Flowers for the garden: beautiful annuals and perennials, popular, blooming all summer

Landscaping is a whole science that allows you to create a beautiful, stylish and unique space. It allows you to transform and revitalize any territory, give it a zest and make it comfortable for rest and work.

Flowers create a unique atmosphere in the garden area, you can admire their beauty for a very long time.

The role of flowers in landscape design

Flowers for the garden are an integral element of landscape design. They can play a major role in creating a beautiful landscape, and can only complement compositions from tree and shrub species, herbaceous plants, or elements of inanimate nature (stones, reservoirs, fountains).

Thanks to them, great compositions are created.

There are garden design projects where most of the space is occupied simply by lawn grasses and trees, but without garden flowers, they will not be as attractive and perfect. After all, it is the flowers that create the necessary accents, and at the same time act as a link between other elements of the landscape. The variety of compositions that can be created using different types of flowers is impressive.

If you choose the right cultures, then caring for them will not take much time and effort.

To organize the original landscape on their summer cottage, or the territory adjacent to the house, some people themselves search on the Internet or in printed publications, different garden flowers with a name and with a photo, their descriptions and various combinations, some resort to the help of a designer or gardener. One way or another, before starting work on a landscaping project, you need to familiarize yourself with the basic classification of flowering plants, which is given below.

Flowers are suitable for landscape design on any site.

Basic qualities of flowers

All garden flowers differ from each other in terms of the period for which they can grow in the same area without transplanting - annuals and perennials, as well as in terms of flowering time - for some it takes a few days, others bloom from early spring and all summer. In addition, there is a huge variety of colors in shape, size and environmental requirements. Below is a more detailed classification.

Perennial flowers

Choosing perennial flowers in your garden, you should understand that they will grow in this place for several years, that is, you need to immediately choose the optimal place. They are more unpretentious and frost-resistant than annuals and less demanding on the soil due to a well-developed root system.

They are undemanding, do not need any special care.

Among the flowers of perennials for the garden, several main groups are distinguished by the type of reproduction: bulbous (tulips, gladioli), rhizome (irises), tuberous (dahlias), seed (marigolds), corms (crocus, crocus). Some of them in the middle lane need to be dug out for the winter, and planted again in the spring, for example, dahlia tubers or gladiolus bulbs. However, in the southern regions, they hibernate in the soil without problems.

This plant is one of the most spectacular and long-flowering flowers that are grown in the garden.

Annual flowers

Ornamental annual plants are planted in spring or early summer, delight with their beauty until autumn, and then wither and die off. Due to this, it is possible to change the appearance of a summer cottage or a garden plot every year. As a rule, they develop rapidly and bloom magnificently. You can plant annual flowers with seedlings and seeds. Some of them manage to grow to impressive sizes in one season (sunflower, castor oil plant), others - only a dozen or two centimeters from the ground (primrose, calendula).

Calendula is an unpretentious flower, which is very rare for ornamental plants.

Most annuals lack a strong root system, making them easier to drown out by weeds. Therefore, they need regular weeding. However, some large specimens can grow so that they themselves drown out all weedy aggressors (kochia, lavatera, sweet peas).

Lavatera is a perennial plant with a wide color palette.

Additional Information! Annuals are good in that they help to "close the voids", i.e. they can be planted after harvesting certain early crops (spring bulbous or green) in their place so that the land is not empty. They will have time to grow and blossom in a season.

Species blooming all summer

There are plant species in which the flowering period lasts almost the entire summer season. Of the annual plants, these are marigolds, nasturtium, petunia, calendula, cosmea, and lavater. It is these flowers that are often used to create urban flower beds in public places, landscaping garden and park areas. In gardens, they are recommended to be placed in the most visible areas.

Delightful petunias delight the eye, wherever they grow: in the garden, in the country, or in the yard.

As for perennials, astilbe, heliopsis, perennial carnation, mallow, bell, phlox will delight all summer with their colors. The main thing is not to forget to periodically remove weeds that interfere with them and treat them from pests. Of the annual plants, marigolds, salvia, calendula, ageratum and others are distinguished by the longest flowering period.

Astilba is one of the most attractive decorative perennials, suitable for growing in the shade.

Unpretentious views

Often people who live in the city, and come to the dacha only once a week, ask themselves the question: "What are the most unpretentious flowers to choose for our garden?" In fact, there are a great many such flowers, it all depends on the preferences of the owners. For example, lily of the valley May, does not require care as such, almost completely and in the spring pleases with its delicate flowers. If you need long-term flowering - marigolds, phloxes, calendula, nasturtium.

