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 every year and update the appearance of the 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 summer cottage plot like during flowering periods 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.
Lupines 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, with improper watering may get 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 perennial flower loves shaded areas and looks good next to hosta, aquilegia, and 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 an unusual appearance 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 soo clay 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 period, 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 very beautiful, but prickly. 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 grape 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
For the short Siberian autumn, a perennial aster is suitable. 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 the 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.
Why is it better to plant unpretentious perennial plants in your summer cottage? Because plant shoots that died in the fall will reappear in your garden with the onset of next spring. Flowerbed with perennial flowers, despite many difficulties, will delight you with her every year beautiful view. So you should know everything perennial flowers for the garden that do not require care. Here we will offer you not only their photos, but also a description.
You will agree that unpretentious perennial flowers that bloom all summer are very convenient to have in the country. Such plants have a number of features in their cultivation, which are worth discussing in more detail.
- It is worth noting, however, that unpretentious perennials They do not bloom for a long time, but many of their number have beautiful and colorful foliage.
- Perennial flowers planted in the front garden or on garden plot, will be able to grow in the same place for many years. A large number of them will require minimal care, both in nutrition and watering.
- They can grow quite quickly and fill the empty areas in your garden with their beauty. For this reason, perennial flowers are long-blooming, unpretentious and resistant to adverse weather conditions.
The main part of perennial plants has a period of maximum and abundant flowering - from about one week to a month. As a rule, when purchasing these flowers, their flowering period is indicated on the packaging. In some perennial flowers this period is longer. This is the time of abundant flowering. And the remaining time the perennials bloom with single peduncles. It may seem to you that these flowers cannot bloom profusely throughout the summer without rest. But still, with proper placement, this problem can be solved very simply.
In this article we will list all the most unpretentious perennial flowers. Any area in your garden will be decorated with luxurious perennial flowers from early spring until late autumn. Of course, a large number of species of these perennials will not bloom throughout the warm period, but replacing one peduncle with another can provide the gardener with constant blooming and a bright palette of colors until the first frosts can cut off this beauty. Such a summer cottage plot will gradually change throughout the summer and surprise summer residents with new and original views.
Trust the experienced
One of the main advantages of beautiful perennial flowers is that not a single annual plant can create such a riot of colors in a garden plot. And even very experienced gardener will not be able to create from annual plants beautiful and ever-changing color combinations in one composition. This can only be done using perennial plants. Since perennials boast a variety of shrubs and flowers, you can easily get lost in them. For this reason, you should look for those perennial flowers that will bloom throughout the summer season. Let us present to your attention several types of perennial flowers for a summer cottage that will not require much care (photos and brief description attached to this list): paniculata phlox, speedwell, astilbe, peony, hybrid sage, perennial aster, sedum.
Veronica. This plant has a flower length of 18-20 cm. The peduncle resembles the shape of a candle. Veronica can grow to a height of 25 to 60 cm. The flowers of this plant have scarlet and sapphire shades. The flowering period of this plant begins in spring and lasts until early autumn. In the northern regions, Veronica loves open sunny areas. But it will suffer in the south if there is no shade. These perennials are planted in the front zone of the flower garden.
This is a fairly tall plant, from 100 to 120 cm. It has large fragrant inflorescences of various shades. Blooms from early summer until autumn. It is perfect for the back areas of the flower garden. 
This plant is a relative of the well-known medicinal herb. It has beautiful paniculate flowers in lilac, white, cornflower blue, or multi-colored shades with bright emerald gray foliage. It will look great in the middle or front zone of a flower bed in the sunniest area.
The main flower of autumn is the perennial aster. Beautiful flowers, in the form of a lush star, begin to appear at the very end of summer, or with the onset of autumn. The colors are saturated with rich ruby, red, pink and purple hues. They can grow up to 160 cm. It depends on the type of flowers. Asters will look good edging the borders of a flower bed.
Your dacha will become even more beautiful if you plant perennial flowers on it that do not require care. Here we offer you photos of such flowers. Also here you can find a description that will help you in growing these plants. Let's continue to get acquainted with these flowers.
