Autumn flowers are the name of the most beautiful plants. What flowers grow in the forest: interesting forest plants The first white flowers grow in a clearing in the forest

Forest is an ecosystem that consists of several components. As for the flora, there are a huge number of species in the forests. First of all, these are trees and shrubs, as well as annual and perennial herbaceous plants, moss and lichens. Forest plants play a key role in the process of photosynthesis, namely they absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen.

Plants in the forest

The forest is primarily made up of trees. Pine and fir grow in coniferous forests, if larch. They occupy the northern stripes of the country. The farther south, the more diverse the vegetation becomes, and in addition to coniferous trees, some broad-leaved species are sometimes found, such as maple, birch, beech, hornbeam, birch. In those natural areas where the forest becomes completely broad-leaved, no coniferous plants are found. Oak and ash, linden and alder, wild apple and chestnut trees grow everywhere here.
There is a wide variety of shrubs in the various forests. These are wild rose and hazel, forest honeysuckle and mountain ash, juniper and, raspberry and warty euonymus, bird cherry and, viburnum and elderberry.

Huge species diversity is represented by annual and perennial grasses in the forest:

In addition to herbs, there are flowers in the forest. These are hill violet and snowdrop, rose and peach-leaved bell, anemone and forest geranium, anemone and corydalis, golden wisteria and wisteria, scylla and saranka, bathing suit and dubrovnik, cuckoo adonis and common oregano, marsh forget-me-not and common sorok.

Use of forest plants

The forest has been a valuable natural resource for people since time immemorial. Wood is used as a building material, a raw material for the manufacture of furniture, utensils, tools, household items and culture. The fruits of shrubs, namely nuts and berries, are used for food, to replenish vitamin reserves, proteins, fats and other valuable substances. There are many medicinal plants among herbs and flowers. They are used in traditional and folk medicine for the manufacture of ointments, decoctions, tinctures and various medicines. Thus, the forest is the most valuable natural object that gives a person a lot of resources for life.

Forests are the lungs of our planet. What a variety lurks in them: flowers of incredible beauty, trees of different types and sizes, unusual forest plants, wild animals. All this beckons to become a visitor. It is especially beautiful here during the period when everything is just beginning to bloom, and an incredible smell languishes in the air.

Flowers in different seasons

Many may wonder what flowers grow in the forest in spring, when snow is still lying almost everywhere. The main and most famous of all include:

• snowdrop;
• violet;
• sleep-grass;
• lungwort.

Along with them, you can also find quite rare flowers that begin to bloom during the snowmelt period. A visitor to the forest can be pleased with flowers such as:

In a sunny hot summer, the forest attracts even more with its unique aromas, colors, and a variety of colors. Indeed, during this period you can easily meet lunar, wild poppy, forget-me-nots, blue cyanosis.

But do not forget that there are also those flowers that begin to bloom in a later period - in the fall. Of course, as a rule, they are not so colorful. But still they surprise and fascinate with their beauty. The main plants of this period include:

• anemone;
• gentian;
• clover;
• kulbaba;
• violets.

non-flowering plants

It often happens that when walking through the forest, the eye can involuntarily stop at a plant that, although it does not have flowers, looks incredibly attractive. These include the following plants, which grow in the forest in almost any climate:

• Kochedyzhnik - belongs to the genus of ferns, has short leaves that are covered with brown scales. Since it reproduces very quickly, it can form thickets.
• Horsetail is a perennial herbaceous plant with a rather interesting texture. It has hard branched spikelets of green color.
• Cuff - a perennial creeping plant, has unremarkable flowers that are collected in umbrellas.

edible berries

In addition to the desire to retire and admire nature, they also go to the forest to pick mushrooms or berries. As for the latter, it is most likely to collect them in summer or autumn.

Often you can find berries such as lingonberries, stone fruits, blueberries, blueberries. All of them are very tasty and are used by humans in food in different forms. Therefore, their search is carried out with great pleasure.

The cranberry is also a resident of the forest, grows in marshy places, is characterized by a sour taste and bright red color.

Of all the listed berries, this one is considered the most useful and healing. It should be noted that even when preserved, it does not lose its properties.

The difference between poisonous berries

Any visitor to the forest simply must know how to distinguish edible berries from poisonous ones. Especially if he plans to eat them. The first sign that a berry can be eaten is the presence of bird droppings on bushes or the ground near the plant, as well as bones or peel from it. Although, of course, such an observation does not give a guarantee.

Almost all forests grow such poisonous berries as wolf's bast (small spherical fruits of bright red color, consumption even in small quantities can be deadly), crow's eye (shiny berries of a burning blue color), hemlock speckled (egg-shaped fruits, very cherry-like).

Forest plants in landscape design

The very idea of ​​using the forest style in landscape design is far from new; it arose in the 18th century as a way to reunite with nature. Stephen Schweitzer, a famous British designer, is considered to be its progenitor.

