Modern private and public nurseries offer literally a million colors for your garden. The process of choosing them will immerse you in the diversity and unsurpassed beauty of plant life. The color, aroma and appearance of each flower is unique in its own way. And with the right approach, the flowers in your garden will be a source of flavor and freshness from spring to frosts. About how to choose, group and grow flowers in the garden and will be discussed below.
Instead of beds and fruit trees - alpine hills and flower compositions. This replacement has recently been made by a growing number of people throughout Russia. In the country areas bloom whole colored carpets - pansies, tulips, begonias and petunias grow with love, sparing no effort and money. Cultivation of them in accordance with the strict laws and rules can be compared with art. Therefore, when you decide to turn your yard into a botanical garden, think again. Are you ready to spend most of your free time studying, choosing, caring, taking care of flowers, are you willing to spend money on seeds, seedlings, fertilizers and expensive equipment. If you are ready for everything, then go ahead. And the reward to you will be true floral splendor, bewitching with its beauty and harmony.
The secrets of successful growing flowers for your garden
Even if you are not a professional gardener with many years of experience, you can guess that growing flowers in the garden is much more difficult than caring for indoor plants. At least, more scale. In addition, flowers are exposed to constant weather (or weather) influences in the garden, which forces flower growers to resort to urgent measures and spontaneous decisions.
To avoid problems when growing flowers selected for the garden, you need to consider their requirements in terms of light and moisture. If you decide to plant several kinds of flowers together, you need to group them according to the similarity of needs, and also by species diversity. This means that if you plant flowers in the shape of a flower bed, high specimens should be placed in its center, and low on the periphery.
You also need to think ahead of time and the flowering time of individual plants. For example, it is very convenient to group flowers so that some of them blossom, and their place is immediately occupied by others. That is, to make the flowerbed not empty. Very carefully it is necessary to treat the needs of the plants themselves. For example, you should not plant near the shade-loving and light-loving plants. It is clear that one of them will feel uncomfortable and eventually die.
Also, flowers for the garden should be grouped according to the amount of water that they need. You can not plant species that love water near those who do not need water. How will you water them? Here the first ones will wither or the second ones will rot. In advance, it will also be necessary to consider the exacting nature of plants for soil and fertilizers. Otherwise it will be necessary to separately fertilize each of them in its own way, and this is completely different costs and efforts.
Popular flowers for the garden
No doubt, the rose, like the queen of flowers, is present in almost every garden. Along with delicate fragrant flowers, as a rule, you can see blue-violet flowers or garden begonia, bright red geraniums, chrysanthemums and lilac bushes of lilac. Heralds of spring snowdrops, crocuses and lilies are also representatives of the flora of the beloved garden. But if you want a bright and landscaped garden in which increasingly diverse and popular species will grow, you will not be able to skip the following garden flowers:
- Peony - a perennial plant with large flowers from white to maroon, reaches a height of up to 1 meter, prefers rich in humus soils and blooms from late spring to early summer. Propagated by cuttings. It is considered a garden long-liver. The bush can bloom with proper care until 20 years! It is one of the revered symbols of Chinese folklore. Peony is a symbol of prosperity and attracting wealth.
- Dahlia is an annual plant growing in a bush and blooming with large flowers of different shades throughout the summer. Dahlias - the most diverse flowers in terms of colors. They come in almost any colors, except, perhaps, black. There are about 30 kinds of dahlias. The average height of the bush is 50 cm, blossoms from May to October, and grows best in well-lit places. Dahlia is extremely unpretentious and its cultivation can be mastered even by a beginner florist.
- Hortensia is a perennial shrub abundantly blossoming with large globular inflorescences of white or pink flowers. It reaches a height of 1.20 to 1.80 cm, does not require much care, but it is very important that the earth under the bush is constantly wet. Hortense is a lover of bright light, but can grow in partial shade. The plant perfectly tolerates the cold and hibernates without problems in the open ground.
- Salvia (Sage of the predictors) is a very bright, low-growing plant, up to 50 cm high. It loves nutrient-rich soils without clay impurities. Requires abundant watering, blooms from June to late autumn. Necessarily needs a bright sun, because this plant is extremely photophilous.
- Nasturtium - is grown mainly due to its medicinal properties. Used in the period of avitaminosis, with anemia, kidney disease, hair loss, coughing, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. It is a bright herbaceous plant, very beautifully flowering and extremely simple to clean. It happens and winding - this species is often used for living arbors or hedges. Loves the sun and a lot of water. The soil should not be heavy, since it is fraught with the formation of blossoms. Flowers are yellow, orange, brownish-red and pink shades.
- Kalanchoe is a tropical plant that has won the hearts of our growers for their beauty and unpretentiousness. It grows shrubbery, reaches a height of 30 cm and blooms with bright colors for a long time. It is able to keep water in its roots, so it is always necessary to allow the soil to dry before the next watering. Has fleshy leaves and stems.
- Marigolds - reach a height of about 20-25 cm, very suitable for small floral compositions, hanging baskets and decorative boxes. Blossoms from July to October with shiny yellow, orange or golden colors. Prefers moderate doses of moisture and light. It grows best in mixed soil.
- Lavender - aromatic evergreen shrubs with flowers of different shades. She loves light and mineral-rich soil. Resistant to cold and weak watering. Lavender is very popular due to its essential oils and culinary, medicinal and cosmetic properties.
- Narcissus - you probably heard the legend of a beautiful young man in ancient Greece Narcissus, who died of love for his own reflection. This flower is named after him. Narcissus prefers sunny or slightly shaded places with loose sandy loamy soil. It requires careful watering. Up to 60 cm in height, it blooms white, cream and all shades of yellow. Propagates by bulbs.
During the period from June to September blooms gladioluses, azaleas and decorative sunflowers. If you decide to make a flower bed - June is the time. This month can also be planted such perennial flowers as calendula, carnation, primroses and buttercups. Remember - in order to create beauty and splendor, it is not necessary to buy at once one million flowers for your garden. Select several types. But do it wisely. And then you will create around yourself a real Garden of Eden for the joy of yourself and your loved ones.