Drought-resistant flowers for a sunny flowerbed. Favorite flowers

Everyone can have a beautiful and colorful plot, even the not so experienced gardener. And even if it is not possible to provide daily watering and they need to be planted in an open, dry area, it does not matter. Let's look at some drought-tolerant plants as examples for planting in a sunny flower bed that will bloom, delight with lush greenery and create coziness in your garden.

Drought-tolerant grasses

When designing a sunny flower bed, you should pay attention to which will help complement your flower garden with lush greenery and give it volume.

Examples of such drought-resistant plants:

• tortuous meadow grass- forms hummocks of thin blades of bright green grass. It is not picky, tolerates frost well and is excellent for planting in an open area;
  
• gray tonong- a low, drought-resistant grass of green-gray color, which explains its name. It takes root well in sunny areas and does not require any specific care;
  
• reed canary grass- grows well in both sunny and shady areas. His main feature- leaves white;
  
• - an excellent plant that absolutely does not need watering and loves sunny places. There are many varieties of tenacious, which differ in a variety of colors.
  

Sun-loving flowers for a flower bed

There are a lot of plants in nature that we can plant in a sunny flowerbed. And when looking for drought-resistant flowers for a flower bed, we advise you to pay attention to those that do not need to be sown every year. Another advantage in favor of perennials is the fact that they are quite unpretentious and do not require special care.

• In April-May you can plant cornflowers. They prefer sunny places and are unpretentious to soil. These perennials must be planted at a distance of at least 30 cm, otherwise the plants will shade each other. Cornflower does not require special care after planting and is resistant to pests and diseases. To keep your sunny flowerbed looking neat, you need to remove flowers that have faded.

  Did you know? Cornflowers are perennials that are widely used in classical medicine. They are part of antiseptics and drugs for the treatment of diseases of the eyes, liver and biliary tract. IN folk medicine inflorescences are used to make various tinctures that help in cosmetology and even gynecology.

  
  
• A sunny mood in your flowerbed will create doronicum. While other plants are just gaining strength, and the bulbous ones have already faded, Doronicum will delight you from May to June. More than 40 species of this plant are known. The flower adapts perfectly to any conditions, so a sunny flower bed is perfect for planting it. When caring, you need to take into account that the plant has a shallow root system, and carefully weed and loosen the soil so as not to damage the perennial.
  
• Lush and bright, which are also planted during this period, are not only unpretentious, but also bloom twice: in June-July and August-September. You can plant them either one at a time or in groups of 2-3 plants, in which case in a couple of years you will get powerful Root system This plant is very strong and goes to a depth of 1 meter. It should be borne in mind that the seeds of this perennial are poisonous and it is necessary to cut off the flower stalks in time. But the stems of faded lupine will be wonderful for your flower bed.
  
• The list of flowers that are perfect for an open sunny flower bed includes small petal, blooming throughout the summer. This plant is deservedly preferred by novice gardeners and designers. After all, when choosing this perennial, you get fluffy green bushes that also bloom profusely. The small petal is a frost-resistant, not capricious and sun-loving perennial.
  
• You can also plant it at the end of May. This herbaceous plant With bright colors There are about 90 species, there are both upright and hanging. The plant does not require special care, but during flowering it is advisable to provide moderate watering. And, of course, to maintain the well-groomed appearance of your flower bed, you should remove dried flower stalks.
  
• It comes in many colors and is perfect for a sunny flower bed. In addition to the abundance of colors, it also has a pleasant aroma. All varieties of carnations go well with other plants in the flowerbed and are not fussy about their surroundings.
  

Not every plant is able to fully develop and grow without sufficient moisture. They can react to its deficiency in different ways: some are stunted in growth, others lose leaf turgor, and others dry out completely. But what if in hot, dry weather it is not possible to water the flower garden often? In this case, an excellent solution to the problem would be to select drought-resistant plants for decorating a flower garden, which, even with insufficient moisture, do not lose their attractiveness, delighting others with lush flowering and a wonderful aroma.

When designing flowerbeds of drought-resistant plants, you can adhere to standard planting schemes, in which the foreground is filled with low-growing flowers, and tall, handsome flowers are planted as a background in the background.

Decorative flower beds are capable of performing spectacular decoration plot and serve as a source of aesthetic pleasure for its owners

When creating a flower garden that will decorate the site for many years, it is necessary to take into account a number of points:

• Place of arrangement. Drought-resistant flowers feel comfortable in depleted soils. But they do not tolerate marshy soils where there is no sufficient outflow of moisture. On waterlogged soils they simply rot and die. Reliable soil drainage is a prerequisite when arranging flower beds. When laying out flower beds, the factor of illumination of the area is also important, because some drought-resistant flowers love sunny areas, while others love shady places.
• Combination of plants. When selecting compositions, it is important to take into account the conditions for growing a particular species. Plants with different moisture needs may feel uncomfortable in close proximity. And with such a combination of plants, the gardener may have difficulties with watering.
• Creating conditions for growth. To ensure reliable drainage, a sufficient amount of gravel and sand must be added to the soil. It is advisable to water only in the morning, thereby reducing moisture loss during the day.

Plants must be planted at a sufficient distance from each other, leaving room for free growth of their above-ground parts.

Since most drought-resistant plants in nature grow on depleted soils and soils lacking vitamins, when preparing a flower garden it is better to limit the amount of organic fertilizers.

The opinion that drought-resistant plants look inconspicuous compared to their sun- and moisture-loving counterparts is wrong. Among the drought-resistant plant species you can find many bright and spectacular decorative flowers. Beautifully flowering, drought-resistant perennials are unpretentious in nature and can grow even on depleted soils.

Many gardeners love drought-resistant plants not only for their unpretentiousness and beauty. A pleasant aroma always hovers around flower beds with these plants, attracting insects that pollinate the flowers.

But even among the variety of beautiful drought-resistant plants, there are clear favorites that, even with insufficient care, can delight with lush, unique flowering throughout the season.

Using tall and low-growing drought-resistant grasses when designing compositions, you can even create real masterpieces of landscape art

Unpretentious plants can feel comfortable in both sunny and slightly shaded areas. Periwinkle, wormwood, milkweed, arabis, sedum and yarrow grow well between rocks. They are indispensable when decorating dry slopes, as well as for arranging and.

Among ground cover and low-growing drought-resistant flowers, the most decorative ones are: awl-shaped phlox, gaillardia, alyssum, saxifrage

Lilac lavender bushes, planted along garden paths and exuding a magical aroma in the area, can literally transform the territory of the site

Irises, beloved by many gardeners, are also not particularly demanding to care for. Most of them bloom for 3-5 weeks in the spring, but some varieties bloom again in autumn.

Irises are amazing plants, numbering in tens of thousands of varieties, striking the imagination with their exquisite flower shape and variety of colors.

Echinacea is also great for decorating dry areas. A native of warm countries, it is interesting for its bright inflorescences of pink, yellow, burgundy and purple.

In addition to their decorative appeal, miniature “suns” can also have a healing effect: they help improve immunity, as well as cure colds and flu

Byzantine clearing will help give the garden an original texture. The plant, popularly referred to as “lamb’s ears,” is interesting due to its silvery foliage with a velvety texture.

Byzantine chistets is a herbaceous perennial 30-40 cm high. As it grows, it creates elegant soft “pillows” with a silvery tint

Crocosmia – unusual beautiful plant, numbering about 50 species, is of South African origin. The aroma of its flowers is somewhat reminiscent of saffron, widely used in cooking.

Crocosmia, decorated with spikelets with star-shaped funnel-shaped flowers, is famous for its abundant and long flowering, which can last from mid-summer to late autumn

This drought-resistant plant looks great in open flower beds.

Among the tall, drought-resistant beauties are mallow, miscanthus, and decorative onions. Reaching a height of two meters, they are able to create elegant screens that will act as a bright decoration of the site throughout the season until the first frost.

The graceful stems of hollyhock roses can be decorated with about a dozen semi-double or double flowers of various shades, from snow-white, rich yellow to dark purple and burgundy.

These showy plants are ideal for a low-maintenance garden. It is enough just to sow the seeds in the ground at a distance of 50 cm from each other on fertile and well-drained soil - and within a year or two you will be able to enjoy the stunning flowering of mallow from June to late autumn.

Allium or decorative onion deserves special attention. Throwing out flower-bearing arrows 80-170 cm high in the spring (depending on the variety), it dresses up in spherical inflorescences of stunning beauty.

Large balls of allium inflorescences, smoothly swinging on thin arrows, are strewn with star-shaped flowers in white, pink and light purple shades

In addition to its aesthetic appeal, thanks to its specific “onion” smell, allium is able to protect not only itself, but also its flowerbed neighbors from harmful insects.