Today, such a concept as an "eco-style garden" is perfect for admirers and residents of many latitudes, well rooted. The basis of this style is the recreation of a corner of wildlife on the site of your own house.

This is because forest dwellers are considered very unpretentious, which means that the necessary conditions can be created for every need. In addition to this, it is in a well-groomed garden that these forest plants can open up in a completely new way, show all their capabilities. Most often for landing in the garden choose forest plants such as:

Original taken from lycoperdon in forest flowers

Original taken from dobriydoctor on Forest Flower Day

Original taken from tjozka on Forest Flower Day

I am writing this post as an illustration for the upcoming excursion on the theme of forest flowers. No lectures and science, no training - a simple hike-talk-remembrance of the flowers of early summer. A traditional excursion called Forest Flower Day will be held in Keila-Joa Park on the second Saturday of June, that is, June 11th.
This tradition began in 1988 in Denmark, where the Day of the Forest Flower was first celebrated, then in subsequent years Finland, Sweden, Norway, the Faroe Islands and Iceland joined it. For the sixth year already, the Day of the Forest Flower has been celebrated here in Estonia. On this day, free forest excursions are held for everyone to help people remember those plants that they should have remembered with their genetic memory, but forgot in city life. At the same time, there is no task to cover the entire spectrum of plants - this is impossible, and it is not necessary - we will try to recall only the most common ones, characteristic of our area and blooming in early summer.

Most urban residents know the names of birds, for example, chaffinch, thrush, waxwing, but, as a rule, they cannot connect the name, picture and voice of the bird. This can be explained by the fact that in those days when a person was very close to the earth and the forest, everything was natural and simple: a person gave names to those phenomena and objects that he saw, heard and knew well himself, dealing with nature every day. Now people may know the names from books, but the voice and appearance of the birds are already a mystery to them, since the city does not care about the forest dwellers - other "important" things are happening there. It's the same with flowers and plants in general. For example, a common misconception with snowdrops, which are often called different flowers of at least five species, and there is only one real snowdrop! There is a complete confusion with the names of trees: many are not able to distinguish ash from elm, or linden from poplar. Well, with forest flowers - so generally absolute confusion. I confess that not so long ago I myself was one of the same townspeople. I just tried to remember and I needed it. It took - that's the key word!
Any knowledge without active use is very quickly erased from memory, for example, everyone is familiar with this rule when learning foreign languages: if you do not practice a language for a long time, the learned words seem to evaporate from your head. It’s the same with the names of birds or forest flowers - it doesn’t make much sense to remember their names: I’m sure they will be forgotten in a short time, the brain will get rid of them like unnecessary ballast, uselessly loading the memory occupied with more necessary things in the city - and then nothing to do about. So, on excursions with schoolchildren, I never insist on memorizing names, but simply try to stir up interest in everything new and unknown, but there will definitely be one or two especially curious people who are really interested in this knowledge - and this is not so little.
Again, I will say that there is no general picture of the spring or summer forest - the forest changes hourly, so it is only possible to make an instant portrait of the forest at the moment - which is a pity. It is a pity for those who come here only occasionally and think that the forest is the way they see it at the moment - and yet it was different yesterday and tomorrow it will be different and always different.
At first, I did not want to talk about the medicinal properties of flowers - there are specialists and a lot of literature and other sources for this, and everyone who is interested in the topic of medicinal plants can find any information themselves. However, it turned out to be difficult to get around this property, because, when getting acquainted with plants, it is important to be aware of the fact that all of them can be useful, edible, medicinal or, on the contrary, poisonous to one degree or another. And whether they are treated or not is the choice of everyone and a completely different story.

At the moment, many late spring flowers have already faded - anemone, spring rank, soapwort, primrose. Finishes flowering and May lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis), one of the most beautiful and fragrant phenomena of late spring and early summer. Lily of the valley is not only a beautiful forest flower, but also an important medicinal plant. For example, drugs that regulate cardiac activity are produced from its aerial parts.

By autumn, lily of the valley fruits ripen - orange berries the size of a pea. These berries, however, are poisonous and have a specific unpleasant aftertaste, although they are sweetish (some brave eccentric tried them anyway!). The leaves of the lily of the valley dry out quickly and in the fall lose their green color, becoming translucent, like parchment paper. In late autumn, nothing remains of the plant above the ground, except for these pretty, but poisonous peas.

Finishes flowering and bear's onion or wild garlic (Allium ursinum), a lot of which grows in Keila-Joa Park

I already wrote about this once, but I repeat - it’s a very characteristic story. A familiar doctor told me how an excited patient once called her - she made pesto from wild garlic for her husband, and after tasting a little, he did not appreciate the taste of pesto. He asked me to show what he was doing - it turned out that they were lily of the valley leaves. She confused a little - indeed, the leaves of the lily of the valley are a bit like wild garlic leaves. They laughed - from a small number of leaves, probably, there will not even be an upset, but if flowers or berries are already poisoning, it is especially dangerous for children.

