Perennial garden flowers: varieties and descriptions, beautiful and unpretentious flower care

Thanks to the unique characteristics of perennial flowers, it is not necessary to plant new seedlings every year. During the warm season, perennial garden flowers will delight you with an environment of beautiful inflorescences. With the right choice of crops with a long flowering period, you can enjoy their charm for months.

The most unpretentious flowers for spring

Garden perennials are a very diverse classification of plants, they are characterized by a wealth of shapes and colors. Flowers are distinguished by the height of the stems (bush), and the time when they bloom. The flowers of spring flowering are the first to open their buds. Gardeners are most often interested in unpretentious plants that are suitable for growing in a summer cottage.

The most popular varieties:

• Folded snowdrop;
• Muscari
• Lumbago ordinary;
• The liverwort is noble;
• Crocus or saffron.

In the spring, even before the leaves bloom, making their way towards the sun's rays, primroses appear. To create a harmoniously flowering composition, it is necessary to choose perennials that emphasize each other. Primroses are perfectly adjacent to conifers, they will serve as an excellent background for them.

Spring flowers often have a small size, most effective look in the form of compositions from a group of nearby growing bulbs.

Summer, beautiful and unpretentious flowers for a summer residence

Arranging a flowering garden is a pleasant and at the same time difficult undertaking.To the flower garden (rock garden) does not come to desolation from insufficient care, perennial flowers for giving will help. They will impress with their views all season. From year to year, these plants are able to multiply in one area, tolerate wintering and not require annual planting.

Among the diversity of perennials, summer residents first liked the most beautiful views:

• Roses are deservedly called the queen of flowers. A variety of roses will flaunt on the plot with beautiful flowering all summer, until the middle of autumn. They are best placed in the center of the composition, where they will ideally look with other colors.
• Carnations. These flowers are characterized by pleasantly smelling, velvety inflorescences. Ideal for framing a garden flower bed with the exception of low-growing varieties. Some carnations bloom not only in summer but also in autumn.
• Aster. If you plant a flower garden with different asters, you get a very interesting flowerbed by design. Early asters begin to bloom in July; in later varieties, this process lasts until October. The perennial is suitable for the formation of a landscape composition blooming all summer.
• Lily. One of the most beautiful perennials, which rightfully should occupy a central place in the flowerbed. A tall plant blooms with strongly smelling large buds. With proper care, lilies are rewarded with lush bloom until the fall.
• Iris. Perennial culture is considered not only a beautiful flower, but also hardy. Irises are grown almost everywhere, they look great on personal plots and near the yard.

Pleasing perennials throughout the summer with their splendor - a real find for summer residents who want to minimize the care of flowering plants. Even a novice can grow them, because they are considered the most unpretentious cultures.

Long-flowering perennials for the garden

Gardeners dream of admiring the abundant flowering of a rock garden without any special care costs. The world of long-flowering perennial plants is diverse, each gardener will find something inspiring for himself.

The top varieties of leadership are the following varieties:

• Pansies. Squat, blooming plentifully all summer pansies surprise with a riot of colors. Despite the splendor of these flowers, they tolerate drought normally, but cannot tolerate shading.
• Periwinkle. The flower that captivates the first time is sung in songs. Many gardeners have known about its popularity since ancient times. However, one should know that periwinkle is a creeping plant. Due to the fact that he is growing rapidly, he needs a transplant.
• Yarrow is decorative. Against the background of a medicinal variety of yarrow, decorative varieties have bright inflorescences. Look spectacular in the form of a landscape composition of several species of yarrow. In care, it can take a long time without additional watering.
• Peony. Perennial shrub wonderful survives in the suburban area. Its lush buds do not fade for a long time, ideal for creating bouquets. During flowering, a stunning aroma soars near the flowerbed. Smelling flowers all summer can delight others with their magnificent views.

In addition to the above flowers, you can not lose sight of the perennial with large leaves, of different colors - the host. The host flower is classified as shade-loving plants. The bell blooming to the cold will take its rightful place in the flowerbed, which is why it can be found in many areas. When looking for perennials for a flower bed (rock garden), you should know that they all bloom at different times.

In order to ensure regular flowering in the garden, it is necessary to plant varieties of different flowering dates nearby.

Spicy aromatic flowers for a summer residence

Perennials can serve not only as a decoration of the garden, but also be useful. They blend perfectly with ordinary flowers, thanks to their smell they drive away pests.

The most common garden flowers with a pronounced, spicy aroma:

• Mint
• Oregano
• Sage
• Lavender
• Tea rose
• Polygon
• Thyme
• Calendula
• Lily of the valley

Fragrant plants are designed to be fragrant in flower beds, and can also be used as a seasoning or herb for tea. These varieties are suitable for creating aromatic oils, many of which can be found in perfumes.

Frost-resistant unpretentious flowers for a summer residence

Not every perennial is able to withstand the harsh conditions of winter. For the preservation of tubers, some flowers are dug up in the fall. This action is only suitable for patient gardeners, not everyone wants to mess with them.

To avoid this, it is recommended to plant the following frost-resistant varieties:

• Garden Chamomile
• Iris
• Lupine
• Astilbu
• Phlox
• Crocuses

Beautifully blooming frost-resistant perennials for flower beds will become a decoration of the site no matter how cold the winter will be. These flowers will be buried in their fragrance from mid-spring to the end of summer.

Drought-resistant perennials for flower beds

Summer residents do not always succeed in often watering the flower garden, because of this, many crops during the dry summer die, or lag behind in growth. When planting drought tolerant varieties, you can not worry about frequent watering. Plants without moisture will feel great.

Such flower crops include:

• Antenna
• Gaillardia
• Alissum
• Saxifrage
• Crocosmia

To prevent the flower garden from desolating without watering in the summer, it is better to bet on drought-resistant species that are used to being content with natural rainfall. This requirement is especially relevant in the southern regions, where summers are mostly dry.

Easy-care groundcover flowers

A beautiful lawn should be completely covered by plants, in order to avoid bald patches on the soil, you need to plant easy-to-care, ground cover perennials. They will be the solution to landscape problems. In nature, there are ground cover species that love to grow in the sun and where partial shade. They cover the flowerbed well and bloom: stonecrop, cistus, clove grass, mountaineer related and other plants that are suitable for rock gardens.

So that the flower garden does not overgrow with weeds, and the soil does not have bald spots, plant plants next to each other, but not too closely.

Perennial placement options on the site

To equip a flowering garden of perennials, it is unnecessary to be a landscape designer, it is enough to follow the following recommendations. In multi-level flower beds, tall crops should grow in the background, and medium and stunted ones in the foreground.

• Tall flowering crops: rose, lily, aster, peonies, phlox, hydrangea, rudbeckia.
• Medium-sized perennials for flower beds: tulips and their varieties, fragrant rue, mountain cornflower, sage, primrose.
• Ground-cover flowers creeping on the ground: a small periwinkle, a tenacious creeper, a lawn moth, a lunatic, veronica.

 

They will provide continuous flowering and decorate the site: geraniums, cloves, poppies and asters. These plants without any worries, season after season will grow in one place.