What are flowers planted in? What flowers to plant in the garden and how. Vertical gardening and planting flowers in groups
Flowers are a real decoration of the yard, which is why flowerbeds of various colors and shapes can be seen on almost any suburban area. Growing these crops is no more difficult, and sometimes even easier, than cultivating fruit-bearing plants. But flowers make it possible to get aesthetic pleasure from being at their summer cottage. How to grow them, what are the secrets of rich lush flower beds? When to plant flowers for seedlings and how to make them grow strong and healthy?
Before you go to the store for seeds to start growing seedlings of flowers (because you really want to see in your country house beautiful flower beds), it is necessary to familiarize yourself with those varieties and species that need seedling cultivation. Indeed, in fact, many of the flowering plants quite manage to grow and bloom during the summer simply from seeds sown in the ground.
So, both perennials and annual plants with a long growing season. They can also be planted for seedlings if the owner household plots dreaming about blooming garden already at the beginning or middle of summer. In general, absolutely any flowers can be grown using a seedling method, if there is a desire that the dacha looks like a flower bed throughout the entire gardening season.
But there are plants that are sown for seedlings more often than other crops; in particular, it is:
- lobelia;
- gerbera;
- ageratum;
- nasturtium;
- marigold;
- phloxes;
- begonia;
- zinnia;
- Snapdragon.
There are also other species and varieties that need seedling cultivation. In any case, for this you will need seeds that can be collected with your own hands at the end of last season or purchased at gardening stores. And here, too, you should not lose your vigilance: cunning sellers may try to slip you, as an inexperienced summer resident, low-quality material that may not rise at all. To prevent this from happening, carefully study the packages with seeds, carefully read the expiration dates.
Snapdragon - seeds
On a note! It is best to buy the freshest flower seeds - so there is a greater chance that they have good germination. Unfortunately, over time, they lose this quality. Ideally, if the seed sale period ends no later than the end of the current year or the next.
It is also advisable to make a choice in favor of those seed producers about which you know at least something. It is undesirable to purchase seedlings that are packaged in incomprehensible and damaged bags, even if they are offered at a big discount.
It is also important to evaluate the growing conditions that your chosen flowers need. Read these conditions and choose the crops that you can provide necessary quantity sun, shade, moisture, and also make them exactly the flower bed on which they will be comfortable.
On a note! In shaded areas, lobelia and balsam take root perfectly. And they are not afraid of a short-term drought of nasturtiums, marigolds, phloxes. A long-blooming flower is a petunia that can delight you daily and for a long time, which is why it is considered the queen of country beds.
General sowing rules
Any plant has its own requirements for growing conditions, but there are some general rules, which combine the procedures for sowing seeds of any flowers. Majority experienced gardeners, of course, are familiar with these nuances, but it will be interesting for a beginner to learn about them.
To begin with, you should take care of the inventory that you may need for a successful procedure. These are all kinds of containers for sowing seeds, diving seedlings. In order not to spend extra money, which, as you know, does not exist, you can take care of the containers in advance and have time to collect a lot of jars of food and drinks. These containers may well make a good container for flowers.
For watering the soil with sown seeds, it is better to purchase a spray gun - it will not wash the soil and will not disturb the flower seeds, which are usually very small. The grown seedlings can be watered with a watering can with a thin spout.
Watering can for flowers "Pumpkin", 1 l
On a note! Before sowing seeds, take care of the labels with the names of the varieties that you will grow.
Preparation of seeds, containers and soil for sowing
Before you start sowing seeds, you need to put in order the container for the soil, the soil itself and prepare the seeds directly. To begin with, all the selected ones need to be perforated, that is, to make drainage system- pierce several holes at the bottom of the containers through which excess moisture will flow. If you are too lazy to do this, then you can buy ready-made pots for seedlings, which are sold in huge quantities in stores. Then all jars and boxes should be thoroughly washed with soap and water, and then with a soda solution.
On a note! It is good if a layer of expanded clay is placed at the bottom of each jar or box as a drainage material.
Soil for seedlings without fail undergoes a disinfection process. It can be steamed, ignited or spilled with a pink solution of potassium permanganate. After that, it is important to dry the earth well.
Flower seeds should be prepared for planting - disinfection should be carried out. They are soaked for 12 hours in a weak solution of potassium permanganate. This will protect the seed from various diseases. You can also carry out the stratification procedure - it will help speed up the process of the appearance of the first shoots. To do this, the seeds are soaked for 12 hours in clean water, and then the container with them should be removed in the refrigerator for the same time. After that, they are returned to a warm room again, and then back to the refrigerator. The procedure is carried out until the seeds begin to germinate.
On a note! This procedure will improve the resistance of plants to low temperatures air.
As different types flowers can have different periods of vegetation and the beginning of flowering, then it should be in different time. To find out when to sow seeds, the instruction will help, which is necessarily printed on each package with seedlings. But the table below will help you roughly navigate the timing.