Now visible everywhere double-leaved teapot (Maianthemum bifolium), an elegant plant, also of the lily of the valley family.

They write that its flowers smell like strawberries. They really have a pungent aroma, but I would not say strawberry - it seems to me that it has some kind of chemical smell. In autumn, fruits ripen near the mine - small raspberry berries ripen from these white flowers, resembling lingonberries. The leaves of the miner dry up early and then the plant is difficult to recognize, the main thing is not to confuse its berries with any others - because they are poisonous.

Kupena fragrant, Solomon's seal (Polygonatum odoratum), also from the lily of the valley family and, like the lily of the valley, is a poisonous plant. Despite this, it is used in folk medicine. A decoction of rhizomes is prescribed for diseases of the respiratory tract. An infusion of the herb is used as an antipyretic and diuretic. The leaves are applied to wounds and abscesses. In short, everything is treated too. When boiled, toxic substances are destroyed and the rhizomes of the kupena, rich in starch, become edible after boiling in salt water. Young white seedlings are used like asparagus as a vegetable plant - they are boiled, stewed and baked.

Another flower, similar in structure and shape to a lily of the valley and a mink - Wintergreen (Pyrola rotundifolia). However, wintergreen belongs to the heather family. Also a very valuable medicinal plant, traditional medicine treats almost everything with wintergreen, but mainly its antiseptic properties are used. All wintergreens grow, as a rule, in coniferous forests.

Next to the round-leaved wintergreen, you can often find another wintergreen plant - single-flowered large-flowered (Moneses uniflora), popularly funny called tiliteika. According to its properties, tiliteika is close to all wintergreens, and there are many types of them. It must be remembered that her leaves are poisonous, although they are used in decoctions. Here are the people - they are not afraid of any poison!

Tilitheyka has an unusual flower, it always looks down with an umbrella.

Well, since we are talking about flowers that look like bells, like those of lilies of the valley, we cannot help but notice another plant that blooms profusely with white flowers that look like lilies of the valley up close. Although it is not a flower, it is beautiful. Harvest will be in September!

Oxalis (Oxalis acetosella), popularly known by the name "hare cabbage", has already faded, however, its recognizable leaves will accompany us in the forest all summer.

Oxalic acid leaves contain salts of oxalic acid, which is why it has a sour taste. It also has vitamin C and is quite edible even when raw. Soups or salads can be prepared from sorrel leaves, replacing sorrel with them. Oxalis leaves are able to fold along and droop, for example, before the onset of inclement weather or at night. However, the lowering of the leaves can also be caused by hitting them lightly, then the leaves will drop within a few minutes. The fruits of oxalis - a greenish ball - at the end of a thin stalk are slightly larger than hemp grains, capable of exploding on touch. If you squeeze it with two fingers, then the fruit will "shoot" with its seeds. This method of throwing out seeds is sometimes found in the plant kingdom. On the side of the seed there is a spring that works when ripe. When "shot" from the fruit of the oxalis, several small seeds fly out.

Stars are visible everywhere in the forest European seventh week (Trientalis europaea). This flower is interesting in that its corolla is seven-parted, the flower also has seven stamens, and very often it also has seven leaves.

Traditional medicine uses an infusion of the roots of the sedmichnik for internal use as an emetic and diaphoretic. An infusion of the herb is used internally for general weakness, as well as an external anti-inflammatory and wound healing agent, for tumors of inflammatory and traumatic origin.

The next flower in terms of recognition and frequency of occurrence is starwort oak or lanceolate (Stellaria holostea).

The starfish got its name, probably because of the flowers, resembling a cluster of small stars.

As Wikipedia says, in folk medicine, decoctions of stellate leaves are used as a medicine for diseases of the liver, lungs and heart, as well as for radiculitis, rheumatism, festering and bleeding wounds, it also helped with hernias. The decoction is used for skin diseases, coughs, aching joints, colds, stomach pains, poultices are used as painkillers. (And why don’t these forest herbs cure!)
A relative of the starfish - wood louse, medium chickweed (Stellaria media). All gardeners are well aware of this annoying garden weed, a small but productive grass.

But it is not only edible, but also useful! Previously, it was collected for salads, and a thirst-quenching drink was prepared from the juice. The juice has also been used medicinally to treat sore eyes.

Now everywhere you can see the umbrellas of plants, many of whom are familiar by the names of angelica or porridge. This is one of the most common representatives of umbrella - forest kupyr or chervil, carrot, pipe (Anthriscus sylvestris), a relative of the carrot.
From spring young leaves of kupyr, which have a strong pleasant smell, and lower fleshy stems (mixed with leaves of other odorless salad plants), vitamin salads, botvinia, okroshka are prepared. Boiled roots can also be used in salads. Stems and leaves can be pickled and fermented. Kupyr forest - a valuable May-June honey plant, gives nectar. And traditional medicine treats with kupyr, it seems, everything in the world of disease. Here you just can’t be mistaken: unfortunately, there are a lot of poisonous twins in the umbrella family, for example, spotted hemlock (Conium maculatum) and kokory or dog parsley (Aethusa cynapium), so before you send the plant to the kitchen, you need to get to know it well and better with the help of experts.

