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Sowing flower seeds in open ground. How to grow flowers from seeds. Relation to sunlight

If you want to have a beautiful, bright, lush flower bed, but your plans do not include the purchase of flower seedlings, you can sow flower seeds in open ground under winter. The main thing is to choose the right varieties that can and should be sown in the fall, where, how and when. Plan the place of crops, select the soil, methods and methods of sheltering crops.

For planting before winter, the mass is chosen only by those plants that belong to frost-resistant varieties. Landing is carried out only during the period when it is not just cold, but 0 ° C is stable in the air (crops are also allowed at -1 ° C), and the ground is frozen to -4 ° C. Those sown earlier - at positive air and soil temperatures - will hatch, germinate, and will die already at the onset of the first frost. It is impossible to revive such flowers with additional insulation.

On a note!

A bed for winter crops should be marked and broken in advance - while the soil is still loose. frozen ground difficult to handle. The grooves are not deep: for large seeds, 5-6 cm is enough, for "little things" - 1.5-2 cm.

Those flowers that have grown up after the snow melts are hardier than spring seedlings and stronger. Only the strongest germinate - with an overgrown and strengthened rhizome, healthy sprouts that are not afraid of pests at the first stage of "growing up". Bloom quickly and densely, especially if all deadlines are met:

in central Russia - October-end of November (depending on the weather);
in Siberia and the Trans-Urals - September-October;
in the Pskov and Leningrad regions - 2-3 weeks before the onset of serious, almost irreversible frosts - the end of September-mid-November;
in the Kaliningrad region and in the southern regions - the end of November-December;
in Crimea, you can throw seeds into open ground in December-January.

The sowing rules are similar for both annual and perennial crops - sow on flat areas (where water does not stagnate and wash the seeds during snowmelt), twice as thick as in spring, be sure to mulch the plots after work is completed (peat is also suitable, and 2-3-year-old humus). If winters are harsh to insulate: spruce branches for these purposes is an ideal covering material.

Autumn sowing annuals

Planting flower seeds before winter in a permanent place in a flower bed, flower garden, front garden is the best choice. The "registration" of plants successfully affects the growth and further flowering, in contrast to the spring seedling transplant, when the tap root begins to hurt and urinate.

But there is another way of planting - in shkolki - beds framed on all sides by a board (onboard). This method is most suitable for those letniki that further "travel" through the flower garden in the form of seedlings. It is better to place it in a high place, in the wind, in a light shade - from west to east, choosing a place on the site away from prolonged exposure to direct sunlight. It is better that the wall of the house / garage / barn / bathhouse plays the role of a thermal guard - it protects the crops from the northern winds.

Marigolds (chornobryvtsy, marigolds, tagetis)

Despite the fact that the flowers are thermophilic, they love sowing before winter ( simplest way beliefs in this fact - the observation of self-seeding in the spring) - on a perfectly flat, slightly sloping (so that water flows) area.

Grooved beds in loose soil are “cut” back in September. Land preparation consists in "fluffing". To do this, sand, turf, peat and humus are mixed in equal proportions.

The planting depth of small seeds is 1-1.5 cm, medium - 2-2.5 cm, large - 3-4 (maximum 4.5) cm. After sowing, the holes / grooves are sprinkled with standing in a relatively warm room (veranda / summer kitchen ) dry earth, insulate 7-10 cm with a layer of fallen leaves.

Chinese aster (Callistefus)

To sow the plant before winter, an elevated plot with loose, neutral-acid soil is needed on the sunny side of the garden plot. After "cutting" the grooves, you can not bring in fresh manure that warms the seeds - they will burn, it is better to use "Fitosporin".

On a note!

Flowers that are sensitive to their predecessors will not sprout or will sprout as weak as possible after themselves and bulbous ones - gladioli, tulips. But they will give the most productive shoots after calendula and marigolds.

Sowing depth of seeds - 2 cm. "Cover" - dry soil and wood (deciduous) sawdust, peat can be used for mulching.

Unpretentious medicinal calendula (marigold)

The plant is cold-resistant and non-capricious. You can sow until the end of November-beginning of December, when not only the soil is frozen, but the air temperature is not higher than -2 ° C - in the ground of any composition. If the seeds lie in a nutritious, loose soil, fertilized with a mixture of humus, superphosphate and potassium sulfate, then the splendor of color will be unsurpassed.

You can sow in "spot" holes, grooves, garden boxes - 4 cm deep. In regions with a temperate climate, it is enough to sprinkle the seeds with dry earth. Where winters are harsh, straw or peat mulch can be used.

Lobularia sea and alyssum (sea and rock)

Related varieties will prefer November (in the southern regions) sowing seeds in loose soil with neutral acidity. The seed material is similar to dust particles - small, inconspicuous.

It is better to sift the prepared grooves with dry (!) seeds mixed with sand (if possible, with river sand). The optimal depth is 1-2 cm. Land "powder" is enough for wintering. If the snow melts early, but the frosts return, cover it with a film stretched over the arcs in the spring.

Graceful Godetia

The unsurpassed border decoration of the flower bed, despite the tenderness, goes through the winter hardening in fertile soil, especially if you plant the plant on the sunny side of the site.

In the northern regions of the country, it can be sown in September, in the central zone - at the end of October, in the southern region - in November. A month before the snow settles.

Grooves / furrows for seeds do not need to be deepened. 1-3 cm is enough. Mulching with meadow hay or rye straw is necessary, in winter - filling with snow.

kosmeya

A plant from the category “where it is planted, it grows there” is completely undemanding to the composition of the soil, but for winter sowing it is better to choose areas with loose sandstone. If there is only black earth around, the plot can be modified: fill the holes with a mixture of earth and sand (1x1).

Large seeds prefer the latest sowing - December-January. If snow falls before this time, you can not even rake it, freeing the grooves, but simply trample it. Sprinkle crops with dry soil or sand mixture.

Wild or musky cornflower

Flower loves a large number of light, space and light (loose) loam. If the land on the site does not meet such requirements, during the autumn preparation of the allotment for crops, a mixture of lime, ash (can be replaced with dolomite flour), chalk, and sawdust or river sand for looseness are added to the ground.

Sowing dates - October-December (where it is colder - earlier, where it is warmer - later). Furrows 2-3 cm deep. Of the bed heaters, you can use ferns, straw, if planted in holes - spunbond caps.

Mignonette

The plant is initially planted in a permanent place in nutrient soil. So that she will surely feel comfortable during winter germination, in September-October they prepare a garden bed by digging the ground with humus and sand (1x1x0.5)

The deepening of even groove rows is 5 cm. Sprinkle not with dry soil, but with sand or a sand-soil mixture (1x1). Covering is optional.

Nasturtium

It is better to plant seeds in wide holes, and if 3 seeds are enough in spring, in November-December it is better to throw 6-9 pcs. 30 cm apart from each other.

Planting is possible only in the southern regions - without the danger of return frosts or subject to spring plant protection in the form of a frame greenhouse made of agrofibre / spandbond (the film will not work - the sprouts will freeze out if the frost lasts a couple of days, or they will dry out - if frost follows bright sun).

And this is not all annuals that can be planted in late autumn-winter. The list is much longer and includes:

marigold clarkia with small seeds;
climbing or Japanese hops that prefer hole planting;
large-flowered flax for "island" sowing;
adonis, with large, photosensitive seeds - requires 1.5 cm deepening;
umbrella iberis - when preparing the beds, the earth must be dug up;
matrikaria (girlish pyrethrum or maidenly chrysanthemum) with miniature inflorescences - you need to select a well-lit and even sunny area with medium-fertile or calcareous soil;
bidens (feruleleaf sequence) - a bright yellow flower for winter sowing in the southern regions;
keeled chrysanthemum with an inflorescence similar to a bright, multi-colored umbrella - if you plant it in the middle lane, in the spring you will need to cover it with a cap or a greenhouse, in areas with a warm climate - without fear, but in both cases on areas with fertile soil of neutral acid ( you can make a plot);
graceful gypsophila - sown next to the marigolds and according to the same scheme, but when preparing the site, it is necessary to add a lime additive;
sowing nigella (flower fennel or black cumin) - an elegant decoration of a flower bed is optimally sown 2 cm deep, in a snowy winter with severe frosts cover with spruce branches / straw / fern;
gray matthiola is a fragrant addition to a summer evening that cannot stand planting in areas with cruciferous predecessors.