Table. Planting time for seedlings.
| Month | What do we do |
|---|---|
| This month we sow the seeds of those flowers that germinate the longest and grow the slowest. For example, tuberous begonia blooms only six months after sowing, Shabo carnation gives the first flowers no earlier than 5-6 months. Also in January, those plants are sown, the seeds of which are subjected to mandatory stratification - these are clematis, aquilegia, gentians, princes, irises, prolomnik, jeffersonia, perennial violet, backache, lavender, most bulbous flowers. By the way, if begonia is sown in December or January, then its tubers will be better formed and stored than those of the later, March one. Tugovshye seeds, which have a thick skin, are also sown in January. This month you can plant sage and salvia, perennial daisy and other species. |
| Throughout February, flower seeds are sown, which germinate and grow for a long time. You can also plant those that are recommended for the beginning of cultivation in January. They also sow fuchsia, pelargonium, balsam, plants for loggias and baskets. February is the time of planting petunia, lobelia, salvia, lavender, heliotrope. Pay attention to the requirements of seedlings for light - for some of these crops, it is important to observe a long daylight hours, which means that additional lighting will have to be arranged. |
| March flowers are verbena, echinacea, cleoma, lobularia, iberis, bluebells, annual phlox, levkoy, iberisoloist brachykoma. You can still have time to sow the plants that are usually planted in February. At the beginning of the month, pelargoniums, coleus are sown, and at the end - penstemon, annual aster, ageratum, alissum, helichrysum. Also, do not forget about marigolds and snapdragon- unpretentious, but beautiful flowers. And they bloom until the coldest. |
| In April, it is too late to start sowing all of the above flowers, but you can plant delphiniums, dahlias, scabiosa, helipterum, calendula, aquilegia, amaranth. Sometimes you can still have time to plant March flowers - these are marigolds, ageratum, annual aster. |
Often gardeners come to the rescue when determining the timing of sowing seeds. It marked auspicious days to carry out certain gardening work in accordance with the lunar cycles. As you know, the Moon has a significant impact on all living organisms that live on earth, including plants. For example, all bulbs are recommended to be planted during the waxing moon, but seeds are planted during the full moon. However, if you plant the seeds on another day, no big trouble will happen. Perhaps the germination of sprouts will be slightly lower, or maybe you will not notice at all that the seedlings feel a little worse. So you can not pay special attention to the lunar calendar.
Planting seeds
Now let's get acquainted with step by step instructions by sowing flower seeds. There is nothing complicated here.
Step 1. Let's start with primrose seeds as one of the most commonly grown flower plant. We fill the containers prepared for seedlings with drainage material and treated soil, lightly ramming. After that, moisten a little with a spray bottle.
Step 2 We open a bag of seeds and carefully take them on our finger (be careful - they are very small) and carefully, as if we are salting the food, sprinkle the soil with them.
Step 3 The soil, along with the seeds, is once again slightly moistened with water from a spray bottle.
Step 4 We close the container with a lid or polyethylene. Do not forget to write on the container the name of the variety or type of flowers. We remove the container in the refrigerator on the lower shelf for stratification for 3 weeks.
To choose one or another landing method garden plants, you will not only have to look at beautiful illustrations in specialized catalogs, but also learn about the features of the formation of landscape groups. Good taste is not enough to plant flowers in the garden as your fantasy suggests. It is necessary to follow the rules of compatibility, because some cultures can suppress others or bloom at the same time, and for the rest of the time your site will seem empty. Even beautiful and well-groomed plants, selected according to natural conditions plot, will not make a good impression if planted in disorder, without regard for the decorative features of each species. There are several basic ways to plant flowers, and for each type of composition, plants are selected in a special way. Height, shape, flowering time, course of development during the summer season are taken into account. You will learn how to properly and beautifully plant flowers in the garden by reading this material.
Vertical gardening and planting flowers in groups
"Vertical gardening" is commonly called the design of vertical surfaces (building facades, fences, trellis or pergolas) with plants.For such nice fit flowers, you can use both perennial shrub decorative leaf (,) and flowering () lianas, as well as ampelous herbaceous plants. With such landscaping, it is desirable to use supports (wooden, metal, etc.). In a small garden, a group is a composition of herbaceous plants, shrubs, dwarf forms of trees, which, in imitation of nature, has free outlines. In a simple group, plants of one species are used, in a mixed group, two or more.
Plants are chosen in such a way that their visible part is stably decorative.
So that in groups, as proper agricultural technology suggests, plants that lose their beauty after flowering and “ankle-legged” (little leafy in the lower part) plants are planted in the middle and background, so that the plantings in front hide all the shortcomings.
Planting flowers in the flower bed and in containers
The composition of the correct geometric shape - in the form of a circle, square, polygon - is usually intended for a circular view. Flower beds are placed in the front parts of the garden, for example, at the entrance to the house. Therefore, it is important that they attract attention throughout the season.
These plants are not afraid spring frosts. In early summer, cold-resistant flowers are replaced by heat-loving perennials, and flowering continues until autumn.
Containers are used where it is impossible to create permanent flower beds - in hard-surfaced areas, on balconies.
This is very practical idea planting flowers to decorate the site, allowing you to create mobile compositions, change the look of the garden at the discretion of the owner. Not all plants are suitable for such plantings.
First of all, drought-resistant crops are needed - the soil in the container dries out much faster than in a traditional flower garden. Plants with wide leaves that consume a lot of moisture are not suitable for such plantings. The best choice is compact plants or their varieties that have a beautiful shape - spherical, pillow-shaped, ampelous.