Another of the most famous and recognizable umbrella - goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria). This is truly a ubiquitous plant. Snotweed grows not only in the forest, but also in gardens and orchards, it is very difficult to get it out of it, so snoot is the most unloved weed by gardeners. But the plant is very interesting and valuable in all respects: food, vitamin, melliferous, medicinal and fodder. Young leaves and petioles of goutweed are suitable for eating as a salad, for making cabbage soup or borscht instead of cabbage. Goutweed greens have a pleasant smell and are used as a condiment. Leaf petioles are salted and marinated, they are used to prepare vegetable caviar and side dishes. Snyt is a good honey plant, comparable to such a wonderful honey plant as Ivan-tea.

Ordinary umbrellas made of small goutweed flowers look very beautiful when magnified.

Sandman dioecious or forest (Melandrium dioicum) or Smolyovka dioecious, belonging to the clove family. Sometimes it is unknowingly mistaken for a wild carnation.

In the people, the nap is called a slumber-cracker, because its cup is swollen like a cracker. Some types of droma are protected. At the time of flowering, it emits a light, pleasant aroma.

Everywhere recognizable by its drooping heads of flowers, river beetle (Geum rivale)

Rhizomes and aerial parts of the plant serve as medicinal raw materials for river gravilate. Preparations from it have a hemostatic, astringent, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, tonic, hemostatic, analgesic, wound healing and diaphoretic action. It is prescribed after serious illnesses and physical fatigue. Preparations from the plant's gravilate are effective against snake venom.

Forest geranium (Geranium sylvaticum) is now blooming in the forest, its flowers are quite large, purple or almost purple, arranged two on a pedicel.

Geraniums are popularly called cranes, as they find that its fruits resemble crane beaks. The word "geranium" from the Greek literally "crane". Geranium preparations have an antitoxic effect on snake venoms, which confirms their use by Chinese doctors for snake bites.

In the fields and on the edges, meadow geranium also blooms with large flowers of five lilac-blue or blue-violet petals. And in the picture below blood red geranium (Geranium sanguineum). It grows in meadows and forest edges, forming a beautiful dense curtain covered with numerous carmine-reddish flowers during flowering. Often its cultivated forms can be seen in gardens as an ornamental plant.

Forest forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica) is found everywhere

For the similarity of the leaves of some of its species with the ears of mice, the ancient Greeks called the flower Myosotis - "mouse ear". In Russia, the forget-me-not was sometimes called gourd, feverish grass, pretty. For medicinal purposes, grass (stems, leaves, flowers), flowers and roots are used. A decoction of the roots is used internally as an anti-febrile agent, externally - for washings and poultices in the treatment of conjunctivitis, with "night blindness" (hemeralopia).

Almost everywhere on the edges, along the roads and paths can be found oak veronica (Veronica chamaedrys)- a glorious forest flower, barely noticeable in the grass, which many city people unknowingly call forget-me-not. The oak forest has a relative - Veronica officinalis, and from the name it is clear that it is she who is just medicinal. But according to all the descriptions that I have read, it seems that oak veronica is no less medicinal and also treats all diseases in a row.

Dandelions have faded, setting the main yellow color background of the fields in May. But even now the yellow color prevails in the fields, on the edges and meadows, along the roads. Now colza and bedstraw are blooming. Common colza (Barbarea vulgaris) Cabbage family.

Salads are prepared from young rosette leaves of colza in spring. Sprouted seeds are added to first courses, sprinkled with meat dishes and sandwiches. Currently, colza seed oil is used in the canning industry and bakery production. From the flowers of the colza, a yellow dye is made for fabrics made from natural fibers. In folk medicine, it is used as a diuretic, wound healing, tonic.

Simultaneously with the colza it blooms and jaundice (Erysimum cheiranthoides), similar to the colza plant of the Cabbage family, growing, however, with separate stems. Jaundice grows in dry meadows, hillsides, river sands in small groups. Often found near roads and settlements. Jaundice is a slightly poisonous plant, but at the same time it is quite widely used in folk medicine, for example, as a heart remedy in the treatment of hypertension.

Still turning yellow in some places Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris)- abundantly growing along the banks of reservoirs, along swampy marshy lowlands, in swampy forests and meadows, a perennial ornamental flowering plant of the ranunculaceae family (Ranunculaceae), but it is already fading.

