the desire to make our summer cottage a little paradise. This is all available, moreover, you can decorate your garden in such a way that it looks new every year. The quality of annual flowers, valuable for a creative summer resident, allows you to compose new flower arrangements every year.
Flower garden with annual flowers
Annuals have many advantages: you don’t have to worry about how they will winter, you can choose a place for them on the site in advance. If you choose the right shades, flowering time individual species, you can get a great result - flower beds that play with all the colors and aromas of summer throughout the entire season. Most annual flowers prefer sunny places, but there are some that do well in the shade.
Annuals for flower beds
For these plants, the entire growing season takes place in one season, they develop quickly and bloom profusely. The most unpretentious flowers for a flower bed, blooming all summer, are petunia, marigolds, sage, calendula, nasturtium. In most cases, flower beds have a given shape: diamond-shaped, round, rectangular.
Most often, flowers in a flower bed are located in one plane, but there are multi-tiered, vertical options. In such places, low-growing annual flowers look very advantageous; they are planted singly or together with tall flowers. Most often they act as ground covers, filling empty spaces between, for example, roses or other shrubs.
Marigolds Karina Marigolds are characterized by long flowering, have a bright yellow-orange color with brown shades, they are unpretentious, grow well in sunny areas and in the shade.
Petunia Everyone's favorite petunia displays a rainbow of hues and prefers sunny locations. She loves warmth, blooms all season, grows until the first cold weather.
Salvia 
Blue salvia Salvia is an unpretentious flower that looks good with other plants. The flowers are shaped like candles; the range of shades is varied, but candles in lilac, purple, pink, and red shades look especially beautiful in flower beds.
There are many varieties of salvia, and it can also be perennial.
Photo of lilac salvia:
Salvia in the flowerbed Calendula with yellow or orange voluminous flowers stands out as a bright spot among its fellows. In addition to its decorative qualities, it has medicinal properties, and its flowers and leaves can be used in cooking.
Calendula - annual flowers, photo:
Calendula vulgare Nasturtium has many varieties, its double varieties are especially beautiful.
Nasturtiums in different colors It loves light and sun, but can also grow in the shade, although there it produces more lush foliage than inflorescences. Nasturtium flowers are bright orange, red, yellow.
Annual flowers that bloom all summer - Snapdragon (Antirrinum, "dogs") attracts attention with its unusual shape, a combination of colors (pink and white, yellow, just white or pinkish).
Snapdragon It looks harmonious when planted with other plants.
If you plant zinnia in your home, you will admire its long flowering, up to 35 days.
Zinnia - annual Even when cut, it lives in a vase for a very long time and does not fade. The more fertile the soil in the flowerbed, the brighter the flowers, which can be either short or very tall. The color of zinnia flowers can be monochromatic or variegated; it loves sunny places and warmth.
Calceolaria is another representative of flowers of unusual shape.
Calceolaria Dimorphotheca buds are simple in appearance, but this is where their charm lies. The flowers are shaped like a chamomile, the stems are about 30 cm high, the colors are varied - purple, orange, white, pink, double-colored petals. It is distinguished by abundant, long-lasting flowering, is unpretentious, and is not particularly afraid of pests and diseases.
Dimorphotheca Another popular representative among gardeners has a rich color palette. These soft blue, purple, red, white, blue and lilac bushes look great in flower beds, in hanging containers, and along paths. Unpretentious, light- and moisture-loving annual flowers for the garden. The photo and their name are well known to summer residents - lobelia.
Lobelia Nemophila (American forget-me-not) does not grow very often in our flower beds, requires regular fertilizing, and is notable for the fact that it can bloom during the rains.
Nemophila It has a delicate aroma and looks great in flower beds, thanks to its delicate but noticeable color. Depending on the variety, it can be white, white-blue, has purple, black or blue spots, edges along the edges (with a white flower).
Nemophila with spots There are very dark purple nemophiles, almost black in color.
Coreopsis are garden flowers that are annual in size and smaller in height than perennials.
Coreopsis They are distinguished by abundant long-lasting flowering, feel good in flower beds, in flowerpots, near borders, anywhere. They take root well and are absolutely unpretentious.
Brachycoma annual, densely growing, boasts all shades of purple and lilac.
Brachycoma It is unpretentious, but feels most comfortable on fertile sandy soil. Loves the sun, but also blooms well in cloudy weather, thermophilic.
Annual dahlia flowers are unpretentious and have an interesting feature: the lower they are, the faster they give color.
Annual dahlias The most common variety is Merry Guys. Low-growing, dwarf varieties are ideal for borders and flower beds. The flowers of annual dahlias are bright, in different shades.
Just because of the aroma alone, enchanting and unlike anything else, it is worth planting Mattiola (night violet) on the plot.
Mattiola - night violet The genus Matthiola annuals includes up to 20 different species. different varieties this fragrant plant. The flowers are small, dense, soft lilac, pink or dark purple. There are also white, pale yellow Mattiola (gray matthiola). It is easy to care for, blooms profusely, loves sun, but also grows well in partial shade. The plant has a medium height and blooms throughout the summer.
Garden annual balsam is a fairly tall plant (50-70 cm) with large flowers, which can be double or semi-double.
Garden annual balsam The colors of balsam are varied: white, scarlet, pink, crimson flowers.
Datura or Datura Large-flowered Datura is a real decoration of the garden; it blooms with large white bell-shaped flowers. There are also red, blue, and yellow varieties. It grows quickly and has abundant, long-lasting flowering. Datura is a tall plant (1 m or more).
Mallow annual Annual mallow is beautiful and noticeable due to its size (from 30 to 120 cm) and bright double flowers. It is unpretentious in care, drought-resistant, if you pinch off faded flowers in time, you can extend its flowering time.
cornflower From May to September, cornflower blooms - an unpretentious plant of medium height, with dense small flowers of bright blue, pink, crimson, purple, white. Looks harmonious in mixed flower beds.
Bell Annual bellflower is a low-growing plant with light blue flowers. It loves sunny places, but can grow in the shade, although it does not bloom as profusely. Blooms from May to September.
Iberis snow-white Snow-white iberis (“bitter”) is one of the shortest annuals, up to 30 cm high. It is sun-loving, but does well in shaded areas. Varieties of Iberis umbellata are found in soft pink, lilac, and purple colors.