Drought-tolerant grasses

When designing a flower garden, a special place should be given to drought-resistant herbs. The most attractive among them are gray fescue, two-tasseled fescue and elimus.

Compact bushes of gray fescue, the height of which does not exceed 20-25 cm, look like sea ​​urchin with bluish needles

Such “bumps” look impressive against the backdrop of ponds and rocky gardens. Gray fescue grows best in sunny areas with fertile, well-drained substrate.

Two-bottle grass is a rapidly growing ornamental grass that forms tall “cushions” collected from white-green variegated grass

The decorative grass elymus is also attractive with its pointed bluish-gray leaves.

Since elymus grows quickly and behaves somewhat aggressively towards neighboring plants, it is better to plant it in a flower garden, limiting the roots using a container without a bottom

Decorative trees and shrubs

The beautiful barberry shrub is a clear favorite due to its unpretentiousness and drought resistance. Its thorn-strewn stems, growing up to 1 meter high, are decorated with elegant yellow, pink-brown and bright red leaves.

Among the variety of barberry varieties, the most decorative ones are Golden Ring with small red leaves with a yellow border and Rose Glow with pink-brown leaves with fancy pattern in the form of white strokes and droplets

Branched barberry shrubs love the sun, but can also grow in slightly shaded areas. Some varieties of barberry also delight you with edible bright red fruits in the fall.

Euonymus - bright and unusual beautiful bush attractive with a beautiful openwork crown and small elegant foliage.

A plant whose foliage has a saturated color during the summer months. dark green color, with the onset of September it is engulfed in an “autumn fire”, turning into orange, purple and violet shades

The pinkish fruits that cover the stems of the euonymus open as they ripen, revealing bright red-orange seeds. Amazing sight! But it is worth remembering that ripe fruits, like all parts of the plant, are poisonous.

The silver oleagin shrub is no less decorative. It feels most comfortable on very depleted soils, enriching and improving them with nitrogen.

The branches of the shrub, decorated with silvery foliage, are strewn with miniature flowers during flowering, spreading a pleasant aroma, thanks to which they are widely used in the perfume industry

In place of the flowers, fruits are later set, which by autumn grow into yellowish berries with astringent, sweetish pulp.

The flexible branches of an evergreen shrub are decorated with tiny needles and scaly needles, spreading a pleasant resinous aroma around them.

Amazingly beautiful forest dweller standing unfavourable conditions, in his own person is able to transform any place on the site. It will be an effective addition to a rocky garden, a multi-level flower garden, a mixborder, or a frame garden path.

Drought-resistant plants are ideal for garden and flower garden decoration. They take root well and serve as a worthy decoration for the site.

Flower garden of sun-loving perennials:

Under the sun's rays, perennials bloom with special splendor and beauty. The choice of their species and varieties is large enough so that every gardener can find plants of the color, shape and flowering period that suit him.

The best places for many abundantly flowering plants are open to the sun.

Here, such noble long-flowered flowers as lilies, peonies and phlox can show themselves in all their glory. They tolerate short-term daytime shade quite calmly, but longer shading and even openwork shade from trees and shrubs seriously affect their prosperity.

Large, lushly flowering breeding varieties of sun-loving perennials are especially sensitive in this regard. For them, the most optimal are ridges with fertile and sufficiently moist soils.

The design of sunny areas depends entirely on your taste and, of course, on the actual capabilities of your garden. Small flower beds in the front garden can be designed no less impressively than a ridge stretched along a garden path, a “ribbon” of perennials along the border of the garden, or a flower island in the center of the lawn.

In any case, it is very important to skillfully combine plants according to their growth. Such tall and lush-flowering crops as rosemary, mallow and lupine are most advantageous in the “far” section of the flowerbed. Their flower stalks will rise above the shorter crops in the foreground, which in turn will cover the bases of their shoots.

We offer you an approximate diagram of a flower bed with perennials:

1. Miscanthus - Miscanthus sinensis.

2. Annual three-cut malope, or hole - Malope trifida.

3. Hybrid yarrow variety - Achillea "Schwefelbluete".

4. Campanula lactiflora.

5. Perovskia wormwood - Perovskia abrotanoides.

6. Annual hybrid of verbena - Verbena.

7. Sedum-squeaky, or hare cabbage - Sedum telephium (before flowering).

9. Foxtail featherweed - Pennisetum alopecuroides (before the appearance of flower stalks).

10. Louis's wormwood - Artemisia ludoviciana.

11. Hybrid variety of yarrow - Achillea "Lachsschoenheit".

12. Hybrid shrub aster - Aster dumosus (before flowering).

13. Hybrid coreopsis - Coreopsis.

14. Fassen's catnip - Nepeta fassenii "Six Hills Giant".

15. Himalayan geranium - Geranium himalayense.

16. Annual fragrant tobacco - Nicotiana.

17. Santolina chamaecyparissus.

Of course, you can replace some flowers with your favorite ones, because this is an approximate option... and you can extend the flowering season in a sunny flowerbed with the help of such attractive autumn-flowering crops as sedum, garden chrysanthemums or autumn asters.

Most perennials will bloom again in the fall if they are pruned in a timely manner after the main flowering period. Such plants include delphinium, stenactis, catnip And scabious.

The choice of spring sun-loving perennials is somewhat smaller. They bloom in April rezukha, meadow lumbago And Adonis. They are joined in May day-lily, catnip And peony.

You can enrich your spring palette with such bulbous plants as narcissus,tulip And grouse. Since bulbous crops become unattractive after flowering, they should not be planted in the foreground of garden beds.

An easier-to-maintain option for a large flower garden is a sunny lawn. Wild perennials - cornflower, yarrow,meadow sage- thrive here in colorful company with herbaceous plants. Such lawns are sown with a special seed mixture or replanted individual crops onto an existing lawn.

Examples of compositions from sun-loving perennials:

Cascades of flowers

Thanks to a well thought out fit geranium, sedum and mantle receive the same amount of sunlight as tall mallow(Malva sylvestris) in the background.

Warm colors of autumn

Delicate and soft palette echinacea purpurea(Echinacea purpurea), helenium hybrids(Helenium) and chamomile asters(Aster amellus) is simply amazing!

Beautiful sun-loving perennials

Delphinium- large-flowered perennial with long candle-shaped inflorescences; supports are desirable; re-blooming after pruning. The erect peduncles of spurs, densely strewn with bells, are spectacular in any corner of the garden.

Phlox paniculata- long-lasting large-flowered perennial with dense pin-shaped peduncles; re-blooming after pruning. A pleasant aroma and lush floral outfit make phlox one of the most popular garden crops.

Rudbeckia- an unpretentious large-flowered perennial with basket-shaped inflorescences; produces root suckers; pruning increases the flowering period. If you provide rudbeckia with enough space, it will gradually form dense flower thickets.

Bush aster- an abundance of star-shaped inflorescences above dense dark green foliage; good ground cover plant. The warm lights of the autumn bush aster (Aster dumosus) glow in the garden until October.

Catnip- long, arched shoots with numerous small two-lipped flowers; loose bushy growth. It is not difficult for him to find company. Regular pruning maintains a compact bush shape.

Oriental poppy (Turkish)- large cup-shaped flowers of luminous color; short flowering time; spreads by self-seeding. It is loved for the freshness of its bright flowers and the expressiveness of its seed pods.

Heliopsis- A hardy, large-flowered perennial with sunflower-like inflorescences on long, straight stems and long-lasting flowers.

Lavender- a compact, long-lived perennial with evergreen pubescent foliage and fragrant flowers. Thanks to its woody stems, lavender is classified as a subshrub. She is very good in borders.

Day-lily- large-flowered perennial with star-shaped or bell-shaped flowers; grows to the size of a large bush.

Gaillardia- attractive multi-colored ray-shaped inflorescences on strong stems; Protection from cold weather is recommended.

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If your site is not shaded by plantings, is well lit by the sun, and has light, sandy loam soils, then drought-resistant plants will feel best on it. They grow well in the sun, easily tolerate a lack of moisture in the soil, while maintaining their decorative appearance. Their assortment is quite large, and compositions with sun-loving and drought-resistant plants can be very diverse.

Essential ground cover

First of all, drought-resistant plants include numerous ground cover or cushion-shaped “alpine” perennials for rocky gardens. They are usually short (15-35 cm), form dense, growing clumps, and thrive in bright sun. Light, well-drained soils are suitable for alpine growth.

Rejuvenated(m. roofing, m. cobwebby, m. scion, m. hybrid) form compact rosettes of shortened and pointed thick leaves of green or purple color. In summer they bloom with rather large flowers on long stalks of yellowish-white, dirty pink, and red flowers.

