The basis of a flower garden in a country house is usually made up of perennials. Perennial flowers for the garden can grow in one place for several years (sometimes up to 10 or more), they are usually unpretentious and go well with each other.
Perennial flowers can be planted either on their own or in combination with annual plants. This planting will allow you to create new compositions and update every year. appearance garden Among the perennials one can distinguish beautifully flowering plants and plants with beautiful foliage. By combining both, you can get a flower garden that decorates your summer cottage both during the flowering periods of different varieties and between them.
Another advantage of perennials is the possibility of their reproduction. Many of them reproduce vegetatively, that is, by tubers or by dividing the bush. This will allow you to plant your favorite perennial in several places in the country and save money on buying seedlings.
Features of growing perennial flowers
Despite the simpler care than annual flowers, perennials have their own characteristics.
In the video you will hear tips on growing perennial flowers for beginner gardeners.
tall plants
Tall perennial flowers in the country can be either part of a flower bed or a single planting. A variety of tall perennial flowers for the garden are shown in the photo.
Lupins love the sun, are undemanding to care and soil, but grow better in acidic soil. They come in yellow, red, orange, pink, lilac, and white colors. These flowers have nodules on their roots that produce nitrogen and improve the composition of the soil.
Bright blue, purple, indigo and pink delphiniums can grow in one place for up to 10 years and require minimal care. Contrasting delphiniums planted nearby look beautiful. This perennial species has 4 varieties: Persian, bare-stemmed, large-flowered and hybrid. Delphinium prefers root watering; if watered incorrectly, it can develop powdery mildew.
Buzulnik (Volzhanka) is not picky in care and can grow even in cold climates. Gardeners value it for its long flowering and beautiful leaves. The perennial harmonizes with hostas, bergenia, lungwort, and rudbeckia.
Capsicum produces beautiful spike-shaped inflorescences, the colors of which can vary from cream to purple. This tall one perennial flower loves shaded areas, looks good next to hosta, aquilegia, rhododendron.
Meadowsweet blooms in pink, cream or white clusters and also has beautiful foliage. It can reach a height of 1.5 meters.
Medium Height Plants
This group includes perennial plants with a height of 30 to 80 cm.
Numerous varieties of daylilies of different colors are easy to care for and very beautiful, which is why they are popular. They can grow in shade and partial shade, but will bloom profusely and fully open only in bright sun. Daylilies love good ones, but not frequent watering. Groups of daylilies of the same color, but different varieties, or the same variety and different colors look beautiful.
Yarrow is not only a beautiful, but also a medicinal perennial plant. It blooms from August to October and reproduces by rhizomes.
Yarrow has basket-shaped inflorescences in white, yellow, pink and orange.
Peonies love sunny places. This perennial blooms for 2-3 weeks with large, beautiful flowers. With proper growth, peonies can grow in one place for quite a long time, so do not forget to regularly loosen the soil and feed them.
Rhodiola rosea has unusual look due to the combination of fleshy leaves and white or yellow flowers.
Low growing plants
Pansies, strictly speaking, are not a perennial, but a biennial plant. They love loamy soils and good lighting, as well as regular feeding with superphosphate and ammonium nitrate.
Gentian is a blue or blue mountain perennial flower in the shape of a bell, perfect for alpine slides. Does not like excessive light or complete shadow. Perennials need to be fertilized carefully.
Dwarf perennial phlox can form a continuous carpet of pink, lilac and white flowers.
Creeping tenacious, according to its name, is very unpretentious to light, watering and temperature. This low-growing plant is suitable for alpine hills, rocky slopes, rockeries, decorating the lower part of a hedge, and planting around tree trunks.
Gypsophila looks like low growing bush, its flowers form a kind of light white haze.
Curly
Climbing perennial plants are planted next to the support. They decorate gazebos, arches, terraces, and walls of houses.
Wisteria is a heat-loving perennial plant that forms cascades of lilac clusters. During the cold season, you need to move the flower indoors.
Most types of clematis do not tolerate cold, but there are also varieties suitable for growing in Siberia. You can grow it not in the ground, but in special containers, then it will be easy to move clematis indoors for the winter.
