Perennial flowers for giving: names, types, photos (70 pieces)

When decorating flower beds, rock gardens, rabatka, framing lawns, we try to select garden flowers that are unpretentious in care. Especially if these are flowers for a summer residence. There is usually more than enough work, there is not always enough strength for capricious plants. We will publish a selection of beautiful and diverse flowers with different flowering periods – from early spring to late autumn. All you have to do is choose the one that suits your taste and color.

Spring bloom

There are very early flowers that delight us before the grass even appears. Remarkably, they are very unpretentious, almost do not require care. Everyone knows spring flowers for summer cottages – daffodils and tulips. They are very diverse and beautiful, but there are many others, no less interesting.

Snowdrops

These small bulbous plants blooming with delicate white flowers are known to all. The correct name is Galanthus nivalis – Galanthus. They appear immediately after the snow melts, bloom in just a couple of weeks, but flowering is very short. After the end of the flowering season, the aerial part dies off. It is recommended to plant near shrubs and trees.

There are about two dozen varieties in total, here are the most interesting and popular:

• Viridapisis. A taller variety. Blooms in February-March. The leaves are greyish-green, flat. Their length is about 10 cm. The flower is white, drooping, 1-3 cm long. There are green spots on the edges of the inner petals.
• Lutescens. It differs in that the inner petals have yellow spots. This variety of snowdrops is capricious – not all soils are suitable for it.
  

• Pusi Green Tip, Ophelia, Flore Pleno – varieties with double snow-white flowers.
• White or snowy. Low-growing variety – 10-15 cm high with miniature flowers.
• Elvis. Tall – height 15-25 cm, oblong and wider leaves have a bluish tint. The flower is more spherical. Of all the varieties earlier – in the southern regions blooms in February.

There are also blue snowdrops. This is a different type of flower – Scilla (scylla), but more often they are called Scilla. They are more fragile in appearance, bloom a little later – in April. They tolerate winter well, are unpretentious, and can grow on heavy fertilized soils. In order for them to bloom in spring, you need to feed them with nitrophoska. Common varieties:

• Siberian scilla. Leaves basal, wide, bright green. Produces high peduncles 10-12 cm tall, on which are located from 1 to 5 blue-blue drooping flowers. Flowering early – 10-15 days after the snow melts. There is a white subspecies with later flowering.
  

• Spring Beauty (Spring Beauty). It produces powerful purple-green arrows, on which 5-6 large flowers with a diameter of about 3 cm are placed. The color of the flowers is dark purple. It breeds as a baby.

There are even rarer varieties, but they are hard to find, and they are more capricious when grown. The combination of white and blue snowdrops looks very attractive.

Crocuses

Another bulbous flowers. They bloom in the same period as snowdrops, have similar sizes, but the color is more diverse – there are white, yellow, purple, lilac. For greater effect, it is better to plant in groups, mixing colors. You can plant anywhere – under trees and shrubs, in an open area. They are sun-loving, but they also tolerate shade, normally winter under the snow. You can plant – in the ground, you can – in containers.

There are quite a few varieties that differ in flowering time, plant height and color intensity:

•  Two-flowered crocus (Crocus biflorus). It has a very interesting coloration. There are white, white with purple stripes on the outside of the petals, white inside, with lilac-blue spots on the outside of the petals, with purple-brown stripes. The pharynx of this species is white or yellow.
• Crocus spring (Crocus vernus). A large plant up to 17 cm high. The tuber is flattened, covered with scales. The leaves are narrow, long with a silvery-white stripe in the middle. The flowers are white or purple, the shape is bell-shaped, elongated. One or two flowers can grow from one tuber. Flowering time – end of April, beginning of May, flowering period – about 3 weeks.
  

• Crocus golden (Crocus chrysanthus). Tall variety – up to 20 cm in height. The leaves are narrow and long, the flowers are golden yellow, may be with brown stripes or tan on the outer part of the petals. Styles red, anthers orange. They bloom in April, for 3 weeks.
• Crocus Tommasini (Crocus tommasinianus). Low-growing variety – up to 6 cm tall. Up to 3 flowers can come out of one bulb. The color is pinkish-lilac, a white border may pass along the edge. The open flower looks like a star with a white center and a white anther. Blooms in April, flowering period – up to 3 weeks.

