What flowers to choose for a summer residence? This question is asked by both experienced flower growers who spend most of the warm season on their site, and summer residents who come there only for the weekend. Perennials are the perfect choice for budding gardeners. However, the range of perennials is so great. How not to make a mistake in choosing and choose those plants that will be both undemanding and beautiful at the same time?
Choosing perennials for a summer residence
To begin with, it is worth deciding on the place in which the seedlings of perennial flowers will be planted , will it be a sunny open place or partial shade, where the sun practically does not look? In relation to light, all plants, including perennials, are divided into several groups. Sun worshipers will not grow and bloom in full shade. And, conversely, for shade-tolerant plants, an open place under the scorching rays will be destructive.
The most popular sun-loving perennials:
Rudbeckia brilliant (Rudbeckia fulgida). An unpretentious perennial, medium-tall, actively blooms with bright ocher inflorescences from mid-summer to autumn. It can reproduce by root suckers and occupy a large area. Rudbeckia is good for large flower beds.
Yarrow (Achillea filipendulina) - modern varieties of this plant can have different colors from the traditional rich yellow to bright raspberry (variety "Feuerlan"). Unpretentious, decorates the garden from mid-summer to late autumn.
Oak sage (Salvia nemorosa) is an ideal plant for poor soil composition. There are miniature varieties that are appropriate even in rockeries (for example, the Markus variety).
Shade-tolerant perennials:
Host. The many varieties of this plant with beautiful leaves of different sizes and colors allows you to choose a host for any, even a small area in the shade. Very interesting varieties with blue leaves, for example, "Remember Me", "El Nino". Hosts are demanding on soil moisture, and do not grow in a dry place.
Astilbe Arendsii. An excellent partner for hosts. However, astilbe will bloom and grow beautifully also in light partial shade. Among the rich assortment of these perennials, you can choose a variety that is suitable both in size, and in color, and in flowering time. Very beautiful: white-pink-flowered “Erica”, astilbe with lilac inflorescences “Rubin”, “Perkeo” (dark pink inflorescences), “Vision in red” (densely raspberry-purple inflorescences).
Przhvalsky's Buzulnik (Ligularia przewalskii) is a giant perennial with huge rounded leaves and tall yellow candle inflorescences. Blooms in the middle of summer.
The time of their flowering is also important for the selection of perennials. So, having planted the bulbs of daffodils in the fall, in the spring it will be possible to admire the curtains of these beautiful flowers with a delicate aroma. Miniature small-bulbous (muscari, scilla, chionodox), grow with a rug, they can conditionally be attributed to perennial plants that do not require much trouble. They bloom in early spring and, despite the short flowering, can decorate any corner of the garden with delicate, bright flowers.
It is impossible to imagine a spring garden without peonies, bearded irises. The selection of summer blooming plants is huge - from lilies to delphiniums and phlox. Autumn is the time when geleniums, stonecrops and Japanese anemones come to the fore.
Any perennial in bloom is beautiful and attractive! This means that he will give new colors to the dacha, create a good mood and make the site more well-groomed and beautiful.