Iberis Shade-loving annuals
For places under trees with a lush crown or spreading shrubs, unpretentious annuals that prefer shade are suitable. Such flowers have dense foliage, saturated with all shades of green. Their flowering is not as abundant as that of their sun-loving counterparts, but this factor in no way detracts from their beauty.
Cosmea annual Multi-colored bright Cosmos - shade-loving annual flowers for flower beds, can create a joyful atmosphere even in shaded areas of the site. Cosmea blooms profusely for a long time, its shape is similar to a chamomile, the color scheme is replete with all shades of pink and crimson. Shaded areas are noticeably “refreshed” by white cosmos.
They love the shade of nasturtiums, forget-me-nots, marigolds, pansies, and mallows - their buds have rich colors and feel comfortable in any weather. With brovallia, fuchsia, lobelia, and impatiens, you can create bright and harmonious group plantings in shady areas of the garden.
Browallia It should be borne in mind that some shade-loving annual flowers for the garden do not react well to direct sunlight; it is recommended to plant them in the darkest areas of the site.
Climbing annuals
Annual climbing flowers are very popular among gardeners and summer residents. Their beauty is not inferior to perennial representatives, they grow faster and require minimal care. In addition to their visual appeal, they can be used to decorate fences, country houses, and be used as sun protection over a gazebo. Annual climbing flowers for the garden (those species that are not afraid of drafts) can serve as a kind of wind shield for more vulnerable plants. If you have imagination, you can create amazing design compositions.
morning glory The beautiful morning glory prefers regular watering and sunlight, otherwise it is unpretentious. Reaches three meters in one season.
Climbing sweet peas like moist soil and sun, but not direct sunlight. The colors are very diverse, blooms from July to November, reaches a height of 3 meters.
Nasturtium climbing 
Climbing nasturtium (annual) and liatris (perennial) There is a variety of climbing nasturtium (Nasturtium large), which grows up to 3 meters in length. Kobeya with large bell flowers. Thunbergia winged with large orange buds. All of them belong to annual climbing vines.
Thunbergia Ipomoea Quamoclitus pinnate (Ruby stars) looks very beautiful - it braids a large area with complexly dissected leaves, along which bright red flowers, shaped like stars, are evenly, not very often, located.
Quamoclitus pinnate (Ruby stars) Annual flowers that are not afraid of heat
And this information will be of interest to my fellow countrymen, residents of Kuban. The summer of 2017 was very hot for us. Other regions complained about the cold summer, but for us it was the opposite. And in my flower beds, in the flower beds of my friends, there was no particular splendor. Some flowers refused to bloom, others had sparse flowers, and others simply survived in extreme heat - it was a pity to look at them.
But there were flowers that were not affected by either the abnormally hot sun or the rare but torrential (in the full sense of the word) rains. But before, I even weeded them out. These were annuals, but they sprouted by self-sowing and did not grow where I needed them. That is, that summer showed that these flowers are very resilient. In the conditions of that summer, they were the only ones that bloomed and smelled profusely.
These are mirabilis, aromatic tobacco and purslane. I will write briefly about each.
Mirabilis
This flower always grew in the flower garden of my grandmother and mother, and I also love it very much. True, as a child I did not know his real name; we all called him Zorka. And it fully lived up to its name. The flowers opened in the evening, stood open all night and only closed in the morning at dawn. We had varieties with bright crimson flowers, but there are also ones with white, yellow, pink and soft salmon petals. I’ve even seen it with flowers of different colors on the same bush. In its homeland it is a perennial; in the conditions of Kuban it may or may not survive the winter, but then in the spring shoots appear in this place, of which only the strongest and healthiest remain. I think that in the conditions of the middle zone this is definitely an annual. By the way, many people grow it at home on the windowsill.
Mirabilis is an unpretentious plant. Apart from evening watering, light loosening, and removing weeds, last year he received nothing from me, but he was almost the main decoration of the garden. Bloomed until the coldest weather. And they arrived almost in December.
Fragrant tobacco
For me, fragrant tobacco is a flower that I “planted and forgot.” It is an annual plant, but every year in the spring new shoots appear in the same place. I just have to stop it from growing all over the garden. But to be honest, I don't try too hard. The flowers of fragrant tobacco are not very noticeable, but in the evenings such an aroma spreads throughout the garden that you don’t want to get rid of the “extra” plants. It also does not require special care. Only seedlings can be “clogged” by weeds, so their removal is necessary at first. Then, when the plant gets stronger, no weeds are afraid of it. Only the fittest and strongest survive the winter. Sometimes in the spring I replant tobacco plants from places where I don’t need it to empty spaces in the flowerbed. As it grows and becomes a fluffy bush, it not only covers a bare spot in the flower garden, but also creates a background for low-growing plants.
Purslane
Purslane is also a flower from my childhood. Every summer I saw him in both my grandmother’s and mother’s flower gardens. We called it “the carpet” because it covered the ground with a bright carpet along the paths in the front garden. It was the purslane that gave the flower garden a certain completeness. Which beautiful flowers at the purslane! There are simple ones, there are double or semi-double ones in a wide variety of colors. Purslane blooms all summer, from June until frost. In the evenings the flowers close, but in the morning they “burn” like multi-colored lights in a flowerbed. You can sow purslane only once and, thanks to its abundant self-sowing, it will delight you every year. Loves sunny places, blooms poorly or not at all in the shade. Grows well in sandy soils. But he also likes my black soil. I don’t know how true my observations are, but it seems it’s better not to fertilize purslane. By growing, purslane can even survive weeds. I have never observed weeds in the place where it grows.
When choosing annual flowers for your garden, you can buy seedlings or seeds in flower shops or supermarket departments. Today, the choice of seeding materials is so wide that finding the desired flower is not difficult.
Tall representatives are great for decorating flower beds or mixed borders; in mixed flower beds they usually create the background. Planning the site design for summer season, take into account the combination of sizes (heights) of plants and their color scheme. Flower requirements for soil moisture, lighting, and fertilizers should also be kept in mind. Sometimes plant species with the same name can be both tall and short, medium-sized. When purchasing seeds, read the attached information. Annual flowers that bloom all summer - the name and photo are always on the packaging. Try to ensure that crops that grow next to each other are close from an agrotechnical point of view.