Crocuses in a flower bed or lawn look very bright and gentle. They are excellent for planting on stones, in separate small flower beds, discounts. After the end of the flowering period, the aerial part dies off. These primroses are excellent flowers for giving, which will delight you when there is also really no grass.

Muscari

Moisture-loving and sun-loving perennial plant that winters well in the ground. Propagated by bulbs, usually blooms in April-May. The foliage is rich green, the inflorescences are many-flowered, blue, purple, there are blue and white. Here are the most popular varieties:

• Mukari Armenian (Colchian). Winter-hardy variety that blooms in May. The inflorescence has an interesting color – the top is white, the lower flowers are bright blue, with a white border around the edge.
• Muscari grape-shaped. Another winter-hardy variety wintering in the ground. It has smaller flowers than the Armenian, the color is blue, the height of the peduncle is up to 20 cm, the inflorescence itself is 2-3 cm, in which 15-35 small flowers are collected. There are garden varieties – album with white flowers and flowering a week later, carneum – pink.
  

• Muscari broadleaf. It has wider and denser leaves, similar to those of a tulip, the inflorescence is denser and more like a cylinder in shape. The flowers are dark blue, one bulb can produce several peduncles.
• Muscari crested. original flower. In nature, the top of the inflorescence is decorated with long thin outgrowths – a tuft (pictured in the center). Hybrids are completely shaggy, lilac in color.
  

• Muscari terry. These are hybrid varieties, a week or two later than those listed above, the flowering period is 4 weeks, in cool weather – longer. Flowers – terry, inflorescences – 5-6 cm. Color – blue, blue, white, lilac.

Muscari are unpretentious spring flowers that require almost no care. Good in rock gardens, discounts, in separate flowerpots and flower beds. Propagated by bulbs, a young plant blooms in the third year. You need to repot every 5-7 years. In general, if you need unpretentious flowers for giving with an early flowering period, this is Muscari.

Vesennik or Erantis (Eranthis)

Another unpretentious flowers for giving – Vesennik. Perennial herbaceous plant that blooms in early spring with tuberous thickenings in the roots. The flowers are bright yellow or white, cup-shaped, peduncles up to 25 cm high, the leaves are rich green, palmately divided. It has 7 species, most often in flower beds and in plantings you can see:

• Erantis winter (Eranthis hyemalis). Flowering is very early – groups of flowers appear right from under the snow – 5-6 pieces each, leaves grow later. Leafless peduncles 15-20 cm long, at the ends of which are bright yellow cup-shaped flowers. Immediately below the calyx is a bract of green dissected leaves. Against the background of snow or black earth, they look very bright and cheerful.
  

• Siberian Vesennik (Shibateranthis sibirica). There are few leaves – there may be only one basal leaf. The flowers are bright yellow, surrounded by a bright green bract. Blooms in May.
• Erantis long-legged (Eranthis longistipitata Regel). Similar to the winter Vesennik, but taller, produces single peduncles.
• Erantis stellata (Eranthis stellata). It blooms in April, in nature it grows in the shade of cedars and on the edges in well-moistened places. The flowers are white on a high leafless peduncle, basal leaves – 3-5 pieces. 
  

• Erantis of Cilicia (Eranthis cilicica). The least frost-resistant variety, as it has a southern origin – Greece and Asia Minor. Flowering time – 2 weeks later than Erantis winter. Low ten centimeter peduncles with finely cut leaves are crowned with large flowers of a rich yellow hue.

Vesenniki – light-loving flowers for summer cottages. It is better to place them in high, well-lit places where the snow melts first. They prefer light, well-moistened soils with an alkaline reaction.

Propagated mainly by seeds, as tubers are formed little. Seeds ripen by autumn, immediately sown in the ground in a shady place. When spring sowing, stratification is necessary – 2 weeks at 1-2 ° C. In the first year, only cotyledon leaves grow, which quickly die. The plant itself lives, having managed to form small nodules. In the second year, one true leaf grows. In the autumn of this year, nodules can be dug up and planted in a permanent place. The next year Vesennik blooms.