Climbing roses are very beautiful, but thorny. For the winter they need to be removed and covered.
Honeysuckle is cold-resistant and unpretentious; it needs to be pruned every year to maintain its shape.
Actinidia is also unpretentious, in addition, its fruits have medicinal properties. Requires regular watering.
Maiden grapes has small white flowers, but grows well and is suitable for arbors and where shade is required.
Perennial flowers for Siberia
Perennial flowers for a garden located in the Urals or Siberia must be adapted to harsh climate. They must withstand cold winters with temperatures below -30 and even -40 and not be damaged by frost. Therefore, not all types and varieties of perennials are suitable for these regions. What perennial flowers for Siberia can be planted at the dacha?
Spring
Although spring in these regions begins later than in the European part of Russia, flowers can please you even when the snow has not completely melted. Primroses include lumbago - these are beautiful and unpretentious early perennials, undemanding to the soil. Crocuses can be planted next to them.
Another early perennial flower is Siberian kandyk. These pinkish-purple flowers can emerge directly from under the spring snow. Kandyk loves partial shade; in bright sun its flowering is shorter.
Anemone, or anemone, is a native inhabitant of Siberia, so it grows well and grows quickly in such a climate. This perennial flower does not bloom for long, but it is beautiful and falls just in time when the summer flowers have not yet bloomed.
Primroses are another delicate spring perennial flower for Siberia. They can be planted in any part of the garden. Primroses are propagated by seeds or by dividing the bush after flowering.
Muscari ( mouse hyacinth) can often be found in gardens in the Urals and Siberia. These blue, white or lilac flowers Suitable for planting in flower beds, borders, and alpine hills.
In May, lilies of the valley will delight you with their flowers. They are unpretentious, easily adapt to any climate and grow quickly. Remember that red lily of the valley berries are poisonous.
Summer
Some of the favorite perennial flowers among Siberian gardeners are bearded irises. They bloom in early to mid-summer, and there are also re-blooming varieties. Thanks to this, irises can decorate the dacha until autumn.
Another type of irises is reticulate. They are also very beautiful, with an interesting yellow-blue or purple-white color. These are very tenacious plants, they can grow again from one surviving bud. Reticulated irises tolerate cold well, but do not like wet soil.
Lily-saranka - pink flowers, also called “royal curls”, they can be found in their natural environment in forests.
Daurian lily is also perfectly adapted to the Siberian climate. It blooms with large orange or red flowers from June to August. Loves good watering and easily tolerates cold winters.
There are frost-resistant varieties of roses and hydrangeas, but in the Siberian climate they need to be well covered for the winter. Tree-like and paniculate varieties are suitable for Siberia. For roses, park and floribunda roses are suitable, as well as climbing roses, which need to be well covered and trimmed correctly.
The perennial clematis vine has also become widespread in Siberian dachas. Varieties with small flowers, as well as Tangut clematis, are suitable for cold climates.
Decorative onions are distinguished by round purple inflorescences. Some of its species are edible
Autumn
Suitable for short Siberian autumn perennial aster. This plant tolerates winter well and blooms right up to the snow. Some small-flowered varieties of chrysanthemums are also suitable, but they require good shelter. Even the most persistent chrysanthemums in Siberia cannot overwinter in open ground.
Plants with decorative foliage
Perennial plants for Siberia with beautiful foliage will create a background for flowering ones and decorate the dacha in the intervals between flowering. Suitable for Siberia
- hosts,
- astilbe,
- bergenia,
- whine,
- sedums,
- buzulnik.
Flowering plants such as phlox, chrysanthemums, rudbeckias, and doronicums also have beautiful leaves.
How to protect perennials from the cold
In the north, it is especially important to properly cover plants in the country so that they survive the winter without damage. This applies to relatively frost-resistant plants such as roses, chrysanthemums, and hydrangeas.
Before sheltering, the plants need to be prepared. Climbing roses and clematis must be removed from their supports and laid on the ground. Roses must be trimmed to a height of 30 cm, chrysanthemums - 10-15 cm, damaged parts and all leaves must be removed. Diseased and dried parts are removed from all flowers.