A garden or a small flower bed near the gate, a cozy courtyard in the back of the plot or a luxurious flower garden in the front area of the yard should definitely delight the eye on warm summer days. For this, various flowering plants, both annual and perennial, are most often used. Bright flowers decorate the area, filling it with subtle aromas, and for flower beds that bloom profusely all summer, it is not at all necessary to hire an experienced gardener. There are several dozen species of unpretentious plants that even an inexperienced amateur can grow, following the basic rules of growing plants.
Among annual flowering plants, there are several species that are most suitable for landscaping street and courtyard areas. They are unpretentious, seedlings of these plants are sold everywhere during the planting season, and with a small investment of time and money, you can try to grow seedlings yourself.
Marigold
There are several dozen varieties of marigolds that can be purchased in flower shops and specialized markets. These strong plants begin flowering very early, often ten centimeters tall seedlings are sold with the first flower.
- The height of different varieties of marigolds starts from ten centimeters and varies, depending on the variety, reaching half a meter.
- The size, shape and shade of the inflorescences are also extremely diverse; there are varieties with small flowers that cover the bush, and others with huge, double inflorescences.
- The entire spectrum of yellow and red colors is present in marigolds; you can choose varieties of the same height with dark red or lemon yellow flowers; there are a lot of options for designing flower beds, it all depends on the owner’s imagination.
It is precisely for their long flowering period, for their ease of care and for the ability to play with shape and color that marigolds are loved by landscape designers. To grow these plants yourself, you just need to sow the long, needle-shaped seeds at a shallow depth in pots or under film, waiting until April. In just half a month, the marigolds will sprout and be ready to be transplanted into the flowerbed.
These plants love sunlight and moderate watering. If the flowerbed is in partial shade, they will bloom under one condition: an adult plant that has produced two or more inflorescences must be planted in the flowerbed. Then it will stop growing, but flowering will not stop.
Petunia
Anyone who once planted petunia on his plot will definitely do it again. The subtle, surprisingly pleasant aroma of these flowers and the variety of shades of the inflorescences instantly make you fall in love. This plant has only one drawback: it does not like shade; even slight shading leads to a sharp decrease in the number of inflorescences. The delicate petals of multi-colored gramophones tolerate sunlight well; petunia grows well in open areas, pleasing the eye lush flowering.
There are a huge number of varieties of this plant, bush and ampelous, with regular or double flowers, in all colors of the rainbow. A flower bed decorated with petunias of one color looks especially impressive: sky blue or soft pink, scarlet or purple. There are two-color varieties, with a contrasting, most often white, color at the base of the petals. Ampelous varieties throw out long lashes covered entirely with buds.
- You can grow petunia yourself if you sow microscopic seeds under glass without covering them with soil.
- When shoots appear, thin blades of grass are transplanted along with the lump, trying not to damage the root.
- Already with the appearance of the second leaf, petunia is ready to be transplanted into a flowerbed, where it begins, when good conditions, grow and bloom very quickly.
Nasturtium
Fleshy lashes, wide, round leaves and tender, fragrant flowers nasturtiums are not its main advantages. This plant is considered edible; its seeds resemble capers, they are pickled, and ready-made dishes are decorated with flowers. Nasturtium flowering lasts all summer, and the plant feels great even in partial shade, responding gratefully to fertilizing and timely watering.
The varietal diversity of nasturtium is very large; you can find plants whose vines reach three meters in length, and the shoots are strewn with flowers. You can plant nasturtiums with shorter shoots; varieties with bright, double flowers of all shades of red and yellow look very elegant. Nasturtium seeds are large and resemble peas. They are planted directly in the ground, as this plant quickly sprouts and begins to bloom.
Calendula
The orange suns of calendula flowers are familiar to absolutely everyone, since this plant is not only decorative, but is also considered medicinal. Small calendula bushes will be strewn with orange flowers of all shades all summer long if you pinch the tops of the bushes in time to stop growth. The plant belongs to the Asteraceae family; its flowers look like daisies or asters; the double varieties are especially beautiful.
Growing this plant is not difficult; you can try to plant seedlings purchased at the market in a flowerbed, or grow them yourself.
Calendula loves sunlight, moderate watering and loose soil. Under these conditions, the plant begins to bloom early, and faded flowers must be carefully trimmed so that they do not spoil the appearance of the flowerbed. If you want to collect seeds, leave a few bushes with three or a little more inflorescences.
Perennial flowers
Most perennial plants do not have such a variety of flower colors and are not able to bloom all summer like annuals. But there are several varieties of perennial flowers that are unpretentious and delight the eye with bright colors all summer long.
Cornflowers
The folk flower, about which a huge number of songs and poems have been created, is truly a “plant for lazy people”, as it is able to grow even with minimal care. In addition to the traditional sky blue hue, cornflowers have petals of white, yellow and Pink colour. The varieties with double flowers are the most popular among lovers.
Grow cornflower by any means: seeds, pieces of rhizomes and dividing the bush. Having planted this plant once, you can forever improve your garden or flowerbed, because cornflowers sprout together in the spring and do not need special care and attention.
Tradescantia garden
A perennial plant that blooms with small blue flowers, spreads throughout the flowerbed on its own, covering its entire surface. Bright green stems with small flowers and long longitudinal leaves look very beautiful in the form of a large, lush carpet. The plants do not need to be trimmed or mowed; in a sunny area, the length of the stem does not exceed twenty centimeters. The strong stems of Tradescantia stand perfectly vertically, forming continuous thickets.
Tradescantia really likes regular watering; it grows well in the shade, but does not indulge in flowering, and the length of the stems becomes longer. You can propagate Tradescantia by simply breaking off a petiole and sticking it into wet soil. Small seeds that fall in the fall germinate in the spring, and there is no need to dig up the soil in the flowerbed. From just one stem you can grow a square meter of bright green carpet over the summer season.
Snapdragon
The snapdragon, or “snapdragon,” familiar to many, blooms all summer, is unpretentious and has an interesting shape of bright flowers. Low or tall, with inflorescences of various colors, snapdragons can be any color except blue or light blue. Small bushes of the plant tolerate shading well, but prefer sunny areas and abundant, regular watering. If these conditions are met, a flower bed with snapdragon bushes will look great.