The red and fluffy feathers of astilbe can be taller than ferns. This plant blooms for one month, at the beginning of summer. Astilbe flowers display bright shades of snow-white, pink, and carmine. This flower is perfect for wet and shady areas. Having planted a small strip of these beautiful and tall perennials You don’t have to worry about them and don’t bother yourself with constant care.
This flower is also perennial. Lives long enough. This plant forms a shrub from 50 to 90 cm in height. Its multiple varieties contain a huge range of colors - almost all shades are available, with the exception of indigo. This perennial blooms from late spring to early summer.
The beautiful and fleshy flowers of sedum have made this plant very popular. It blooms in the second period of the growing season, at a time when many other types of flowers have already faded.
In conclusion
In this article, we perhaps managed to list all the perennial flowers that do not require special care. We hope that they will soon settle in your summer cottage and make it beautiful.
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Summer is not only the hottest and most troublesome time in the life of every gardener, but also a unique season from the point of view of “lush flowering”. Most garden plants bloom in summer, delighting with a variety of shapes, colors and sizes. But not all crops can boast of the duration of their parade: under the hot sun they quickly bloom and just as quickly leave the garden scene. But among the main characters of the garden show there are also special crops, the flowering of which lasts almost three months. They not only allow you to create “stable” compositions, but also simplify garden care, being the first competitors of colorful but high-maintenance summer gardens.
A flower garden with perennials that bloom all summer. © tejae floyde
It's not just summer flowers that can bloom all summer long.
When you think of plants that can bloom throughout the summer, the first things that come to mind are petunias, calibrachoas, lobelias and other annuals. Seasonal plants actually bloom from the beginning of June, not only until autumn, but also until the first frost. True, the price for such a show is very high: annuals require care, and tireless care. It is needed both by beauties growing in ampels and pots, and by plants in the ground, since in order to constantly produce hundreds of new buds, they need access to moisture and nutrients.
Growing annuals, no matter how beautiful they are, does not make gardening easier. And even more so in the summer, when numerous gardening chores already take up almost all the time, and the vegetable garden attracts most of the attention, leaving ornamental garden second roles.
But we shouldn’t think that we are doomed to choose one or the other. Combine cultivation abundantly flowering plants with the opportunity to enjoy a colorful show and leave yourself some time to relax, it is quite possible, because there is an alternative to summer holidays, and it is wonderful.
Flower garden continuous flowering. © lenastrid
Garden perennials, those same universal plants that form the basis of all beautifully flowering compositions, allow you to solve a wide variety of problems. From them you can create continuously blooming flower beds and ridges, form ensembles with different colors and visual effects, choose compositions to suit the style or specific theme of the design.
The right choice of perennials allows you to create a garden that is attractive from early spring until late autumn. And for the summer, the time of flowering of most crops, perennials have a particularly rich selection of species. And among them you can find crops that will delight you with flowering throughout the hot period until the arrival of autumn.
Among the perennial garden stars there are both plants that bloom for only 1-2 weeks, and crops with a longer “parade”, lasting 30-45 days, and sometimes almost two months. Beautiful daylilies, yarrows, paniculate phloxes, navels, lilies, cornflowers - typical example summer classics. And if you choose the right varieties, their flowering time can be extended from June to the end of August.
flower bed with long-flowering annual and perennial plants. © Stuart But there are also perennials whose flowering naturally exceeds 65-70 days and covers literally the entire summer. They are the real stars of flower beds, mixborders and borders, which delight the eye and simplify garden care.
Let's take a closer look at the 8 best perennials that can bloom all summer.
For a list of perennials that bloom all summer, see the next page.
Annual flowers that bloom all summer (the name and photo will be presented below) will delight you with their multicolor all season, from the beginning of spring until the onset of the first cold weather. Real gardeners will not be stopped by the annual hassle of growing and planting annual seedlings. Even if this beauty is for one season, a flowerbed with annuals blooming all season will be one of the most beautiful. Flowers in a well-groomed flowerbed always delight the eye and give positive emotions.
Each of us has the desire to make our summer cottage a little paradise. This is all available, moreover, you can decorate your garden in such a way that it looks new every year. The quality of annual flowers, valuable for a creative summer resident, allows you to compose new flower arrangements every year.