The Russian name "kaluzhnitsa" - comes from the dialect "kaluga" - "swamp, swamp". Dahl's dictionary gives synonyms for marigold: yellow-eyed, yellow-headed, yellow St.
Kaluga grows in swamps, wet meadows, along the banks of reservoirs. Kaluzhnitsa is a slightly poisonous plant and therefore, probably :) is used in folk medicine, like many other flowers and herbs.
Marigold leaves scalded with boiling water, wrapped in gauze, are used as an anti-inflammatory, wound healing and analgesic for burns, ulcers, eczema, and allergic rashes. Or use a decoction of the leaves for washing and bathing. In small doses, an infusion or decoction of marigold is drunk for colds, high fever.

When the white anemone fades, then in its place appears yellow buttercup anemone (Anemone ranunculoides), folk names kozelets, toad's potion. Lute anemone is one of the shortest flowering plants, so I'm not sure that we will have time to see it in bloom. Anemone root juice is used to treat warts. The infusion is used for palpitations, as a diuretic for edema, kidney disease, as an expectorant. Like all buttercups, the whole plant is poisonous. Often used as an ornamental plant.

The meadows fill in June caustic buttercup (Ranunculus acris) or popularly "night blindness".

Buttercup is very poisonous, as it contains a special substance protoanemonin - and therefore "night blindness". Even in the leaves of buttercup found such substances as ascorbic acid, carotene, vitamin C, alkaloids, saponins. All parts of the plant are poisonous. For example, avoid contact with wounds, cuts, scratches. The use of buttercup was quite popular for headaches and neuralgic pains, gout, and rheumatism.

You can not pass by the meadow, which blooms together oak maryannik (Melampyrum nemorosum), a popular flower, called Ivan da Marya. Oak maryannik is a herbaceous annual plant from the norichnikovye family (Scrophulariaceae), with yellow flowers and bright blue upper leaves-bracts. It often grows in groves and meadows, often in the shade, along forest edges. The plant is poisonous.

This flower is often mentioned in folk legends and fairy tales. The flower was plucked for the holiday of Ivan Kupala. It was believed that he had magical properties. Often, when describing a maryannik, lines from ancient legends are cited, for example: “Whoever wants to run away from the chase or fly valiantly on a nag, carry the flower of Ivan da Marya with you. Others give to drink the juice squeezed from this flower in order to regain hearing or a lost mind. The plant is insecticidal and anti-inflammatory, the freshly ground herb and its powder speed up wound healing.

There are a lot of plants of the legume family, relatives of peas, in the forest. already faded spring rank or spring sochevnik (Lathyrus vernus)- a very beautiful spring flower. But he is still recognizable in the forest by his large leaves and boxes of ripe beans on the stems. Perhaps we will meet her relatives that bloom in summer - the meadow rank and the forest rank. The whole chiny plant is medicinal.

Horned Lotus (Lotus corniculatus) is a perennial herbaceous plant of the legume family. During the flowering period, the plant is poisonous, so care must be taken with it. At this time, poisoning of animals occurs (more often - small cattle and geese). In case of poisoning, a violation of cardiac activity and even death is noted, inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract is also possible. However, before flowering, the plant is considered a good food for animals. Good honey plant. Used as a sedative and wound healing agent.

Another plant of the legume family is mouse pea. Quite different types of peas are often called mouse, and there are at least a hundred of them. For example, I myself used to call this mouse peas, but it actually turned out to be fence peas (Vicia sepium) although the differences are small. But all peas are relatives, both among themselves and garden peas too.

Red clover is common with us - a plant familiar to everyone by its reddish-purple flower caps and triple leaves. The Latin name for clover is trifolium, which literally means shamrock. Clover grows everywhere in clearings and forest edges, in meadows. During its flowering, the meadows are filled with a delicate aroma emanating from flowers, and the buzzing of bees and bumblebees, which are very fond of clover. Clover is an excellent fodder plant and is used for medicinal purposes. Fresh leaves are added to salads and used as a dressing for greens. In the old days, crushed leaves were added to flour when baking rye bread, as well as in the manufacture of cheeses and sauces. In the Caucasus, young clover heads are fermented like cabbages and added to salads in winter.
And this is a relative of the meadow - medium clover (Trifolium medium), it has more elongated leaves that do not have a whitish pattern, like the meadow.

Here's another yellow flower - a dandelion? It looks like, but only its leaves are different - even along the edges, covered with small hairs. This is hairy hawkweed (Hieracium pilosella). Hawkweed is a medicinal, melliferous, poisonous and ornamental plant. The hawkweed is a very diverse plant with at least 15,000 species. In folk medicine, inflorescences are used for diseases of the stomach, jaundice, to stimulate appetite, for pulmonary tuberculosis, for fevers, abscesses in the throat, as a hemostatic agent.

Potentilla (Potentilla) is a genus of plants from the rose family, the largest in terms of the number of species. The name of the genus comes from the Latin potents - "powerful", "strong", due to the healing properties attributed to some representatives of this genus. Its most characteristic representatives are goose cinquefoil and erect cinquefoil (galangal-grass). Many species are cultivated and used as ornamentals in gardens.
Potentilla erecta (Potentílla erecta) used in folk medicine for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, for inflammatory diseases of the oral cavity, in dermatology. The rhizomes of Potentilla erectus are part of drugs that have antimicrobial, astringent and anti-inflammatory effects.