You don’t have to be an experienced gardener to try growing stunningly beautiful flowers near your home or dacha. Unpretentious annuals and perennials are great for growing by beginners and allow them to devote a minimal amount of time to caring for the flower garden.
Video - Frost-resistant unpretentious perennials
A dacha is not only garden beds, berry bushes and fruit trees. Perennial flowers help create beauty on the site. For the garden, unpretentious, long-flowering plants are indispensable, like a magnificent frame for a canvas created by the labor of a summer resident.
Beginner gardeners may think that setting up a flower garden and caring for it is too troublesome. But when correct selection cultures, caring for flowers will not take much time, and the buds will open from early spring until late autumn.
The most unpretentious flowers for spring
Early spring in middle lane not happy with the colors. Annual flowers have not yet been sown; even the most unpretentious ones are just emerging from the ground.
Are there really plants that are ready to bloom in the first warm days? Yes, wintering bulbous crops have formed the rudiments of buds since the fall and in the spring they are the first to illuminate the flower beds with all the shades of the rainbow.
Crocuses
Almost from under the snow, corollas of crocuses appear in white, blue, yellow and even striped colors. Plants with a height of 7 to 15 cm bloom from March to May, and after the flowers fade, they go into rest. Planting of bulbs is carried out in the traditional time frame for spring bulbous plants, from August to September. The best place for crocuses - well-lit areas or partial shade, for example, under the crowns of bushes or trees that have not yet blossomed.
Tulips
Tulip is not only the most common summer cottages perennials, but also the most unpretentious flowers. Today, lovers of spring flowers have hundreds and thousands of magnificent varieties at their disposal. However, not everyone knows that these garden plants belong to several species, differing both in appearance and in terms of flowering.
By skillfully selecting varieties, using only tulips from 10 to 50 cm in height, you can decorate the area up to an alpine hill. The first tulips begin to bloom in March, and the latest varieties fade at the end of May.
Tulip bulbs are planted in the first half of autumn in sunny areas with loose, nutrient-rich soil.
During growth and flowering, plants need regular watering, which is stopped in the summer when the bulbs rest.
Types of garden tulips react differently to frost. If in the southern regions the most lush terry and lily varieties can be considered unpretentious plants for the cottage and garden, then in the northern regions the common Greig, Gesner and Foster tulips require annual digging.
Low-growing botanical tulips or Kaufmann tulips, which can easily winter in any climate, will help replace them.
Daffodils
Along with tulips, daffodils appear in garden beds. Flowering lasts from April to the last days of May, while the flowers illuminate the garden not only with bright sunny shades, but also with an exquisite aroma.
Depending on the variety, plants reach a height of 30 to 60 cm. Flowers can be either simple or double, with a short or long crown. Daffodils prefer areas with loose, fertile soil. They grow well in the sun and under the crowns that bloom at this time. The main thing is that the soil in which the bulbs were planted in the fall is not oversaturated with moisture.
Daffodils are long-blooming, unpretentious flowers for the garden, successfully used in mixed plantings with tulips, garden varieties, dicentra and other plants. Daffodils feel great in one place for several years. As they grow, they form very dense clumps, which are planted after the foliage withers, that is, at the beginning of summer.
Wintering bulbous crops appear “out of nowhere” in the spring, are unpretentious and bright, but at the same time their foliage cannot remain decorative for long. It dies off, exposing space in the flowerbed, so you should take care in advance of planting “replacement” crops nearby, such as peony bushes, perennial poppies or aquilegias.
Periwinkle
It's one thing to choose long-blooming perennials and low-maintenance flowers for a garden in the sun. Another is to find the same plants for both open and shady areas.
There are not so many shade-tolerant garden crops - a striking example of one of them is periwinkle. or small subshrubs bloom in the midst of spring and spread quickly, easily taking root upon contact with the ground.
Cultivars of periwinkle create showy clumps of fresh greenery with splashes of every shade of blue, white, pink and purple. Gardeners have at their disposal specimens with simple and double corollas, smooth and variegated foliage.
Romantic legends are associated with many ornamental plants. No exception - which, thanks to such a story, is better known not by its real name, but as a “broken heart.”
Thanks to its powerful rhizomes, dicentra tolerates winter cold without loss. The foliage dying off in autumn with the arrival of warmth again rises above the ground, in different varieties reaching a height of 30 to 100 cm. In May, the spectacular plant is covered with white, pink or two-colored corollas of a bizarre, heart-shaped shape collected in racemes. Flowering lasts about a month, and under the transparent shadow of young foliage, the drooping inflorescences of this unpretentious plant for the garden look brighter and last longer.
Dicentra will be indispensable in the flowerbed next to primroses and daffodils, muscari, ferns and decorative varieties Luke.
The flowering plant is worthy of admiration in a single planting, and after the inflorescences fade, it will become an excellent background for other flowers.
Lily of the valley
The classic spring flower bed is forest flowers that bloom in May. Thanks to creeping rhizomes, plants survive the winter. In spring, leathery leaves rolled into tight tubes first appear in flower beds, then flower stalks up to 30 cm high rise above the unfolded rosettes. Each inflorescence contains from 6 to 20 white or pinkish, fragrant bells. Flowering lasts until early summer, and then red round berries appear in place of the flowers.
The advantage of these unpretentious garden perennials is flowers that do not lose their beauty in the sun and shade, and the ability to grow in one place for up to 10 years.
Kupena
In the forest next to clumps of lily of the valley you can see graceful kupena plants. Blooming from May to June, the perennial is not as colorful as other spring flowers.
But in shady areas, near coniferous crops and shrubs, a crop with a height of 30 to 80 cm with drooping white or greenish bell flowers is simply irreplaceable.
Brunner
May is the month of the brightest greenery and unusually lush flowering of garden perennials.
At this time, under the crowns of trees, near paths and ponds, under the protection of walls and fences, blue flowers Brunners. Plants from 30 to 50 cm in height, with decorative pointed-heart-shaped foliage, prefer to settle in partial shade, where there is enough moisture and nutrition for lush leafy rosettes and inflorescences towering above them.
Soft blue, unpretentious garden flowers enliven the most shady corners, do not require special care, thanks to their attractive, often variegated foliage, they preserve their decorative value for a long time and can survive for many years without replanting.
In favorable conditions, Brunnera grows excellently and is propagated by dividing the bush.
