The garden is a space for realizing the imagination of a real gardener. Usually the main picture of the site is drawn by perennial plants. But without annual flowers, the garden can not be imagined. They allow each summer to form a unique pattern, creating splendor and splendor. In addition, annual flowers, blooming all summer, are real helpers. After all, thanks to him, you can cover those voids that are created when the perennial plants bloom. Fortunately, now created so many varieties with the most varied colors and shapes. In addition, most annual flowering plants are quite unpretentious in their care, and also grows in a wide variety of climatic conditions. So, they are suitable for those gardeners who want to enjoy luxuriant flowering, but do not like to dig for a long time on the site.
How to select flowers-annuals, blooming all summer?
If you intend to plant annual flowers, be sure to pay attention to the following factors: the color range and size of plants, their flowering time and the place of planting.
Flowering time . In general, one-year-olds are used to create continuous flowering in the garden throughout the warm period. In this sense, marigolds, space, ageratum, lion's pharynx and petunia bloom most continuously. And such plants as cornflower, begonia and zinnia will be pleased with their flowering since June. True, their age is short - the buds fall fast. Until late autumn, you can see flowers of cornflower, malopee, lava, aster and calendula on the sites, but you should expect the first bright colors in the flower garden in July.
The size of plants . The lowest inhabitants of flower beds - from annuals blooming all summer, are recognized as an alsom, velvet small-growing varieties, lobelia, their growth is 15-30 cm. But their "brethren" - a one-year-old delphinium, mallow, slander - reach a height of 1, or else and 2 m.
Knowledge of the color scale of the summer is an indispensable condition for creating a harmonious flower garden in the garden. So, for example, blue or blue flowers are violet, cornflower, bell. White color is characteristic for gypsophila, alissum and Iberis. Orange and yellow shades bloom in calendula, tunbergia. And godem, slander, balsamina have pink and red tones. A variety of shades can boast asters, petunias, snapdragons.
It is also important to take into account the choice of annuals for their landing . Malva, sunflower, lavatera, marigolds of high varieties will suit the front garden. Such summers as petunia, begonia and geranium are put in containers. If you need to decorate the arbor or fence, plant the beans decorative, glory, fragrant peas. If you are on fire with the idea of setting up an alpine hill on the site, get a lion's pharynx, verbena, immortelle, and resin for this purpose.
And now we will dwell in more detail on what annuals are blooming all summer.
- Marigolds are garden plants with a height of 20-70 cm. Their inflorescence is red-brown, lemon, orange or brown. Plant marigolds in May, they are unpretentious to moisture and soil, blossom from June to September.
- Calendula ordinary - a plant up to 50 cm in height. Coloring flowers in various shades: orange, lemon, yellow. Plant calendula in May in a well-lit place, blooms from June to the end of September. The plant is frost-hardy.
- Ageratum - the plant reaches 15-30 cm tall. Its small inflorescences of blue, white, lilac tones cover the entire plant from June to September. Plant the seedlings of the ageratum in May in a warm and sunny place.
- Lobelia low is a plant of compact form up to 15 cm high. Small flowers of white, blue, violet and blue color cover the plant from June to October.
- Petunia garden - undemanding to care plant up to 25 cm high. It blossoms from June to October.
In addition, almost all summer and early autumn
- Alissum;
- Astra is Chinese;
- Verbena garden;
- Godetse is pleasant;
- Leo summer;
- Reseda is fragrant;
- Tobacco is fragrant;
- Phlox Drummondi;
- Zinnia is elegant.