Silver Potentilla (Potentilla argentea) is also a medicinal plant. They write that it also cures all diseases.

Ivy Budra (Glechoma hederaceae)- a plant of the yasnotkovy family, popularly called forty-weed, dog mint, catnip.
The Latin name glechoma comes from the Greek glykys "sweet, pleasant" in reference to the smell of the plant. Carl Linnaeus gave the name glechoma boudre because in those days it was added to flavor soups in the same way as pennyroyal was added to wines. Hederacea, which means "ivy-shaped", arose due to the fact that the budra resembles ivy (lat. Hedera) in the structure of the stem and leaves.

The Latin name budry in translation means “ivy mint”, which reflects the similarity of the external appearance of the plant with ivy and mint. Budra grows under shrubs, in forests, meadows and near dwellings. I have a lot of them in my garden too. Budra has a pleasant aroma and can be used as an herbal tea. It contains, among other things, ascorbic acid. It is used as an expectorant, treats gastrointestinal diseases, diseases of the kidneys, liver, etc. In the old days, it was used instead of hops in the manufacture of beer.
And the flowers at the budra look like snapdragons.

And here is nettle white, or deaf nettle (Lamium album). The hue of the flowers is usually white, sometimes purple, yellow or pink. Laminaria grows everywhere: on lawns, in parks, along fences and roads, on the edges of forests and near water bodies. Outwardly, it resembles nettle leaves with its leaves, but does not have stinging hairs, and between the rows of leaves it has pretty white or slightly yellowish flowers resembling snapdragons, which are excellent honey plants.
In folk medicine, yasnitka is used to improve expectoration; for a blood-purifying effect in various internal bleeding, as well as an anti-inflammatory and astringent for pneumonia, bronchitis and bronchial asthma. Young leaves can be used as food, they taste like spinach.

European hoof (Asarum europaeum) is a perennial herbaceous evergreen plant. Its leathery leaves, repeating the shape of a horse's hoof (which is why the hoof), remain under the snow all winter and fall off only in summer. The hoof blooms with brownish flowers, with a purple inner surface, which are not visible under the leaves, but the fruits ripened in June attract ants with their smell, and it is in June that they feed their larvae. By dragging the fruits of the hoof through the forest, the ants thus help it to multiply.
The hoof has a peculiar pleasant peppery smell. In Estonian, it is called so - metspipar - forest pepper. And the British, for this smell, especially strong if its leaves are rubbed in the hands, call the hoof wild ginger. In Russian, its folk names also correspond: forest pepper, wild pepper, hare root, earthen incense, wine root and many more peculiar names.

Euphorbia rod-shaped (Euphorbia virgata).

But it would be necessary to stop - it is worth going a little to the side or postponing your story for at least a day - and the number of heroes increases many times, while others go into the shadows until the next season. Therefore, with an incredible effort of will, I finish the story for today, but, it is clear that the continuation follows: everything follows in accordance with the order established by heaven. At least today I covered those main flowers that we are sure to come across on the trail on Saturday. And other wonderful heroes, although they remained uncovered, each of them deserves a separate story another time.

Our orchids are blooming right now.
Orchid male (Orchis mascula) Orchid family (Orchidaceae)

Ferns are not covered - also a big topic,

horsetail theme,

swamp theme (here with blooming wild rosemary, for example)

Stop stop - there are still many different flowers and herbs ahead. And they are all in the forests and fields.
So it's better to see it live once than a hundred times in the photo.
Therefore, at the first opportunity, everyone is in the forest!

Names of autumn forest flowers

Even at the end of summer, many flowers begin to bloom. The process continues until the first frost, delighting with colorful colors and juicy shades of lovers of walking through the autumn forest. Modest, but original look:

• clover;
• gentian;
• nivyanik;
• bloodroot;
• cumin.

In September and until the end of October, you can enjoy the unusual appearance of the oak maryannik, umbrella hawk, meadow calico, black cohosh, various violets, and goldenrod. No less attractive are autumn kulbaba, twisted bell, oregano. In the photo below you can see how cute and gentle the flowering of autumn anemones looks.

autumn forest flowers

Garden autumn flowers: the most popular varieties

However, not only in the forest various flowers bloom. Various decorative autumn flowers decorate the garden effectively and in an original way.

In September, they begin to bloom:

• left hand;
• decorative cannes;
• pansies;
• geranium;
• gladioli;
• some varieties of heather;
• marigold;
• calendula;
• coleus.

On a note! You can decorate the garden at the end of summer with cosmea, ornamental cabbage, echinacea, sweet pea, coreopsis, perennial cornflower, pinnate carnation.