Summer, beautiful and unpretentious flowers for the garden
Bright, fast-growing annuals color the flower beds in the most incredible colors 1–2 months after sowing. But autumn comes, and the plants complete their short life. The summer resident begins the next spring with the selection of annual and ornamental crops, sowing and caring for young seedlings. This takes a lot of precious time, which could be devoted to planting vegetable seedlings and caring for fruit and berry plantings.
Long-blooming, unpretentious flowers specially selected for the garden, blooming in different seasons and not requiring painstaking care, will help save energy and time. Although they bloom only in the second half of summer or in the second year, they live in one place for several years without transplanting.
Summer is the most fertile time for flowering plants. An incredible number of species are ready to give their flowers to the summer resident. The main thing is to choose those plants that can rightfully be called unpretentious and beautiful.
Aquilegia
When the late tulips and daffodils fade in the garden at the end of May, the decorative foliage of aquilegias or columbine plants begins to rise above the ground. The whimsical bells of this, one of the most unpretentious perennials for the garden, like on, open on tall, erect peduncles.
Flowering lasts almost without interruption from late May to September. And even without flowers, plants do not lose their charm. Their leaves turn purple and lilac in autumn. Depending on the variety, aquilegia can grow from 30 to 80 cm in height. All of this species grow well both in the shade and on open areas. Already from the name it is clear that the catchment loves moisture, but even with a shortage of watering it can find water thanks to its powerful taproots. Aquilegia grows best in light, well-drained soils.
Flowers appear in the second year of life. Mature plants can be divided. This can be done in early spring or autumn.
Although in favorable conditions aquilegia reproduces by self-seeding, this method does not allow preserving the properties of hybrid and varietal specimens. Seedlings are most often purple or pink in color and can become a kind of weed if the immature seed pods are not promptly removed or the flower beds are not weeded.
Swimsuit
One of the moisture-loving, unpretentious garden flowers is also beloved by many summer residents.
Its yellow or orange flowers open in May and with regular watering do not disappear until the second half of summer. The plant, with a height of 50 to 90 cm, is noticeable enough to take the lead in group plantings near and in shady corners of the garden. Tall flower stalks will be safe next to fences and ornamental shrubs.
Arabis
Although Arabis flowering begins in the second half of spring, this unpretentious perennial can rightfully be considered a summer one, since its flowering does not end until frost.
A groundcover or creeping plant with stems 20 to 30 cm long, when planted, it quickly forms dense, cushion-like clumps covered with clusters of small white, pink or purple flowers.
Trimming helps prolong flowering and maintain the shape of the plantings. Arabis feels best in open areas with light, aerated soil. This crop with variegated foliage is indispensable when decorating gardens, slides and other areas of the garden.
Doronicum
At the junction of spring and summer, many rhizomatous perennials take up the baton of flowering from bulbous plants. The bright doronicum with large yellow basket-shaped inflorescences reminiscent of daisies is no exception. Flowers open on erect, bare or leafy stems 30–80 cm high. Unpretentious flowers for the garden and garden are planted in the sun or in clear shade, but not under the canopy of trees.
Doronicum plants love moisture; in order to save it in the soil under light green foliage, the soil is mulched.
When flowering ends, the greenery also fades. Decorative ferns, clumps of cornflower and aquilegia, with which doronicum goes well together, will help hide the gap that forms in the flowerbed.
Astilbe
It's amazing how one type of perennial can brighten up an entire garden. Numerous flowers blooming from June to September can do this. Racemose or panicle-like lush inflorescences are not the only decoration of this plant. Shade-tolerant carved foliage no less enlivens the area. To do this, you just need to trim the flower stalks with dead inflorescences in time.
Depending on the variety and type, plant height ranges from 40 to 120 cm. Astilbes bloom better when the soil is regularly moistened, but do not like stagnant moisture. IN garden plantings These beautiful and unpretentious flowers for the garden look great against the background of conifers, and will themselves be a luxurious frame for.
Geranium
Many cultivated varieties of garden perennials are descendants of wild species, which can be found literally behind the fence of a summer cottage.
From May until the end of summer, amazingly vibrant flowers continue to bloom. Single or collected in inflorescences corollas of all shades of pink, purple, lilac and blue colors short-lived. Just a day, and a new one appears in place of a withered flower.
When the flowering season ends, the garden is not empty thanks to the decorative cut foliage of geraniums. By autumn, it turns into bright golden, orange and purple tones and revives dull flower beds and hills right up to the snow.
The height of the most unpretentious perennial flowers for the garden, depending on the type, ranges from 10 cm to a meter. All plants are unpretentious and do not make any special demands on the soil; they grow in the light and under the canopy.
Loosestrife
If there is room in the garden for, or you need to plant a tall plant with bright flowers and the same decorative leaves, there can be only one answer -!
How is this possible? This is about different types loosestrife, equally unpretentious and suitable for decorating the site.
Depending on the variety and type, the flowers, which easily adapt to different conditions, have a height of 20 to 80 cm.
For shady corners and partial shade, coin or meadow loosestrife with long recumbent stems covered with coin-like rounded leaves is excellent. This crop is indispensable next to a pond, in damp areas, which will be successfully enlivened by light green foliage and yellow flowers.
To decorate flower beds, mixborders and rocky hills, upright types of loosestrife with green or variegated foliage and yellow flowers, forming spectacular spike-shaped inflorescences in the upper part of the stem. All loosestrife are unpretentious, tolerate frost well and are rarely affected by pests.
Perennial cornflower
Annual cornflowers relatively recently moved from the meadow to the garden. They were followed by their long-term relatives. Flowering from June to September, the plants form spectacular clumps of 40 cm to a meter high thanks to their carved, rich green foliage.
One of the most unpretentious perennial flowers for the garden, cornflowers grow well in both sun and partial shade. They do not make any special demands on the soil, get along well with other crops and will be an excellent background for peonies, cornflowers, low-growing flowering and decorative foliage plants in flower beds.
Today, gardeners have at their disposal varieties of perennial cornflower with flowers of violet-pink, lilac, purple and white colors. Large-headed cornflower has fluffy flowers of an original yellow color.
Turkish cloves
In June, the multi-colored caps of Turkish carnations open. The bright flowers with jagged petals are quite small, but collected in dense inflorescences, they will perfectly enliven a summer cottage, create a summer mood and color the flower beds in all shades from white to deep purple.