As shown in the photo, when planting in a massive container, a rather large and “ankle-legged” plant can be placed in the center, decorating its lower part with a “skirt” of lush flyers:
Interesting ideas for planting flowers in a garden with an array
Large groups of plants, the length of which exceeds the height, multiplied by three, are called arrays. They look completely different than regular bands. The array forms a continuous homogeneous surface at the level of plant height. If these are low flowers, for example, the surface of the array extends close to the ground. If the stems of plants rise to a height of one and a half meters or more, you can appreciate the beauty of the massif only from a hill - close up it looks like a solid wall. An array, like a group, can be composed of several types of cultures, but it should be remembered that individual instances in such a composition are not visible. We perceive not every plant in particular, but the whole mass of leaves or flowers, so an array made of small groups most often does not make the right impression. Better look plants of the same species, planted in large "spots". These photos show how you can plant flowers in the garden in arrays:
Flowers in a mixborder and discounts
Another one interesting idea planting flowers on a personal plot is.
It is an elongated flower bed irregular shape- one of the most common methods of flower decoration in private gardens. It is very convenient for planting garden flowers, if you need to visually divide the site into parts, outline the contour of a lawn or path, emphasize the shape of planning elements. Mastering the composition of a mixborder is easier if you imagine it in the form of chained groups. According to your plan, the groups can be the same or several types, alternating in a certain order. The selection of plants for a mixborder is the same as for group plantings. In the foreground compact stably landed decorative types, which do not lose their attractiveness throughout the summer, on the middle and rear - medium-sized and tall plants. The mixborder takes up a lot of space on the site, and gardeners usually strive to select an assortment of plants in such a way that flowering plants are constantly present in the composition from April to September.
Rabatki are flower beds, elongated in the form of a strip up to 2.5 m wide. Unlike mixborders, they have the correct geometric shape. AT small gardens such flower beds are usually located near the house - in the most functional and "responsible" part of the garden, where the winding lines of the layout are simply inconvenient for the owners. You pass by them several times a day, they are the first thing that catches the eye of your guests, and therefore the assortment of plants for discounts is chosen with great care. As a rule, these are annuals that bloom throughout the season.
Can be used stably ornamental perennials with beautiful foliage. Rabatki are often adjacent to recreation areas, terraces, summer kitchens, since this type of flower garden corresponds to geometric shape buildings. In such places it is possible to place fragrant flowers and herbs, as well as the most interesting views and varieties of your collection, as they will be the focus here. See how you can beautifully plant flowers in the garden using discounts:
How to plant plants in the garden parterre
Decorative planting of flowers on garden plot in a horizontal plane, usually in front of the facade of the house, is called the parterre. Unlike, for example, a front garden, the parterre should be proportionate to the scale of the building.
Classic parterres can be made not only from plants, but also from inert materials and water. Lawn, flowers, shrubs are used as plant material. inert material serve sand, coal, broken glass, crushed brick, tile.
Of course, such intricate, in the old spirit, stalls are not suitable for any private garden.Lawn and meadow parterres are much more widespread. The first are well-groomed "green lawns", sometimes supplemented with flower beds.
Meadow parterres are just beginning to come into fashion. They are created, as a rule, from annual meadow flowers, giving self-sowing. The most durable meadow parterres, composed of plants undemanding to soil conditions on sandy areas poor in nutrients, are less susceptible to weed aggression. Interesting ideas for planting flowers in the garden are shown in these photos:
Planting flowers in hanging baskets
A beautiful planting of flowers in the country in hanging containers is used to decorate arbors, verandas, terraces, as well as building facades. This is effective method landscaping with a lack of free space.
Plants that decorate the facades of buildings, especially the upper floors, must also be wind resistant. Crops with delicate flowers and leaves, such as petunias, are not suitable. In this case, plants with dense or hard foliage are used (which is easy to determine by touch).
How beautiful to plant flowers in a rocky garden
Another interesting idea for planting flowers in the garden is to create a rockery. Compositions of plants with stones, imitating mountain landscapes, have gained extraordinary popularity in private gardens.
They can be performed not only in the form of "slides", but also on flat areas, give them a strict geometric or free landscape shape.
Before planting flowers in a rocky garden, you need to beautifully arrange the stones. By choosing rock By arranging the boulders in a picturesque order, you can think about purchasing plants.
Cultures that prefer alkaline soils grow well surrounded by blocks of marble and limestone. If the rockery is made of granite, quartz, basalt rocks, it can create conditions with a neutral or acidic soil environment. In accordance with this, you can make a choice in favor of certain plants.
The popular phrase about beauty that requires sacrifice can be fully attributed to the dacha: in order to make it truly beautiful, gardeners often sacrifice their strength, time, money ... But what if there is not enough time or experience yet, but do you want beauty? It's nice to relax among elegant flower beds and flower beds - is it really possible only at the cost of titanic efforts? Not at all!
Botanical tulips are hardy flowers. A photo
Of course, it will not do without difficulty at all, but decorating your dacha with unpretentious flowers that do not require much trouble either during planting or in care is a very real task. And if you choose the right plants, taking into account their seasonal decorative effect and the characteristics of the site, you can make your dream come true and enjoy the beauty that does not require special sacrifices from early spring to late autumn.
Unpretentious flowers - beauty that does not require sacrifice. A photo
bulbous plants
Since it is before everyone else that they meet spring in the country, we will start with them. And believe me, there are many wonderful flowers here that will not cause you any worries - except that you need to protect the bulbs from the ubiquitous ones, but for this there are special planting baskets - convenient devices that, over time, will make digging out overgrown bulbs much easier.Colchicum
Colchicum is born completely "at the wrong time." A photo
Bloom: from August to November (depending on the species).
Landing: July or August, to a depth of about 10 cm.