 More popular perennials that bloom in spring

There are a lot of beautiful and unpretentious flowers for giving, blooming in spring. A detailed description listing the most popular varieties will take dozens of pages. To give at least a general idea, we list them with an indication of the timing of flowering, height, planting features, if any (photos are required).

• Periwinkle. This is a low-growing creeping semi-shrub with upright shoots. The leaves are dark or light green, leathery, some varieties with a white or pink border around the edges. Flowers large, solitary. The color is usually blue, but there are white and pink, pale lilac. Massively blooms in spring, there are single flowers throughout the growing season. Prefers well-drained loose fertile soils with a neutral to slightly acidic reaction. Shade-loving plant, feels good in partial shade.
  

• Forget-me-not. Height – 10-50 cm, foliage is rich green, small, numerous flowers of blue, blue, sometimes pink flowers are collected in inflorescences. It is grown for two years, on the third the stems are greatly lengthened, the flowers become smaller. Likes shady, damp places, blooms from the end of April, up to 3 weeks. Perfectly combined with daisies, tulips, pansies, daffodils.
  

• Anemones (anemone). Numerous species with different flowering periods – from spring to autumn. Beautiful cup-shaped flowers with a different number of petals, different colors – white, blue, blue, lilac, purple, pink, red, orange. The number of petals is different – from five in the most “simple” to terry. Cold-resistant flowers, but it is better to mulch for the winter.
  

• Primrose. Most are perennials, but there are biennial and annual herbaceous plants. They bloom in early spring, with the onset of heat, the aerial part dies off. The leaves are whole, wrinkled, collected in a basal rosette. Flowers regular shape, five-petalled. They can be single or collected in inflorescences (racemose and umbellate). Colors are the most varied. It’s hard to even describe. Sizes – from 10 cm (Primula veris and Primula japonica) to 60 cm (Primula obconica). Prefer partial shade with good ventilation.
  

These are not all perennial flowers for summer cottages that bloom in spring. There are hundreds more. But these are loved by gardeners for their unpretentiousness, long flowering period, brightness of colors and variety of forms.

Summer flowers

Summer is the most fertile time. This choice can make your head spin. The titles number in the thousands, and they are all interesting in their own way. It is very difficult to choose, but we tried to find worthy options.

Dicentra (Dicentra – Broken Heart

The bright, unusually shaped flower of Dicentra became the reason for its no less unusual name and many legends concerning heart affairs – Broken Heart. These are bright, tall flowers for giving – up to 1 meter tall, attracting attention in the middle of spring. It has 8 species, often found:

• Dicentra magnificent (Dicentra spectabilis). It blooms for a month, does not like closely spaced groundwater and summer drought. The plant is up to 1 meter tall, the leaves are green above, below – with a bluish tinge, large, pinnate. On a high arched peduncle are bright pink large flowers – up to 3 cm in diameter. There is a white hybrid (Alba), the Gold Heart variety (Gold Hart) is very interesting – it has golden leaves.
  

• Dicentra exceptional/excellent (Dicentra eximia). Low-growing species – up to 30 cm tall – with a very long flowering period – 2 months, starting from the second half of May. The leaves are green, in the form of a dense rosette, the flowers are bright pink, there is a white form. Winters in the ground, without any problems.
• Beautiful dicentra (Dicentra formosa). Another low winter-hardy species is up to 30 cm. It blooms all summer, starting from the end of May, so it can rather be called a summer flower. Foliage is a basal rosette, green above, gray below. Tall peduncles with bright, pink-purple flowers rise above the foliage. There are forms with white-pink (Alba) color, bright pink flowers and bluish-gray leaves (King of Hearts).
  

• Dicentra klobuchnosnaya (Dicentra cucullaria). The smallest species is flower stalks 8-15 cm high, flowers are white or pink, about 2 cm. The leaves are green, rugged, poisonous, used in medicine.
• Dicentra climbing (Dicentra scandens). Curly flowers for summer cottages, unusual in shape and color – white-pink or yellow flowers. Flowers, however, in early summer. In central Russia, it is grown as an annual plant. There is a wintering variety – Golden Tears, which blooms all summer and almost all autumn. The flowers are yellow, with a pink tint on the edges of the petals.