Flower garden with annual flowers
Annuals have many advantages: you don’t have to worry about how they will winter, you can choose a place for them on the site in advance. If you choose the right shades and flowering times of individual species, you can get a great result - flower beds that play with all the colors and aromas of summer throughout the entire season. Most annual flowers prefer sunny places, but there are some that do well in the shade.
Annuals for flower beds
For these plants, the entire vegetation cycle takes place in one season, they develop quickly and bloom profusely. The most unpretentious flowers for a flower bed, blooming all summer, are petunia, marigolds, sage, calendula, nasturtium. In most cases, flower beds have a given shape: diamond-shaped, round, rectangular.
Most often, flowers in a flower bed are located in one plane, but there are multi-tiered, vertical options. In such places, low-growing annual flowers look very advantageous; they are planted singly or together with tall flowers. Most often they act as ground covers, filling empty spaces between, for example, roses or other shrubs.
Marigolds Karina Marigolds are characterized by long flowering, have a bright yellow-orange color with brown shades, they are unpretentious, grow well in sunny areas and in the shade.
Petunia Everyone's favorite petunia displays a rainbow of hues and prefers sunny locations. She loves warmth, blooms all season, grows until the first cold weather.
Salvia 
Blue salvia Salvia – unpretentious flower, looks good with other plants. The flowers are shaped like candles; the range of shades is varied, but candles in lilac, purple, pink, and red shades look especially beautiful in flower beds.
There are many varieties of salvia, and it can also be perennial.
Photo of lilac salvia:
Salvia in the flowerbed Calendula with yellow or orange voluminous flowers stands out as a bright spot among its fellows. In addition to its decorative qualities, it has medicinal properties, and its flowers and leaves can be used in cooking.
Calendula - annual flowers, photo:
Calendula vulgare Nasturtium has many varieties, its double varieties are especially beautiful.
Nasturtiums in different colors It loves light and sun, but can also grow in the shade, although there it produces more lush foliage than inflorescences. Nasturtium flowers are bright orange, red, yellow.
Annual flowers that bloom all summer - Snapdragon (Antirrinum, "dogs") attracts attention with its unusual shape, a combination of colors (pink and white, yellow, just white or pinkish).
Snapdragon It looks harmonious when planted with other plants.
If you plant zinnia, you will admire its long flowering, up to 35 days.
Zinnia - annual Even when cut, it lives in a vase for a very long time and does not fade. The more fertile the soil in the flowerbed, the brighter flowers, which can be either short or very tall. The color of zinnia flowers can be monochromatic or variegated; it loves sunny places and warmth.
Calceolaria is another representative of flowers of unusual shape.
Calceolaria Dimorphotheca buds are simple in appearance, but this is where their charm lies. The flowers are shaped like a chamomile, the stems are about 30 cm high, the colors are varied - purple, orange, white, pink, double-colored petals. Characterized by plentiful long flowering, unpretentious, not particularly afraid of pests and diseases.
Dimorphotheca Another popular representative among gardeners has a rich color palette. These soft blue, purple, red, white, blue and lilac bushes look great in flower beds, in hanging containers, and along paths. Unpretentious, light- and moisture-loving annual flowers for the garden. The photo and their name are well known to summer residents - lobelia.
Lobelia Nemophila (American forget-me-not) does not grow very often in our flower beds, requires regular feeding, and is notable for the fact that it can bloom during the rains.
Nemophila It has a delicate aroma and looks great in flower beds, thanks to its delicate but noticeable color. Depending on the variety, it can be white, white-blue, have purple, black or blue spots, edges along the edges (with a white flower).
Nemophila with spots There are very dark purple nemophiles, almost black in color.
Coreopsis are garden flowers that are annual in size and smaller in height than perennials.
Coreopsis They are distinguished by abundant long-term flowering, feel good in flower beds, in flowerpots, near borders, anywhere. They take root well and are absolutely unpretentious.
Brachycoma annual, densely growing, boasts all shades of purple and lilac.
Brachycoma It is unpretentious, but feels most comfortable on fertile sandy soil. Loves the sun, but also blooms well in cloudy weather, thermophilic.