Height: 5-20 cm.
Growing conditions: sun or partial shade; permeable soil (for autumn colchicum - slightly moist, for other species dry is preferable).
Garden use: along shrubbery, on the lawn, in rock gardens, in flower beds; can be grown as a container plant.
It is not in vain that this flower got its name: it is born completely “at the wrong time” - in late autumn, when the foliage from the trees has almost flown around, and the garden has become completely empty and sad. And here, among the general withering, these flowers suddenly bloom, very reminiscent of crocuses.
Such late flowering plus exceptional unpretentiousness is done (or colchicum - lat. Colchicum) welcome guests of the garden. They are planted in July-August, choosing sunny areas or places in partial shade. And then you can forget about any troubles for a long time - Colchicums feel much better if they are not disturbed at all. Isn't it a wonderful property?
Colchicums are beautiful, but poisonous. A photo
However, it is worth knowing and considering that (regardless of the type and variety). All parts of it contain colchicine, a potent poison, so reasonable care must be taken when planting it. Although in my garden, for example, colchicum appeared long before I learned about their possible danger, and they grow to this day.
Colchicum bulbs can be found in our catalog, which includes offers from various online stores.
botanical tulips
Late botanical tulip (Tulipa tarda), photo
Bloom: from March to May (depending on the species).
Landing: autumn
Height: 10-50 cm (depending on the type)
Growing conditions: sunny areas with nutritious permeable soil; it is desirable that in summer it be dry, and in spring - moderately wet, but without stagnant water.
Garden use:group landings in flowerbeds and in discounts; relevant in; look very good on the lawn; suitable for growing in pot culture.
They say that botanical tulips are not only blue - nature has endowed them with all other colors and shades. Then the works of breeders were added to this, and today we can admire these charming little ones, choosing the shape and color scheme to our liking.
Tulip botanical, photo
Unlike their other relatives, they do not require annual digging of bulbs. You can plant them in a flower garden or in the middle of a lawn, and year by year they will only become more spectacular, thanks to the growing nests of bulbs and an abundance of flowers.
In our gardens more often than others are found ( Tulipa greigii), Kaufman ( Tulipa kaufmanniana), Foster ( Tulipa fosteriana), as well as late tulip ( Tulipa tarda), forest ( Tulipa sylvestris) and Turkestan ( Tulipa turkestanica).
Tulip Turkestan (Tulipa turkestanica), photo
Due to their small stature, these tulips are suitable for planting in rockeries and rock gardens; they look great on the edge of shrubbery in, on lawns, but are no less spectacular in or on. They are planted in autumn, like most bulbs, and flowering begins already in April (the earliest are Kaufman, Foster, Turkestan; Greig's tulips bloom at the end of April, forest and late ones bloom more often in May).
Iridodictiums are undemanding babies. A photo
Bloom: April, in warm regions - from the end of March.
Landing: from August until the first frost.
Height: 10-15 cm
Growing conditions: open sunny areas with light permeable soil; if the soil is heavy, sand should be added when planting. A neutral or slightly alkaline soil reaction is preferred; wetting is unacceptable, even temporary.
Garden use: excellent plants for rockeries, rocky gardens; grow well and feel good under deciduous trees with a light crown; successful planting in groups on the lawn. suitable for forcing.
We talked about these plants in more detail in the article, and indeed, his flowers in the garden appear among the first. In combination with unpretentiousness and undemanding, this is an excellent reason to settle them in your country house.
Heralds of spring - crocuses. A photo
Bloom: from March to May, depending on the type and variety; there are also species that bloom in autumn.
Landing: spring-flowering crocuses are planted in autumn (from August to the first frosts), autumn-flowering - in early spring; when planting, it is advisable to use special baskets, because crocus bulbs more often than other small-bulbous ones become prey to rodents.
Height: 7-20 cm
Growing conditions: areas in the sun or in light partial shade (for example, under deciduous trees or shrubs) with permeable soil.
A large assortment You will find crocuses in our catalog, which combines the offers of many garden online stores. .
Muscari
Muscari Armenian, photo
Bloom: from April to June (depending on the type and variety)
Landing: Aug. Sept; at the beginning of summer, after the leaves have completely died off, the overgrown curtains can be divided.
Height: 10-30 cm.
Growing conditions: preferably a warm sunny place, but partial shade is also acceptable; the soil may be moist in spring (without stagnant water), but during the dormant period the bulbs should be in dry soil. The plant does not tolerate well, use for top dressing.
Good selection of muscari bulbs different varieties you will find in our catalog, which includes offers from many garden online stores. .
Daffodils are popular bulbous flowers. A photo
Bloom: from April to June (depending on the type and variety).
Landing: end of August - September.
Height: 30-60 cm
Growing conditions: areas in the sun or in partial shade, with loose, fertile, permeable soil without stagnant water.
Garden use: successfully used in the design of flower beds, mixborders and discounts; look good under deciduous trees; can be grown in container culture; suitable for forcing and cutting.
Narcissists need no introduction. A photo
This flower, probably, needs no introduction - there is hardly a gardener who does not know him. I will note only one curious and useful feature of them: rodents do not touch the bulbs of daffodils. Moreover, it is believed that they, like them, scare away these animals, therefore it is recommended to plant daffodils around the perimeter of flower beds with other bulbs.
Daffodils in a wide range are presented in our catalog, which combines the offers of various garden online stores. .
Flowering: April-May.
Landing: end of August - September.
