Experienced summer residents know that after the harvest, gardening work on the garden plot does not end. Before the onset of cold weather, it is necessary to have time to put things in order in the beds, loosen and feed the soil. And in the fall, you can sow some crops: vegetables or flower-ornamental plants. In this article, we will tell you about the best annuals that can tolerate winter sowing well.
Pros of sowing annual crops before winter
Inexperienced gardeners may be surprised, but podzimny sowing not only does not harm, but also benefits many plants - they harden over the winter, get sick less in spring, sprout and grow faster. In addition, a summer resident can spend time in the spring not on sowing these crops, but on other important work in the garden.
Before you start sowing seeds of ornamental annuals, you need to familiarize yourself with the list of crops whose sprouts are resistant to getting wet and can withstand winter temperature drops. Having prepared the seeds of such plants, you can safely start preparing flower beds and beds for them. And in order for the seedlings to survive the frost for sure, the seeds should be sown a little denser than in spring.
Delphinium
Delphinium is a beautiful annual that will decorate any flower bed. Its large inflorescences proudly rise above the neighboring plants. There are many varieties of delphinium, different in the shape of inflorescences and flowers, sizes, as well as colors - there are lilac, white, blue, purple, pink varieties of culture.
Windless areas with loose nutritious soil are best suited for ornamental crops. The plant needs regular watering, but does not tolerate waterlogged soils.
If you decide to sow delphiniums on your plot, you need to know that this is a poisonous crop containing alkaloids that are harmful to humans.
Eschsholzia
Escholzia is very similar to a poppy - the stems of the plant are as thin, and the orange flowers are just as delicate and airy. However, the apparent fragility does not prevent the escholzia from being a frost-resistant specimen.
The culture grows in neat creeping bushes, their height is about half a meter. Some hybrids may have pink or red flowers. The plant is unpretentious - it develops well even on poor sandy soils. Eschsholzia is best sown in lighted areas of the garden.
Garden aster
Among the people, aster is usually called a relative of the aster - Chinese callistephus. The plant is unpretentious in care and agrotechnical conditions, it is characterized by rapid growth and long flowering.
A distinctive feature of the garden aster (Chinese, annual) is a huge variety varieties of different sizes of bushes and color of flowers - from white and pale pink to dark red and purple.
Callistephus prefers sunny, fertile areas with drained neutral acid soil.
Phlox Drummond
The homeland of the herb is America. The annual differs in shape and size, it is distinguished by a long (from June to September) abundant flowering of numerous star-shaped flowers. They are pink, purple, cream, etc.
For growing phlox, solar flower beds with fertile soil are suitable. Watering should be moderate but regular. The plant is frost-hardy.
Nigella Damascus
Other names for Nigella Damascus are black cumin, nigella, nutmeg. The plant cannot be confused with any other - its hallmark is the following features: openwork leaves and colorful inflorescences with a delicate aroma reminiscent of the aroma of strawberries.
The plant is a good honey plant. Its seeds are used as a flavoring agent for sweets and are added to the dough during baking.
Nigella Damascus is unpretentious, the plant does not need frequent watering and feeding. For him, sunny areas of the site with light soils are important.
Godezia
Godetia flowers are somewhat reminiscent of azalea flowers. A herbaceous plant belonging to the Fireweed family, it has thin stems of medium height (up to 55 cm) with simple blue-green leaves. Flowers of godetia are fragile and rich in colors: white, pink, purple, red, orange and many others. dr.
The culture is unpretentious, resistant to temperature extremes. Goddezia does not like excessive moisture.
Plant godetia seeds in sunny, fertile areas and in spring it will delight you with rapid growth and abundant flowering.
Kosmeya
Inexperienced gardeners mistake cosmea for a colored variety of chamomile. Although the inflorescences look like chamomile flowers, painted in pink or yellow tones, kosmeya has nothing to do with the aforementioned culture. In addition to simple flowers, depending on the varietal accessory, cosmos flowers can be double.
The plant blooms for a long time, persistent in cut. Kosmeya is a viable culture, undemanding to the composition of the soil, prone to self-seeding. It develops better in lighted areas.
We have told you only about some annuals that will be able to tolerate podwinter sowing well. You can also sow other frost-resistant annual plants on your plot in the fall - choose the right ones and start planting.
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