Popular perennials for winter sowing

If gardeners still have some doubts when planting annuals, then one word “perennial” already indicates that the flowers withstand wintering. Moreover, late autumn plantings to a permanent place is unconditionally preferable for them. With only one BUT: if biennials (express varieties), like annuals, give color in spring and summer, then some plants will bloom only for 2-3 years, and crops such as dahlia grown from seeds - for 4-5. But their color will be lush, the roots - as strong as possible.

Seeds of perennial flower crops are also planted in frozen soil - starting in mid-October. But the plots are being prepared in September: they are loosened, fertilized. In the spring, after the snow melts, they cover it with lutrasil (a film will do, but the first option is preferable), but as soon as sprouts appear, the shelter is removed.

Careful flower growers dive flowers after the appearance of 2-4 formed leaves, shortening the taproot and deepening the plant to the border of the first leaves. Some do not do seating, but for flowers this is not catastrophic. Yes, they will be thicker, the flowers will be smaller, but the growth will not stop.

Turkish carnation (biennial)

Choose October cold days for sowing and light (semi-shaded) areas of the front garden / flower bed with fertile soil. If only loam or sandstone is available, the situation will be corrected by early digging with the introduction of an earth mixture with ash, compost. Mineral fertilizers will not be superfluous.

Seeds (necessarily dry) are planted in rows of 1.5 depths, sprinkled and lightly tamped with earth "seed". Use peat mulch 10 cm high. If the plant is positioned as a flower bed border decoration, the distance between the grooves should be measured - at least 15 cm.

The same express crops (blooming in the first season) for winter planting include:

forget-me-not - grows densely in partial shade in well-drained areas;
bluebells - on plots dug up with humus and ash;
delphinium - plant from the second half of November, sprinkle after sowing with flower (purchased) soil or loose soil from the greenhouse;
viola - into grooves broken in areas with dug up humus, peat, compost and sand;
lavender - in alkaline, necessarily dug up (on a bayonet) and loosened earth, it will grow even better on sandy soils if large seeds are deepened by 0.5 cm, then the crops are mulched with wood chips;
primrose - until snow falls, stable frosts come, film shelter is needed.

Rudbeckia perennial

Tall, "sweeping" - requires space. It is better to sow the culture in such a way that it solos in a flower bed or rear guard of a mixborder or along fences.

Sowing holes / furrows on clay, slightly acidic soil in August-September must be “flavored” with a mixture of peat and sand (large fractional can be used). The best place- penumbra. For mulching (especially if you sow it in Siberia) dry hay and spruce branches.

On a note!

To get a healthy plant, you need to protect the plant from strong, gusty draft winds. Rudbeckia does not like scorching sunlight, but if it is lit for less than 6 hours by the sun, it will lose its color brightness and flowering density.

Aster

Podzimny sowing is preferable for pompon varieties. The term for laying seeds in drained soil with neutral acidity in Siberia and the Trans-Urals is the end of September-October, in the center of Russia - from the end of October to November, in the south - from mid-November.

The place must be chosen open, sunny. Draw grooves (with ash mixture) with a depth of 1.5-2 cm. Sow thickly.

Mallow perennial

High - up to 2 m - the plant grows well in sunny areas in absolutely any soil. Blooms usually in the second year. She needs space, so it is better to sow in holes (1-3 cm deep) with a distance of 10 cm.

"Seal" the crops with a peat mixture. To avoid freezing (especially if the weather indulges in intermittent and immediately severe frosts), it is better to cover with hay or dry branches.

Chamomile garden (large white and yellow)

For tall and spreading spray flowers, you need sun and space. They grow rapidly and are further seated by division. Where it is damp, they wither, so the place should be away from high-rising groundwater.

The soil can be any, but still, chamomile will delight with large flowers where the calcareous soil is either neutral. It is better to plant 4-6 seeds in holes, it is possible in a checkerboard pattern, with a distance of 20-40 cm. Protective mulching with peat is required.

Yarrow garden

Long-flowering - from April to October - a bright medium-high plant (up to 80 cm). The best landscape solution is an alpine slide or path decoration.

Culture is unpretentious to light and shadow. Equally tolerates wet and dry climates. And there are no biases to the soil, but areas with highly acidic or heavy clay soil are not for him. Seeds in holes, 2 cm deep, spread with 5 cm intervals. Mulch with humus.

A large number of perennials can be planted with seeds before winter, here are just a small top (most popular and well-known) eight flowers:

Tradescantia. Lush and profusely blooming from May to mid-autumn. Best used in group compositions. Planted in fertile land;
Seaside armeria. A delicate flower chooses light soil on stony, generously sunlit flowerbeds.
Catnip (catnip). Lush bluish-purple bushes. Seeds are sown in slightly acidic soil of medium fertility in areas dug up with humus.
Coreopsis grandiflora is a branchy plant that grows rapidly with a carpet. Sowing is desirable in a calm place, in well-drained areas of medium fertility.
The flat-leaved eryngium is a charismatic flower garden decoration. Selects medium fertile, loose soil. If there is none in the front garden or in the flower bed, you can artificially create an environment chosen for the plant - with a mixture of sand and compost. Crops in regions with cold, long winters can be covered with spruce branches or non-woven material.
Poppy decorative. Alpine, polar, Atlantic, Amur, Lapland, Scandinavian, Tien Shan give the advantage of settled way of life. Suitable for rabatok, rock gardens, slides, rockeries, flower beds. The composition of the soil is indifferent to the plant. You can sow in holes, short grooves and long rows 2-3 cm deep with a significant interval - up to 20 cm.
Purple Echinacea blooms from July to late September. Favorite place - fertile soils. In September (when preparing the plot), the earth must be dug up with humus
The dye umbilical grows even on depleted soil, but if sandstone prevails in the garden plot, fertile soil mixture must be poured into the sowing holes.

Podzimny sowing - for the benefit of plants and the beauty of flower beds. Only healthy, strong - the strongest grow up. Natural sizing ensures lush flowering crops. The main thing is not to arrange an erroneous reinsurance by sowing plots before the onset of frost. In the case of sowing before winter, it is better to skip a couple of frosts, sow flowers later than doom the sprouts that have hatched before frost and snowfall to freezing.

Summer residents who have recently joined the ranks of flower growers, as a rule, start from the same thing - from visiting all kinds of garden centers, Internet sites, exhibitions, collectors' sites. After all, there are so many interesting plants (mostly perennials) on offer, which “well, you just can’t pass by”!

Alas, the “buying rage” at the same time is often far ahead of planting planning and understanding which plants will actually feel good and look beautiful in your garden.

Therefore, the first advice to gardeners (and especially beginners): do not rush to immediately acquire a lot of perennial flowers! Limit yourself to those whose landing sites have already been prepared. And the craving for diversity can easily be satisfied by annuals. Most of these crops are easy to grow and can be restocked annually to change the look of the garden - a great planning aid! In addition, annuals are so bright and beautiful that it is difficult to imagine any garden or flower garden without them: from the simplest to the most sophisticated.