Height: 10-20 cm
Growing conditions: preferably a place where in spring, during the flowering period, Pushkinia will be in the sun, and in summer they will be in light shade (for example, under the crowns of deciduous trees).
Use in the garden: group plantings under trees and shrubs, on lawns; in borders along garden paths, in flowerbeds and spring flower beds; the plant is suitable for forcing.
Chionodox
Chionodox - stars in the grass. A photo
Bloom: April May.
Landing: September.
Height: 15-25 cm.
Growing conditions: chionodoxes are relatively undemanding to lighting: they grow well both in the sun and in light shade; the soil is preferably fertile, well-drained; excess moisture is unacceptable.
Use in the garden: very good in rockeries and rocky gardens, because, unlike many small-bulbous ones, they do not tend to grow violently, capturing space; successful group plantings under trees and shrubs, on lawns; can be used in flower beds; suitable for forcing.
And also unpretentious and quite simple to grow, white flowers.
Beautiful flowering perennials
Perennials are remarkable in that you do not need to take care of their sowing or growing every year. At the same time, from year to year they become prettier, growing and becoming more magnificent. If such a plant, moreover, is undemanding to conditions and care, this is a real find for an inexperienced or busy gardener.
Blooming aquilegia are charming. A photo
Bloom: from May to August.
Landing:
Height:
Growing conditions: in partial shade; on moist soils, aquilegia can grow in the open sun.
Garden use: flower beds and flower beds; undersized species can be used in shady rockeries; These plants look good on the shore of reservoirs.
Astilba has attractive flowers and foliage. A photo
Bloom: from June to September (depending on the type and variety).
Landing: spring (April-May) or autumn (September).
Height: 20-120 cm (depending on the type and variety).
Growing conditions: penumbra; moist permeable soil with a high content of organic matter.
Use in the garden: group and single landings in the rarefied shade of trees and shrubs, on the banks of reservoirs, in flower beds; compact forms suitable for container growing.
Astilbes in a wide range are presented in our catalog, which combines the offers of large online stores of planting material and seeds.
This is amazing plant not touched by pests, it is exceptionally resistant to diseases, and the only thing that is required for care is pruning of wilted inflorescences. In dry summers, watering may be required, but in wet soils this is not necessary either. Sometimes it is recommended to cover plants for the winter, but my astilbes, for example, wintered without shelter - however, here it is worth focusing on the characteristics of the species and climatic conditions.
Periwinkle - unpretentious ground cover perennial, photo
Bloom: April May
Landing:
Height: 5-20 cm (ground cover).
Growing conditions: partial shade or shade - heat and direct sunlight are contraindicated for this plant; the soil is loose, fertile, without stagnant moisture.
Garden use: ground cover plant for shady corners of the garden.
In our gardens, the periwinkle is more common ( Vinca minor), which is found in European forests as a wild plant. Based on this species, numerous varieties have been developed, differing in various decorative features: some have especially large or double flowers; others have an unusual coloration (there are varieties of periwinkles with white, red and purple flowers); still others have variegated foliage. This type of periwinkle loves moisture and shade.
Various varieties of small periwinkle are presented in our catalog, which combines the offers of large garden online stores. .
Brunners grow well in partial shade. A photo
Bloom: from the beginning of May.
Landing: spring (April-May) or August-September.
Height: 30-50 cm
Growing conditions: penumbra; nutritious moist soil; Brunner grows well on clay and loamy soils.
Garden use: under trees and shrubs that give a rarefied shade; at the foot of fences and walls, along the banks of streams and reservoirs.
Delicate blue flowers brunners in spring garden create a joyful mood, enliven it shady corners. Having planted this plant once, you can not worry about it for many years afterwards. The only thing is that it is advisable to immediately give him more space, since the brunner grows well under favorable conditions.
Breeders have bred variegated varieties - with silver or creamy white patterns, spots or borders on the leaves. Please note that such plants need protection from sun rays and strong wind- they are more demanding on conditions than the usual green leaf brunner, which can only suffer from drought.
Perennial cornflowers sometimes bear little resemblance to their field "relatives", Photo
Bloom: June to September (depending on the species).
Landing: late April - early May or August-September.
Height: 20-100 cm depending on the species and variety.
Growing conditions: most cornflowers prefer sunny places, but some (mountain and round-headed cornflower) grow well in partial shade; undemanding to soils.
Garden use: in flower beds, in combination with other herbaceous perennials.
All cornflowers are good in their own way. A photo
There are several types of perennial cornflowers, and each of them is good in its own way. Cornflower mountain ( Centaurea montana) has several varietal forms - with white, pink, dark purple and purple-lavender flowers. Cornflower large-headed ( centaurea macrocephala) is distinguished by bright large "shaggy" flowers of sunny yellow color.
Geraniums grow well in partial shade. A photo
Bloom: from May to August (depending on the type and variety).
Landing: April May.
Height: 10-100 cm (depending on the type and variety).
Growing conditions: Geraniums are very diverse, and you can choose a plant for almost any conditions, both in terms of illumination and soil types.
Use in the garden: all types of geraniums grow well along shrub plantings, in light partial shade; this is an excellent flower bed plant; undersized species are used in borders and as ground cover plants; some species are suitable for rocky gardens and rockeries.
Wild geranium can also live in the garden. A photo
They have settled in my garden for a long time wild species, which you can read about in the article. interesting information you will find in the article. And no matter what kind of this plant you choose, geranium will not require you to pay special attention to your person, but, despite this, it will endow you with bright flowering.