Flowers Broken Heart practically do not require care, they winter well. They can grow in the sun and from the shade, the ideal option is partial shade, where they bloom longer. They prefer light, slightly acidic soils with a significant supply of nutrients. Plants are unpretentious, but do not like waterlogging. In the heat, the soil is mulched, which will help against overheating by moderate watering. It is better to remove wilted inflorescences – this will prolong the flowering period.

Gypsophila

The genus Gypsophila consists of 100 plant species. So here you can find very different species – both tall and short. Plants come from different parts of the world, so the growing conditions are different. Here are a few that grow well in our area:

• Panicled gypsophila (Gypsophila paniculata). Tall (1-1,2 m) and medium tall (60 cm) perennial plant with knotty branches forming an openwork ball. The foliage is small, gray-green, the flowers are small with a diameter of 0,5 cm, simple and double, white, pink. Blooms in July, blooms from 45 days (terry, Flamingo, Pink Star, Bristol Firey, Rosie Weil)  up to 90 (Rosenschleyer). Feels good in loose soils, does not need transplants. Does not like close groundwater, winters in open ground, but it is better to cover.
  

• Gypsophila graceful (Gypsophila elegans). Annual plants in the form of a spherical bush with small, very elegant flowers. The entire bush is translucent. Height – 30-40 cm, there are undersized species – up to 0 cm tall. Flowers white, carmine, pink. Collected in openwork panicles. There are many flowers, but they “depart” quickly – a week and a half. Popular varieties: Rose, Double Star, Carmine.
• Creeping gypsophila (Gypsophila muralis). Herbaceous plant with creeping stems forming dense bushes. The foliage is lanceolate, small, the flowers are small, white or pink. The first flowering – July, repeated – in the fall. Popular forms are White, Pink, Phratensis (Fretensis), Monstrosa (Monstroza), Letchworth Rose. After flowering, shoots are cut off, after which basal shoots grow. The species is unpretentious, prefers well-lit sunny places. Soils – preferably well drained. Winters well, sometimes freezes, but is restored by self-sowing. Ideal for planting in rock gardens, the bush hanging from the stone looks very, very decorative.
  

Reproduction – vegetative or seeds. Prefers dry, well-lit places, grows well on calcareous soils. For normal growth, you can add 20-40 grams of lime per square meter of land.

List of flowers for giving with summer flowering

When decorating a flower bed, rock garden, lawn, plants are selected so that several plants constantly bloom. There are no less beautiful and non-capricious flowers for giving than spring ones. In this section, we briefly list and characterize them, give photos of the most common or attractive species.

• Astrantia (Astrantia) or Zvezdovka. Perennial plant of the Umbelliferae family. Well adapted to life under trees, so it can be planted in deep shade. It tolerates any soil, but feels best on nutritious and sufficiently moist. Blooms all summer, without a transplant cost up to 12 years. The leaves are large and deeply cut. Flowers – white, red, purple, pink. They are an umbrella consisting of many small flowers surrounded by wrapper leaves. Flowers and wrapper may match in color, but more often differ in shade. The most popular species are the large astrantia (Astrantia major) and the largest astrantia (Astrantia maxima).
  

• Armeria (Armeria). A beautifully flowering perennial plant. Blooms all summer. Narrow dark green leaves with a blue tint form a dense cushion from which tall peduncles protrude. Their height is from 30 cm to 130 cm. Capitate spherical inflorescences are collected from the smallest flowers. Color – from snow-white, to red and bright lilac. They are not demanding for watering, they love the abundance of the sun, they grow on the sands, between the stones. There are about 50 species, but the most common are Alpine Armeria (Armeria Alpina), Prickly Armeria (Armeria pungens), Soddy Armeria (Armeria caespitosa), Seaside Armeria (Armeria maritima), Beautiful Armeria (Armeria pseudarmeria).
  

• Eupatorium (Eupatorium) Moisture-loving tall perennial plant (70-160 cm). Prefers loose fertile soils. Grows best in full sun, but tolerates shade and partial shade. It blooms all summer, the flowers are collected in a complex paniculate or racemose corymb. Color – from white to purple. The most common are spotted sapling (Eupatorium maculatum) and purple (Eupatorium purpureum).
  