These luxurious dahlias can be grown from seed! F1 ‘Hello Gorgous Shades’. Photo: AiF / Elena Kolesnikova

Raising the "virgin"

Letniki are especially useful when you are about to plant a flower garden on a new site with uncultivated soil. Many novice flower growers have an opinion that it is better to start with perennial plants: they say, once planted - and no worries. But what is really happening? After all, even if you don’t mess with capricious crops, of which there are quite a few among perennials, but plant the most undemanding species and varieties, but in a poorly prepared place, then:

In perennial flower beds, you do not have the opportunity to dig deep into the soil with organic fertilizers and thereby improve it;

Weeds, the seeds and pieces of rhizomes of which are difficult to get rid of in one digging of the soil, are intertwined with roots with cultivated plants, and it can be very difficult to remove them;

In new areas, it is difficult to immediately plan flower beds, and moving perennial bushes from place to place is often not very easy.

The second advice naturally follows from this: “development of virgin lands”, start with the planting of annual flowers. Indeed, as a result of autumn or spring digging of flower beds with the introduction of organic matter, it is possible to significantly increase the fertility and structure of the soil and clear the site of most weeds.

Convinced? Already going to the store for seeds? And for what?

Calendula medicinal series ‘Pacific’. Photo: AiF / Elena Kolesnikova

The smart choice

When choosing letniki for spring planting, you should not buy all the bags of seeds with the photos you like in a row. First evaluate your capabilities: can you grow them without too much hassle?

It is better for an inexperienced or busy grower to pay attention to those species that are sown directly into the ground. These are: helipterum pink (acroclinum), calendula, cosmos, clarkia, lavatera, annual poppies, matthiola, blue cornflower, godetia, dimorphoteka, escholcia, venidium, nemesia, iberis, mignonette, etc. In central Russia, you can immediately go to the flower garden sow some "seedling" crops - callistefus (annual aster), marigolds, especially - b. rejected, helichrysums, zinnias, Drummond's phloxes, sweet peas and some other species, but their flowering in this case will come late, only in the second half, or even at the end of summer.

Crops grown through seedlings are somewhat more complicated than the previous ones. However, they, in turn, can also be divided into several groups. Seedlings of species such as marigolds, zinnias, amaranths, annual dahlias, coleus, celosia, annual chrysanthemums are easiest to grow. Their seeds are sown in boxes (on window sills, loggias) or in the soil of greenhouses in mid-April, and planted in the ground at the end of May, when the threat of return frosts has passed.

The next group of flyers has a longer period of getting quality seedlings and requires a little more patience and experience. Their seeds are sown about a month earlier - in mid-March, boxes with crops are placed on bright windowsills or in greenhouses, greenhouses. Such crops include ageratum, alissum, arctotis, annual aster, verbena, gazania, Chinese carnation, helichrysum, sweet pea, cochia, levkoy, lobelia, snapdragon, perilla, petunia, salvia, fragrant tobacco, Drummond's phlox.

And finally to last group include species with the longest period of development in seedlings. They are sown in January - February in heated greenhouses or in room conditions on special racks with light installations. For the first month or two, boxes with crops and seedlings must be illuminated with special lamps, otherwise the seedlings will stretch and die. These crops include: Shabo carnation, tuberous begonia, viola (Vitrocca violet), statice, heliotrope, fuchsia and some other species. I would not recommend inexperienced flower growers to grow them from seeds.

living rainbow

Let's get acquainted with the most interesting and relatively uncomplicated annual flower crops for beginner flower growers.

Calendula

Calendula officinalis (Calendula officinalis) is one of the most common and well-known plants that bloom in many flower beds and rural front gardens. Over many centuries of cultivation, dozens, if not hundreds, of calendula varieties have been created, differing in plant size - from low, curb, about 25-30 cm tall, to large bushes up to 80 cm high; the form of inflorescences, which can be non-double, chamomile, and double, tiled and even anemone. But the greatest variety is in its color: from common yellow, orange, apricot to cream, dark brown, burgundy, pinkish or greenish, plain or variegated.

Calendula officinalis ‘Apricot Twist’. Photo: AiF / Elena Kolesnikova

Where to plant?

In the garden, calendula looks good in front gardens, mixborders, in flower beds, in ornamental gardens, on annual flower lawns. Low-growing varieties can be grown on balconies and in containers, made into borders and borders. In addition, its inflorescences are excellent for cutting.

How to grow?

Calendula is an extremely undemanding and easy-to-cultivate culture. Its seeds are sown in open ground from April to June inclusive, as well as before winter - in November. It is better to choose a bright place for her, but she is undemanding to soils, although she prefers neutral loams. If the shoots turned out to be too thick, it is advisable to thin them out to a distance of 5-10 cm. Plants should be watered moderately, only in dry times. On nutrient-poor soils, it is advisable to feed them every 2-3 weeks with complex mineral fertilizers. Flowering of plants begins 45-50 days after sowing and continues until late autumn.

What's in a name?

At home, in the Mediterranean countries, calendula blooms all year round, for which it got its name: calendae in Latin means "the first day of each month." The Russian name - ‘marigolds’ was given to the plant for the shape of the seeds, which really resemble the claws of animals and birds.

Calendula officinalis ‘Orange Button’. Photo: AiF / Elena Kolesnikova

It is interesting

Calendula - valuable medicinal plant. Gargling with an infusion of its inflorescences perfectly heals a sore throat, compresses with a decoction of calendula will help heal wounds, bruises and dislocations faster, and calendula extract is widely used in cosmetics for skin and hair care.

kosmeya

Cute multi-colored "daisies" of cosmos, or space (Cosmos), can often be found in home gardens and rural front gardens. They have long won the hearts of flower lovers with their cheerful disposition, diversity and unpretentiousness.

Currently, two types of cosmea can be found in our gardens. The most famous and familiar to us species is double-pinnate (C. bipinnatus) forms powerful (or not very) branched bushes 50-120 cm high, with strongly cut leaves and rather large inflorescences (from 5 to 12 cm in diameter) chamomile-shaped. The color of reed flowers can be white, pink, red, burgundy, the disc of tubular flowers is yellow.

Another species that appeared with us relatively recently, but quickly gained popularity among flower growers, is gray-yellow cosmos (C. sulphureus). It has smaller inflorescences (4-7 cm in diameter), the petals of which are slightly bent inward in the form of a rose and are colored yellow-orange-red. Plant height can be from 30 to 150 cm.

Cosmos is double-pinnate terry. Photo: AiF / Elena Kolesnikova

Where to plant?

In terms of application in the garden, cosmeas are very similar to calendula. They are grown in flower beds and in mixborders, in the front gardens of rural houses. It is convenient to make scenes from high grades of kosmey, decorate fences and walls of buildings with them. From low grades, especially sulfur yellow, you can create borders, decorate containers and balcony boxes with them. Low, small-flowered forms of double-pinnate are often part of annual flower (Moorish) lawns.

Cosmos is doubly pinnate, a mixture of colors. Photo: AiF / Elena Kolesnikova

How to grow?

Cosmos double-feathered - the plant is cold-resistant and light-loving, to. Sulfur-yellow - more thermophilic and feels good only in relatively hot summers. Both species are drought-resistant and undemanding to soils, but grow better on loose, not too nutritious - "overfed" plants grow powerful, but bloom poorly.

Just like calendula, cosmea is sown in open ground starting in April.

What's in a name?

Сosmos is translated from Greek as "decoration". Indeed, the name matches the plant!

Space yellow. Photo: AiF / Elena Kolesnikova

Lavater

The bright three-month-old lavatera, or khatma (Lavatera trimestris), always attracts attention in the garden. But not only for this, gardeners love her so much, but also for her long, abundant flowering and complaisant nature. Lavatera is a rather powerful, branchy, fast-growing plant with a height of 60 to 150 cm. At the time of flowering, from the end of June until autumn, it is covered with large (6-10 cm in diameter), funnel-shaped flowers, painted white, pink or red.

Lavatera three-monthly ‘Novella’. Photo: AiF / Elena Kolesnikova

Where to plant?