Choose charming geraniums in our catalog, which combines the offers of various garden online stores. .
Loosestrife
Derbennik loves wet areas. A photo
Bloom: July to September
Landing: April-May or August-September.
Height: 60-140 cm
Growing conditions: perfect option- a damp area in the shade in the afternoon; loosestrife can grow even on very heavy soils; tolerates short-term flooding, needs good soil moisture.
Garden use: suitable for planting in low-lying, wetlands; looks great on the banks of reservoirs; can be used in borders and mixborders, provided there is enough moisture in the soil.
Sunny flowers - doronicums. A photo
Bloom: May June.
Landing: April May.
Height: 30-80 cm (depending on the type)
Growing conditions: sun or partial shade; permeable nutrient soil
Garden use: spring flower beds and flower beds; successful placement of doronicum on the edge of shrubbery.
When doronicum blooms, other plants are still gaining strength. A photo
Sunny mood is guaranteed when doronicum blooms! These bright flowers, similar to daisies, are very effective in flower beds, because at the time of flowering doronicum, most garden plants are still gaining strength, and the bulbs are already fading.
When planting, keep in mind: at the end of flowering, most doronicums fade - they begin a dormant period. At this time, strongly growing bushes can be divided and transplanted. If you are planting doronicum in a flower bed, combine it with perennials or annuals that can hide fading foliage in early summer.
European bathing suit, photo
Bloom: from April to August - depending on the variety; more often - May.
Landing: April May
Height: 50-90 cm
Growing conditions: a site in the sun or in partial shade, with well-moistened soil; not suitable for planting hot and dry places with loose calcareous or sandy soil.
Garden use: design of the coastal zone of reservoirs, streams; moist semi-shady corners of the garden; well located bathing suits along the bushes, near the walls and fences.
On sale you can easily find planting material for hybrid bathing suits, the flowers of which have different shades of yellow or orange color. Less common is the Chinese bathing suit - a tall (up to 1 m) late-flowering (June-August) plant.
Kupena is an elegant plant for shady areas. A photo
Bloom: May June
Landing: April-May or September.
Height: 30-100 cm (depending on the type)
Growing conditions: this plant is for shady and semi-shady areas; tolerates sun on moist soil.
Garden use: design of shady areas, group plantings on the outskirts of tree and shrub plantations, under trees.
Meadowsweet
Meadowsweet meadowsweet (meadowsweet) - not only beautiful, but also medicinal plant. A photo
Bloom: June-September (depending on the type)
Landing: May
Height: 30-250 cm (depending on the type and variety)
Growing conditions: the meadowsweet grows both in the sun and in partial shade, but the soil must certainly be moist; heavy clay soils with a high humus content are preferred.
Garden use: spectacular plant for the coastal zone of reservoirs and streams; meadowsweet (or meadowsweet) can grow in wetlands, and common meadowsweet is suitable for rockeries or rabatok with calcareous soil.
Choose meadowsweet in our catalog, which combines the offers of various garden online stores.
Lupine
The color of lupins is very diverse. A photo
Bloom: June July; re-flowering - August-September
Landing: April May
Height: 80-100 cm
Growing conditions: sun; permeable, slightly acidic soil; lupins do not like calcareous and highly fertilized soils.
You can find perennial lupine seeds in our catalog, which combines the offers of various garden online stores. .
Small-sized puppies require virtually no maintenance. A photo
Bloom: June to September
Landing: May
Height: 20-80 cm (depending on the type and variety)
Growing conditions: the best option- open sunny areas with nutritious loose soil.
Garden use: in sunny areas.
The small-scale is remarkable for its long and abundant flowering, and caring for it consists only in installing props for tall varieties - they tend to fall apart, especially in rainy weather. Yes, and keep in mind: the small-scale hybrid, or erigeron, is a rather aggressive plant; once in favorable conditions, it actively grows and can capture vast spaces, so it is better to immediately limit its growth.
Enotera can grow very strongly. A photo
Dacha is not only work in the garden, but also rest in a picturesque garden. Any novice gardener can create a flower garden, but it is important that the flowers really decorated the site, and did not make it unnecessarily colorful and tasteless. Flowers need not only be planted - they will have to be taken care of throughout holiday season. We choose the most successful types of plants and learn how to create flower arrangements in the country.
We design a flower garden
Before planting plants, you need to decide on the features site landscape design, choose a place for flower beds, pick up the components of the flower garden in harmony with each other.
Lawn type flower garden. Create on site blooming carpet- sow a certain section of the lawn with wildflowers. On such a glade you can hold wonderful picnics, besides, such a flower garden does not even need to be watered. Of the flowers, chamomile, cornflowers, clover, poppies and others are suitable.
Flower garden rabatka. This is a narrow (0.2-1.5 m) strip of flowers that looks great if placed along garden path or around terraces. Several types of undersized annual flowers are planted in horizontal stripes, alternating colors. You can make a simple ornament or add medium-sized plants.
flowerbeds
flowerbeds can be of various shapes - traditional round, solid square, elegant diamond-shaped or even complex figured ones. In addition to standard low flower beds, you can make raised ones - by 10-15 cm, having issued them around the perimeter plastic border, wood, brick, stone.
arches
An ordinary wooden arch or a modest gazebo can be decorated and enlivened with vines. Choose girlish grapes, clematis, tree-like kampsis, climbing rose or weaving annuals - decorative beans or peas.
