Perennials for the garden: flowers, herbs, aquatic plants

Chrysanthemum
The world of perennial plants for growing in dachas and surrounding areas of country houses is very large and diverse.
Moreover, it is constantly changing. Some plants become fashionable and widespread, while the popularity of others either falls or returns.
We will try to consider which perennials to choose for the garden and how best to use them.
Choosing perennial flowers for planting in a summer cottage, a person primarily focuses on decorativeness and the characteristics of cultivation.
Most people give preference to those plants that require minimal care when growing and try to choose the assortment of flowers so that the area does not lose its decorative value all year round.
Conventionally, perennials can be divided according to the period of flowering and preservation of their decorative appearance as follows:
  • primroses
  • spring flowers
  • summer flowers
  • late blooming
  • decorative in winter
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Primroses and spring flowers

Hellebore

Hellebore or helleborus - a perennial early flowering plant from the Ranunculaceae family.
Popular in gardens since the Middle Ages due to its unusual flowering and medicinal properties.
Chrysanthemum pink
Flowers that look like wide drooping bells from white to almost black appear in the first half of April. Stays on the plant for a very long time.
The plant is covered in many Christian legends.Types of hellebore common in gardens:
  • Oriental
  • reddish
  • black
  • smelly

Primrose

Second title primrose - primrose. In areas with mild winters, it can bloom as early as late March.
A simple and undemanding flower has firmly taken its place in summer cottages. Its popularity has not fallen for many years, especially since breeders have developed many different varieties and hybrids of primrose.
The following types of primroses can be planted in gardens:
  • denticulate
  • capitate
  • pubescent
  • stemless
  • high
  • polyanthus

Periwinkle

One of the earliest perennial flowers is periwinkle. It keeps its leaves alive even under a layer of snow.
As soon as it leaves, the periwinkle begins to open its blue, pink or purple flowers. There are the following types of periwinkle:
  • small
  • big
  • grassy
  • straight
When choosing early perennial flowers for landscaping, you should not forget about the numerous bulbous ones, although some bulbs still have to be dug up, but many live for several years without replanting.
This applies to colors such as irises. Blooming in the spring, they continue to bloom in the summer.

Unpretentious perennials that bloom in summer

In the hot summer, so many perennial flowers bloom in the garden that it is very difficult to give preference to just a few plants.
Astilbe

Astilbe

It is difficult to imagine a summer cottage without tall, beautiful panicle inflorescences of astilbe. Blooming in July, for 8-10 weeks the plant pleases the eye with a bright variety of colors:
  • white
  • creamy
  • pink
  • red
For this perennial, it is important to keep the soil moist during hot, dry weather.

Geranium is magnificent

This perennial flower is a must-have in a shady garden.Since it feels great in the shade of garden trees.
Peak flowering geraniums magnificent falls at the beginning of summer. But after flowering stops, the leaves of the plant change their green color to red in a variety of shades.

Oriental poppy

Large beautiful bright flowers of decorative poppy will delight the eye from June to early August, as varieties of early and later flowering periods have now been bred.
The beautiful poppy will thrive in the sunniest places of the summer cottage. Considering that as soon as the plant fades, its leaves and stem dry out completely and annual flowers can be planted in place of the poppy.

Hosts

Among the perennial herbs, hostas have such decorative leaves that they are comparable in beauty to many flowers.
In addition, hostas grow well in shady gardens and are wonderful neighbors for astilbe.
Periwinkle
It is impossible to list all the perennials that bloom from June to August, but it is worth paying attention to the following:
Such a well-known plant as dissected rudbeckia or golden balls begins its flowering in the summer and continues in the fall, passing the baton to autumn flowers.

Late autumn flowers and perennials near ponds

You should be very careful when choosing perennials that bloom in autumn, because you really want to prolong the riot of colors in your dacha even with a drop in temperature.
Of course, chrysanthemums remain the queen of autumn.

Chrysanthemums

Pick up chrysanthemum for a summer residence it is possible taking into account individual preferences.
All of them are beautiful and if autumn is characterized by warm weather, then sometimes continuous flowering continues until the third ten days of October. You can choose the following varieties:
  • simple
  • terry
  • flat
  • radial
  • pompons
  • hemispherical
  • spherical
And also make a choice based on the size of the flowers, their color, and the size of the bushes themselves.
Without unnecessary hassle, you can prolong the riot of bright colors in September if you plant Canadian goldenrod on your plot.
This plant not only can bloom until October, but even touched by the first frost, it retains its decorative appearance. In addition to this, many ornamental grasses will look good in late autumn and early winter.
Dried stems covered with snow will give the garden a fabulous look. Therefore, it is worth allocating some space for such perennials as:
Separately, it is worth mentioning perennial plants for damp places and for country ponds.
Here we should give preference to the following perennials:
  • marigold, blooms in spring, flowers white or yellow
  • calliper, white, cream flowers
  • Baldelia, white flowers, blooms until September
  • spleen, grows directly in a pond
  • hornwort, grows in water, green flowers
  • cotton grass, the top of the stem is decorated with a white tuft
Many country perennials are quite unpretentious, because their wild ancestors lived in rather harsh weather conditions, but, like all plants, they require a certain amount of care and maintenance.
Only in this case will they really be perennials and not die in a year or two.
Video about chrysanthemums and their diversity:
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Comments

In my garden I have climatis, hostess and chrysanthemums growing from perennials. I like that every year they grow and there are more and more of them. That's why every spring I plant everything.