Numerous varieties sedum They are also sun worshipers. They form vast clumps, blooming from June to August in yellow, pink, white, orange, crimson small flowers, collected in loose inflorescences. Sedums have a variety of leaf shapes - pointed, oval, round. They can be colored green, purple, yellow, and have a white border along the edge of the leaf. The most popular are: o.bent, o.caustic, o.Eversa, o.Kamchatsky, o.false, o.rocky, o.white and many others.

Heat-resistant plants include a variety of varieties carnations- grasses and carnations are grayish-blue with bluish stems and leaves with simple or double flowers of white-pink or raspberry-red colors. They form “cushions” up to a meter in diameter and require pruning after flowering.

In spring, white and pink arabis turn into colored “mats”, phlox subulate with white, pink, lilac, purple flowers, aubrieta (lilac and dark pink color of flowers), sunny yellow rock alyssum.

Alpine aster, which belongs to the dwarf shrubs, blooms in June with simple flowers of pink, lilac, and white colors.

Various types of low-growing plants are quite drought-resistant and sun-loving. bells with blue, white, purple flowers: K.Carpathian, K.Oshe, K.spoon-leaved, K.Holmovoy, K.Gargansky, K.Portenschlag, K.Pozharsky.

The common one blooms in July with small lilac flowers, attracting large numbers of bees and bumblebees, spreading in vast clumps. If you step on plants, the air is filled with a pleasant aroma.

Yaskolka tomentose with white star flowers and whitish-gray foliage is capable of covering large spaces, as it forms underground stolons.

Sun lovers

There is quite a large assortment medium-sized perennials, flowering and decorative leaves, which prefer a sunny location, easily tolerate a lack of moisture in the soil. They usually reach a height of 40 to 100 cm. These plants can form small clumps or occupy large spaces.

There are many varieties of heuchera - plants that form compact rosettes of rounded or jagged leaves in green, purple, yellow, and silver colors. Such rosettes have a height and diameter of about 30-40 cm, and peduncles with small red or white small flowers collected in brushes rise to a height of up to 60 cm.

Some sedums (o.prominent, o.tenacious) form rounded bushes 40-60 cm high with bluish, bright green, variegated (white with green), purple foliage, blooming in mid-summer and autumn with pink, purple, yellow, white flowers , collected in flat inflorescences.

A variety of colors look impressive decorative bows .

Most of them are true sun worshipers. These are dwarf (not higher than 30 cm) Moli onions with yellow waxy flowers and Ostrovsky onions with dark pink inflorescences, Karatavsky onions with wide leaves and dirty pink spherical inflorescences, blue onions with bright blue heads, Christophe onions with huge lilac balls of flowers (up to 20 cm in diameter).

Liatris spicata has spike-shaped inflorescences of lilac or white flowers 50 cm high and in July decorates the middle plans of flower beds.

The famous edelweiss, a symbol of the Alpine mountains, forms a low, loose rosette of silvery stems with whitish flowers.

Some drought-tolerant plants can grow very large and occupy large areas in flower beds. Perennial sage with bright blue flowers tolerates drought well and decorates compositions with flowering flowers for a long time.

Yarrow (cultivated varieties and wild species) forms entire thickets of stems 60-70 cm high with yellow, pink, purple and white flowers collected in flat inflorescences.

Anaphalis - no tall plant(about 40 cm) with silvery stems and leaves, has white flowers with a yellow center, similar to yarrow. Various wormwoods (for example, Steller's p. and others) have different shape leaves and height, but usually silvery foliage.

Tolerates sun and drought well.

Among the annuals that love a sunny and dry location, we can name alyssum seaside, iberis umbelliferous, purslane grandiflora, mesembryanthemum crinumiflorum, hybrid gatsania, salvia (annual species and varieties), cineraria seaside, celosia pinnate, eschscholzia californica, gomphrena globulus, and notched squash.

Among the shrubs, various types of spirea and chaenomeles (Japanese quince) are considered the most sun-loving and drought-resistant, but with a lack of moisture they quickly fade.

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Most conifers (with the exception of thujas) prefer a sunny and dry place. The most hardy trees are pines, horizontal juniper and other blue spruce species.

No matter how good your neighbors are, you still don’t want to be under their supervision around the clock. And the chain-link mesh, you must admit, is unreliable protection from prying eyes. Therefore, several years ago we changed it to a fence made of metal profiles. Of course, I wanted a wooden one, but it turned out to be very expensive. At first I was upset, I even cried a couple of times, then I came to terms with the circumstances and even managed to find positive point- now my clematis will have reliable protection from cold eastern winds.

This was true in winter, but summer came, and with it a problem. As I had feared, the blank metal surface became so hot in the sun that it was impossible to touch. My flower garden began to rapidly lose its decorative quality. Clematis suffered the most - they grew almost close to the ill-fated fence. Saved them all possible ways: I mulched the soil, watered it more often, took a shower - nothing helped. From once luxurious plants, they instantly turned into pathetic, almost non-flowering shoots. I could barely wait until autumn that year to replant the vines exhausted by the heat.

But how to replace them, how to quickly decorate a problematic structure? I really didn’t want to see lifeless iron every day. The search began for more hardy plants suitable for landscaping the problematic flower bed. The first candidates were, and. They have been growing on my plot for several years now, so I know that they cannot be called sissies. True, the first two vines are quite aggressive; if you hesitate, they will spread all over the flower garden.

The choice fell on the mountaineer: it has no root shoots, is unpretentious, gives a very large increase over the season (and I really wanted to hide the profile behind the foliage as soon as possible) and looks very attractive. And, I must say, I did not regret my choice. In two years, a wonderful living screen was created that almost completely hid the fence.

The knotweed blooms long and profusely - a solid white cloud of flowers! To add bright colors, I sow annual vines next to it in the spring. Last year he was his neighbor, and this year we admired the exotic red yellow flowers Lobata mines. I liked their duet) And the most important thing is that they don’t care much about a nearby hot fence; they bloom for themselves, despite the heat.

Among the shrubs, it turned out to be the most resistant; it tolerates excess sun and lack of moisture in the soil. The three-lobed almond even benefited from the proximity of the fence; under its protection, it stopped freezing in winter and now blooms more luxuriously than before.

In the end, there weren't many plants left near the fence, so I decided to add flowers. Using the method of practical selection, a list of the most “heat-resistant” (as I call them) perennials was determined. - a true southerner who never gets too much sun, and even drought won’t make her lose her attractiveness. Another lover of sunny and dry places is. It doesn’t even need additional watering; it tolerates a lack of moisture better than its excess.

They grow well along the fence, and if they are watered promptly and regularly. And for spring-flowering bulbous plants (,

Long-term observations of agricultural technicians and gardeners allow us to choose the right flowers and plants for sunny places in the garden. Plants need light, air, water and nutrients, which they obtain from the soil. The disadvantage of these necessary conditions slows down growth and causes various diseases. An important stimulus that has a special effect on plant growth is sunlight. It provides radiant energy for photosynthesis, which affects the development process of the plant.

Long-term observations of agricultural technicians and gardeners allow us to choose the right flowers and plants for sunny places in the garden

If you experiment and grow a plant in the dark, it will be pale yellow, not green, because it will not accumulate chlorophyll, which absorbs red and blue light from the sun's rays and reflects green. If the plant is not exposed to light and does not begin photosynthesis, it will die. The main condition for the successful germination of seeds of some plants is sufficiently bright light (for example, in petunia). Most garden plants prefer to be on open areas garden, others bloom regardless of sunny places, and there are those that love the shade.

A garden cannot be without everyone’s favorite roses and lilies. Sung by poets and composers, they are the main decoration of gardens. The lily is the only flower mentioned by Jesus Christ in the New Testament: “Look at the lilies, how they grow... and Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like any of them...”.

It’s good to make your own collection of several interesting varieties of roses and lilies. You can place special pegs with special tags next to the seedlings, attach information about the variety and planting date to the tags; It is advisable to start a garden journal so that you can write down all the necessary information about your favorite exhibits in your garden collection.

There are so many varieties of roses and lilies that they are classified into sections and groups according to certain garden characteristics. The classification of roses, approved by the World Federation of Rose Societies in 1976, divides these flowers into 3 groups: natural species (rose hips), old garden roses (Bourbon, Damask, Chinese, French, Scottish, tea, climbing) and modern garden roses (hybrids obtained by crossing roses of different species, they are distinguished by the large size of the bushes, abundant flowering, better winter hardiness). Roses bloom continuously from early summer to mid-autumn, unlike lilies, whose flowering period rarely exceeds 3 weeks. For planting lilies, it is better to select varieties with different flowering periods.