A special place in the flower beds is traditionally given to asters. They are attractive:

• a variety of varieties;
• abundant and long flowering;
• different heights, allowing them to be included in any flower beds;
• frost resistant.

Asters are perennial and annual. They continue to bloom until the onset of cold weather and do not require complex care. It is enough to provide them with full watering and periodically loosen the soil.

Asters: garden autumn flowers

The autumn garden is beautifully decorated with hairy rudbeckia, characterized by orange and bright yellow petals. The flower looks like a large chamomile. The height of this representative of the world of flora is 45-65 cm. Its leaves are rough and slightly elongated. Rudbeckia blooms until frost. When growing it in a summer cottage, it is recommended to provide the flower with a sufficient amount of moisture and fertilization.

Note! Rudbeckia will be an excellent element in the design of rockeries and lawns, organically combined even with coniferous shrubs.

Autumn flowers: hairy rudbeckia

Another great fall garden solution is zinnia. This flower is also known as majoriki or majors. The shape of the inflorescences is different, due to the characteristics of the variety. There are small, terry, large and simple zinnias. Some of the species reach 10 cm in inflorescence diameter.

The flower strikes with a variety of the most juicy, cheerful, bright shades. Zinnias are suitable for decoration:

• balconies;
• flowerbeds;
• discount;
• microborders.

Its successful cultivation involves the formation of protection from strong winds and the choice of a sunny place for growing. Majoriki also need nutritious soil.

perennial autumn flowers

Perennial autumn flowers are a wonderful decoration for the garden. There are many types of such plants. However, some of them deserve special attention.

Among the brightest representatives of this time of year, gelenium is worth noting. Terry flowers look especially attractive. This perennial is distinguished by a richness of colors that range from red-orange to lemon yellow. Gelenium inflorescences are small, and the height can reach 1.5 meters. Growing this representative of the world of flora involves the systematic application of fertilizers and abundant watering.

Perennial autumn flowers: gelenium

Another plant that blooms in autumn is echinacea, which is notable for its unpretentiousness. A unique feature of this flower is the ability to cope with pests on its own. Echinacea is not afraid of various diseases. However, it needs full soil moisture and protection from weeds.

On a note! Slightly alkaline soil is suitable for growing echinacea. She needs well-drained soil. Optimally choose a sunny site.

When the flowering of this autumn representative ends, you need to shortly cut the stem, after which the flower is spudded with compost or a fertile substrate.

Echinacea: perennial autumn flowers

Perennial dahlias, which do not require complex care, deserve special attention in the design of the autumn garden. However, the cultivation of these flowers must be correct so that the bush turns out to be strong, strong, and flowering is plentiful. Dahlias need:

• hilling;
• moderate watering;
• weed removal;
• systematic removal of stepchildren;
• regular feeding.

Dahlias: perennial autumn flowers

Garden perennial chrysanthemums are another great garden solution. These flowers come in a wide variety of varieties. That is why on the plot they always look beautiful and harmonious. During the growing season, perennials need a lot of moisture. For irrigation, it is recommended to use settled, soft water.

Note! It is impossible to allow the soil to dry out in chrysanthemums. Otherwise, the leaves and buds will collapse.

Garden perennial chrysanthemums

With the onset of cold weather, watering is practically not required for perennials. Weekly chrysanthemums need top dressing in the form of complex fertilizers.

Annuals for the autumn garden

Among the annuals that bloom in autumn, there are several of the most popular and sought-after species by summer residents. One of the first on this list will be the immortelle, whose analogue name is hylechrysum. Most of the varieties of this plant are annuals. The flower is orange, yellow, red, pinkish-coral. When planting immortelle, it is recommended to choose a sunny place on a hill. You can include it in the design of the alpine slides.

Immortelle: an annual autumn flower

Very often, tagetes, better known as marigolds, become the decoration of a personal plot in the fall. These common annuals need:

• summer pruning, allowing you to form attractive lush bushes;
• systematic loosening of the soil;
• regular weeding.

It is very important to remember that marigolds need oxygen. That is why dense soil is unacceptable for them. It is regularly recommended to remove all wilted inflorescences. This will allow the tagetes to bloom more actively and more magnificently.

When growing these bright garden annuals, it is necessary to take care of the active moistening of the earth in the first half of the summer season. The plant requires intensive nutrition. He will also need top dressing, for which it is best to use mineral compounds. If you neglect the above rules for caring for marigolds, in the fall there will be plants with small, nondescript inflorescences and weak leaves in the flower bed.

Marigolds: annual autumn flowers

Note! Oversaturation of the soil with moisture also does not like the tagetes. Too damp soil leads to the formation of fungal diseases of the root system, from which the flowers die altogether. After withering, marigolds should be removed from the flower bed in a timely manner.

Video: autumn flowers

With the appearance of the first flowers in our gardens, real spring begins. These tender touching creatures, which appear before others, fill the soul of any gardener with joyful awe. I offer a selection of flowers that are the very first to wake up after a winter sleep.