Before using covering material, the root collar needs to be hilled up; for this, peat and dry leaves are used. The bush needs to be covered with lutrasil. A wire frame is placed on top, leaving about 25 cm on all sides. Covering material is placed on top of it. The inside of the frame is filled with dry leaves, preferably oak leaves. The frame is covered with spruce branches on top, also covered with dry leaves, and covered with a box or lutrasil.
We miss it on snowy winter evenings, looking at the white patterns outside the windows. We take care of it in spring and autumn in order to fully enjoy its fragrant and delicate beauty in summer time. Lovers of country nature have already guessed that our conversation today will be about the garden, and more specifically, about its flowering.
The main decoration of any garden is bright, well-groomed flowers. What to do when you want to take care of your flowerbed, but have nowhere to find free time? The simplest solution in this case is to grow unpretentious flowers for the garden. We call unpretentious those flowering plants that special care and practically do not require constant attention from the owner.
Such beautiful flower bed will look great at any cottage or garden. The most important thing is that you don’t need to take care of that flowerbed every day or week
Among these flowers there are also plants of one year of life and perennials. Right place and soil, periodic watering and good “neighbors” - all that unpretentious flowers require for the garden.
There are quite a few hardy types of flowers, here are some of them that experts recommend for growing:
Shade-loving perennials
Professionals give first place among perennial unpretentious flowers in the shade to spring and autumn bulbous flowers. You can safely place tulips, lilies of the valley, snowdrops, erythroniums, scillas and similar species in shady flower beds for many years.
Look at these beautiful flowers - tulips, lilies of the valley, snowdrops and scillas. Such flowers will not require special attention from you and will look great in your garden.
Not only bulbous plants can decorate low-sunny areas of the site. We recommend the following species to help “lazy” gardeners: fern, pachysandra, budra, tenacious, cuff and others. Shade-loving vines, such as virgin grapes, clematis or kirkazon, are excellent and trouble-free to grow in gardens.
A sunny flowerbed for many years
Hollyhocks, lupins, bluebells and carnations - these beautiful varieties of flowers are perfect for your flowerbed, which you do not have to maintain all year round
The most popular sun-loving, unpretentious flowers for flower beds are lilies, peonies and. Mallow, rabatka, lupine and bluebell are also held in high esteem. Bordering sunny flower bed or lawns can serve as shrubby aster or carnation.
Unpretentious peers
Beloved annual flower“of all times and gardeners” we can safely call petunia. The beauty and diverse palette of this plant will not leave anyone indifferent. And the whole difficulty is to plant the seedlings in the prepared soil. The best part is that it will bloom from the first spring buds until the cold weather.
Other types of unpretentious annuals are also in demand among busy summer residents: calendula, nasturtium, annual aster, marigolds, salvia and others.
Petunia is the most popular non-picky flower. The only thing you need to do is plant it in a place you like, and then it will bloom and delight your eyes
A short video about annual unpretentious flowers for summer cottage:
Getting a guarantee of an unpretentious flower garden is not a guarantee beautiful garden. Important point — correct landing and design flowering plants.
1. Blooming carpet
Lovers of bright lawns and lawns that do not require extensive care can be offered to create a lawn-type flower garden at their dacha. To do this, you just need to sow the designated area with wildflowers. The most successful flowers for such a lawn can be poppies, clovers, daisies, cornflowers and other similar varieties.
Do Moorish lawn made of poppy - it will require minimal attention, but it will look very, very presentable
Such a “carpet” does not need constant watering or cutting. A picnic or meeting with friends in such a home meadow will give you a feeling of closeness to nature and real relaxation.
2. Colorful arches and gazebos
If you have or are planning a gazebo at your dacha, think in advance about how to make it bloom. To implement this idea, we advise you to grow flowering, unpretentious vines:
Unpretentious climbing plants will also fit perfectly into the overall landscape in your garden or cottage.
- Clematis. You can call this vine the most unpretentious of all. That is why it has become the most grown plant near porches and gazebos.
- Maiden's grapes. Also very popular in our regions. Bright leaves and the decorative fruits of this plant cannot but please the eye.
