The top perennial garden crops for decorating a personal plot include a Carpathian bell, horned violet, sunflower, herb carnation, panicle phlox, geraniums, lavender, Korean chrysanthemum, the dicenter. Plants are unpretentious in care, grow in one place for up to 3 years, optimal for beginner gardeners.
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Perennials for flower beds
In late winter or spring, it's time to choose flowers for planting in flower beds. Perennials are unpretentious to care for, which reproduce by self-seeding and decorate front gardens up to 3 years.
Carpathian bell. Several plant species are widespread (stunted, medium, tall). Flowering lasts from early summer to early autumn. Flowers can be blue, lilac, pink, white. The buds have a classic shape or double. In landscape design, the Carpathian bell is used to decorate rockeries, rock gardens, flower beds.
You can combine different varieties of bells or use flowers of the same type. Plants are placed near gazebos, verandas, cottages. Flowers are planted in ceramic flowerpots or tubs with drainage and are used to decorate loggias and terraces in the house.
The sunflower is planted in rock gardens, areas with dry soil. The flowering period is from June to October. The plant is perennial; more than 70 varieties grow in nature. The stems can be straight or creeping, they stretch up to 30 cm in height. The leaves are oval in rich green color. Flowers can be white, golden, orange, pink. Inflorescences look like brushes.
The culture does not need frequent watering, because resistant to dry periods. The plant needs regular rainfall. In spring and autumn, sunflower is not watered; in summer, the soil is moistened only with prolonged drought. The water must first be defended in the sun. You will also need to loosen and weed the ground near the bushes. You can mulch the area for additional soil nutrition.
Horned violet (the second name of the flower is pansies) is planted in flower beds, in rockeries, along footpaths. The flowering period lasts from May to September. After the seeds ripen, the culture propagates by self-sowing. The plant is unpretentious in care, aesthetically pleasing. Flowers differ in shades (blue, lilac, red, burgundy, snow-white, cream, etc.).
Cultures for garden decoration
Grass carnation can be fuchsia, snow-white with spots, lilac, pink. The flowering of the plant culture continues during the summer, multiplies by self-sowing. Carnations are planted on rocky, sandy sites, in rockeries, rock gardens. Plants are unpretentious to care for. The culture blooms with buds of pink, lilac, raspberry, snow-white shades. The herb stretches up to 40 cm. The leaves of the carnation are elongated, dark green. The culture is frost-resistant, decorative.
Phlox paniculata can bloom up to 1-2.5 months, depending on the variety. The culture is distinguished by decorative small buds, delicate aroma.
The dicentra is exclusive to perennials, has decorative leaves, and grows on slightly acidic soils. The culture is stretched to 20-30 cm, flowering begins in May and lasts 85-90 days. Buds of pink, lilac shades. Hybrid varieties with snow-white flowers. Dicenter propagates with the help of cuttings, seeds, dividing bushes.
Geraniums are distinguished by a variety of varieties (Iberian, ash, etc.), subspecies - about 400. Ornamental shrubs are grown in flower beds. Plants stretch up to 60 cm. Flowers and leaves are fragrant. Some varieties can be planted in tubs, pots on verandas, next to the cottage, near the fence, etc.
Lavender is a decorative and easy-care crop. For growing in the garden, it is recommended to choose narrow-leaved species. Flowers of lilac-pink, purple shades are distinguished by delicate aromas. Bushes are planted in rock gardens, rockeries, along paths, near the entrance to the house. French or English lavender is grown in the gardens.
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