Currently, thanks to the work of breeders, there are thousands of varieties of lilies. The third edition of the International Register of Famous Varieties of Lilies (published in England in 1982) contains more than 3,200 varieties. Garden lilies in this register are classified into 10 sections. The first section includes Asian hybrids. Tiger lily, drooping lily, pleasant lily - these are species representatives of this section, which have popular, unpretentious, easily and quickly propagated garden varieties. Lilies in their diversity are also distinguished by the relationship of the flower to the stem: with flowers directed up, down or to the sides.

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Sun-loving peony

If the rose is the queen of all gardens, then the peony is called the king. The large peony flowers and the beauty of the plant's original leaves make it special. It is said to be a flower with the scent of a thousand roses. Peonies are grown as herbaceous perennials and tree shrubs. Tree peonies are becoming very popular among gardeners. The flowers of these plants have amazing stamens, and the tree peony lives for 100 years. Growing conditions are different: tree peonies need to be planted in slightly shaded areas, unlike herbaceous peonies, which necessarily need well-lit areas.

If the rose is the queen of all gardens, then the peony is called the king

Unforgettable petunia

The beautiful petunia is what really brings joy to the soul with its lush flowering from April to November. And most importantly, it can withstand any scorching sun and is absolutely unpretentious. If the main flowers of the garden are planted in a certain central composition, then a simple multi-flowered petunia can be planted in the remaining places. It traditionally serves as an excellent garden decoration. It is worth planting petunia once, and then it will reproduce by self-seeding, and every spring it is enough to correct its numerous shoots. Petunia is traditionally planted in pots, in hanging baskets, and in all kinds of containers that can be moved around the garden.

Purslane and daisies

In order for the flowers in the garden to look harmonious, you should skillfully select a combination based on the height and shape of the plants. A beautiful composition can be created on a raised flowerbed of variegated purslane, framed by bushes of identical daisies. The name of these flowers comes from the Latin word “portula”, meaning “collar”. Its seed pod opens up as if a small gate is opening to the coming new flowers embedded in tiny seeds. Purslane reproduces by self-sowing and in some European countries it grows unpretentiously as a field weed in damp sandy places, along river banks, in vegetable gardens and fields. And garden varieties of daisies can be grown in any good soil. To prevent them from degenerating, old specimens of daisies are dug up after flowering and divided into several parts for planting.

Chamomiles and chrysanthemums

As do daisies, daisies and chrysanthemums from the aster family. In the kingdom of flowers, these plants have the title of princesses. One of the wonderful varieties of chamomile is called “Silver Princess,” and one of the varieties of white chrysanthemum has the same name. Daisies, despite the simplicity of their flowers, symbolize a happy sunny day. It's nice to watch in the garden how daisies open their petals in the morning in the sun, and in the evening they collect them again into a bud. A bush of garden giant chamomile (scientific name nivaria) grows up to 1 m in height. A fully opened flower from a nevus bud can reach 10-15 cm in diameter. Chamomile pleases with long flowering from the beginning of June to the end of September. The plant loves sunlight and tolerates drought well.

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Ornamental grasses and small conifers

It is better to grow flowers in the garden together with ornamental herbs, which are used for decoration and decoration. flower beds, give them a special charm. For this purpose, creeping, low, medium and high (reaching 2-3 meters in height) specimens of popular cereal crops are used. These herbs grow well in both sun and shade.

It is good to plant small coniferous trees and shrubs on alpine sunny hills. For the most part, these are light-loving plants. Evergreen juniper planted in the sun, miniature mountain pine and Korean fir, whose usual habitat is rocky mountains, grow beautifully and delight with their greenery all year round.

Poppies and tulips, irises and daffodils, crocuses and pansies love sunny places and, if well cared for, become wonderful garden pieces. By creating a garden, a person realizes his dream of a heavenly paradise.

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Stronger than death and stronger than war.

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Flowers are a decoration for the yard, but they require the gardener to take a thoughtful approach to both the arrangement of flower beds and the combination of plants. In many cases due to weather conditions There is not enough moisture, and we, always busy and in a hurry, do not have the opportunity to water the flower beds enough times. Not every plant is able to fully survive in such extreme conditions. But there is a way out, and this way out is drought-resistant plants.

Drought-resistant flowers, herbs and ornamental shrubs thrive even on soils with minimal moisture content and are not at all happy with soil saturated with moisture. If there is too much moisture, drought-resistant plants can become sick or even die.

Of course, site drainage can come to the rescue here. This is a troublesome and costly matter, but without it there is no way. The topic of drainage is the topic of a separate article.

Selecting plants for a dry garden

Annuals

The ease of caring for annuals, their ability to add new colors to the flower garden every year, the most amazing forms and their inexhaustible variety have and will continue to attract flower growers.

Among the flowering annuals, we can recommend the following plants for a drought-resistant garden:

• Zinnia– an annual flowering plant with a height of 30 to 90 cm. The leaves are located opposite each other, the stem and leaves are rigidly pubescent. It blooms in temperate latitudes from June to frost, the inflorescence is a basket, there are a wide variety of shades, the seeds have time to ripen and do not lose their germination for 2-4 years. Based on two types of zinnias - graceful and narrow-leaved, many varieties have now been bred for growing in flower beds.
• Rudbeckia- annual or perennial flowering plant. The leaves are oval below, lanceolate above. The flower is a basket with tubular and reed flowers. The tubular flowers form a brown tubercle, characteristic of this species. The flowers are similar to daisies and are usually yellow or orange. The seeds are tetrahedral, small.
• Cosmos- a tall flowering plant imported from South America. The leaves are twice pinnately dissected, giving the plant an openwork appearance. The flowers are large, on long bare stems, the color ranges from white or pale pink to purple. The seeds ripen very well and reproduce by self-sowing.
• Decorative types sunflower (Helianthus annuus) – annual tall plant, up to 2.5 m. The leaves are heart-shaped, arranged alternately. The stem and leaves are rigidly pubescent, the flower is a basket with dark-colored tubular flowers and yellow-colored petaled flowers. The seeds are wedge-shaped, smooth, slightly pubescent.
• Ornamental poppy (Papaver rhoeas) – an annual plant that has many varieties with varied colors. This light-loving plant planted in separate group plantings on a lawn or flower bed, as well as in a group of different varieties.

Rudbeckia

Cosmea

Decorative poppy

Ground cover plants

These drought-tolerant perennials are low-growing, up to a maximum of 35 cm, and very attractive. Forming dense, growing clumps, they are perfect for alpine hills and rocky gardens. They tolerate bright sun very well. Light, low-moisture soils suit them best. The list of sun-loving perennials can be long:

• Juvenile (Sempervivum): cobwebby, hybrid, roofing, offspring - they all form dense rosettes of purple or green color. In summer, large flowers of pinkish, yellowish, red colors look impressive against this background.
• Sedums (Sedum)- amazing variety of shapes and colors. The leaves are yellowish, green, purple. The flowers are crimson, orange, yellow, pink. They bloom from June to August and form extensive thickets.
• Carnation (Dianthus), well, what would we do without her? Carnation is herbaceous and gray, with simple flowers or double flowers of stunningly beautiful colors - from white-pink to raspberry-red.
• Arabis- a low creeping plant with rooting stems. Can be annual or perennial. The leaves are pubescent, the flowers are white, yellow or pink, double or not, in inflorescences on a stalk. The fruit is a pod.

Rejuvenated

Arabis

• Rock alyssum (Alyssum saxatile)- a plant of the steppe hills and mountains of Siberia. A small herbaceous shrub with woody shoots. Leaves ovoid, heavily pubescent, with a gray tint. The flowers are yellow and form a raceme. It requires calcium-rich soil.
• Saxifraga (Saxifraga)– a perennial plant with a well-developed root system. The flowers look like a star and form inflorescences. The leaves are thick, with a glossy, leathery sheen, and exude lime along the leaf margins. Thickets of saxifrage form turf covers.
• Phlox subulata- a plant with recumbent shoots and prickly sharp leaves, forming evergreen turf coverings. It blooms very profusely, flowers of various shades. Grows well on rocky soils, hills and mountainous surfaces.
• Tomentosum (Cerastium tomentosum)- a herbaceous plant up to 30 cm tall, with white flowers collected in corymbose inflorescences. The leaves are silver-green and have a pubescent edge. Lives in mountainous and hilly areas.
• Mesembryanthemum- an annual or biennial creeping or creeping succulent up to 15 cm high. The flowers resemble daisies and open at noon. Vitrified cells in the form of dew drops are visible on the top of the stems.

