The main principles of caring for garden stunted flowers
Regular care of low-growing flower gardens is the key to successful growth and long-term flowering of plants. They do not need constant irrigation and feeding, planting. However, there is a basic requirement - ensuring the flow of air to the rhizome through timely loosening of the soil.
Planting density also matters - the denser the flower rows, the worse for agriculture: the stems will elongate, the decorative qualities will be lost.
Equally important is the removal of sap-draining weeds, dried buds, dead leaves and diseased or damaged (broken) shoots. An essential point is pinching the buds on long-flowering plants. Ideally, there should be no more than six of them - for an abundance of color
Advice! Nitrogen fertilizer, which stimulates excessive growth of shoots, the growth of green mass is at the expense of flowering undersized garden flowers. It is advisable to replace them with organic fertilizers, superphosphate, or minimize them as much as possible by introducing them into potassium-phosphorus fertilizing.
In addition to weeding and inspection, the location of low-growing flowers for the garden and flower beds is also important. All flowers, regardless of their classification and variety, are sun-loving and prefer a space well-lit by natural sunlight.
Which ones to choose?
In order for plants to grow and bloom well, a number of factors must be taken into account when choosing them:
- suitable soil type for them;
- light mode;
- watering mode.
All this must be correlated with the characteristics of the soil in the area where the flowers are supposed to be planted, as well as with whether they will receive enough light, whether they will not suffer from its excess (in the case of shade-loving plants), whether it will be possible to provide them with the required watering regime. Should combine on one flowerbed flowers that have approximately the same requirements for the light regime and the watering regime. In addition, you need to take into account that there are plants that can actively grow and displace other species (for example, saxifrage or arabis).
When choosing, one should take into account the flowering time of the plants. A flower bed with plants blooming at different times retains its decorative appearance longer. A win-win option, in terms of compatibility, is monoclumba, that is, flowerbeds in which flowering plants of the same species are planted, with petals of the same color or different colors.
Types of stunted annuals
Annual flowers have the following benefits:
- the ability to improve the territory in the shortest possible time;
- the variety of species facilitates the selection of suitable specimens for a specific area;
- ease of care, unpretentiousness;
- the ability to update the landscape design every year;
- tolerance for mistakes in choosing the color palette of plants or their varieties.
Annuals are the best solution for novice gardeners. One season is enough to appreciate the attractiveness of such flowers for a flower bed. In a few years, you can create the most beautiful composition.
As you can see in the photo of undersized flowers, the following annuals are most widespread:
Chinese carnation. It is a kind of branched bush that, as it grows, "shoots out" rather large flowers (about 5 cm in diameter) with characteristic serrated petals. Their color depends on the variety and can be white, red, pinkish, purple. The dark lines on the petals only add to the showiness.
Marigold. Another name for these undersized flowers is tagetes. Any soil is suitable for marigolds. In addition, they do not need to be watered frequently.
Varieties of low-growing perennial plants
It is believed that opting for perennial low-growing flowers saves money, time and effort. It is enough to plant such plants, and then for several years you do not have to worry about buying new specimens. However, after 5-7 years they need to be replaced. And planting perennials is a rather time-consuming process.
Perennial low plants are subdivided into flowering low-growing flowers and non-flowering ones. The former attract with their inflorescences, and the latter with the colors of leaves and shoots.
The advantages of all perennials:
- no need for constant care and regular watering;
- ease of transplantation and reproduction;
- the speed of growth;
- the ability to bloom throughout the season;
- good compatibility with other types of vegetation, including trees and bushes;
- undemanding to the soil.
Beauty and simplicity - the benefits of undersized flowers
Anyone who grows not only fruit and berry crops, but also flowers on a personal plot, wants the flower bed to please the eye with bright colors. And not a week or two, but all summer. To make it this way, stunted flowers are chosen to decorate the flower beds and the garden - a universal design tool. Their advantage is that:
- fit into the landscape exterior of any style, modeling beautiful compositions;
- easily combined with tall garden plants and garden crops;
- used as edging flower beds, dividing curbs, ridges;
- flower almost the entire season;
- unpretentious in care;
- look compact and neat without specialized intervention;
- do not obscure window and door openings.
By planting low-grade varieties on a flower bed, you can get rid of the seasonal hassle of improving the design for a long time. The main thing is to choose them correctly, providing the necessary care.