Long, generous, bright flowering and unpretentiousness make lavater desirable for any flower garden - flower beds, borders, borders, mixborders. The flowers are well cut. Compact varieties can be arranged in containers or garden vases.

Lavatera three-month-old ‘Mont Blanc’. Photo: AiF / Elena Kolesnikova

How to grow?

Lavatera is cold-resistant, photophilous, drought-resistant, does not like waterlogging. It grows well on various soils, but feels better and blooms more abundantly on light fertile soils.

Seeds are sown directly into the ground in early May, in nests of 2-3 seeds at a distance of 25-30 cm. It is also possible to sow seeds in a line at a distance of 10-15 cm from each other. In dry weather, plants must be watered, otherwise their growth will slow down, and flowering will not be plentiful. In May - June, it is desirable to carry out 3-4 feedings with complex fertilizers at intervals of 10-15 days.

What's in a name?

Lavater got its name in honor of the Lavater brothers, famous German doctors and naturalists.

Eschsolzia

The multi-colored silky flowers of the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) are very similar to small poppies, for which they received the popular name California poppy. The plant forms a low branched shrub 15-30 cm high with numerous, rather long (up to 60 cm), decumbent shoots. At the top of the shoots are bright, shiny, large (up to 5-8 cm in diameter) single flowers: double or non-double, with smooth or corrugated petals of various colors - creamy white, yellow, orange, salmon, red. The leaves of the escholzia are also exceptionally elegant: strongly dissected, openwork, covered with a bluish wax coating.

Eschsholtzia Californian terry. Photo: AiF / Elena Kolesnikova

Where to plant?

California poppy can be grown in flowerbeds, in flowerbeds, mixborders, made from it borders, planted in patches on lawns, rockeries, ornamental gardens. They look beautiful in vases, containers and balcony boxes. Eschsholzia is often included in mixtures for annual flower ("Moorish") lawns. The flowers are well cut.

How to grow?

Eschscholzia is cold-resistant, photophilous, drought-resistant and very unpretentious. Prefers dry, sunny places and does not tolerate excess moisture. Blooms best and remains compact in nutrient-poor soils. In rainy weather, the flowers close.

Propagated by seeds, which are sown in early May in open ground. In areas with light soil, winter crops can be done. It is desirable to thin out too dense seedlings at a distance of 5-10 cm. Flowering begins in the first half of July and continues until frost. Some varieties of escholcia can produce abundant self-seeding.

What's in a name?

Eschsholzia is named after Dr. I. F. Eschsholz, a naturalist from the Baltic states, who lived in 1793-1831.

Eschsholzia Californian ‘Apple Blossom’. Photo: AiF / Elena Kolesnikova

Marigold

Marigolds, marigolds, tagetes (Tagetes) are one of the most famous and loved by many annuals.

In horticulture, two types of marigolds are most often used: b. rejected, or French (T. patula), - with a strongly branched, spreading form of a bush 15-50 cm high, with non-double or double inflorescences of a single or variegated color, and b. erect, or African (T. erecta), - with more powerful and less branched plants 30-120 cm high and densely double inflorescences of a single color with a diameter of 10-15 cm. recent times in gardens, one more species can be found more and more often - b. thin-leaved, or Mexican (T. tenuifolia, sin. T. signata), with thin stems 20-60 cm high, graceful strongly dissected leaves and a huge number of small non-double inflorescences 2-3 cm in diameter. Monochromatic or with a contrasting spot in the center, they painted in bright yellow, lemon, orange tones.

Marigolds rejected ‘Carmen’. Photo: AiF / Elena Kolesnikova

Where to plant?

Marigolds look harmonious in any flower beds, flower beds, borders, mixborders, ornamental gardens. They can be used in containers and hanging baskets, planted in balcony boxes. Despite their love of light, they can tolerate slight shading, so they can be used to decorate areas on the north side of buildings. In addition, they have a sanitary effect on the soil, destroying or repelling nematodes with the secretions of their roots. For the same purpose, crushed marigold leaves can be added to the soil.

Marigolds are thin-leaved, a mixture of colors. Photo: AiF / Elena Kolesnikova

How to grow?

All marigolds are thermophilic (do not withstand even slight frosts), photophilous (but can tolerate slight shading), drought-resistant and very undemanding to soils. They easily tolerate transplanting in any phase of development, even during the period of full flowering.

Propagated by seeds, in the conditions of central Russia - through seedlings, in the southern regions - by sowing in the ground. For seedlings, seeds are sown in the second half of April in greenhouses, but for earlier flowering, sowing is possible in March and even in February. Seedlings dive into boxes, pots or ridges of greenhouses at a distance of 5-7 cm from each other. During the period of growing seedlings, it is desirable to make 2-3 fertilizing with nitrogen or complex mineral fertilizers with an interval of 7-10 days.

Seedlings are planted in open ground in early June, when the threat of spring frost has passed. The distance between plants during planting is from 15 to 40 cm, depending on the variety. Care consists in weeding and loosening the soil around the plants, and on weakly fertile soils, another 1-2 complex top dressings are carried out.

Flowering at b. rejected begins 2-2.5 months after sowing, b. upright - after 2.5-3 months and b. thin-leaved - after 2 months.

What's in a name?

The common name - marigolds, or marigolds, was given to these plants for the velvety flower petals, especially in dark-colored varieties, and they received the scientific name Tagetes in honor of the Etruscan god Tages, famous for his beauty and ability to predict the future.

Marigolds are upright. Photo: AiF / Elena Kolesnikova

dahlias

Who does not know the slender beauties of dahlia (Dahlia) with huge bright inflorescences that bloom in our gardens in late summer and autumn? True, most large-flowered varieties are perennials, and their tubers must be dug up and stored in cool rooms before the onset of cold weather. But doing this is not always possible, so annual dahlias can be a great substitute for them.

For a long time there was an opinion that annual dahlias are medium-sized plants with medium-sized non-double flowers, painted in various shades of white, yellow, orange and red. The people called them that - "Merry Fellows", after the name of the most famous, old variety. To date, many annual dahlias have been created, which are not inferior in beauty and variety to their perennial relatives.

Dahlia is an annual, collar form of inflorescences. Photo: AiF / Elena Kolesnikova

Where to plant?

Annual dahlias are planted in flowerbeds, in discounts, and arrays. Low grades can be grown in containers and balcony boxes.

How to grow?

Dahlias are a rather demanding crop in terms of cultivation conditions. They are very thermophilic, love fertile, moderately moist soils and sunny, windless areas.

Dahlia annual ‘Art Deco’. Photo: AiF / Elena Kolesnikova

Seeds are sown in boxes in the first half of April, later seedlings are planted at a distance of 7-8 cm in pots or boxes. Young plants tolerate transplanting well. They are planted in open ground in early June. The distance between plants depends on the variety and can be from 20 to 40 cm. It is very important to loosen the soil around the bushes in a timely manner, in hot weather - water abundantly and periodically, once every 2 weeks, feed with a complex mineral or organic fertilizer. In August, feeding is stopped. Annual dahlias bloom in the first half of July and bloom profusely until the first frost.

What's in a name?

Dahlias, natives of Mexico, appeared in Europe in the 18th century, where they received two names at once - dahlias and dahlias. The first of them was given in honor of the famous Swedish botanist A. Dahl. And in 1803, the German botanist K. L. Vildenov gave the plant another name - dahlia (Georgina), in honor of his friend, botanist J. G. Georgi. Both names existed together for a long time, but recently the name of dahlia has become the official botanical name of the genus. The name "dahlia" has taken root only in our country.

Aster

Annual aster, or Chinese callistefus (Callistephus chinensis), is perhaps the most beloved "folk" flyer in our country. In nature, this plant is about 80 cm high, with chamomile inflorescences of lilac-lilac color. However, over several centuries of cultivation appearance this culture has changed a lot. Many hundreds of varieties have been created, differing in plant height (from 20 to 100 cm), bush shape (spherical, oval, columnar, pyramidal, sprawling), leaf color (from light green to dark green with a purple bloom), flowering time ( from early, blooming on the 70th day after germination, to late - on the 120th-130th day).