Felt cleaver

Mesembryanthemum

Perennials

The list of drought-resistant perennials can be continued. Unpretentious and hardy, they feel great in the sun and grow well between the stones of alpine hills and rockeries:

• Wormwood (Artemisia)– m perennial herbaceous floor shrubby plant with a tart bitter aroma of shoots. The leaves are green to silver-gray, dissected. Flowers are in racemose or paniculate inflorescences, the fruit is an achene.
• Euphorbia (Euphorbia)- a perennial herbaceous or shrubby plant. In addition to seeds, it reproduces by root shoots. All representatives have a milky juice on the cut, which is very poisonous. The flowers are single or collected in rosettes, the inflorescence is surrounded by some kind of glass.
• Yarrow (Achillea) –perennial plant with baskets with many flowers, it would be more correct to say “milliflora”. Widely used in folk medicine, stems up to 50 cm high. Yarrow extracts sulfur from the soil and distributes it throughout the area.
• Lavender– has a wonderful aroma; its purple thickets can beautifully decorate garden paths.
• Daylily (Hemerocallis)- a plant with tall arrows, at the ends of which there are flowers - has great diversity and is completely unpretentious.

Sagebrush

Spurge

Lavender

Drought-tolerant grasses

Designing a flower garden without herbs and grains cannot be considered complete. From decorative drought-resistant grasses you can plant:

• Byzantine Chistina (Stachys byzantina)- a bluish-green plant with fluffy leaves.
• Elimus– another name is grate. An unpretentious herbaceous plant, usually propagated by shoots from the rhizome. The inflorescence forms a panicle, reminiscent of an ear of rye or wheat, and is stored dried on the stem for a long time.
• Gray fescue (Festuca glauca)- a perennial plant up to half a meter tall. The rhizomes are creeping, the inflorescences form panicles with spikelets, the fruit is a caryopsis. The leaves are lanceolate and can range from green to silver in color.
• Phalaroides- a perennial grass up to 120 cm high with striped linear leaves. It blooms with spikelets collected in panicles. The leaves do not droop even from severe frosts. Usually, with the help of vegetative shoots from the rhizome, it grows very strongly and can become a difficult weed.

Byzantine chistets

Elimus

Two-source

These herbs will add charm to your flower garden, giving it sophistication and attractiveness.

tall plants

First of all, among tall drought-resistant plants I would like to note decorative bow, mallow. Each of these plants is beautiful in its own way. Double hollyhock flowers captivate your heart with their richness of shades - from burgundy to snow-white. Mallow blooms all summer - from June until almost frost. And these plants grow up to two meters in height.

The decorative onion Allium is not far behind them. Its spherical inflorescences of pink and white shades rise up to one hundred and seventy centimeters.

Drought-resistant shrubs

It is often very difficult when building a landscape to do without ornamental shrubs. Shrubs are the note that makes the garden truly sound, giving completeness and visual completeness to the landscaping of the territory, on which you have put so much of your strength, your imagination, your desire for beauty.

Cossack juniper (Juniperus sabina) out of competition. It does not require additional care and can withstand unfavorable conditions quite well. Attractive, evergreen, one can say about this shrub that if there are charismatic plants, then this is about it. Juniper with its presence brings special charm and beauty to the landscape.

Euonymus (Euonymus)- a beautiful, very bright, even somewhat picturesque shrub. Many of its species are quite drought-resistant. It is difficult to take your eyes off the euonymus surrounded by properly selected low-growing plants. In the summer months, its openwork, dark green foliage attracts, but autumn comes, and the crown of the bush is engulfed in such a riot of colors that you can’t take your eyes off it.

A good example of unpretentiousness and drought resistance is barberry (Berberis). Yellow and bright red leaves adorn the long, thorny branches. Barberry loves the sun and feels great under its rays.

Euonymus

Euonymus

Barberry

What to consider when creating

• Carefully consider which plants should grow nearby. Under no circumstances should a drought-resistant plant be planted next to a moisture-loving one. It will be very difficult to organize watering.
• When planting plants, you should establish the correct distance between them. For plants that like to grow too much, root limiters should be used - plant them in containers without a bottom, buried in the ground; the horizontal spread of roots will not be further than expected.
• Such flower beds should be watered rarely, but abundantly.

A dacha is not only garden beds, berry bushes and fruit trees. Perennial flowers help create beauty on the site. For the garden, unpretentious, long-flowering plants are indispensable, like a magnificent frame for a canvas created by the labor of a summer resident.

Beginner gardeners may think that setting up a flower garden and caring for it is too troublesome. But when correct selection cultures, caring for flowers will not take much time, and the buds will open from early spring until late autumn.

The most unpretentious flowers for spring

Early spring in the middle zone does not please with colors. Annual flowers have not yet been sown; even the most unpretentious ones are just emerging from the ground.

Are there really plants that are ready to bloom in the first warm days? Yes, wintering bulbous crops have formed the rudiments of buds since the fall and in the spring they are the first to illuminate the flower beds with all the shades of the rainbow.

Crocuses

Almost from under the snow, corollas of crocuses appear in white, blue, yellow and even striped colors. Plants with a height of 7 to 15 cm bloom from March to May, and after the flowers fade, they go into rest. Bulbs are planted in traditional spring times. bulbous plants terms, from August to September. The best place for crocuses - well-lit areas or partial shade, for example, under the crowns of bushes or trees that have not yet blossomed.

Tulips

Tulip is not only the most common summer cottages perennials, but also the most unpretentious flowers. Today, lovers of spring flowers have hundreds and thousands of magnificent varieties at their disposal. However, not everyone knows that these garden plants belong to several species, differing both in appearance and in terms of flowering.

By skillfully selecting varieties, using only tulips from 10 to 50 cm in height, you can decorate the area up to an alpine hill. The first tulips begin to bloom in March, and the latest varieties fade at the end of May.

Tulip bulbs are planted in the first half of autumn in sunny areas with loose, nutrient-rich soil.

During growth and flowering, plants need regular watering, which is stopped in the summer when the bulbs rest.

Types of garden tulips react differently to frost. If in the southern regions the most lush terry and lily varieties can be considered unpretentious plants for the cottage and garden, then in the northern regions the common Greig, Gesner and Foster tulips require annual digging.

Low-growing botanical tulips or Kaufmann tulips, which can easily winter in any climate, will help replace them.

Daffodils

Along with tulips, daffodils appear in garden beds. Flowering lasts from April to last days May, while the flowers illuminate the garden not only with bright sunny shades, but also with an exquisite aroma.

Depending on the variety, plants reach a height of 30 to 60 cm. Flowers can be either simple or double, with a short or long crown. Daffodils prefer areas with loose soil fertile soil. They grow well in the sun and under the crowns that bloom at this time. The main thing is that the soil in which the bulbs were planted in the fall is not oversaturated with moisture.

Daffodils are long-blooming, unpretentious flowers for the garden, successfully used in mixed plantings with tulips, garden varieties, dicentra and other plants. Daffodils feel great in one place for several years. As they grow, they form very dense clumps, which are planted after the foliage withers, that is, at the beginning of summer.

Wintering bulbous crops appear “out of nowhere” in the spring, are unpretentious and bright, but at the same time their foliage cannot remain decorative for long. It dies off, exposing space in the flowerbed, so you should take care in advance of planting “replacement” crops nearby, such as peony bushes, perennial poppies or aquilegias.

Periwinkle

It's one thing to choose long-blooming perennials and low-maintenance flowers for a garden in the sun. Another is to find the same plants for both open and shady areas.

There are not so many shade-tolerant garden crops - a shining example one of them is periwinkle. or small subshrubs bloom in the midst of spring and spread quickly, easily taking root upon contact with the ground.

Cultivars of periwinkle create showy clumps of fresh greenery with splashes of every shade of blue, white, pink and purple. Gardeners have at their disposal specimens with simple and double corollas, smooth and variegated foliage.

Romantic legends are associated with many ornamental plants. No exception - which, thanks to such a story, is better known not by its real name, but as a “broken heart”.

Thanks to its powerful rhizomes, dicentra tolerates winter cold without loss. The foliage dying off in autumn with the arrival of warmth again rises above the ground, in different varieties reaching a height of 30 to 100 cm. In May, the spectacular plant is covered with white, pink or two-colored corollas of a bizarre, heart-shaped shape collected in racemes. Flowering lasts about a month, and under the transparent shadow of young foliage, the drooping inflorescences of this unpretentious plant for the garden look brighter and last longer.

Dicentra will be indispensable in the flowerbed next to primroses and daffodils, muscari, ferns and decorative varieties Luke.

The flowering plant is worthy of admiration in a single planting, and after the inflorescences fade, it will become an excellent background for other flowers.

Lily of the valley

The classic spring flower bed is forest flowers that bloom in May. Thanks to creeping rhizomes, plants survive the winter. In spring, leathery leaves rolled into tight tubes first appear in flower beds, then flower stalks up to 30 cm high rise above the unfolded rosettes. Each inflorescence contains from 6 to 20 white or pinkish, fragrant bells. Flowering lasts until early summer, and then red round berries appear in place of the flowers.