Annual dahlia flowers are unpretentious and have interesting feature, the lower, the faster the color is given.
Annual dahlias The most common variety is Merry Guys. short, dwarf varieties ideal for borders and flower beds. The flowers of annual dahlias are bright, in different shades.
Just because of the aroma alone, enchanting and unlike anything else, it is worth planting Mattiola (night violet) on the plot.
Mattiola - night violet The genus Matthiola annuals includes up to 20 different varieties of this fragrant plant. The flowers are small, dense, soft lilac, pink or dark purple. There are also white, pale yellow Mattiola (gray matthiola). It is easy to care for, blooms profusely, loves sun, but also grows well in partial shade. The plant has a medium height and blooms throughout the summer.
Garden annual balsam is a fairly tall plant (50-70 cm) with large flowers, which can be double or semi-double.
Garden annual balsam The colors of balsam are varied: white, scarlet, pink, crimson flowers.
Datura or Datura Large-flowered Datura is a real decoration of the garden; it blooms with large white bell-shaped flowers. There are also red, blue, and yellow varieties. It grows quickly and has abundant, long-lasting flowering. Datura is tall plant(1 m or more).
Mallow annual Annual mallow is beautiful and noticeable due to its size (from 30 to 120 cm) and bright double flowers. Easy to care for, drought-resistant if plucked off in time wilted flowers, then you can extend its flowering time.
Knapweed Cornflower blooms from May to September - unpretentious plant medium height, with dense small flowers of bright blue, pink, crimson, purple, white. Looks harmonious in mixed flower beds.
Bell Annual bellflower is a low-growing plant with light blue flowers. It loves sunny places, but can grow in the shade, although it does not bloom as profusely. Blooms from May to September.
Iberis snow-white Snow-white iberis (“bitter”) is one of the shortest annuals, up to 30 cm high. It is sun-loving, but does well in shaded areas. Varieties of Iberis umbellata are found in soft pink, lilac, and purple colors.
Iberis Shade-loving annuals
For places under trees with lush crown or spreading shrubs, unpretentious annuals that prefer shade are suitable. Such flowers have dense foliage, saturated with all shades of green. Their flowering is not as abundant as that of their sun-loving counterparts, but this factor in no way detracts from their beauty.
Cosmea annual Multi-colored bright Cosmos - shade-loving annual flowers for flower beds, can create a joyful atmosphere even in shaded areas of the site. Cosmea blooms profusely for a long time, its shape is similar to a chamomile, the color scheme is replete with all shades of pink and crimson. Shaded areas are noticeably “refreshed” by white cosmos.
They love the shade of nasturtiums, forget-me-nots, marigolds, pansies, mallows - their buds have rich colors and feel comfortable in any weather. With brovallia, fuchsia, lobelia, and impatiens, you can create bright and harmonious group plantings in shady areas of the garden.
Browallia It should be borne in mind that some shade-loving annual flowers for the garden do not react well to direct sun rays, they are recommended to be planted in the darkest areas of the site.
Climbing annuals
Annual climbing flowers are very popular among gardeners and summer residents. Their beauty is not inferior to perennial representatives, they grow faster and require minimal care. In addition to their visual appeal, they can be used to decorate fences, country houses, and be used as sun protection over a gazebo. Annual climbing flowers for the garden (those species that are not afraid of drafts) can serve as a kind of wind shield for more vulnerable plants. If you have imagination, you can create amazing design compositions.
morning glory The beautiful morning glory prefers regular watering and sunlight, otherwise it is unpretentious. Reaches three meters in one season.
Climbing sweet peas like moist soil and sun, but not direct sunlight. The colors are very diverse, blooms from July to November, reaches a height of 3 meters.
Nasturtium climbing 
Climbing nasturtium (annual) and liatris (perennial) There is a variety of climbing nasturtium (Nasturtium large), which grows up to 3 meters in length. Kobeya with large bell flowers. Thunbergia winged with large orange buds. All of them belong to annual climbing vines.
Thunbergia Ipomoea Quamoclitus pinnate (Ruby stars) looks very beautiful - it braids a large area with complexly dissected leaves, along which they are evenly, not very often distributed bright red flowers shaped like stars.