But the inflorescences of callistefus have undergone the greatest changes - in color, shape, size, doubleness, their number on the plant, etc. What colors are they not painted in! White, pink, red, salmon, yellow, blue, purple - almost every color of the rainbow, except for bright orange and black. There are varieties with two-color inflorescences.

According to the method of application, asters can be divided into casing (border) - low, compact, abundantly flowering, cut - high, with long strong peduncles and universal - suitable for both landscaping and cutting. Most varieties of asters belong to the latter group.

Callistefus chinensis, ‘Milady’ series. Photo: AiF / Elena Kolesnikova

Where to plant?

In garden plots, annual asters are planted in flowerbeds, rabatka, in mixborders, low varieties - in borders, containers, balcony boxes, rock gardens. Dwarf varieties are used as a pot culture. And, of course, do not forget that annual asters are one of the best garden cut crops.

Callistefus Chinese ‘Gala’. Photo: AiF / Elena Kolesnikova

How to grow?

One of the main reasons for the huge popularity of the annual aster is its undemanding nature. This plant is cold-resistant (it can endure frosts down to -3-4 ° C), photophilous, prefers sandy or loamy, loose, nutritious soils with a neutral reaction.

Astra is propagated by seeds both in seedlings and in seedlings. In the first case, the seeds are sown in late March - early April. Seedlings can be planted in open ground from mid-May. With seedless cultivation, seeds are sown in the ground in early spring, as soon as the soil is ready. In the phase of 2-3 true leaves, the seedlings are thinned out or seated at a distance of 10-15 cm.

Depending on the variety and method of cultivation, asters begin to bloom from late June to mid-August and continue until frost.

Callistefus Chinese ‘Minuet’, a mixture of colors. Photo: AiF / Elena Kolesnikova

What's in a name?

The name callistefus was given to this flower by the French botanist Antoine Jussier: translated from Latin, it means “beautiful wreath”.

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Flowers are an adornment of almost any garden plot. Many gardeners carry out preliminary germination of seeds and planting ready-made seedlings in the ground.

However, some types of flowers can be planted from seeds, resulting in a strong plant that is characterized by abundant flowering.

There are a large number of flowers that need to be planted with seeds in open ground.

Most often, such a planting is carried out for the following plants:

morning glory;
sweet peas;
calendula;
Adonis;
clarkia;
matthiol;
cornflowers;
aster;
marigold.

Almost all flowers that are planted using seeds can be subjected to the process of sowing in open ground without prior germination. However, most often the seeds are selected perennial plants, which in the future do not require further seating.

Depending on the variety and varieties of flowers, some deadlines may be observed. When planting flowers in open ground, it is important to consider the flowering period.

Landing in May

Spring planting of flowers is carried out for varieties that have early term flowering. Most often, seeds are planted in mid-May, when the soil has warmed up and the likelihood of a decrease in temperature is reduced.

Before planting, it is important to properly prepare the soil. Preparation begins in mid-April. The soil is dug up and all the necessary nutrients are added.

Planting flowers in the ground in May is necessary for varieties that do not tolerate frost and are annuals. Such crops bloom most often in the middle of summer.

Landing in summer

AT summer time flower planting is given in the following cases:

annual plants are planted in the soil if necessary to obtain a long flowering, which will last until the first frost. Seeds are planted in mid-July. However, it must be borne in mind that such plants require additional nutrients and regular watering;
planting biennial crops in summer - in July it is recommended to plant plants that begin to bloom only in the next season. Such plants sprout quickly and bloom profusely the next year;
in late summer and early autumn, flowers are sown that germinate earlier than others. Experts say that sowing such crops allows you to get a flower bed in the early stages.

The advantage of summer planting flowers is the fact that the seeds and seedlings, being in cold conditions, harden off and are practically not exposed to diseases for the next season.

How to plant flower seeds in open ground?

In order for the seeds to germinate quickly, it is necessary to observe some features of planting planting material.

Soil preparation

The soil must be prepared in advance:

At the planting site, all roots and weeds should be removed.
The site is cleared and dug up. Fertilizers are applied.
For ornamental crops, it is necessary to mix the soil with humus in the proportions of 1 part of humus, 2 parts of earth.
After the nutrient mixture has been prepared, it is necessary to leave the site for several weeks, and only after that to plant the planting material.

Seed preparation

When planting in spring, it must be placed in the refrigerator for several days to develop immunity before changing germination conditions.
After the seeds have undergone the hardening procedure, it is necessary to germinate the planting material first. For this, water or a growth activator is used. Hydrogen peroxide mixed in proportions per liter of water 1 tablespoon can be used.
Planting material is placed in the solution for several hours, after which it is dried and planted.
The advantage of this method is the fact that the seeds are additionally saturated with oxygen and all harmful microorganisms are destroyed.

Planting seeds

Planting seeds in open ground is carried out according to the following algorithm of actions:

a few days before planting the plants, it is necessary to water the site and loosen it after it dries;
make holes of small depth and evenly distribute the seeds. If the plant is tall, a distance of at least 1-2 cm is observed between the seeds;
sprinkle with soil and lightly tamp.

The planting site is watered with warm water. After climbing, strong seedlings are selected, the remaining shoots must be removed.

flower care

After planting the plants for several weeks, it is necessary to water the site regularly every 2-3 days. After the appearance of the first shoots, the regularity of watering is reduced to once every 5 days.
After the appearance of the first shoots, fertilizers should be applied. Most often, potassium is used, which is introduced into the soil during irrigation.
After the formation of seedlings, it is necessary to regularly remove weeds and loosen the ground. This is necessary so that the roots can be saturated with the right amount of oxygen.
Before the formation of inflorescences, it is necessary to add organic substances, for example, an infusion of chicken manure or manure. Such top dressing increases the flowering period and contributes to the appearance of immunity.
Faded buds must be cut off, to collect seeds, it is necessary to leave several large buds, which are cut off after the formation of seeds or left on the bushes so that the seeds can fall into the ground on their own.
If the plant retains its roots in the ground, they must be covered with spruce branches in late autumn. Insulation is removed in mid-April.

Ornamental crops, which are planted in the soil with the help of seeds, allow you to save all the maternal qualities and tend to germinate quickly. After collecting the seeds, it is important to store them properly. Seeds must be dry and stored in a cloth bag.

Properly stored flower seeds germinate quickly even without prior germination. Flowers can be planted in spring or summer, depending on the variety and ripening period. Before planting, it is important to properly prepare the soil and add all the necessary nutrients.

The popular phrase about beauty that requires sacrifice can be fully attributed to the dacha: in order to make it truly beautiful, gardeners often sacrifice their strength, time, money ... But what if there is not enough time or experience yet, but do you want beauty? It's nice to relax among elegant flower beds and flower beds - is it really possible only at the cost of titanic efforts? Not at all!

Botanical tulips are hardy flowers. A photo

Of course, it will not do without difficulty at all, but decorating your dacha with unpretentious flowers that do not require much trouble either during planting or in care is a very real task. And if you choose the right plants, taking into account their seasonal decorative effect and the characteristics of the site, you can make your dream come true and enjoy the beauty that does not require special sacrifices from early spring to late autumn.

Unpretentious flowers - beauty that does not require sacrifice. A photo

bulbous plants

Since it is before everyone else that they meet spring in the country, we will start with them. And believe me, there are many wonderful flowers here that will not cause you any worries - except that you need to protect the bulbs from the ubiquitous ones, but for this there are special planting baskets - convenient devices that, over time, will make digging out overgrown bulbs much easier.