- Campsis arborescens. Will decorate arches, gazebos, fences and any canopies around the house. His bright flowers give the garden an oriental mood.
- . This flower will definitely make your gazebo or arch truly royal. A cup of early morning tea in a rose scent is the best start to a new country day.
- Climbing annuals. A simpler option is decorative beans, peas or morning glory. Having planted them once, you will definitely want to see them in your garden next year.
3. Unpretentious flower bed
Forget-me-nots and daisies - just looking at these beauties will instantly lift your spirits
To create fresh and unusual flower bed Experts advise combining flowers of the same year with perennials. So, they should be planted at the base of the flower bed, and annuals should be changed every year, refreshing the flower bed.
Viola and Turkish carnation are a vivid example of the boundlessness of the imagination of our mother nature
To summarize, we note that for constant bright flowering of unpretentious flowers for the garden, you need to give them maximum attention right away, so that you can then relax and admire the result. It is advisable to fertilize the soil, fluff it up and prepare the flowers for planting, taking into account the characteristics of each variety. You won't have to wait long, and soon your hardy flowers will decorate your cottage or garden. We wish you real blooming masterpieces!
Flowers and plants are those beautiful creatures that fill any garden with rich, joyful colors, indescribable harmony and comfort. And their diversity amazes the imagination: more than 300 thousand annuals and perennials!
Yes, avid gardeners have plenty to choose from. And now we invite you to look at just some of the perennial undemanding species.
Varieties of perennials that do not require care
We call undemanding flowers and plants that grow in one place for years, are resistant to frost and require almost no care. All conditions for them lie in the right location, good “neighbors” and periodic watering.
Unpretentious perennial flowers that bloom all summer, you can grow from seeds and get your own seedlings, or you can buy the rhizome of an already mature plant in a container and plant it in the ground.
Important! If you prefer the first option, then under no circumstances sow perennial seeds directly into the ground. The seedling method is only suitable for them. In open ground, there is a high probability that they will not sprout.
Let's get acquainted with these versatile creatures that we hope will help you turn your garden into a piece of paradise!
Perennial flowers
| Name | Description |
| Lupine | Due to its adaptability to life in any conditions, it is often called a weed. Lupine seeds germinate even in cracks between. However, it has many colors (the variegated lupins are especially gorgeous) and very decorative carved leaves.
Lupine can be planted either in separate areas “solo” or in combination with other plants. The shape of its inflorescences will perfectly complement the structure of any flower bed. To grow seedlings, you need to plant the seeds early. Well, if you plant the rhizome of a perennial right away, it will bloom in the same year. Absolutely any soil is suitable for lupine. True, the instructions require planting it in sunny places. |
| Phloxes | These unpretentious perennial garden flowers are indispensable when decorating your site! A sea of phlox varieties with flowers of different shades. There are even “chameleons” that change their color depending on the lighting from bright crimson to lilac. Phlox behave similarly to weeds - they take root without problems and grow abundantly, sometimes displacing their “neighbors”. They grow well in both sun and partial shade (partial shade is preferred).
To extend the life of phloxes, once every 6 years the rhizomes must be dug up with your own hands, cut up and transferred to new places. It is better to plant these perennials early spring. |
| Rudbeckia and Echinacea | Rudbeckia and echinacea will add structure to any flower garden and successfully decorate the background, harmonizing with the rest of the “inhabitants” of your flowerbed.
It is best to grow your seedlings by sowing seeds in pots at the end of February. These flowers have no problems with germination, so you will certainly receive high-quality seedlings that will successfully take root in one place. The type of soil does not matter. Rudbeckia and Echinacea can be planted in spring or summer. At first, water them generously and weed the weeds thoroughly. Periodic feeding with organic matter and mineral fertilizers will not be superfluous. These are such simple manipulations, and next early spring the flowers will delight you with their positivity! |
| Perhaps the most unpretentious garden flowers familiar to everyone! They are just those about which you can say “grow on their own.” The real name is dissected rudbeckia, which is popularly considered a weed. Rudbeckia may well become a decoration of the garden, but you need to keep an eye on it so that it does not fill the entire area.