A distinctive feature of the plant is its flowering, which lasts until September, the possibility of propagation by self-sowing and incredible combinations of colors. The height of the Turkish carnation, depending on the variety, ranges from 40 to 60 centimeters. Plants exhibit maximum decorative value in light or partial shade if they are planted next to decorative foliage crops.
Lupine
They are not only among the most unpretentious garden flowers. This perennial crop alone can bloom the entire area. Blue, white, pink, purple and bi-colored spike-shaped inflorescences appear in the first half of June, and then bloom again in the second half of summer.
Plants up to one meter in height bloom magnificently in the sun, do not like overly fertilized soils and, thanks to their powerful rhizomes, are able to survive in conditions of moisture deficiency. In the garden, lupine is an ideal neighbor for cornflowers, colorful aquilegias, and perennial poppies.
Poppy
In terms of the splendor of flowering, perennial poppies can only be compared with. Just one plant with corollas of scarlet, pink, white and purple is enough to change the appearance of the most inconspicuous corner of the garden.
Despite their exotic appearance, poppies are completely unpretentious. They are not afraid of frost, grow excellently in any soil and tolerate drought without loss. But they react negatively to excessive moisture. Once settled on a site, with the help of very small seeds, poppy can spread independently, creating spectacular clumps of densely pubescent carved foliage.
Irises
There are more than a hundred species of irises in the world, many of which are actively used as ornamental plants. Flowering of garden varieties begins at the border of spring and summer, and continues until mid-July.
Despite the difference in color, size, and places of habitual habitat, these perennial rhizomatous plants are similar in the appearance of pointed sword-shaped leaves collected in flattened bunches, as well as the graceful shape of the flowers. Although the corollas, which open for a day or a little more, cannot be called long-lived, amia plants bloom profusely and for a long time thanks to the many simultaneous rising peduncles.
In the garden, irises prefer light or barely shaded areas with light, loose soil.
During the growing season and flowering, plants need regular soil moisture. But you need to intervene carefully in the development of the curtain. Loosening and weeding can affect powerful rhizomes located close to the surface.
Flowering shoots of irises rise 40–80 cm above the ground. White, yellow, pink, purple, cream, blue or teal flowers make a great addition to the garden and are ideal for cutting.
Nivyanyk
Daisies, together with cornflowers, are traditionally considered a symbol of Russian open spaces. Garden varieties of cornflower are the same as daisies, only much larger and more expressive. Simple and double inflorescences-baskets are crowned with erect stems from 30 to 100 cm in height.
In the garden, cornflower prefers to grow in open, well-lit areas with loose, nutrient-rich, but not too light soil. The plant responds to a lack of moisture and organic matter by producing smaller flowers over time and rapid wilting of the baskets.
Nivyanik propagates by seeds, division of adult clumps, and also by self-sowing. This must be taken into account if all crops in flower beds and mixborders have clearly defined boundaries. For the most magnificent flowering, it is advisable to divide the nivberry rosettes every few years.
The best neighbors for one of the most unpretentious perennials for the garden, as in the photo, are flowers, gypsophila, bright poppies and bells. White inflorescences look great against the background of carved greenery and cornflower inflorescences, next to ornamental cereals and onions.
Bell
Growing bells in the country is not difficult even for beginners. The plants are unpretentious, resistant to diseases and pests, and winter well without shelter. The only thing that hinders the perennial is an excess of moisture and dense, poorly drained soil.
In nature, there are many types of bells with simple, semi- and double flowers in white, blue, lilac, pink and deep purple. Plants from 20 to 120 cm in height, depending on the type and shape, find a place on the hills and as part of group plantings with cornflower, pyrethrum, lush peonies and strict cereals.
Stock rose
Easily tolerant of drought, with luxurious ornamental greenery and racemose inflorescences, it can rightfully be considered the queen of a summer cottage. Plants up to 2 meters high are among the largest in Russian gardens. They rise above other flowers and even fruit bushes.
Stock roses or hollyhocks can easily create living wall or turn into the center of a lush flower bed. Beautiful, unpretentious flowers for the garden grow on light, well-drained soils and are propagated by seeds, including self-seeding. But moving a large plant to another place will be problematic. Transplantation is hampered by powerful long rhizomes, damage to which leads to weakening and even death of the mallow.
Simple and double, white, yellow, pink and red, burgundy and bright crimson flowers on powerful erect stems are used to decorate hedges and walls, in flower beds and as background plants. Group plantings of hollyhocks of different shades are incredibly beautiful. In front of them you can plant the same unpretentious phloxes, bells, decorative forms of onions, cornflowers and low-growing varieties, as well as any annuals.
Spicy and aromatic unpretentious perennials for the garden
When choosing long-blooming, unpretentious flowers for the garden, one should not lose sight of plants that are often popular as spicy, medicinal or fragrant herbs. Moreover, many of them are in no way inferior to flowering perennials; their flowers will decorate flower beds and can be used for cutting.
Today, gardeners have access to numerous varieties, lemon balm, and catnip. If desired, you can plant hyssop, thyme and even lavender on the site. These plants look great in a separate, “pharmaceutical” bed, but they can also be easily imagined as part of a mixborder, in a country-style flowerbed, or in the form of loose clumps near a hedge or the wall of a house.
Unpretentious and useful perennials, thanks to their lush greenery, are decorative from spring until frost. And during flowering they attract a lot of bees and other pollinating insects.
Oregano
Oregano is a native inhabitant of the European part of Russia. The plant, familiar to many by its characteristic green aroma and pink-lilac caps of inflorescences, prefers to settle in open, well-lit areas with light soil. In nature, oregano can be seen in clearings and forest edges, in oak groves and dry meadows.
The first green oregano appears in March, literally from under the snow. By June, the plant forms a lush cap of densely leafy shoots ranging from 20 to 50 centimeters in height. And a month later, stems with delicate inflorescences-baskets rise above the greenery.
The entire above-ground part of the plant, incredibly revered in France, Italy, and the USA, has a spicy aroma. Here, oregano is grown as a natural seasoning for sauces, salads, pasta and poultry, baked goods, in particular pizza. Tea with herbs and oregano flowers is no less tasty. Oregano or oregano is collected from July to October, while the perennial is in bloom.