Colchicum

Colchicum is born completely "at the wrong time." A photo

Bloom: from August to November (depending on the species).
Landing: July or August, to a depth of about 10 cm.
Height: 5-20 cm.
Growing conditions: sun or partial shade; permeable soil (for autumn colchicum - slightly moist, for other species dry is preferable).
Garden use: along shrubbery, on the lawn, in rock gardens, in flower beds; can be grown as a container plant.

It is not in vain that this flower got its name: it is born completely “at the wrong time” - in late autumn, when the foliage from the trees has almost flown around, and the garden has become completely empty and sad. And here, among the general withering, these flowers suddenly bloom, very reminiscent of crocuses.

Such late flowering plus exceptional unpretentiousness is done (or colchicum - lat. Colchicum) welcome guests of the garden. They are planted in July-August, choosing sunny areas or places in partial shade. And then you can forget about any troubles for a long time - Colchicums feel much better if they are not disturbed at all. Isn't it a wonderful property?

Colchicums are beautiful, but poisonous. A photo

However, it is worth knowing and considering that (regardless of the type and variety). All parts of it contain colchicine, a potent poison, so reasonable care must be taken when planting it. Although in my garden, for example, colchicums appeared long before I learned about their possible danger, and they grow to this day.

Colchicum bulbs can be found in our catalog, which includes offers from various online stores.

botanical tulips

Late botanical tulip (Tulipa tarda), photo

Bloom: from March to May (depending on the species).
Landing: autumn
Height: 10-50 cm (depending on the type)
Growing conditions: sunny areas with nutritious permeable soil; it is desirable that in summer it be dry, and in spring - moderately wet, but without stagnant water.
Garden use: group plantings in flowerbeds and in discounts; relevant in; look very good on the lawn; suitable for growing in pot culture.

They say that botanical tulips are not only blue - nature has endowed them with all other colors and shades. Then the works of breeders were added to this, and today we can admire these charming little ones, choosing the shape and color scheme to your taste.

Tulip botanical, photo

Unlike their other relatives, they do not require annual digging of bulbs. You can plant them in a flower garden or in the middle of a lawn, and year by year they will only become more spectacular, thanks to the growing nests of bulbs and an abundance of flowers.

In our gardens more often than others are found ( Tulipa greigii), Kaufman ( Tulipa kaufmanniana), Foster ( Tulipa fosteriana), as well as late tulip ( Tulipa tarda), forest ( Tulipa sylvestris) and Turkestan ( Tulipa turkestanica).

Tulip Turkestan (Tulipa turkestanica), photo

Due to their small stature, these tulips are suitable for planting in rockeries and rock gardens; they look great on the edge of shrubbery in, on lawns, but are no less spectacular in or on. They are planted in autumn, like most bulbs, and flowering begins already in April (the earliest are Kaufman, Foster, Turkestan; Greig's tulips bloom at the end of April, forest and late ones bloom more often in May).

Iridodictiums are undemanding babies. A photo

Bloom: April, in warm regions - from the end of March.
Landing: from August until the first frost.
Height: 10-15 cm
Growing conditions: open sunny areas with light permeable soil; if the soil is heavy, sand should be added when planting. A neutral or slightly alkaline soil reaction is preferred; wetting is unacceptable, even temporary.
Garden use: excellent plants for rockeries, rocky gardens; grow well and feel good under deciduous trees with a light crown; successful planting in groups on the lawn. suitable for forcing.

We talked about these plants in more detail in the article, and indeed, his flowers in the garden appear among the first. In combination with unpretentiousness and undemanding, this is an excellent reason to settle them in your country house.

Heralds of spring - crocuses. A photo

Bloom: from March to May, depending on the type and variety; there are also species that bloom in autumn.
Landing: spring-flowering crocuses are planted in autumn (from August to the first frosts), autumn-flowering - in early spring; when planting, it is advisable to use special baskets, because crocus bulbs more often than other small-bulb ones become prey to rodents.
Height: 7-20 cm
Growing conditions: areas in the sun or in light partial shade (for example, under deciduous trees or shrubs) with permeable soil.

You will find a large assortment of crocuses in our catalog, which combines the offers of many garden online stores. .

Muscari

Muscari Armenian, photo

Bloom: from April to June (depending on the type and variety)
Landing: Aug. Sept; at the beginning of summer, after the leaves have completely died off, the overgrown curtains can be divided.
Height: 10-30 cm.
Growing conditions: preferably a warm sunny place, but partial shade is also acceptable; the soil can be damp in spring (without stagnant water), but during the dormant period the bulbs should be in dry soil. The plant does not tolerate well, use for top dressing.

A good choice Muscari bulbs different varieties you will find in our catalog, which includes offers from many garden online stores. .

Use in the garden: excellent flowers for planting under deciduous trees and shrubs, in rockeries and rocky gardens, on lawns; look great in group plantings in flower beds, in combination with other bulbs; suitable for forcing.

Daffodils are popular bulbous flowers. A photo

Bloom: from April to June (depending on the type and variety).
Landing: end of August - September.
Height: 30-60 cm
Growing conditions: areas in the sun or in partial shade, with loose, fertile, permeable soil without stagnant water.
Garden use: successfully used in the design of flower beds, mixborders and discounts; look good under deciduous trees; can be grown in container culture; suitable for forcing and cutting.

Narcissists need no introduction. A photo

This flower, probably, needs no introduction - there is hardly a gardener who does not know him. I will note only one curious and useful feature of them: rodents do not touch the bulbs of daffodils. Moreover, it is believed that they, like them, scare away these animals, therefore it is recommended to plant daffodils around the perimeter of flower beds with other bulbs.

A wide range of daffodils is presented in our catalog, which combines the offers of various garden online stores. .

Flowering: April-May.
Landing: end of August - September.
Height: 10-20 cm
Growing conditions: preferably a place where in spring, during the flowering period, Pushkinia will be in the sun, and in summer they will be in light shade (for example, under the crowns of deciduous trees).
Use in the garden: group plantings under trees and shrubs, on lawns; along the borders garden paths, in flowerbeds and spring flower beds; the plant is suitable for forcing.

Chionodox

Chionodox - stars in the grass. A photo

Bloom: April May.
Landing: September.
Height: 15-25 cm.
Growing conditions: chionodoxes are relatively undemanding to lighting: they grow well both in the sun and in light shade; the soil is preferably fertile, well-drained; excess moisture is unacceptable.
Use in the garden: very good in rockeries and rocky gardens, because, unlike many small-bulbous ones, they do not tend to grow violently, capturing space; successful group plantings under trees and shrubs, on lawns; can be used in flower beds; suitable for forcing.

And also unpretentious and quite simple to grow, white flowers.

Beautiful flowering perennials

Perennials are remarkable in that you do not need to take care of their sowing or growing every year. At the same time, from year to year they become prettier, growing and becoming more magnificent. If such a plant, moreover, is undemanding to conditions and care, this is a real find for an inexperienced or busy gardener.

Blooming aquilegia are charming. A photo

Bloom: from May to August.
Landing:
Height:
Growing conditions: in partial shade; on moist soils, aquilegia can grow in the open sun.
Garden use: flower beds and flower beds; undersized species can be used in shady rockeries; These plants look good on the shore of reservoirs.

Astilba has attractive flowers and foliage. A photo

Bloom: from June to September (depending on the type and variety).
Landing: spring (April-May) or autumn (September).
Height: 20-120 cm (depending on the type and variety).
Growing conditions: penumbra; moist permeable soil with a high content of organic matter.
Use in the garden: group and single plantings in the rarefied shade of trees and shrubs, on the banks of reservoirs, in flower beds; compact forms suitable for container growing.

Astilbes in a wide range are presented in our catalog, which combines the offers of large online stores of planting material and seeds.

This amazing plant is untouched by pests, it is exceptionally resistant to diseases, and the only thing that is required for care is pruning of wilted inflorescences. In dry summers, watering may be required, but in wet soils this is not necessary either. Sometimes it is recommended to cover plants for the winter, but my astilbes, for example, wintered without shelter - however, here it is worth focusing on the characteristics of the species and climatic conditions.

