Care
Aubrietta is well-bred with seeds. But despite the simplicity of sowing them in open ground, this can lead to mixing of varietal traits. Sowing for seedlings is carried out approximately 2-2.5 months before the onset of stable heat. The usual potting substrate or peat tablets are used. During the cultivation of seedlings, it is carefully protected from excessive moisture.
The cultivation of bryozoans will not cause any particular difficulties. Seeds for seedlings are sown in medium-sized containers filled with moistened soil. Be sure to use a cover with a film.
Subulate phloxes are watered only in very dry and hot weather. When the plant has faded, it should be trimmed, getting rid of surviving stems and leveling the bush.
Important: in the last third of summer, a haircut can lead to the loss of flower buds, and therefore it should be done earlier. The plant survives the winter well even without a special shelter.
It only harms the absence of snow or the frequent alternation of thaws and frosts.
The sedum should be fed with organic matter or a complex mineral mixture in spring and autumn. The use of manure is discouraged
It is advised to pay special attention to the prevention and control of fungal rot. Watering the sedum is only necessary with a long and persistent drought.
Timely shortening of the stems is very important. Watering the obrietta is carried out in approximately the same cases as watering stonecrop
Watering the obrietta is carried out in approximately the same cases as watering sedum.
After each watering or rain that falls, the ground must be loosened. It is advisable to combine this procedure with weeding. During active growth, the obrietta needs to be mulched abundantly twice or three times.
Subulate bryozoans tolerate frost well. Even in winters with little snow, a good shelter is a sufficient measure of protection. Young plants need protection from sunburn with a spunbond. In the first 14 days after planting, Icelandic moss is watered daily. Then, even in hot periods, watering is needed a maximum of 1 time in 2-3 days.
Arid Garden Flower Varieties
Plants that are unpretentious to care for can feel comfortable both in sunny and slightly shaded areas. Periwinkle, wormwood, euphorbia, arabis, sedum and yarrow grow beautifully between stones. They are indispensable in the design of dry slopes, as well as for the arrangement of rockeries and rock gardens.
Among ground cover and low-growing drought-resistant flowers, the most decorative are distinguished: subulate phlox, Gaillardia, alissum, saxifrage
Lilac lavender bushes, planted along the garden paths and exuding a magical aroma in the area, can literally transform the territory of the site
Irises, loved by many flower growers, also do not differ in particular pretentiousness in care. Most of them bloom in the spring for 3-5 weeks, but some varieties bloom again in the fall.
Irises are amazing plants, numbering in tens of thousands of varieties, amaze the imagination with an exquisite flower shape and a variety of colors
Echinacea is also great for decorating dry areas. A native of warm countries is interesting with bright inflorescences of pink, yellow, burgundy and purple shades.
In addition to decorative appeal, miniature "suns" can also have a healing effect: they help to increase immunity, as well as to cure colds and flu.
The original texture of the garden will help to give the Byzantine chastetz. The plant, popularly referred to as "lamb ears" is interesting due to its silvery foliage, which has a velvety structure.
Byzantine chastets is a herbaceous perennial 30-40 cm high. As it grows, it creates elegant soft "pillows" with a silvery sheen
Crocosmia is an unusually beautiful plant with about 50 species and is of South African origin. The aroma of its flowers is somewhat reminiscent of saffron, which is widely used in cooking.
Crocosmia, decorated with spikelets with star-funnel-shaped flowers, is famous for its abundant and long flowering, which can last from mid-summer to late autumn.
This drought-resistant plant looks great in open flower beds.
Among the tall, drought-resistant beauties, one can distinguish mallow, miscanthus, ornamental onions. Reaching a two-meter height, they are able to create elegant screens that will act as a bright decoration of the site throughout the season until the first frost.
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Graceful stems of stock-roses can adorn about a dozen semi-double or double flowers of various shades, starting from snow-white, deep yellow and ending with dark purple and burgundy
These showy plants are ideal for a low-maintenance garden. It is enough just to sow the seeds into the ground at a distance of 50 cm from each other on fertile and well-drained soil - and in a year or two you get the opportunity to enjoy the stunning flowering of mallow from June to late autumn.
Allium or decorative bow deserves special attention. Throwing out flowering arrows 80-170 cm high (depending on the variety) in the spring, he dresses up in spherical inflorescences of stunning beauty.