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| sedum | These unpretentious garden perennial flowers begin to bloom at the end of August and bloom until the first winter frosts. Loves sandy soil and sunlight.
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| Sage | Sage blooms from June to late summer. Undemanding to soil. Due to its low growth (30-50 cm), it can be planted even in miniature flower beds.
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| Iris | A very elegant flower, suitable not only for flower beds, but also for decorating recreation areas, small ponds, and monoflower beds. Iris is quite diverse in size and color. For example, there are small bulbous flowers that are indispensable for alpine hills. Some varieties of iris prefer humidity and partial shade, others prefer open sunny areas. Well, in general, they are undemanding; they only need sufficient watering and periodic sprinkling of soil on the rhizomes. This flower reproduces by simply dividing the root, which is preferably done in early spring.
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| Astilbe | Unpretentious garden flowers that bloom luxuriantly even in deep shade. That's why different varieties astilbes are used as decorations for the most secluded places in the garden. The only thing is that they need moist soil. Flowering begins around July and lasts 10 weeks.
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| Helenium | It dazzles for a very long time and abundantly! If you choose the right varieties, you can see helenium blooming from the beginning of June until the end of October.
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Not only flowers, but also such green ones will help to improve the area unpretentious plants for the garden, such as fern, budra, tenacious, pachysandra, cuff, virgin grapes, kirkazon or clematis, shade-loving vines and others. They grow quickly and effortlessly.
Create a floral paradise or design ideas
To create a truly paradise, it is not enough just to plant perennials. Important nuance– this is their correct planting and well-designed composition.
Here are some interesting ideas:
- "Blooming Carpet"– a rainbow lawn strewn with small wildflowers! You just need to plant low varieties of perennials and annuals in the designated area. These can be daisies, clover, cornflowers, poppies, helenium, sage, daisies, etc.
- “Living” arches and gazebos. If you have similar structures on your site, then why not make them more colorful? Gracefully climbing and unpretentious garden plants will do the trick!
These include:
- Clematis or clematis. A charming handsome man and a seducer of the eye! In beauty it can easily compete with overseas wonders. His large flowers various colors fall like a waterfall from a two-meter height. Luxurious bloom within a few weeks - this is a must see!
- Maiden's grapes. Vertical gardening with this climbing plant looks very impressive. In autumn, its leaves turn a charming raspberry-blackberry color. Decorative grape fruits are also pleasing to the eye. Plus, it has a special “creep” properties and can cling to any surface.
Attention! Maiden grapes produce large annual growth (somewhere up to 3.5 meters). This nuance should be taken into account when choosing a place to plant it.
- Tree-like campsis is a vine incomparable in vitality, endurance and unpretentiousness! She doesn't care about heat, rain, pests or diseases. It blooms continuously from June to September. Campsis will decorate a gazebo, fence, arch, entrance or canopy. The intricate shape of its flowers evokes the mood of the East.
The only negative is that the vine grows by leaps and bounds. But this is not a reason to refuse such a miracle! You can simply plant it in a narrow, cramped place where there will be nowhere to grow further.
- Climbing roses. Luxurious flowering and captivating aroma make them real “queens” of the garden! What could be more pleasant than a cup of tea early in the morning with a pink scent? Perhaps the best start to a new day.
- From annuals - decorative beans, peas and morning glory. Having planted them once, you will definitely want to see these mischievous vines in your garden next year. With their cheerful upward weaving, they add variety to a boring post, tree trunk, gate or fence.
- Flower beds, mixborders, ridges, alpine coaster . To keep these flower beds colorful for as long as possible, gardeners recommend combining perennials with annuals. The first ones will become the basis, the background. And the latter will help add fresh notes to the flower beds year after year.
Conclusion
In conclusion, we will say that for stable full flowering of undemanding garden plants you need to give them maximum attention right away, so that you can then relax and contemplate the beauty. It would be a good idea to pre-fertilize the soil and prepare the seedlings for planting, taking into account the characteristics of each species.
The result of the work will not take long to arrive. If you decide to improve your garden, then be sure to watch the video in this article. Wishing you some amazing blooming creations!