Periwinkle - unpretentious ground cover perennial, photo

Bloom: April May
Landing:
Height: 5-20 cm (ground cover).
Growing conditions: partial shade or shade - heat and direct sunlight are contraindicated for this plant; the soil is loose, fertile, without stagnant moisture.
Garden use: ground cover plant for shady corners of the garden.

In our gardens, the periwinkle is more common ( Vinca minor), which is found in European forests as wild plant. On the basis of this species, numerous varieties have been developed that differ in various decorative features: some have especially large or double flowers; others have an unusual coloration (there are varieties of periwinkles with white, red and purple flowers); still others have variegated foliage. This type of periwinkle loves moisture and shade.

Various varieties of small periwinkle are presented in our catalog, which combines the offers of large garden online stores. .

Brunners grow well in partial shade. A photo

Bloom: from the beginning of May.
Landing: spring (April-May) or August-September.
Height: 30-50 cm
Growing conditions: penumbra; nutritious moist soil; brunner grows well on clay and loamy soils.
Garden use: under trees and shrubs that give a rarefied shade; at the foot of fences and walls, along the banks of streams and reservoirs.

Delicate blue brunner flowers in the spring garden create a joyful mood, enliven its shady corners. Having planted this plant once, you can not worry about it for many years afterwards. The only thing is that it is advisable to immediately give him more space, since the brunner in favorable conditions grows well.

Breeders have bred variegated varieties - with silver or creamy white patterns, spots or borders on the leaves. Please note that such plants need protection from sunlight and strong winds - they are more demanding on conditions than the usual green leaf brunner, which can only suffer from drought.

Perennial cornflowers sometimes bear little resemblance to their field "relatives", Photo

Bloom: June to September (depending on the species).
Landing: late April - early May or August-September.
Height: 20-100 cm depending on the species and variety.
Growing conditions: most cornflowers prefer sunny places, but some (mountain and round-headed cornflower) grow well in partial shade; undemanding to soils.
Garden use: in flower beds, in combination with other herbaceous perennials.

All cornflowers are good in their own way. A photo

There are several types of perennial cornflowers, and each of them is good in its own way. Cornflower mountain ( Centaurea montana) has several varietal forms - with white, pink, dark purple and purple-lavender flowers. Cornflower large-headed ( centaurea macrocephala) is distinguished by bright large "shaggy" flowers of sunny yellow color.

Geraniums grow well in partial shade. A photo

Bloom: from May to August (depending on the type and variety).
Landing: April May.
Height: 10-100 cm (depending on the type and variety).
Growing conditions: Geraniums are very diverse, and you can choose a plant for almost any conditions, both in terms of illumination and soil types.
Use in the garden: all types of geraniums grow well along shrub plantings, in light partial shade; this is an excellent flower bed plant; undersized species are used in borders and as ground cover plants; some species are suitable for rocky gardens and rockeries.

Wild geranium can also live in the garden. A photo

Wild species have long settled in my garden, which you can read about in the article. You will find interesting information in the article. And no matter what kind of this plant you choose, geranium will not require you to pay special attention to your person, but, despite this, it will endow you with bright flowering.

Choose charming geraniums in our catalog, which combines the offers of various garden online stores. .

Loosestrife

Derbennik loves wet areas. A photo

Bloom: July to September
Landing: April-May or August-September.
Height: 60-140 cm
Growing conditions: ideal option - a wet area in the shade in the afternoon; loosestrife can grow even on very heavy soils; tolerates short-term flooding, needs good soil moisture.
Garden use: suitable for planting in low-lying, wetlands; looks great on the banks of reservoirs; can be used in borders and mixborders, provided there is enough moisture in the soil.

Sunny flowers - doronicums. A photo

Bloom: May June.
Landing: April May.
Height: 30-80 cm (depending on the type)
Growing conditions: sun or partial shade; permeable nutrient soil
Garden use: spring flower beds and flower beds; successful placement of doronicum on the edge of shrubbery.

When doronicum blooms, other plants are still gaining strength. A photo

Sunny mood is guaranteed when doronicum blooms! These bright daisy-like flowers are very spectacular in flower beds, because at the time of flowering doronicum, most garden plants are still gaining strength, and the bulbs are already fading.

When planting, keep in mind: at the end of flowering, most doronicums fade - they begin a dormant period. At this time, strongly growing bushes can be divided and transplanted. If you are planting doronicum in a flower bed, combine it with perennials or annuals that can hide fading foliage in early summer.

European bathing suit, photo

Bloom: from April to August - depending on the variety; more often - May.
Landing: April May
Height: 50-90 cm
Growing conditions: a site in the sun or in partial shade, with well-moistened soil; not suitable for planting hot and dry places with loose calcareous or sandy soil.
Garden use: design of the coastal zone of reservoirs, streams; moist semi-shady corners of the garden; well located bathing suits along the bushes, near the walls and fences.

On sale, you can easily find planting material for hybrid bathing suits, the flowers of which have various shades of yellow or orange. Less common is the Chinese bathing suit - a tall (up to 1 m) late-flowering (June-August) plant.

Kupena is an elegant plant for shady areas. A photo

Bloom: May June
Landing: April-May or September.
Height: 30-100 cm (depending on the type)
Growing conditions: this plant is for shady and semi-shady areas; tolerates sun on moist soil.
Garden use: design of shady areas, group plantings on the outskirts of tree and shrub plantations, under trees.

Meadowsweet

Meadowsweet meadowsweet (meadowsweet) is not only beautiful, but also a medicinal plant. A photo

Bloom: June-September (depending on the type)
Landing: May
Height: 30-250 cm (depending on the type and variety)
Growing conditions: the meadowsweet grows both in the sun and in partial shade, but the soil must certainly be moist; heavy clay soils with a high content of humus.
Garden use: spectacular plant for the coastal zone of reservoirs and streams; meadowsweet (or meadowsweet) can grow in wetlands, and common meadowsweet is suitable for rockeries or rabatok with calcareous soil.

Choose meadowsweet in our catalog, which combines the offers of various garden online stores.

Lupine

The color of lupins is very diverse. A photo

Bloom: June July; re-flowering - August-September
Landing: April May
Height: 80-100 cm
Growing conditions: sun; permeable, slightly acidic soil; lupins do not like calcareous and highly fertilized soils.

You can find perennial lupine seeds in our catalog, which combines the offers of various garden online stores. .

Small-sized puppies require virtually no care. A photo

Bloom: June to September
Landing: May
Height: 20-80 cm (depending on the type and variety)
Growing conditions: the best option- open sunny areas with nutritious loose soil.
Garden use: in sunny areas.

The small-flower is remarkable for its long and abundant flowering, and caring for it consists only in installing props for tall varieties - they tend to fall apart, especially in rainy weather. Yes, and keep in mind: the small-scale hybrid, or erigeron, is a rather aggressive plant; once in favorable conditions, it actively grows and can capture vast spaces, so it is better to immediately limit its growth.

Enotera can grow very strongly. A photo

Bloom: June to September (depending on the type)
Landing: April or September
Height: 15-100 cm (depending on the type and variety)
Growing conditions: sunny areas with rather poor soil; evening primroses tolerate drought well, although with moderate moisture they bloom longer.
Garden use: evening primrose - an excellent plant for flower beds and mixed flower beds; some species are suitable for rocky and gravel gardens and rockeries.

More useful information about this plant you will find in the article

When arranging a garden, many flower growers rely on perennials, rightly believing that there is much less trouble with them than with annual flowers. In addition, landscape compositions based on perennial plants remain attractive for a very long time. They do not need to be created from scratch every spring, from year to year they only become more beautiful.