Quamoclitus pinnate (Ruby stars) Annual flowers that are not afraid of heat
And this information will be of interest to my fellow countrymen, residents of Kuban. The summer of 2017 was very hot for us. Other regions complained about the cold summer, but for us it was the opposite. And in my flower beds, in the flower beds of my friends, there was no particular splendor. Some flowers refused to bloom, others had sparse flowers, and others simply survived in extreme heat - it was a pity to look at them.
But there were flowers that were not affected by either the abnormally hot sun or the rare but torrential (in the full sense of the word) rains. But before, I even weeded them out. These were annuals, but they sprouted by self-sowing and did not grow where I needed them. That is, that summer showed that these flowers are very resilient. In the conditions of that summer, they were the only ones that bloomed and smelled profusely.
These are mirabilis, aromatic tobacco and purslane. I will write briefly about each.
Mirabilis
This flower always grew in the flower garden of my grandmother and mother, and I also love it very much. True, as a child I did not know his real name; we all called him Zorka. And it fully lived up to its name. The flowers opened in the evening, stood open all night and only closed in the morning at dawn. We had varieties with bright crimson flowers, but there are also ones with white, yellow, pink and delicate salmon petals. I’ve even seen it with flowers of different colors on the same bush. In its homeland it is a perennial; in the conditions of Kuban it may or may not survive the winter, but then in the spring shoots appear in this place, of which only the strongest and healthiest remain. I think that in conditions middle zone This is definitely an annual. By the way, many people grow it at home on the windowsill.
Mirabilis is an unpretentious plant. Apart from evening watering, light loosening, and removing weeds, last year he received nothing from me, but he was almost the main decoration of the garden. Bloomed until the coldest weather. And they arrived almost in December.
Fragrant tobacco
For me, fragrant tobacco is a flower that I “planted and forgot.” It is an annual plant, but every year in the spring new shoots appear in the same place. I just have to stop it from growing all over the garden. But to be honest, I don't try too hard. The flowers of fragrant tobacco are not very noticeable, but in the evenings such an aroma spreads throughout the garden that you don’t want to get rid of the “extra” plants. It also does not require special care. Only seedlings can be “clogged” by weeds, so their removal is necessary at first. Then, when the plant gets stronger, no weeds are afraid of it. Only the fittest and strongest survive the winter. Sometimes in the spring I replant tobacco plants from places where I don’t need it to empty spaces in the flowerbed. As it grows and becomes a fluffy bush, it not only covers a bare spot in the flower garden, but also creates a background for low-growing plants.
Purslane
Purslane is also a flower from my childhood. Every summer I saw him in both my grandmother’s and mother’s flower gardens. We called it “the carpet” because it covered the ground with a bright carpet along the paths in the front garden. It was the purslane that gave the flower garden a certain completeness. What beautiful purslane flowers! There are simple ones, there are double or semi-double ones in a wide variety of colors. Purslane blooms all summer, from June until frost. In the evenings the flowers close, but in the morning they “burn” like multi-colored lights in a flower bed. You can sow purslane only once and, thanks to its abundant self-sowing, it will delight you every year. Loves sunny places, blooms poorly or not at all in the shade. Grows well in sandy soils. But he also likes my black soil. I don’t know how true my observations are, but it seems it’s better not to fertilize purslane. By growing, purslane can even survive weeds. I have never observed weeds in the place where it grows.
When choosing annual flowers for your garden, you can buy seedlings or seeds in flower shops or supermarket departments. Today, the choice of seeding materials is so wide that finding the desired flower is not difficult.
Tall representatives are great for decorating flower beds or mixed borders; in mixed flower beds they usually create the background. When planning the design of the site for the summer season, take into account the combination of sizes (heights) of plants and their color scheme. Flower requirements for soil moisture, lighting, and fertilizers should also be kept in mind. Sometimes plant species with the same name can be both tall and short, medium-sized. When purchasing seeds, read the attached information. Annual flowers that bloom all summer - the name and photo are always on the packaging. Try to keep crops that grow next to each other close from an agrotechnical point of view.