Mixborder
This is a wide (up to 4 m) strip of flowers where plants are used. different heights. For such a flower garden you need a background, it will look good mixborder near brick wall or wooden fence. Appearance such a flower garden changes during the season - at first some plants bloom, then they fade and are replaced by others. Such a flower garden may consist of perennials, annuals, or a combination of both.
Perennial flowers for giving
Advice! Creating a balanced and thoughtful mixborder takes a lot of time, so the use of perennial flowers in this case is quite rational. Perennials can also be successfully chosen as filling flower beds or rabatok.
Tall. Pay attention to the stem-rose - this is a plant about 1.5 meters tall with inflorescences resembling peonies. Their color ranges from pale pink to deep burgundy. Tricyrtis Purpool Beauty looks like a lily or orchid, it blooms from early July to mid-autumn. Spotted briar is interesting because it changes the shade of its purple flowers during the season. Basil, willow sunflower, hybrid gelenium, and long-leaved veronica can become no less spectacular.
medium height. These are plants with a height of 30-80 cm, which are suitable for many types of flower beds. Easy to care for and incredibly gentle varieties of daylily, and yarrow will delight you lush bloom throughout the summer season. Rhodiola rosea is an original plant with succulent leaves that will become the highlight of your garden. Use late-flowering varieties of peony, panicled phlox, astilba, cornflower, double monard.
Undersized. Add a mixborder or create elegant flower bed are able pansies- unpretentious charming plant. Dwarf forms of phlox, gentian, soft cuff, large-flowered flax, panicled gypsophila, oak sage, geranium, Potentilla - bright and beautiful perennial flowers that can be safely planted in the country.
Caring for garden flowers
Growing garden flowers is not difficult, but it's worth reading a few basic tips.
- Remove wilted plants and plant parts regularly. When watering or weeding a flower bed, pull out and cut off everything that has already faded. Withered flowers turn into buds or fruits that require strength to ripen, which slows down the appearance of other flowers on the plant. And outwardly, your flower garden will look more aesthetically pleasing without “dead” flowers.
The vast majority of flowers growing in our areas come from southern latitudes and cannot winter under snow. Therefore, they are either dug up for the winter and stored in the cellar, like gladioli and dahlias, or they make a “race” by sowing seedlings.
When to plant asters
Asters are annual plants belonging to the most valuable annuals. Asters are native to China and Japan. AT middle lane In Russia and Siberia, these flowers are most often grown through seedlings, otherwise especially large and valuable cut varieties will not have enough time to show themselves in all their glory.
Asters are sown with seeds. There are several hundred varieties of asters in the world, which are divided into varieties according to the shape of the inflorescence and the parameters of the bush: Chrysanthemum-shaped, Needle-shaped, Princess. Astra is able to self-pollinate and re-pollinate, therefore low-grade chamomile flowers grow from seeds obtained at home.
Astra belongs to the Compositae family. Aster seeds, or rather fruits, are called achenes. Most plants in this family have bristles and hairs on their seeds to help them spread. In nature, Asteraceae seeds either cling to passing animals with bristles, or are carried by the wind using "parachutes" of hairs. To more clearly understand what is at stake, it is enough to recall the relative of the aster - an ordinary dandelion.
Aster seeds are light, weightless, have almost no supply of nutrients, and therefore, already in the second year of storage, germination is sharply reduced. Sowing fresh seeds is important condition successful cultivation of these plants.
- Asters are sown for seedlings in mid-March. Seeds are sown in light soil, in which humus was not introduced last season. Aster seedlings are sensitive to pathogenic soil fungi, therefore experienced growers since autumn, they store the soil on which marigolds and calendula grew - their roots secrete compounds that disinfect the soil.
- When asters are planted with seeds obtained last year, seedlings appear quite quickly - within a week. Asters do not need to be soaked. When a true leaf appears, seedlings dive to a distance of 4 centimeters. Astra does not tolerate transplanting well, so if it is possible to pick each seedling into an individual container, then you need to do so. In this case, the spine will not be damaged when landing in open ground and the plant will quickly take root.
- Seedlings are kept in a bright place at a temperature of 12-16 degrees, they are fed twice with full fertilizer with an interval of two weeks. Depending on the weather and the conditions in which the seedlings grew, they are planted in open ground. Hardened plants planted on the site in peat pots or tablets, tolerate spring frosts up to - 4.
- It is not necessary to mess around with aster seedlings - growing from seeds sown in open ground is also possible. This is done before winter, when the soil has already begun to freeze. Such plants begin to bloom later than those obtained through seedlings, but they bloom longer and more abundantly.
On the site, seedlings are planted at a distance that depends on the characteristics of the variety (the planting pattern is indicated on the package with seeds). Asters love lighting and neutral soil. Manure cannot be applied under the culture - this leads to Fusarium infection, the affected plants die quickly. Plants love mineral fertilizers and respond poorly to organic ones. In a bright place with watering and top dressing, the authors bloom profusely until frost.
Crocus spring or saffron - the most popular garden culture. Crocuses are bulbous plants, they are usually not propagated by seeds. But they reproduce perfectly with bulbs, and they have a high multiplication factor, that is, plantings thicken rather quickly. If the plants are not planted, signs of oppression appear, so every 5-6 years, crocuses are transplanted.