And everything would be fine, but there is one caveat: buying planting material for a large flower garden can be quite expensive. If you want to decorate a large area with perennial flowers without incurring exorbitant costs, look for plants that are easy to grow from seed. Yes, they will bloom a little later (although some perennials from seeds bloom in the first year), but at a very modest cost, you will immediately receive not one or two roots, but as many plants as you need to implement your ideas.

Aquilegia, or catchment area

Graceful hybrid aquilegia look great not only in color: dense, compact bushes (up to 50 cm in height) adorn flower beds with their openwork foliage from spring to late autumn. Flowering plants attract with an unusual shape of flowers on high (up to 1 m) peduncles, and bright, often two-tone color. It blooms in May-June, in favorable conditions, flowering can continue until mid-July.

shade-loving, prefer well-moistened fertile soil. It is not necessary to cover them for the winter, care comes down to removing wilted flowers, loosening and mulching the soil, watering and fertilizing as needed. Plants give abundant self-seeding, so it is very important to cut the flower stalks in time, preventing the formation of seeds.

If aquilegia of different varieties grow on the site, they are easily pollinated, and the offspring grown from their own seeds will not repeat the parental traits. When buying seeds in a store, it is important to pay attention to the dates: only fresh seeds germinate well. Stratification (or winter sowing) allows you to get more friendly shoots.

An ideal plant for rocky gardens, rockeries, borders in open, sunny areas. Armeria is photophilous, drought-resistant, prefers light sandy soils with a slightly acidic reaction and does not like calcareous soils. Practically does not get sick and is not affected by pests. Shelter for the winter is not required. Care consists in pruning wilted flowers, top dressing (2-3 times per season), watering during prolonged drought. It is recommended to divide the plants every 2-3 years.

Growing, armeria forms a dense “bump” with a diameter of up to 30 cm and a height of 15-20 cm. In June, small pink or white flowers bloom on strong 30-cm peduncles, collected in spherical inflorescences with a diameter of about 3 cm.

Care consists in pruning wilted flowers, top dressing (2-3 times per season), watering during prolonged drought. It is recommended to divide the plants every 2-3 years. Seeds for seedlings are sown in February-March; can be sown directly into the ground in early spring or before winter.

Types and varieties of perennials grown in flower beds differ in height (from 20-30 to 90 cm or more), color and size of flowers, flowering time (from late May - early June to late autumn), but they are all quite unpretentious, cold-resistant, drought-resistant; prefer well-lit areas with loose, drained soil that has a neutral or alkaline reaction.

Some popular types of perennial asters are:

	Plant height, cm	Flowering time	flower coloring
Astra alpine		late May - mid June	white, lilac, lilac-blue, violet
Astra Italiana, or chamomile		early July - September	pink, purple, lilac, lilac, dark blue
Astra New Belgian		early September - October (November)	pink, lilac, purple, violet, lilac blue
Aster New England		September October	shades of pink, purple, purple, lilac
Aster shrub		late August - November	white, pink, lilac, lilac, lilac-blue

The best germination occurs in fresh seeds, so when buying, pay attention to the terms indicated on the bag. Perennial asters grown from seeds bloom in the second year.

Gelenium is a fast growing, unpretentious perennial for autumn flower beds. Yellow, red-brown, two-tone (yellow with a red stroke at the base of the petals), bright flowers bloom in August and brighten the garden until late frost.

The plant is photophilous, at the time of flowering it is demanding on moisture and needs a garter so that the bushes do not fall apart. Shelter for the winter is not required. Once every 3-4 years, overgrown geleniums must be divided and transplanted. Seeds can be sown in the ground before winter, but more often flower growers use the seedling method, sowing in February-March in seedling boxes, and then planting young plants in flower beds in early June. They will bloom next fall.

Luxurious candle-shaped inflorescences of hybrid delphiniums are a worthy decoration of a summer garden. A variety of varieties allows you to choose suitable option for almost any composition: delphinium flowers can be bright blue, light blue, white, pink; simple or terry. The flowering plant reaches a height of 2 m, but there are also undersized varieties.

cold-resistant; prefer areas with fertile, moderately moist soil. They do not like heat and do not tolerate drought well, so it is advisable to plant them where the plants will be shaded in the midday heat. Tall varieties need protection from strong winds that can break the stems, and often a garter to supports.

The delphinium does not need shelter for the winter. In one place, it can grow for 6-7 years, after which the bush is divided and transplanted. From seeds grown by seedling method; some varieties are recommended to be stratified to obtain friendly seedlings.

This plant is very popular with gardeners. Lavender is an indispensable attribute of Mediterranean-style gardens, compositions of aromatic herbs, romantic flower beds. It can also be grown as a container plant - in the garden, on the terrace or balcony.

In cold regions, narrow-leaved is cultivated - other species are more demanding on heat and do not hibernate in the northern climate. For planting choose sunny areas with loose, permeable soil, alkaline soils are preferred. The plant does not tolerate waterlogging and high acidity of the soil. Lavender can winter without shelter, but often gardeners use spruce branches, which helps to keep snow on plantings.

Plants grown from seeds are more resilient and durable; They bloom the next year after sowing. Seeds need stratification to increase germination (sometimes it is replaced by heating the seeds or sowing in soil heated with boiling water). Grow only by seedling method, sowing in the ground is not used.

This plant is extremely diverse, has many species, as well as hybrids and varieties created on their basis, but not all of them are widely used in culture. The easiest to care for and grow from seeds:

varieties and hybrids of common primrose, or stemless;
high primrose varieties;
primrose finely toothed (mixtures of its few varieties are usually found on sale).

These give friendly shoots without stratification and other additional procedures. Seedlings develop slowly, so seedlings are sown in February.

Primroses prefer loose nutritious soil with good moisture, but without stagnant water; do not tolerate drought well. They can grow in full sun, but usually do best in partial shade. Most species do not require winter shelter. Care consists of watering, fertilizing, mulching the soil and removing wilted flowers.

Thyme, or thyme

A heat-loving, drought-resistant plant that is great for growing in rockeries, sunny flower beds, borders. very photophilous; grows well on loose soils with a neutral reaction, does not tolerate waterlogging.

Valued for abundant long flowering, pleasant aroma and peculiar slightly bitter taste; used in cooking and traditional medicine. The plant does not get sick and is not affected by pests, practically does not require care. It does not need shelter for the winter, but it can suffer in winters with little snow, so gardeners often use spruce branches for snow retention.

When grown from seeds, young plants need periodic loosening and weeding in the first season, as they develop rather slowly. Subsequently, the grown thyme will not bring any worries to the gardener.

This spectacular, tall (up to 120 cm or more) perennial is distinguished not only by its bright appearance, but also medicinal properties. The plant is unpretentious, winter-hardy; photophilous, but tolerates partial shading. Practically does not get sick and is not affected by pests. Blooms from mid-summer to late autumn; has many varieties and hybrids.

Care consists in pruning fading inflorescences, fertilizing with complex fertilizer during the flowering period, and watering if necessary. For planting, open areas with loose, moisture-permeable soil with a neutral or slightly alkaline reaction are preferred.

When propagated by seeds, it blooms in the second year; in order to get flowering plants already in the first summer, crops are carried out in the second half of February - early March. Seedlings develop quickly; at the end of May, seedlings can be planted in open ground.

An unpretentious and very attractive groundcover with silvery foliage and numerous white flowers that bloom in late May. It grows well on poor soils, including sandy and rocky ones; does not tolerate waterlogging and stagnant water.

Yaskolka does not get sick, is not affected by pests, does not require care, does not need shelter for the winter. Light-loving, drought-resistant. It grows in one place for no more than 3 years, then the plants must be cut and replanted, separating the overgrown curtains. When growing from seeds, a seedling method is used or sown directly into the ground (before winter or early spring).

And this is not the whole list of perennials that can be grown from seeds without much effort. It takes only a little patience and quality seeds to create a wonderful garden that blooms from spring to late autumn.