The advantage of these unpretentious garden perennials is flowers that do not lose their beauty in the sun and shade, and the ability to grow in one place for up to 10 years.

Kupena

In the forest next to clumps of lily of the valley you can see graceful kupena plants. Blooming from May to June, the perennial is not as colorful as other spring flowers.

But in shady areas, near coniferous crops and shrubs, a crop with a height of 30 to 80 cm with drooping white or greenish bell flowers is simply irreplaceable.

Brunner

May is the month of the brightest greenery and unusual lush flowering garden perennials.

At this time, under the crowns of trees, near paths and ponds, under the protection of walls and fences, blue flowers Brunners. Plants from 30 to 50 cm in height, with decorative pointed-heart-shaped foliage, prefer to settle in partial shade, where there is enough moisture and nutrition for lush leafy rosettes and inflorescences towering above them.

Soft blue, unpretentious garden flowers enliven the most shady corners, do not require special care, thanks to their attractive, often variegated foliage, they preserve their decorative value for a long time and can survive for many years without replanting.

In favorable conditions, Brunnera grows excellently and is propagated by dividing the bush.

Summer, beautiful and unpretentious flowers for the garden

Bright, fast-growing annuals color the flower beds in the most incredible colors 1–2 months after sowing. But autumn comes, and the plants end their short life. The summer resident begins the next spring with the selection of annual and ornamental crops, sowing and caring for young seedlings. This takes a lot of precious time, which could be devoted to planting vegetable seedlings and caring for fruit and berry plantings.

Long-blooming, unpretentious flowers specially selected for the garden, blooming in different seasons and not requiring painstaking care, will help save energy and time. Although they bloom only in the second half of summer or in the second year, they live in one place for several years without transplanting.

Summer is the most fertile time for flowering plants. An incredible number of species are ready to give their flowers to the summer resident. The main thing is to choose those plants that can rightfully be called unpretentious and beautiful.

Aquilegia

When the late tulips and daffodils fade in the garden at the end of May, the decorative foliage of aquilegias or columbine plants begins to rise above the ground. The whimsical bells of this, one of the most unpretentious perennials for the garden, like on, open on tall, erect peduncles.

Flowering lasts almost without interruption from late May to September. And even without flowers, plants do not lose their charm. Their leaves turn purple and lilac in autumn. Depending on the variety, aquilegia can grow from 30 to 80 cm in height. All of this species grow well both in the shade and in open areas. Already from the name it is clear that the catchment loves moisture, but even with a shortage of watering it can find water thanks to its powerful taproots. Aquilegia grows best in light, well-drained soils.

Flowers appear in the second year of life. Mature plants can be divided. This can be done in early spring or autumn.

Although in favorable conditions aquilegia reproduces by self-seeding, this method does not allow preserving the properties of hybrid and varietal specimens. Seedlings are most often purple or pink in color and can become a kind of weed if the immature seed pods are not promptly removed or the flower beds are not weeded.

Swimsuit

One of the moisture-loving, unpretentious garden flowers is also beloved by many summer residents.

Its yellow or orange flowers open in May and with regular watering do not disappear until the second half of summer. The plant, with a height of 50 to 90 cm, is noticeable enough to take the lead in group plantings near and in shady corners of the garden. Tall flower stalks will be safe next to fences and ornamental shrubs.

Arabis

Although Arabis flowering begins in the second half of spring, this unpretentious perennial can rightfully be considered a summer one, since its flowering does not end until frost.

A groundcover or creeping plant with stems 20 to 30 cm long, when planted, it quickly forms dense, cushion-like clumps covered with clusters of small white, pink or purple flowers.
Trimming helps prolong flowering and maintain the shape of the plantings. Arabis feels best in open areas with light, aerated soil. This crop with variegated foliage is indispensable when decorating gardens, slides and other areas of the garden.

Doronicum

At the junction of spring and summer, many rhizomatous perennials take up the baton of flowering from bulbous plants. The bright doronicum with large yellow basket-shaped inflorescences reminiscent of daisies is no exception. Flowers open on erect, bare or leafy stems 30–80 cm high. Unpretentious flowers for the garden and garden are planted in the sun or in clear shade, but not under the canopy of trees.

Doronicum plants love moisture; in order to save it in the soil under light green foliage, the soil is mulched.

When flowering ends, the greenery also fades. They will help to hide the gap that is forming in the flowerbed. decorative ferns, clumps of cornflower and aquilegia, with which doronicum goes perfectly well.

Astilbe

It's amazing how one type of perennial can brighten up an entire garden. Numerous flowers blooming from June to September can do this. Racemose or panicle-like lush inflorescences are not the only decoration of this plant. Shade-tolerant carved foliage no less enlivens the area. To do this, you just need to trim the flower stalks with dead inflorescences in time.
Depending on the variety and type, plant height ranges from 40 to 120 cm. Astilbes bloom better when the soil is regularly moistened, but do not like stagnant moisture. IN garden plantings These beautiful and unpretentious flowers for the garden look great against the background of conifers, and will themselves be a luxurious frame for.

Geranium

Many cultivated varieties of garden perennials are descendants of wild species, which can be found literally behind the fence of a summer cottage.

From May until the end of summer, amazingly vibrant flowers continue to bloom. Single or collected in inflorescences corollas of all shades of pink, purple, lilac and blue colors short-lived. Just a day, and a new one appears in place of a withered flower.

When the flowering season ends, the garden is not empty thanks to the decorative cut foliage of geraniums. By autumn, it turns into bright golden, orange and purple tones and revives dull flower beds and hills right up to the snow.

The height of the most unpretentious perennial flowers for the garden, depending on the type, ranges from 10 cm to a meter. All plants are unpretentious and do not make any special demands on the soil; they grow in the light and under the canopy.

Loosestrife

If there is room in the garden for, or you need to plant a tall plant with bright flowers and the same decorative leaves, there can be only one answer -!

How is this possible? We are talking about different types of loosestrife, equally unpretentious and suitable for decorating a site.

Depending on the variety and type, the flowers, which easily adapt to different conditions, have a height of 20 to 80 cm.

For shady corners and partial shade, coin or meadow loosestrife with long recumbent stems covered with coin-like rounded leaves is excellent. This crop is indispensable next to a pond, in damp areas, which will be successfully enlivened by light green foliage and yellow flowers.

To decorate flower beds, mixborders and rocky hills, upright species of loosestrife with green or variegated foliage and yellow flowers are used, forming spectacular spike-shaped inflorescences in the upper part of the stem. All loosestrife are unpretentious, tolerate frost well and are rarely affected by pests.

Perennial cornflower

Annual cornflowers relatively recently moved from the meadow to the garden. They were followed by their long-term relatives. Flowering from June to September, the plants form spectacular clumps of 40 cm to a meter high thanks to their carved, rich green foliage.

One of the most unpretentious perennial flowers for the garden, cornflowers grow well in both sun and partial shade. They do not make any special demands on the soil, get along well with other crops and will be an excellent background for peonies, cornflowers, low-growing flowering and decorative foliage plants in flower beds.

Today, gardeners have at their disposal varieties of perennial cornflower with flowers of violet-pink, lilac, purple and white colors. Large-headed cornflower has fluffy flowers of an original yellow color.

Turkish cloves

In June, multi-colored caps open Turkish cloves. The bright flowers with jagged petals are quite small, but collected in dense inflorescences, they will perfectly enliven a summer cottage and create Summer mood and paint the flower beds in all shades from white to deep purple.

A distinctive feature of the plant is its flowering, which lasts until September, the possibility of propagation by self-sowing and incredible combinations of colors. The height of the Turkish carnation, depending on the variety, ranges from 40 to 60 centimeters. Plants exhibit maximum decorative value in light or partial shade if they are planted next to decorative foliage crops.

Lupine

They are not only among the most unpretentious garden flowers. This perennial crop alone can bloom the entire area. Blue, white, pink, purple and bi-colored spike-shaped inflorescences appear in the first half of June, and then bloom again in the second half of summer.

Plants up to one meter in height bloom magnificently in the sun, do not like overly fertilized soils and, thanks to their powerful rhizomes, are able to survive in conditions of moisture deficiency. In the garden, lupine is an ideal neighbor for cornflowers, colorful aquilegias, and perennial poppies.

Poppy

In terms of the splendor of flowering, perennial poppies can only be compared with. Just one plant with corollas of scarlet, pink, white and purple is enough to change the appearance of the most inconspicuous corner of the garden.

Despite their exotic appearance, poppies are completely unpretentious. They are not afraid of frost, grow excellently in any soil and tolerate drought without loss. But they react negatively to excessive moisture. Once settled on the site, with the help of very small seeds poppy can spread independently, creating spectacular clumps of densely pubescent carved foliage.