Flower-strewn herbaceous shrubs of oregano are magnificent in the company of cornflower, lupins, rudbeckia, clouds of white-pink gypsophila and cereals.
Lofant
Lofant or polygonum with lilac-violet or white spike-shaped inflorescences is one of the most noticeable medicinal and ornamental perennial plants. In the garden, the crop easily inhabits the brightest areas, does not feel discomfort even in the hottest sun and winters well, showing everyone the first greenery with a purple or bluish tint from early spring.
Lofant is so unpretentious that it grows and blooms not only with a lack of moisture, but also on poor soils. Simple care and a little attention - and the unassuming plant will generously share with the summer resident a fragrant herb that smells like anise or licorice, rich in essential oils and useful for colds, diseases of the digestive system and urinary system.
In the garden, the spectacular inflorescences of lofanthus will not go unnoticed by either people or bees. The plant, which blooms from June until the end of summer, is suitable for decorating front gardens and can easily be cut.
Monarda
Monarda with white, pink, lilac and purple inflorescences is also a resident of sunny, wind-protected corners of the garden with light soil.
For decorative purposes, this fragrant perennial is planted next to other similar plants, as well as in the vicinity of coreopsis and, cornflower and low-growing annuals, for which monarda up to a meter high will be a luxurious background.
It is interesting to combine this plant with annual, blue and white large-flowered bells, sedums and other crops, which allow you to imitate a corner of a wild meadow in the garden.
In summer cottages you can often find lemon monarda. Its greenery during the flowering period, that is, from July to September, accumulates a lot essential oils, close to the oils of lemon balm, hyssop, and other spicy-flavoring and medicinal plants their family Yasnotkovyh.
Autumn unpretentious flowers: long-flowering perennials for the garden
With the onset of September, autumn comes into its own more and more quickly. But it’s too early to part with the beauty of the garden. Until the snow falls, clumps of garden geraniums are striking with the play of bright colors, bergenia is dressed up in purple tones, and on the hills and borders one is surprised by the bizarre forms of sedum. There are also many unpretentious garden perennial flowers in the garden.
Phlox
It is considered one of the brightest “stars” of the autumn flower bed. These plants overwinter excellently in most regions, form green clumps in the spring, and bloom in the second half of summer, maintaining an incredible variety of colors and splendor of inflorescences almost until October.
Depending on the type and variety, phlox will be indispensable in alpine hills and traditional flower beds, near small ponds and next to buildings where tall plants perfectly decorate at any time of the year.
The list of cultivated phlox today includes more than four dozen species, among which only Drummond’s phlox is an annual. All other creeping, bushy, semi-lodging forms with stems from 20 to 150 cm in height are ready to settle in the garden of a lover of decorative and unpretentious perennial flowers for many years.
Perennial asters
Annual asters are the constant leaders of the list of garden annuals for the dacha and garden. However, the true ones are often and undeservedly forgotten.
From August until the snow, these plants bloom, illuminating the entire area with flashes of blue, white, pink, and purple. There are more than 200 species of perennial asters, varying in size, lifestyle and shape. The Alpine aster is quite small, and its inflorescences-baskets are located on herbaceous erect stems, reminiscent of the familiar chamomile. And the Italian variety has the form of a herbaceous, densely leafy shrub, completely covered with medium-sized flowers. Moreover, all types are extremely decorative and unpretentious.
The height of perennial asters varies from 20 centimeters to one and a half meters. Flowers can be not only of different colors, but simple and double. These perennials form dense dark green clumps in the spring, easily tolerate excess light and lack of moisture in the summer, and completely transform the garden in the fall.
Bush forms can be shaped and can be used to create dense living borders and picturesque groups with other autumn plants.
The only drawback of perennial aster is inherent in many perennial crops. A plant that takes root in the garden begins to multiply uncontrollably, quickly developing new territories. To prevent a previously variegated flowerbed from turning into a “kingdom” of asters, you will have to monitor the spread of the shrub and regularly remove the shoots.
Each of the 30 described ornamental plants can claim the title of the most unpretentious perennial flower for the garden. They are all beautiful and amazing in their own way. In fact, the list of non-capricious cultures that require minimal attention and generously share their beauty is not three dozen, but much larger. You just have to look around, notice and move interesting plant into the garden, choosing a suitable place and neighborhood for the flower.
Video about ground cover perennials in the garden
Flowerbeds that delight the eyes of summer residents and their guests are an indispensable attribute of a modern garden plot.
Flowers are the most effective way to fully express the taste of the owners and demonstrate it to a caring public, for example, neighbors or caring guests. Bright flower beds allow you to truly relax in your dacha, away from the noisy bustle of the city.
It is worth carefully studying the characteristics of the soil, the illumination of the site, taking into account the requirements for planting and caring for certain plants, and drawing up a unique flowering schedule.
Then the first flowers will begin to delight you as soon as the snow melts, and the riot of colors will subside only with the onset of the first frosts.
When drawing up a plan for a flower garden, it is necessary to note the places that are maximally illuminated and shady. It is important to decide on the size of future annuals, planting location, color scheme of the future flower bed, timing and time of flowering.
Pros of flowers blooming all summer
Do you prefer to spend the entire warm season at your dacha? Choose garden flowers that bloom all summer, which can delight you with their lush colors both in June and in September-October.
The average flowering time for perennials is about four weeks. Annuals are capable of a longer period of their “peak” beauty.
Bringing together plants that bloom in different time, you can achieve a fantastic result - your flower beds will be beautiful all summer long, just by changing colors and textures. As a result, you will enjoy the constantly changing landscape at your dacha.
If you dream of a flower garden that will delight you with its lush blooms without breaks or weekends, choose plants that match each other in color and prefer the same care conditions.
Flowers that thrive in the shade are unlikely to make friends with plants that prefer sunlight. Be sure to consider flowering time. This will allow you to plant a flowerbed that will not stop blooming from May to October.
Perennial and annual flowers - a difficult choice
All flowers are beautiful! But long-term residents of a dacha have one undeniable advantage - the gardener’s labor costs are significantly reduced.
No annual planting and resistance to any climatic conditions also attract fans of neat and spectacular flower beds or stripes bordering garden paths in their summer cottage.
If you choose the right place to plant the plants, the flowers will grow and bloom for many years.
