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The natural landscape of a modern summer resident is not limited to traditional beds with vegetables and fruits, as well as plantations of fruit trees. A blooming club from early spring to frost is a true decoration and pride of the owner. Perennials and annuals are able to fully reveal the tastes of their owners, as well as create a magnificent aura for a good rest for the whole family in the summer. You will learn about which undersized flowers for a flower bed to choose for your personal plot in the article.
Basic principles of plant care
The basis of the principle of caring for flowers and shrubs in a flower bed in the summer comes down to the laws of harmony in terms of combining colors in one area, as well as observing traditional sowing rules. Of course, there is no place in a flower bed for weeds and debris. To avoid spending a lot of time caring for blooming beauty, it is important before planting to decide on the types of low-growing flowers and shrubs that can replace each other during the flowering period, thereby creating a continuous colorful carpet in spring, summer and autumn.
In order for a flower garden, in which there are perennials and annuals, to please you for as long as possible, you should adhere to the following principles for caring for plants:
- Planting plants at a certain distance. Too close proximity can cause the stem to stretch.
- Plants and shrubs should cover the entire area allotted to them, so that the result is a solid green or floral carpet.
- It is important to calculate the frequency and duration of flowering of each species in a flower bouquet.
- After planting seedlings or planting seeds in the soil, be sure to water.
- If, after transplantation, the seedling has not taken root, it must be replaced with a new one of the same type, color and growth.
- As long as the height of the plants allows, carry out weeding and loosening of the soil, especially if the summer is hot.
- With the transition of plants in the summer to the stage of active growth, it is necessary to carry out the first top dressing with organic matter or mineral agrochemicals. Don’t apply too much nitrogen as it only stimulates shoot growth.
- After the shrub fades, make sure to remove the inflorescences in a timely manner.
Compliance with simple recommendations will allow you to admire the beauty of flowering undersized plants from early spring to late autumn.
Video “A selection of varieties of flowering plants”
Video compilation of various varieties of flowering plants.
Perennial stunted flowers
To make the flower garden pleasing to the eye throughout spring, summer and autumn, it is recommended to plant annual and perennial plants at the same time. Of course, annuals are the richest riot of colors throughout the season, however, many still prefer perennials. The fact is that in one place perennial flowering crops can be grown for 2-3 years. As for sudden spring or autumn frosts, for most representatives of this class, they are not terrible. Caring for perennial plants does not require much time and effort. Creating a landscape is much cheaper, because after 2-3 years the plant will be ready for transplanting and dividing.
The flower beds look most beautiful, in which perennial flowering plants are grouped by growth, or there is a harmonious carpet only from undersized perennials. At the same time, undersized perennials look great against the background of their taller counterparts. This category includes plants up to 30 cm. Below is an assortment of the most popular undersized crops:
- Pansies – a very beautiful perennial of the original form of flowers and incredible colors from pale white to almost black;
- dwarf phlox is able to create a solid “carpet” of multi-colored colors from snow-white to purple;
- a good decoration option is gentian;
- Aubienta – small purple flowers.
- Aquilegia is a flower of an unusual shape (yellow core and pale pink oval petals along the edges) can be of a wide variety of colors;
- a dwarf aster of lilac and purple, pale pink and snow-white color will look very beautiful among undersized shrubs.
annual stunted flowers
You can also create a magnificent bright landscape on a flower garden and even a small flower bed from undersized annuals. The main feature of annual flowering plants is that they are able to go through the entire vegetation cycle within one season and delight with bright flowering throughout the summer.
Traditionally, flower beds are shaped like a circle and a crescent. The most common plants of one year of life are fragrant petunias, purslane and marigolds. The advantage of landing is that every year you can create a completely different landscape on your site.
Growing and keeping conditions
In order for a simple flower bed to please you throughout the warm season, it is important to observe simple conditions for growing and maintaining the site. To do this, use our tips:
- Many flowers turn their heads to follow the sun, so consider this factor when planning your site. If the review of the flower garden still opens from the north, we recommend planting marigolds, irises, delphiniums and zinnias, since they do not follow the sun.
- If you plan to break a flower bed along the fence, you should plant shrubs and flowers after you decide on the question: who should please beauty – you or passers-by.
- Observe the distance between plants, otherwise in the middle of summer you will have to pull out individual specimens due to lack of space.
- Remove timely inflorescences from annuals and perennials.
Maintaining and caring for a shrub bed will require less time and effort, since it is enough to simply remove weeds in a timely manner and plant new plants at will. Annuals, on the other hand, require planting and closer care each season.
How to combine flowers in flower beds
A flower garden is a boundless field for fantasy, since opposites can also attract in the world of flora, and two seemingly different plants make a wonderful tandem. There is no unambiguous rule for combining colors in a flower garden, since everyone decides for himself what he wants to see in the end:
- combination of colors by color;
- tandem in the form of leaves and petals of plants;
- timing and frequency of flowering plants.
If the color combination is important, then nasturtium and marigolds will help you create a warm sunny atmosphere, and forget-me-nots will make the flower bed modest, but insanely tender, the flower garden will become more sophisticated with lilies. The following rule is important here – yellow shades attract attention, while cool shades of green, blue and purple are best used for the background. A tandem in the form of leaves is relevant if the flower garden performs on a tone-on-tone basis or small-flowered plants are adjacent to large-flowered ones.
To ensure flowering from early spring to late autumn, it is best to plant annuals, perennials and bulbous plants. The representatives of the bulbous plants were the first to open the ensemble of colors: tulips and daffodils, violas and crocuses. In early summer, they give way to biennials – daisies, violets and forget-me-nots, as well as luxurious peonies and irises. Closer to the middle of summer, annuals bloom – petunia and calendula. Everyone can create beauty from flowering plants in the summer on their own plot, if you follow simple recommendations and remove weeds in time.
Video “The best varieties of flowers”
Informative video with helpful tips on flower varieties.