Sometimes it becomes necessary to propagate crocus seeds. The seeds of these plants ripen at the end of May, they are large, round and heavy. It is important not to miss the moment of collecting seeds, otherwise they will crumble to the ground.
- Seeds are collected and stored in a refrigerator in a jar with a tight lid. Sow in late autumn, when the average daily temperature drops to about +5.
- A bed for sowing is prepared in advance, in a shaded place. When digging, sand, peat are added. The shoots of crocuses are tender, therefore, even at the stage of preparing the beds, the soil is thoroughly cleaned of perennial weeds. For the winter, crops are mulched with mature compost.
When to plant dahlias
Dahlias reproduce mainly vegetatively - by dividing the tuber and cuttings. They are bred with seeds only when breeding new varieties.
- At the end of March, the tubers are taken out of the cellar and begin to grow, at the same time they can be divided. The tubers are cleaned from last year's roots, old shoots are cut off, the cuts are sprinkled with coal dust and kept in the air for a day, and then added dropwise to peat, sawdust or moss. The root neck is left on the surface. After 2 weeks, the buds will begin to germinate and division can begin. The tubers are removed from the substrate and divided by hand. The resulting delenki are again determined in the substrate for growing or, if the deadline has come, they are planted on the site.
- Dahlias do not tolerate frost at all, so the timing of their planting in open ground is completely dependent on the weather forecast.
- May is a hot time for gardeners. Already behind the crops of vegetables and flower crops into the ground, emerging shoots require attention. At the same time, vegetable and flower seedlings are planted. And then, as luck would have it, rumors about the coming frosts are spreading through the cabins of garden buses. Late spring frosts are the first enemy of dahlias. That is why plants grown at home need to be hardened. For this in warm days they are taken out for several hours outside (put out on the balcony). Over time, the duration of “walks” is increased and even containers with sprouts are left for fresh air all night long.
- Ungrown root tubers are planted in the ground earlier than germinated - in early May. The tubers are inspected, cut out areas with signs of disease, soaked for 30 minutes in potassium permanganate and planted in planting pits 40 centimeters deep, 30 centimeters in diameter. Dahlias should be planted in sunny areas in nutritious light soil. On well-cultivated soil, it is enough to fill the planting hole with one shovel of humus and two tablespoons of complete mineral fertilizer.
Reproduction by cuttings
Planting dahlias for seedlings begins in February. The sooner you start this, the more developed tubers are formed by autumn. However, if started too early, the cuttings will root poorly.
- In mid-February, the tubers are planted in peat for germination.
- The cuttings are cut when the shoots grow 5-8 centimeters and are planted for rooting in pots.
- A layer of nutrient mixture is poured at the bottom, and a layer of calcined quarry sand is added on top.
- The stalk is buried in the sand by half a centimeter, it will take root for two to three weeks. If the cuttings were done in February, then after a month and a half the cuttings can already be transplanted into peat pots. If cuttings were started in April, then transplantation is done in two weeks.
- Plant cuttings outdoors when danger of frost has passed.
When to plant gladioli
Gladiolus is one of the most demanding and labor intensive flower crops. To Work with planting material gladioli are finished in late autumn, and then all winter the corms are checked for how they are stored.
From the middle of spring, a new cycle of growing gladioli is gaining momentum. Planting gladioli in the spring begins in the last days of April (in Siberia after May 9). Much depends on spring and it is better to focus not on the calendar, but on the temperature of the soil - when planting, it should be + 8-10 degrees at a depth of 10 centimeters.
Planting material preparation
Corms are taken out of the cellar at the end of March and are first cleaned of dry scales. At the same time, they are carefully examined, the affected areas are cut out with a sterile knife, dried, and the sections are covered with brilliant green. Then they are laid out in diffused light at a temperature of +30 degrees (for example, on kitchen cabinets). This technique is called vernalization.
Treatment with light and elevated temperature activates biochemical processes, causes the awakening of the kidneys, the influx of nutrients to the root tubercles. Subsequently, all this will result in the rapid development of plants after planting and the acceleration of the onset of flowering. Vernalization has a particularly favorable effect on juvenile bulbs.
When to plant gladioli on the site? Soil temperature will be the signal to start planting. It is impossible to delay planting gladioli, since high air temperature stimulates the growth of the above-ground system, while the root system will lag behind and this will adversely affect the quality of the flowers. On the eve of planting, the corms are soaked for half an hour in a solution of potassium permanganate, and then transferred until the morning in warm solution trace elements.
Bulbs are planted in such a way that a layer of soil equal to double or triple the height of the corms remains above the plant. A shallow planting leads to a curvature of the peduncles, a deep planting leads to a decrease in the number of children and growth retardation.
Baby landing time
Children or tubers of gladiolus are young bulbs formed on stolons extending from the axils of the lower leaves. They are dug up simultaneously with the bulbs and immediately sorted. Children with a diameter > 4 mm are left for planting and stored together with adult corms.
If the preparation of corms begins about a month before planting in the ground, then the children are taken out of storage 2-3 days before planting. They are cleaned from the shell, discarding dried and diseased. Then, children, like adult bulbs, are soaked in potassium permanganate and a solution of trace elements. Children are sown at the same time, to a depth of 5-6 centimeters, at the rate of 40-50 pieces per running meter grooves.
It is important to know the timing of planting flowers, but it is equally important to respect them. Timely sown and planted plants will have time to complete the growing season before frost and will delight the farmer with what they were actually planted for - beautiful, lush and long flowering.