In addition, perennials can become more magnificent every year, which will make your garden plot even more beautiful. You don't have to spend money on planting material every year.
However, all this does not mean that you can plant plants and forget about the problems with caring for them. long years. Perennials, like other plants, are quite picky about the soil.
If flowers do not “make friends” with the outside world, then you won’t have to expect wild flowering from them. Besides some perennials require special winter care– moving rhizomes and bulbs to storage facilities with certain temperature and humidity conditions.
Annuals - seasonal beauty
Annual plants are thermophilic, which does not allow them to survive in harsh winter conditions. However, you shouldn’t give them up either.
The vibrant beauty of annuals captivates gardeners who decide to spend their time annually planting fragrant flower beds of petunias, purslane or marigolds.
Annual flowers allow you to experiment - this year your garden was buried in cornflowers and dope, and next season your neighbors will be able to admire balsam and calendula.
The use is very wide and varied. What are the nuances of growing and propagating plants you need to know. About this in the article.
We give the flowerbed a complete look - we make original borders with our own hands. Instructions with step by step photos and hand-made fencing.
Perennial inhabitants of the dacha
Unpretentious perennial flowers that retain their decorative value for several years are divided into two types:
- rhizomatous plants, wintering in the ground.
- Perennials that do not overwinter in the ground, which cannot tolerate temperature changes and require annual digging and transfer to special storage facilities. It is this factor that you should pay attention to when choosing flowers for your garden.
Perennials that perfectly adapt to harsh climatic conditions include delphiniums, asters, lupins, peonies, lilies of the valley, fuchsias, phlox, coreopsis, primroses, astilbes and many others.
In the photo, Delphinium is one of the perennials that pleases the eye all summer
The second group consists of strikingly beautiful gladioli, dahlias, cannas and montbretia.
They are divided into flowers that bloom all summer and according to their height, which allows you to create unforgettable compositions:
- short representatives of perennials are the best solution for garden paths and flower bed borders. These are mountain gerbil, saxifrage, bearded iris, and carnation. Low-growing flowers are also distinguished by their love of sunshine. So, in the shade, coin loosestrife and lesser periwinkle feel great, and in the sun - alpine rhizome, field moth and others.
- TO medium-sized Perennial flowers that are popular among summer residents include: paniculate phlox, peony, and Turkish carnation. The height of perennials classified as medium-growing does not exceed 80 centimeters. Such flowers become an integral part of flower beds and flower beds, organically combining with their short and tall counterparts.
- Tall perennials, such as asters, dahlias or montbretia, become an effective addition to a green lawn or a flower bed of low-growing and medium-growing plants. The stock rose is especially spectacular and loved by gardeners, standing out among other representatives of perennials for its brightness and succulent leaves.
When designing flower beds, it is necessary to take into account the color scheme of the entire composition. For example, choosing flowers that bloom at the same time, in the most harmonious combinations.
Tall, medium-growing and low-growing perennials combine perfectly with each other. Just take into account the flowering characteristics of each plant, and you will be guaranteed a luxurious flower garden all summer long.
Typically, the tallest representatives of the flora are planted in the center of the future composition.
Medium-growing and low-growing plants are placed around. It is also necessary to take into account such a feature of flowers as love for the sun. If the flower garden is viewed from the north, then you should be prepared for the fact that most day the buds will not look at you. Particularly sensitive to sun rays irises, zinnias and lupins are different.
Be sure to leave a distance between flowers, otherwise you risk that by July the spreading plants will simply swallow up their stunted counterparts with their spectacular leaves.
In the video you can see photos and names of decorative perennials blooming all summer.
The bright beauty of annuals
Of course, annual flowers cannot compete with perennials in terms of labor costs.
In the spring they need to be planted as seedlings and then transplanted into the ground. But they do not need to be prepared for wintering, as is the case with perennial plants.
They are able to decorate any garden plot with their brightness and aroma. Moreover, decorate for a long time. Thus, zinnia blooms all summer and half of autumn, nasturtiums and calendulas delight summer residents from mid-summer until frost.
Alyssums, cornflowers, begonias and poppies are distinguished by early flowering.
Traditionally, annuals are grown from seeds. After just 13 weeks, some flowers begin to bloom. Some - through seedlings, which allows you to speed up flowering.
When choosing annuals, you need to pay attention to the composition of the soil, the degree of illumination of the area, the level of humidity, the possibility of regular watering, and the color scheme of the flower garden.
For example, morning glory does not tolerate drafts, purslane loves soil mixed with sand, aster prefers sunny areas, and touching bell does not tolerate excessive moisture.
Annual plants that are correctly selected according to their flowering time will allow you to create spectacular compositions that do not change their aesthetics all summer long.
It is the annuals that hold the record for the longest flowering time. While perennials delight the eye for several weeks, annual plants can bloom for up to four to six months.
Annual flowers also come in different heights:
- The smallest- this is escholzia, dwarf phlox, low-growing marigold. Purslane and lobelia are also low-growing flowers. They go well with taller annual and perennial plants and are used to design garden paths and alpine slides.
- Annuals are also popular capable of branching and bushing. For example, petunia, beloved by all summer residents, or castor bean, which can grow to the size of a small tree. The largest “army” of annuals is medium-growing plants. These are: snapdragon, nasturtium, dahlia. Climbing plants are also among the medium-growing ones.
- TO tall annuals include: morning glory vine, annual delphinium, spectacular sunflower. The fragrant mallow, an annual hollyhock, often decorates garden plots. Most of all, such flowers are suitable for decorating fragrant front gardens. Such plants can bloom all summer, which many perennials are unable to do.
In the photo Esholtsia - annual flower blooms all summer
Fences and arches are decorated with climbing annuals, and cascading bushes will help make a terrace or balcony in the country cozy.
Arabesque flower beds, mixborders along the garden path, edgings - all you have to do is decide on your own aesthetic preferences and choose flowers that will feel organically in your garden plot.
Not a whim, but a necessity
It is the flowers that bloom all summer, according to landscape designers, that are responsible for the coziness in the garden plot.
Considering the ease of caring for these plants, you should not deny yourself the pleasure of strolling along a garden path framed by fragrant flowers, or spending time in a gazebo decorated with unusual flowerpots.
You just need to choose the right flowers that can become an integral part of your garden.