Large balls of allium inflorescences, smoothly swinging on thin arrows, are strewn with star-shaped flowers of white, pink and light purple shades
In addition to its aesthetic appeal, due to its specific "onion" smell, allium is able to protect not only itself, but also its neighbors in the flowerbed, from harmful insects.
Beautifully blooming and curly perennials
Consider what climbing plants can be planted along the fence or around the gazebo, veranda and any fence.
Roses
Gardeners believe that in the ranking in terms of popularity and attractiveness among climbing plants - representatives of decorative flora - climbing (or climbing) roses are in the first place. The rich selection of these plants, which nature has awarded with the most unusual shapes and colors, is striking.
A perennial plant that does not require special care can even be cultivated in his summer cottage by a gardener who has just started cultivating various green spaces: you just need to plant a bush in the southern or southwestern part of the exposition, because it is there that it is well lit. Then, at regular intervals, fertilize the rose and water abundantly.
The soil around the roses can be sprinkled with grass, humus, straw, sawdust. Fertilizing with mineral fertilizers will not harm the plants.
Although roses are unpretentious to care for, with the onset of the autumn cold they will attract your attention in order to prune long shoots up to three meters, which have grown during the summer season, and make additional shelter for them for the winter. A climbing rose will decorate any fence
A climbing rose will decorate any fence
Most climbing rose varieties start blooming in the first half of June, giving you and your guests a pleasant blooming experience for three to four weeks. In other months of the year, your fence will be decorated with only the dense foliage of the plant.
Light-loving plants of the greatest splendor and decorative flowering reach only in well-lit places.
Clematis
The many-sided and fabulously beautiful flowers - clematis - are at the same high level of popularity among the owners of personal plots as climbing roses.
Flowers, similar to stars, open on the shoots at the beginning of June and will delight the eye with their unusual flowering until the onset of the autumn period. After flowering, clematis seeds appear on the bushes. They are so decorative that they will continue to decorate the territory until the onset of the winter season.
A wide variety of species and varieties contributes to the demand for clematis at their summer cottage. Herbaceous varieties can be planted on the lawn, clematis will look cozy near a reservoir. Semi-shrubs veil low fences and terraces.
Curly varieties will braid vertical surfaces: walls of houses, gazebos, fences, arches, special stands and fixtures - and you will find yourself in a fairy tale. Pergolas, openwork elements of buildings or a grid will serve as a support for clematis.
For comfortable growth, clematis need fertile soil, sun, moisture and protection from the wind. If you create good conditions and properly cut the shoots, then before the onset of the first frost, you can prolong the flowering of clematis.
The root system of clematis is covered to protect it from frost.
The photo below shows an open veranda dotted with clematis flowers.
Among the delightful exotic plants, a number of the best frost-hardy and winter-hardy varieties can be noted. For example, the liana "Ballerina", which was named after the famous ballerina of the 20th century Maya Plisetskaya, blooms from May to September, has beautiful white flowers reaching 15 centimeters in diameter, rising to a height of three meters along the supports.
The Nelly Moser variety is also adapted to cold winters. The flowers of this clematis resemble stars in shape and have light pink petals, similar to the flowers of a blooming spring apple tree. They bloom in May and June. But the beauty of their flowering compensates for the fragility. They are planted, as a rule, not far from the house.
The Nikolay Rubtsov variety is also not afraid of the cold climate. It is suitable for those gardeners who love bright colors. The flowers of this plant are purple-pink with a lighter stripe on the petals, reaching 14 centimeters in diameter. Clematis of this variety bloom from July to October.
Ground cover perennial plants for a rocky garden: photos and names
Some of the best ground cover plants are aubrieta, saxifrage, two-seed, carnation, and cat's foot.
Forms extensive carpet thickets. It blooms all spring with small bright flowers, their color in various species varies from pink to purple. It is unpretentious to soils, but prefers well-aerated non-acidic loams. Sun-loving. Hardy, but cover with spruce branches to preserve wintering shoots. The best plants to create flowering carpets in sunny rocky gardens and to plant on retaining wall terraces.
Prune away shoots with faded flowers - this causes better regrowth of new shoots, and sometimes secondary flowering.