Irises

There are more than a hundred species of irises in the world, many of which are actively used as ornamental plants. Flowering of garden varieties begins at the border of spring and summer, and continues until mid-July.

Despite the difference in color, size, and places of habitual habitat, these perennial rhizomatous plants are similar in the appearance of pointed sword-shaped leaves collected in flattened bunches, as well as the graceful shape of the flowers. Although the corollas, which open for a day or a little more, cannot be called long-lived, amia plants bloom profusely and for a long time thanks to the many simultaneous rising peduncles.

In the garden, irises prefer light or barely shaded areas with light, loose soil.

During the growing season and flowering, plants need regular soil moisture. But you need to intervene carefully in the development of the curtain. Loosening and weeding can affect powerful rhizomes located close to the surface.

Flowering shoots of irises rise 40–80 cm above the ground. White, yellow, pink, purple, cream, blue or teal flowers make a great addition to the garden and are ideal for cutting.

Nivyanyk

Daisies, together with cornflowers, are traditionally considered a symbol of Russian open spaces. Garden varieties Nivyanika are the same daisies, only much larger and more expressive. Simple and double inflorescences-baskets are crowned with erect stems from 30 to 100 cm in height.

In the garden, cornflower prefers to grow in open, well-lit areas with loose, nutrient-rich, but not too light soil. The plant responds to a lack of moisture and organic matter by producing smaller flowers over time and rapid wilting of the baskets.

Nivyanik propagates by seeds, division of adult clumps, and also by self-sowing. This must be taken into account if all crops in flower beds and mixborders have clearly defined boundaries. For the most magnificent flowering, it is advisable to divide the nivberry rosettes every few years.

The best neighbors for one of the most unpretentious perennials for the garden, as in the photo, are flowers, gypsophila, bright poppies and bells. White inflorescences look great against the background of carved greenery and cornflower inflorescences, next to ornamental cereals and onions.

Bell

Growing bells in the country is not difficult even for beginners. The plants are unpretentious, resistant to diseases and pests, and winter well without shelter. The only thing that hinders the perennial is an excess of moisture and dense, poorly drained soil.

In nature, there are many types of bells with simple, semi- and double flowers in white, blue, lilac, pink and deep purple. Plants from 20 to 120 cm in height, depending on the type and shape, find a place on the hills and as part of group plantings with cornflower, pyrethrum, lush peonies and strict cereals.

Stock rose

Easily tolerant of drought, with luxurious ornamental greenery and racemose inflorescences, it can rightfully be considered the queen of a summer cottage. Plants up to 2 meters high are among the largest in Russian gardens. They rise above other flowers and even fruit bushes.

Rose hollyhocks or hollyhocks can easily create a living wall or become the focal point of a lush flower bed. Beautiful, unpretentious flowers for the garden grow on light, well-drained soils and are propagated by seeds, including self-seeding. But move it large plant moving to another place will be problematic. Transplantation is hampered by powerful long rhizomes, damage to which leads to weakening and even death of the mallow.

Simple and double, white, yellow, pink and red, burgundy and bright crimson flowers on powerful erect stems are used to decorate hedges and walls, in flower beds and as background plants. Group plantings of hollyhocks of different shades are incredibly beautiful. In front of them you can plant the same unpretentious phloxes, bells, decorative forms of onions, cornflowers and low-growing varieties, as well as any flyers.

Spicy and aromatic unpretentious perennials for the garden

When choosing long-blooming, unpretentious flowers for the garden, one should not lose sight of plants that are often popular as spicy, medicinal or fragrant herbs. Moreover, many of them are in no way inferior to flowering perennials; their flowers will decorate flower beds and can be used for cutting.

Today, gardeners have access to numerous varieties, lemon balm, and catnip. If desired, you can plant hyssop, thyme and even lavender on the site. These plants look great in a separate, “pharmaceutical” bed, but they can also be easily imagined as part of a mixborder, in a country-style flowerbed, or in the form of loose clumps near a hedge or the wall of a house.

Unpretentious and useful perennials, thanks to their lush greenery, are decorative from spring until frost. And during flowering they attract a lot of bees and other pollinating insects.

Oregano

Oregano is a native inhabitant of the European part of Russia. The plant, familiar to many by its characteristic green aroma and pink-lilac caps of inflorescences, prefers to settle in open, well-lit areas with light soil. In nature, oregano can be seen in clearings and forest edges, in oak groves and dry meadows.

The first green oregano appears in March, literally from under the snow. By June, the plant forms a lush cap of densely leafy shoots ranging from 20 to 50 centimeters in height. And a month later, stems with delicate inflorescences-baskets rise above the greenery.

The entire above-ground part of the plant, incredibly revered in France, Italy, and the USA, has a spicy aroma. Here, oregano is grown as a natural seasoning for sauces, salads, pasta and poultry, baked goods, in particular pizza. Tea with herbs and oregano flowers is no less tasty. Oregano or oregano is collected from July to October, while the perennial is in bloom.

Flower-strewn herbaceous shrubs of oregano are magnificent in the company of cornflowers, lupins, rudbeckia, clouds of white-pink gypsophila and cereals.

Lofant

Lofant or polygonum with lilac-violet or white spike-shaped inflorescences is one of the most noticeable medicinal and decorative perennial plants. In the garden, the crop easily inhabits the brightest areas, does not feel discomfort even in the hottest sun and winters well, showing everyone the first greenery with a purple or bluish tint from early spring.

Lofant is so unpretentious that it grows and blooms not only with a lack of moisture, but also on poor soils. Simple care and a little attention - and the unassuming plant will generously share with the summer resident a fragrant herb that smells like anise or licorice, rich in essential oils and useful for colds, diseases of the digestive system and urinary system.

In the garden, the spectacular inflorescences of lofanthus will not go unnoticed by either people or bees. The plant, which blooms from June until the end of summer, is suitable for decorating front gardens and can easily be cut.

Monarda

Monarda with white, pink, lilac and purple inflorescences is also a resident of sunny, wind-protected corners of the garden with light soil.

For decorative purposes, this fragrant perennial is planted next to other similar plants, as well as in the vicinity of coreopsis and, cornflower and low-growing annuals, for which monarda up to a meter high will be a luxurious background.

It is interesting to combine this plant with annual, blue and white large-flowered bells, sedums and other crops, which allow you to imitate a corner of a wild meadow in the garden.

In summer cottages you can often find lemon monarda. Its greenery during the flowering period, that is, from July to September, accumulates a lot essential oils, close to the oils of lemon balm, hyssop, and other spicy-flavoring and medicinal plants their family Yasnotkovyh.

Autumn unpretentious flowers: long-flowering perennials for the garden

With the onset of September, autumn comes into its own more and more quickly. But it’s too early to part with the beauty of the garden. Until the snow falls, clumps of garden geraniums are striking with the play of bright colors, bergenia is dressed up in purple tones, and on the hills and borders one is surprised by the bizarre forms of sedum. There are also many unpretentious garden perennial flowers in the garden.

Phlox

It is considered one of the brightest “stars” of the autumn flower bed. These plants overwinter excellently in most regions, form green clumps in the spring, and bloom in the second half of summer, maintaining an incredible variety of colors and splendor of inflorescences almost until October.

Depending on the type and variety, phlox will be indispensable in alpine hills and traditional flower beds, near small ponds and next to buildings that tall plants Excellent decoration at any time of the year.

The list of cultivated phlox today includes more than four dozen species, among which only Drummond’s phlox is an annual. All other creeping, bushy, semi-lodging forms with stems from 20 to 150 cm in height are ready to settle in the garden of a lover of decorative and unpretentious perennial flowers for many years.

Perennial asters

Annual asters- constant leaders in the list of garden summer books for the dacha and garden. However, the true ones are often and undeservedly forgotten.

From August until the snow, these plants bloom, illuminating the entire area with flashes of blue, white, pink, purple shades. There are more than 200 species of perennial asters, varying in size, lifestyle and shape. The Alpine aster is quite small, and its inflorescences-baskets are located on herbaceous erect stems, reminiscent of the familiar chamomile. And the Italian variety has the form of a herbaceous, densely leafy shrub, completely covered with medium-sized flowers. Moreover, all types are extremely decorative and unpretentious.

The height of perennial asters varies from 20 centimeters to one and a half meters. Flowers can be not only of different colors, but simple and double. These perennials form dense dark green clumps in the spring, easily tolerate excess light and lack of moisture in the summer, and completely transform the garden in the fall.

Bush forms can be shaped and can be used to create dense living borders and picturesque groups with other autumn plants.

The only drawback of perennial aster is inherent in many perennial crops. A plant that takes root in the garden begins to multiply uncontrollably, quickly developing new territories. To prevent a previously variegated flowerbed from turning into a “kingdom” of asters, you will have to monitor the spread of the shrub and regularly remove the shoots.