1. Snowdrop (galanthus)

This flower is familiar to everyone since childhood. Who does not remember the fairy tale "12 months"? These unpretentious touching flowers with white bell flowers are among the first to appear in early spring. Snowdrops bloom for about a month, they tolerate temperature extremes well and are not afraid of early spring frosts.

2. Scilla (scylla)

Scilla is sometimes called a blue snowdrop, because of its resemblance to the latter, and also because it appears as soon as the snow melts. In fact, they are different plants. These blue or blue flowers also do not frighten spring frosts.

3. Hellebore

The name itself suggests that it blooms in the cold. In the south, hellebore blooms in winter, at the end of February. Its buds and flowers are not afraid of frost or snow.

4. Erantis (spring)

These sunny golden blooms will add mood to a dull spring garden. Erantis also blooms in early spring, in March-April, and is not afraid of frost and snowfall.

5. Primula (primrose)

There are many varieties of this plant, only a small part of them is grown in culture. Primroses bloom profusely and for a long time in early spring, in some species repeated autumn flowering is possible.

6. Lungwort

Lungwort blooms in April-May. Grows well in light, well-drained soils. After flowering, it forms many colorful leaves.

7. Crocus

Bright low crocus flowers also appear along with the first spring warmth. Crocuses bloom for a short time, only 5-7 days, without a transplant in one place they can grow up to 5 years. There are types of crocuses that prefer to bloom in autumn.

8. Periwinkle

The evergreen periwinkle retains its foliage even under snow. As soon as the soil begins to thaw, it forms new shoots, and in April it is covered with pale blue flowers.

9. Adonis or Adonis

Bright yellow, like little suns, adonis flowers appear on the very first fine spring days. Prefer well-lit areas and light fertile soil.

Chistyak spring appears immediately after the snow melts. Its cute yellow flowers fully bloom only in the bright sun, that is, in the middle of the day, and close in cloudy weather and at night.

11. Liverwort

The liverwort is popularly called the coppice, because it does not like open places and grows only in the forest. Her elegant, bright blue lush bouquets are so nice to find in the forest after a long winter.

12. Violet

Fragrant violet is a perennial early spring plant. During flowering, the whole district is filled with its aroma. In the south, if a warm long autumn is issued, the violet may bloom again in October-November. And it happens that its flowering continues all winter.

13. Muscari

Muscari or mouse hyacinth is a perennial bulbous plant. Its tiny bell flowers are collected in racemose inflorescences of blue, blue, purple or white, depending on the species. There are also bicolor species of this plant.

14. Whiteflower

The spring belotsvetnik blooms in April for 20-30 days. The height of the plant is 20-20 cm. Green or yellow spots are clearly visible at the ends of its white bell flowers.

15. Chionodoxa

Chionodox appears in early spring, it is also called the snow beauty. The leaves of this plant appear at the same time as the buds. Flowers can be solitary or collected in small inflorescences. Chionodox is white, blue, blue or pink.

16. Pushkinia

Pushkinia is a herbaceous bulbous plant 15-20 cm high. The flowers are collected in racemose inflorescences of white or blue color. Blooms in early spring.

17. Corydalis

Unpretentious frost-resistant plant, blooms in early spring. Corydalis reaches a height of up to 20 cm. After flowering, its ground part dies off, after which the plant is not afraid of any mechanical impact, it does not care about trampling or digging.

18. Iridodictium (iris net)

These tiny bulbous irises bloom in April and give off a pleasant fragrance. They reach a height of 10 cm. They grow well in sunny areas, but they also tolerate slight shading.

19. Kaluzhnitsa

Kaluzhnitsa is very similar to chistyak, but these plants still have differences. The foliage is preserved until October, this is their main difference. Prefers well-moistened swampy soils.

20. Anemone or anemone

This plant is called anemone because the petals of most species fall off easily in the wind. Depending on the species, anemones may bloom in early spring, summer or autumn.

21. Hyacinth

Hyacinth can rightfully be considered a favorite of the spring garden for its spectacular inflorescences and amazing intoxicating aroma. These plants begin to bloom in April and delight with a rich palette of shades of white, blue, orange, yellow and pink.

22. Hyacinthoides

Another early spring plant. Outwardly, this plant resembles a blueberry, but has larger and elongated flowers. There are plants of white, blue and pink flowers. Blooms for a long time, up to three weeks

23. Bulbocodium (brandushka)

This is a very beautiful stemless multicolor, forms 2-4 flowers surrounded by leaves. It blooms for two weeks, spreading an intoxicating aroma around itself.

24. Brunner (forget-me-not)

Herbaceous perennial up to 40 cm high. This unpretentious frost-resistant plant grows well in shady corners of the garden. The flowers are small, collected in apical inflorescences. Blooms in May.

25. Tulip

Wild varieties of tulips, unlike their cultivated counterparts, bloom much earlier, as early as April. In total, there are more than 100 species of this plant.

26. Narcissus