Almost all natural species are suitable for rockeries, but more often hybrids are used. Carnation Grayish-blue (D. gratiano-politanus)
Carnation Cirrus (D. plumaris) - carpet species with narrow leaves. Varietal forms bloom in early summer.
As you can see in the photo, this ground cover plant has straight peduncles, from 3 to 30 cm, flowers are white or pink:
They prefer loose, well-drained soils and a sunny location. Require rejuvenation by division or cuttings every 3-4 years.
More often than other species in rockeries, there is an alpine two-seed (N. alpina), which forms loose carpets.
The leaves are pinnate, forming small rosettes. Blooms profusely in late spring. The flowers are white, clustered in clusters, on peduncles about 10 cm high. This groundcover perennial plant needs a semi-shady location and loose, non-acidic soil. Moisture-loving, but does not tolerate stagnant water on the ground.Winter-hardy, but shelter is necessary in snowless winters. Propagated by seeds or vegetatively - by spring division.
Good on terraces and in crevices of rocky hills, when decorating a cascade and creating an "alpine lawn".
The name of this ground cover plant was due to the fact that it can grow, it would seem, on the most unsuitable rocks for this. For sunny rocky hills, unpretentious types of "inlaid" saxifrage are often used, in which lime crystals are deposited at the edges of the leaves. It:
These groundcover perennials for a rocky garden bloom in mid-summer. It needs a sunny location, good drainage and close proximity to limestone. Drought tolerant.
Indispensable for rocky slides, they look good in a mixborder.
Often in rockeries there are also Saxifrags Arends (S. x arendsii) - a group of varieties of interspecific hybrids.
Their small rosettes grow together into dense carpets. They bloom in early summer, the color of the flowers is from white to dark cherry. These ground cover plants are unpretentious to soils. Develop well both in the sun and in the shade. They are moisture-loving, but tolerate short-term drought.
The thickets of these plants are surprisingly good as background spots. They are irreplaceable for landing between the slabs of paths, and for strengthening the slopes of rocky hills.
Most species form continuous carpet thickets from sprawling shoots.
Most suitable for stony gardens are the forms of the cat's foot dioecious (A dioica) and close to it - alpine (A. alpina).
Take a look in the photo - these ground cover plants for a rocky garden form dense silvery carpets:
They prefer loose, poor soils. Extremely drought tolerant. Sun-loving, but tolerate shading. Hardy without shelter.
Below you can see the photos and names of other ground cover plants for the alpine slide.
Ornamental trees and shrubs
The beautiful barberry shrub is a clear favorite due to its unpretentiousness and drought tolerance. Its spiny stems, which grow up to 1 meter in height, are adorned with elegant yellow, pink-brown and bright red leaves.
Among the variety of barberry varieties, the most decorative are Golden Ring with red small leaves in a yellow border and Rose Glow with pink-brown leaves with a fancy pattern in the form of white strokes and droplets
Branched barberry shrubs love sunshine, but they can grow in slightly shaded areas. Some varieties of barberry by the fall also delight with edible bright red fruits.
Euonymus is a bright and unusually beautiful shrub attractive with a beautiful openwork crown and small elegant foliage.
The plant, the foliage of which has a rich dark green color in the summer months, is engulfed in an "autumn fire" with the onset of September, painting in orange, purple and violet shades
The pinkish fruits that sprinkle the stems of the euonymus open as they ripen, and bright red-orange seeds peep out of them. An amazing sight! But it is worth remembering that ripe fruits, like all parts of the plant, are poisonous.
The silver goose shrub is no less decorative. He feels most comfortable on very poor soils, enriching and improving them with nitrogen.
The branches of the shrub, decorated with silvery foliage, are strewn with miniature flowers during flowering, which spread a pleasant aroma, thanks to which they are widely used in the perfumery industry
In place of the flowers, fruits are later tied, which by autumn grow into yellowish berries with an astringent sweetish pulp.
Juniper is absolutely undemanding to care and an unusually beautiful forest guest, which has long taken root in suburban areas.
The flexible branches of an evergreen shrub are adorned with tiny needles and scaly needles that spread a pleasant resinous scent around them.
An amazingly beautiful forest dweller who can withstand adverse conditions, with his persona is able to transform any place on the site. It will act as a spectacular addition to a rocky garden, a multi-level flower garden, a mixborder, and a framing of a garden path.
Drought-resistant plants - ideal for garden and flower garden decoration. They take root well and serve as a worthy decoration of the site.