Each of the 30 described ornamental plants can claim the title of the most unpretentious perennial flower for the dacha. They are all beautiful and amazing in their own way. In fact, the list of non-capricious cultures that require minimal attention and generously share their beauty is not three dozen, but much larger. You just have to look around, notice and move interesting plant into the garden, choosing a suitable place and neighborhood for the flower.

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Drought-resistant flowers for flower beds - best option growing on sunny area in the southern regions. Such heat-resistant and dry-resistant decorative foliage and beautiful flowering plants Ideal for dry areas in areas characterized by high temperatures and insufficient precipitation.

Drought-resistant plants: general characteristics and care features

Any garden and indoor plants, as well as ornamental perennials and bushes, capable of living in conditions characterized by a severe lack of water and very resistant to drought - xerophytes. The most famous subgroups of such plants are represented by:

• plants that avoid soil aridity or ephemerals. They have the shortest growing season, timed to coincide with the period of active natural precipitation;

• plants that actively store moisture or false xerophytes. The names of the members of this subgroup are known as succulents, which have thick and fleshy stems or leaves;

• plants with a very well-developed ability to obtain moisture using a highly branched root system;

• plants that grow in arid areas and tolerate lack of moisture in a state of suspended animation. Such sclerophytes are characterized by a relatively low water content.

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Natural area, in which xerophytes grow under natural conditions, may be different. These can be perennial crops, trees and all kinds of shrubs, as well as cereals and various annuals. To choose which drought-resistant plants are most suitable for decorating the garden, you need to familiarize yourself with their characteristics and cultivation characteristics.

Beautiful drought-resistant flowers for a flower bed in a sunny area

Blooming profusely and very beautiful flowers for flower beds may also have sufficient resistance to drought, and the background for them is most often green ground cover crops or grass.

Name	Characteristic
Cariopterus	In early spring produces vibrant foliage. In the last ten days of summer, paniculate inflorescences of blue, light blue or white bloom. The above-ground part is compact, up to one and a half meters high. In autumn the leaves turn brown, green and yellow shades
Montbrecia	Bulbous iris crop up to one and a half meters high. It is represented by a large number of varieties, which allows you to get long flowering throughout the summer and until mid-autumn. The flowers have various yellow and red shades
	Decorative annual, characterized by a variety of colors and flower shapes. The height of the above-ground part does not exceed a meter
Gaillardia	A medium-sized annual plant belonging to the Asteraceae family. The height of the above-ground part does not exceed 50 cm. The flowers are presented in yellow or reddish-brown shades
Campanula	The height of the plant does not exceed half a meter. Herbaceous perennial produces attractive purple, blue or white flowers
garden chamomile	Forms relatively large white flowers. The perennial belongs to the category of aggressive plants, therefore it is necessary to strictly follow agricultural practices, which will prevent excessive spread throughout the site
Stone rose	It forms peculiar rosettes, collected from relatively short and thick leaves of rich green or dark purple color. In July, a stem with a large flower is formed
Carnation	The culture is characterized by a wide choice of variety forms and coloring. After flowering, the stems need to be trimmed, which will allow for abundant and lush, long-lasting flowering.
Marigold	It is distinguished by an abundance of variety forms. The above-ground part is compact, and the flowering is abundant, from mid-summer until the onset of strong autumn cooling.
Calendula	A popular ornamental herbaceous plant belonging to the Asteraceae family. Widely used in folk and official medicine. Characterized by bright yellow or orange flowers

Ornamental non-flowering plants and grasses for dry areas

Name	Characteristic
Byzantine chistets	The original texture allowed the Byzantine chistets to be called “lamb ears”, which is due to the whitish-silver foliage with an attractive velvety structure
Gray fescue	Compact bushy low growing plant, resembling the appearance of a sea urchin with characteristic needle-like leaves of a bluish color
Two-source	Refers to rapidly growing decorative cereal crops, forming a relatively high cushion-shaped aerial part in the form of whitish-green grass
	The rapidly growing and aggressive highly decorative elimus requires compliance with agricultural technology and limiting the spread by arranging the root system in water-permeable containers
Meadow foxtail	The perennial crop is characterized by very attractive golden foliage and the formation of silky spikelets
Bulbous ryegrass	The perennial grass has attractive whitish-green foliage and a compact aerial part
Winding meadow	A slow-growing and fairly easy-to-maintain crop with thin, hairy foliage of bright wheat color.
Sedge kiliomarginata	Small in size, compact and unpretentious plant, with wide decorative foliage that retains its attractiveness until the onset of severe cold weather.
Cirruschaete	A perennial crop with an above-ground part no more than a meter high, unpretentious in care and undemanding in terms of soil composition in the growing area
	A steppe variety that prefers slightly alkaline soils and does not tolerate frequent replanting or excessive moisture. Feather grass is suitable for group plantings
High pearl barley	No more than one and a half meters high, with flat, juicy green leaves. An unpretentious variety suitable for growing on any type of soil that remains attractive throughout the season.
Pennisetum gray	Annuals are distinguished by their unusual bronze-burgundy coloration of foliage. A fast-growing crop up to one and a half meters high, it is perfect for group plantings and as a single plant.
Miscanthus chinensis	One of the most popular and widespread cereals in home gardening with attractive paniculate inflorescences and hard lanceolate leaves

Drought-resistant trees and shrubs

Such crops successfully combine unpretentiousness in care, undemanding conditions for growing and pronounced external attractiveness.

Name	Characteristic	Usage
	A slow-growing shrub with attractive leaves and flowers in purple, white or pink. Decorates the garden space throughout the season, before the onset of cold weather. Easily takes root on many types of soil and does not require much attention	In single and group plantings, creating hedges and near ponds
Barberry	An attractive evergreen thorny shrub with flowers and red edible berries. Bushes are used to create thorny thickets and living fences. The height and width of the variety can be one and a half to two meters. It tolerates formative pruning well and remains highly decorative until the onset of winter. The most popular in the home landscape are silver, dwarf and golden barberries.	Spectacular tapeworm plant, as a background for low-growing crops
	An evergreen, drought-resistant shrub that remains attractive almost all year round. They feel best in regions with dry and hot climatic conditions, but can also withstand short frosts relatively easily.	An effective tapeworm when filling lawns and decorating recreation areas
	A drought-resistant shrub variety, widely used for creating hedges, as well as dividing garden space into separate zones. Optimally suitable for growing in soil and climate conditions middle zone. The culture is represented by several dozen species and varieties
Dwarf euonymus	A stunningly beautiful shrub, which is often called the burning bush, due to the unusual coloring of the foliage. Can be used to create low borders. Prefers fairly fertile soils and is frost-resistant enough for cultivation in many areas.	Solitaire and group plantings, creation and design of hedges, rockeries and retaining walls
Juniper	It is distinguished by its absolute low maintenance requirements and unusually beautiful appearance. It has evergreen flexible branches with tiny needles and scaly needles that emit a pleasant, characteristic aroma	Great for decorating parks and recreation areas
	An original shrub variety that forms straight, unbranched trunks strewn with large thorns. The foliage is very large, twice or thrice pinnate. The flowers are small, whitish-cream in color, collected in complex paniculate inflorescences	In single and group plantings, when creating impenetrable, highly decorative hedges
Privet	Deciduous or evergreen shrub with berry-like fruits. It is not only drought-resistant, but also frost-resistant, unpretentious to different types of soil, and retains its decorative appeal for a long time.	As a tapeworm, in group and border plantings, when creating hedges
Karagana	Deciduous bush or small tree. It has stipules modified into awl-shaped appendages or spines. The flowers are of a typical moth type. The formation of pod fruits is characteristic. Frost-resistant, very light-loving and undemanding to the type of soil	Standard forms as a tapeworm when creating hedges
Snowberry	Deciduous shrub that produces spectacular large white or pink fruits that remain on the plant throughout winter period. A fast-growing crop that is unpretentious, light-loving, and perfectly suited for cutting and shaping.	Tapeworms, in group plantings, in the design of hedges and borders

Drought-resistant perennials and annuals: options for use in garden design

Ornamental cereals, flowering and drought-resistant shrubs are great for decorating garden spaces. Such unpretentious plants able to grow well in any type of soil.

Cereals look very beautiful and original not only in single plantings, but can be a worthy addition to yarrow, catnip, goldenrod or rose bushes. Trees and shrubs serve as an excellent background and are used in group and single plantings. Flowering annuals and perennials are great for flower beds, flower beds, lawns and borders.

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Any drought-resistant varieties are ideal for decorating garden spaces and different types of flower beds. Such crops take root well on almost any type of soil and can serve as a worthy decoration for the landscape of a personal or garden plot.