• Aquilegia (Aquilegia), Catchment, Orlik. These are all the names of one unpretentious flower that can grow on any soil, while having very beautiful flowers. Prefers shade, but survives in well-lit areas, although the flowering period is shortened. Coloring – white, red, yellow, blue, lilac. There are single color and two color options. There are ordinary, terry, hybrid flowers.
  

There are some more flowers, which there is no need to describe, since they are familiar to everyone. You just need to remember their names. These are pansies, cornflower, gladiolus, iris, bluebell, lilies, daylily, delphinium, echinacea, Chernobrivtsy, calendula, esholzia, lavaterra, matiola.

Autumn flowering time

In order for the flower bed to please until the very cold weather, one must not forget to plant flowers with an autumn flowering period. There are not very many unpretentious flowers with such late flowering, but they are no less decorative.

Crocuses

We are used to the fact that crocuses are primroses. But this flower also has autumn forms. Moreover, they are larger and no less decorative.

• Beautiful crocus (Crocus speciosus). Bright green leaves with purple longitudinal veins can reach a length of 20 cm. Flowers are lilac-purple with purple veins. Flowers are large, up to 7 cm in diameter. Bloom in autumn. There are varieties with dark blue, white, lilac, light purple, blue flowers.
  

• Crocus pretty (Crocus pulchellus). The height of the flowers is 7-10 cm, the diameter is 6-8 cm. The color is light purple with dark veins. Each tuber produces 5-10 flowers. Blooms in September-October, normally tolerates light frosts.
• Crocus banatsky (Crocus banaticus). Another autumn crocus. It has an interesting shape of flowers – with a slightly elongated pointed edge. The color is pale lilac, the leaves are long, silvery-gray. The flowers are large – 12-14 cm high, leaves – up to 15 cm. There are numerous hybrids (Dutch) with spring and autumn flowering periods and various colors.

 Autumn Gelenium

A perennial plant that begins to bloom from mid-summer and pleases until the very frost. Plant height – from 50 cm to 150 cm. Plantings form large bushes. Each stem can have up to 10 flowers. Flowers are red, yellow, orange. Large, up to 6 cm in diameter. Prefers sunny places, soils rich in humus. The following species are found in gardens and flower beds:

• Autumn Gelenium Altgold (Altgold). stems are straight, up to 80 cm high. Reed flowers are yellow inside, orange-red outside; tubular – yellow-brown. Blooms in August-September, early November.
• Gelenium autumn Augustsonne (Augustsonne). Flowers up to 4,5 cm in diameter, yellow. It is distinguished by an abundance of foliage and a height of up to 90 cm. It blooms in August and the first half of September.
  

• Helenium autumn Gerbstrot (Herbstrot). Reed flowers – variegated, orange-brown, tubular yellow with brown. Flowering time – August / early September.
• Gelenium autumn Cockade (Kokarde). Flowers are red with a brown tint, yellowish along the edges. Very high view – up to 120 cm. Abundant flowering in August / September.

There are many more types. There are also forms that bloom in summer, by the way, there are more of them. But there are not so many autumn flowers. And gelenium should not be neglected.

Aster perennial Aster (September)

Despite the similar name, it should not be confused with annual asters. This is a completely different plant. There are compact curb types, there are medium and tall ones. Prefers well-lit sites, nutritious soils. Flowers – white, blue, red, blue, purple. The flowering period of autumn species is September-October.

• Aster virgin (Aster novibelgii) or New Belgian. Tall variety – up to 2 meters tall. Flowering in October, if weather conditions allow, then in November. Flowers with a diameter of 2,4-3 cm, purple, red, purple-red, pink. The middle is yellow.
  

• Heather aster (Aster ericoides). Compact tall species – up to 1 meter in height. The flowers are numerous, small – up to 1 cm. The petals are narrow, white or pinkish, the middle is tubular, of different shades.
• Aster flaccid (Aster lateriflorus). Tall bush – up to 120 cm in height, flowers are located along the shoots. Begins to bloom in September. The flowers are white at this time, the centers are light pink. Later, the centers become bright pink.

Low-growing varieties – alpine, shrub – can be used as borders, planted in rockeries. Tall ones are planted in the background.