Blooming all summer
Ground covers that bloom all summer are an excellent choice for decorating a summer cottage or garden plot. Due to the long flowering period, they retain high decorative qualities from June to September.
Highlander
The low stems of the plant (up to 20 cm) form a thick carpet covering the ground. The bright green leaves are lanceolate. Loose inflorescences-spikelets at the first stage of flowering are colored pink. Then they darken, acquiring a red tint, and when they fade, they become brown or brown. The soil cover can be grown in the shade, but in the sun, its colors will be brighter.
The low stems of the mountaineer form a thick "carpet"
Alpine antenna
A cat's foot is a short plant (10–30 cm). Growing up, it forms a "rug" up to 50 cm in diameter. Shoots are creeping, rooting. The leaves form rosettes, are lanceolate and have long petioles. The green part is covered with fine villi. Antenaria blooms with small white or pink flowers. It is recommended to plant the semi-shrub in sunny areas of the garden.
Cat's paw is a short plant
Thrift
The maximum height of the perennial is 30 cm. Numerous lanceolate leaf plates form a rosette at the base of the plant. Small flowers form dense spherical inflorescences, the shade of which can range from white to dark purple. Armeria does not like shade, preferring sunny places with good outflow of water.
Armeria does not like shade, preferring sunny places
Duchenei Indian
A low-growing ground cover is very similar to strawberries. Creeping rooting shoots are covered with trifoliate dark green leaves with serrated edges. Blooming, the plant throws out yellow inflorescences, which eventually turn into red inedible berries. Gardeners recommend planting dusheney on poor soil with abundant watering.
Dusheney Indian is similar to strawberries
Alissum
Perennial with the longest flowering period - from April to October. The plant rarely grows above 40 cm and is highly branched. The stems are covered with small lanceolate leaves. It blooms with dense, fragrant inflorescences of white, yellow or purple color. Alyssum is most comfortable to grow on dry soil with moderate watering. Better to choose the sunny side of the garden.
For alissum, it is better to choose the sunny side of the garden.
Ground cover crop care
Groundcover phlox
The main feature of the overwhelming majority of such cultures is their unpretentiousness and almost complete independence. According to some characteristic features, they can generally be considered weeds: they are capable of multiplying independently, and when they grow, they occupy all available areas, and displace any competitors from the site. Usually, you even have to limit their growing area so that they do not interfere with the cultivation of other crops.
They tolerate winter conditions well and do not require any specific preparation before cold weather. Watering and ground cover plants is usually carried out by simple sprinkling, while it is not scary if water gets on the leaves or flowers of the culture.
Planting low-growing ground cover plants can be carried out at any time of the year and in almost any way: seeds, seedlings, seedlings, or whole rhizomes. For some species, cuttings or propagation by layering will be effective.
These plants also practically do not need feeding.Exceptions are crops with long flowering periods - phosphorus-potassium fertilizers are used to maintain it.
Thyme among stones
Some crops, especially in the early years of growing, may require fertilization. However, over time, when their root system is sufficiently developed, the need for them disappears.
Cropping in the traditional sense is also not performed for them. In the vertical direction, they do not grow above a certain level, and the growth in width (that is, on the surface) is limited by removing the parts of the root system located along the perimeter.
Crops with tall stalks may need to be trimmed. It can be done in a variety of ways (up to lawn mowers and trimmers). Such treatment has not only an aesthetic function, but also stimulates the further growth of the lawn.
This type of plant is almost never prepared for winter. If the patrons are sheltered for the winter, it is solely to protect them from stagnant water, which, freezing, can destroy the aboveground parts of plants.
Ground cover perennials
Diseases and pests bypass most summer-flowering ground cover perennials. Sometimes fungal diseases may appear (in the case of excessively moist soil, stagnant water or excess nitrogenous fertilizers) or damage to plants by various arthropods.
However, the latter is rare; even such "omnivorous" creatures as spider mites or aphids almost never infect plants due to the peculiarities of their physiology.
A separate problem is represented by viral infections, for example, various types of mosaics, but this attack affects many cultures and no one is immune from it.
On the other hand, viruses are not too dangerous for ground covers, because even if you remove and destroy most of the planting, the remaining plants will restore their original state within 1-2 seasons, occupying the entire vacated area. Also, most ground covers are resistant to bacterial infections.