Even a beginner can grow nasturtium.

Daisies require good soil and lighting, and if such a place is selected, they will bloom all summer without much hassle. Lush astilbe is gorgeous, which is undemanding to lighting and even feels great in the shade of conifers. The perennial cornflower can grow and bloom in almost any conditions and with any companion. Lupine is not far behind - one of the favorite garden flowers of many summer residents. Delicate stock roses and bright Jerusalem artichokes can also do without the intervention of gardeners for a long time.

The stock rose is a tall ornamental plant with massive and bright flowers.

Bush varieties

A fashionable trend in recent years is bush varieties of both perennials and annuals. After all, they look stylish and beautiful not only on traditional flower beds, but also as separate islands; as living curbs and hedges; in mixborders with conifers. They allow you to place the necessary accents and zone the territory, as well as give structure to the garden and highlight levels in height.

Peonies are perennial bush flowers blooming with voluminous buds, for which they are appreciated by many gardeners.

Shrub peonies, carnations, hydrangea, phlox are very effective and beautiful. It is impossible to ignore the rose - the queen of flowers. There is an opinion that it is very difficult to take care of her. But in fact, there are varieties that require a minimum of care, especially parks.

Phlox are great plants for flower beds, rocky gardens, rockeries, and tall varieties look good in gardens.

Tall species

Tall types of garden flowers are especially popular in garden design. After all, they not only decorate the site, but also allow you to cover up unseemly places (sheds, outbuildings) or act as borders when zoning an area, or even a kind of "screen" between neighboring plots. The most common of the tall flowers are lupine, delphinium, mallow, aflatun and giant bows, meadowsweet, goldenrod, loosestrife.

Delphinium is an unusual flower from the buttercup family, which is a favorite of gardeners.

There are also giant plants that can grow in one summer only - castor oil plant, kochia, amaranth, lavater, kosmeya. Most of the above species need fertile soil and abundant watering, and in gratitude, with good care, grow up to two or even more meters in height.

Amaranth is appreciated by gardeners for its unpretentious nature, fast growth and attractive appearance.

Examples of good choices for the garden and vegetable garden

What types and varieties of flowers to choose for planting in the garden and vegetable garden? The answer depends on many factors. What are the owner's preferences, is there a possibility of regular maintenance, what are the conditions of light and moisture on the site, and many others. But there are general guidelines to help you make the right choice.

Bright flower beds will delight with their charming bloom.

Regardless of the soil on the site, you can plant, for example, small plants in pots, containers or hanging baskets, fixing them on the walls of the house or on the fence. These can be petunias, curly morning glories, or miniature marigolds. The unpretentious perennials listed above are also quite suitable for almost everyone. Popular and appropriate in any garden of petunias, zinnias, dahlias and gladioli. Bright poppies and sunflowers attract the eyes of the most fastidious flower growers. Roses will not leave anyone indifferent.

Poppy in the garden creates spectacular bright compositions.

If you need to plant greenery on a gazebo, terrace walls or a fence, climbing plants - clematis, sweet peas, ornamental hops are suitable. Do not neglect planting lawn grass. It will provide luscious greenery throughout the warm season and will be in perfect harmony with flower beds and trees and shrubs.

Flowers of the presented species of plants perfectly fill the lawn of the house.

Rules for composing compositions for flower beds - photos of successful examples

When composing flower bed compositions, you should adhere to certain rules:

• The purchase of seeds and seedlings of flowers must necessarily be preceded by planning on paper and the development of a planting scheme, if not by a designer, then with his own hand.
• When designing planting, you need to take into account the height of the plants (higher species are placed in the center, lower ones at the edges), and also the possibility of the appearance of a shadow from them (in this case, low light-loving flowers will experience oppression next to tall).
• It is necessary to take into account the compatibility of cultures with each other (there are flowers that do not get along well next to, say, peonies and lilies of the valley, carnation and mignonette).
• It is necessary to take into account the color palette - you should not try to place all the variety of shades on one square meter. It will look clumsy and irritating to the eyes.
• Novice gardeners should not select rare and unusual plant species that require complex care. Better to start with common and unpretentious.

In conclusion, I would like to note that it is not so difficult to create a beautiful garden and take care of it. You just need to familiarize yourself with the basic rules and choose the best set of garden crops for yourself.

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