Below will be the names and photos of perennial ground cover flowers, most often used for certain landscape solutions.
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Drought tolerant ground cover
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Another popular succulent plant with decorative leaves and flowers. The peculiarity of the plant is its fleshy leaves, collected in beautiful rosettes. There are several dozen cultivated species of juveniles that are successfully used as cover plants.
The leaves and flowers of the young have many shades - from silvery to dark red. The shapes of bushes, stems, leaves and inflorescences are also very diverse. Left to itself, without restriction of growth, the flower is able to cover all available areas with a continuous carpet. Strong shoots sometimes even break the asphalt pavement.
Prefers dry and brightly lit sunny areas. Can withstand drought for several months. It is also actively grown at home, with some types of ways to bloom even in winter.
Cypress spurge
Cypress spurge
Cypress spurge
Despite the name, it has perfectly adapted to the northern latitudes. Possesses a large number of erect stems 15-20 cm long with slightly pubescent leaves. The shape of the leaves is quite remarkable - they are very thin and elongated (up to 26 mm long, and only 1.5-2 mm wide).
On the peduncle there can be up to two dozen yellow or yellow-green flowers, single or partially collected in umbellate inflorescences. Flowering begins in May and lasts up to 2 months.
Grows on all types of soil. In nature, it occurs both in semi-desert sandstones and in swamps. Does not need watering and feeding.
Lavender
Lavender
Despite the fact that most lavender varieties are relatively tall, some varieties with peduncles no more than 20 cm in length can perfectly serve as garden cover crops.
Lavender is a thermophilic plant, and most of its species in the open field is not recommended to be grown in frost-resistant zones below 6 (down to -23 ° C). However, just the ground cover varieties Munsted and Hidkot, which have a height of no more than 30 cm, perfectly tolerate winters with temperatures down to -35 ° C without any shelter.
The composition of the soil for lavender is not critical. Top dressing is not necessary, but for better flowering, it is recommended to apply potassium fertilizers in mid-spring. Feeding with organic matter in the form of wood ash is allowed.
The most important thing when growing lavender is soil that is well permeable to air. Therefore, it is preferable to plant crops on loose soils.
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Groundcover flowers that bloom in early summer
So that the backyard territory pleases with its beautiful flowering not only in the middle, but also in spring, as well as at the beginning of summer, beautifully flowering perennials can be planted on lawns, in rock gardens or flower beds.
Already from June, you can enjoy the flowering of soapwort or saponaria, which creates elegant dense pads with red or pink inflorescences. As a rule, in personal plots, you can observe the pink buds of the basilicum soapwort, it can grow in height from 5 to 16 cm.
An attractive "rug" up to 6 cm in size is created by threadlike Veronica. On the creeping thin stems of this plant are round rich green leaves and blue inflorescences with dark veins. Veronica begins to bloom in early summer.
Thyme, thyme or Bogorodskaya herb is a medicinal herb that grows 3-9 cm in size and blooms from the beginning of summer. There are many varieties of thyme, so the color of the foliage and flowers of this plant can be very different. The most common types of thyme among flower growers with white-green and yellow-green leaves and red, pink, lavender and white flowers.
Alyssum or beetroot begins flowering profusely in May. The stems of this plant are covered with lush racemes and small grayish leaves, as well as yellow flowers. The flower has many varieties and hybrids that differ in height. So, for example, rock alyssum grows up to 40 cm in height, and mountain - from 6 to 11 cm.
Ground cover plants
In late May and early June, aubretia or aubrieta blooms. Among florists, deltoid aubrieta is quite popular, whose double or simple flowers come in a variety of colors. A flowerbed with various species of aubre planted on it looks quite attractive.
Rezuha or arabis at the end of April begins to bloom with double or simple pink, white and red flowers. Arabis looks great on a slide or in a planter and has variegated leaves. A cascade of flowers falling from the support wall can charm any person. As a rule, in the backyard territories you can see Caucasian razuha up to 22 cm in size.Much lower, but also a very popular ciliated razuha, whose size reaches only 6 cm.
There are a lot of blooming ground cover applicants for a place in the garden plot. By choosing plants by flowering time, and adding long-flowering annuals or perennials, you can end up with a rock garden, flower bed or lawn blooming all summer.
