Summer, oh, summer!Since childhood, this has been our favorite time: holidays, sun, dacha – a holiday, in a word! And we look forward to it no less than in childhood. Especially if we belong to the numerous army of lovers of relaxing in their beloved dacha. And now, on the eve of the full summer season, we are puzzled by how we will decorate our Eden and what to color it with. And therefore, we choose one of the tools for decoration – summer flowers, or annual flowers for the dacha. What are they good for? First of all, because they will provide a riot of color throughout the dacha season. In addition, they are unpretentious, responsive to care and can grow in almost any climate. Therefore, there are simply no summer residents who would not be tempted by the availability and stunning multicolor of summer flowers. But the problem of choice can be truly insoluble, because there are simply countless types and varieties of these flowers. Therefore, you need to choose annual flowers for the dacha, guided by certain principles and rules. What? And these:
- time and timing of flowering;
- the color range of the group of annual flowers;
- dimensions (height, size of flowers, spreading of bushes);
- the place where they are planned to be planted.
Of course, you can add something else to this list. But first, it is worth considering the proposed criteria for choosing summer houses for a summer residence.
top 10
To begin with, we present to you the top of the very best.These are annual flowers that have been tried and tested by more than one generation of summer residents, are suitable for absolutely any flowerbeds and will bloom all summer. Who is in this top ten?
- Petunia (terry, hybrid, ampel, etc.).
- Tagetis (marigold or velvet).
- Zinnia.
- Cosmos and the cosmidium.
- Asters of all sizes and colorings.
- Nasturtium.
- Purslane.
- Ipomea (loach).
- Bell.
- Calendula.
Even if you choose only one thing from this list,You will be absolutely satisfied. Petunia blooms continuously all summer. Marigolds also bloom non-stop and in addition to this have simply gorgeous greenery. Zinnias successfully imitate a rose garden. Cosmos will become a green openwork cloud with delicate butterfly flowers. Asters will delight you with friendly flowering in the second half of the summer cottage season. Nasturtium and bellflower will perfectly complement any flowerbed of perennials. Bindweed will become a living green flowering wall, and purslane - a colorful cheerful carpet.
Flowering time
When planting annual flowers in your dacha, be guided byon the terms of their flowering. Then you will get a continuously blooming garden throughout the summer cottage season. Almost all annuals bloom for a long time: from the second half of June until the end of summer, or even until the frosts. But even among them there are record holders. For example, the longest and most continuously blooming are: petunia, marigolds, balsam. Zinnia blooms from June until frosts, poppy, alyssum, lavatera, cornflower, gypsophila, begonia will provide you with an early and variegated flowerbed. But, unfortunately, they will not bloom for long (but early!). Asters, nasturtiums, calendula and other unpretentious annuals bloom from mid-summer to late autumn.
Color spectrum
Having decided on the flowering period, you can choose annuals by color scheme. Here is just a small list of multi-colored and single-colored annuals:
- yellow and orange: tunbergia, eshollatsiya, calendula, velvet, sunflower;
- blue and blue: ageratum, brachicoma, cornflower, bindweed, delphinium, bell;
- red and pink: balsam, salvia, stock-rose, tagetis (some varieties), calandria, castor oil, calcilia, cesium, godice, pink lava;
- white: alissum, iberis, datura, gypsophila, small-petalled, white balm;
- multi-colored: petunia, phlox, portolac, asters, snapdragon, night beauty.
Dimensions
The tallest:Castor oil plant (up to two meters in height): tall marigolds, cosmos, mallow (hollyhock), annual delphinium, morning glory (annual vine), sunflower. The smallest: low-growing marigolds, purslane, escholzia, lobelia, alyssum, dwarf phlox. Almost all other annuals can be called medium-height flowers. Although different varieties of the same plant can be different in height. If we talk about the spreading of annuals, then they are all quite compact. However, among them there are those with particularly lush greenery: cosmos, zinnias, marigolds, castor oil plant, nasturtium. Petunia bushes and branches very strongly (it is generally beyond competition!), and castor oil plant can grow to the size of a small tree in the summer.
Place for annuals
- For containers: geranium, petunia, lobelia, begonia, balsam.
- For the alpine hill: a seaside cone, creeping immortelle, sanvitalia, verbena, perelatak doroteantus, snapdragon, resin, brachicoma, schizanthus.
- For the front gardens: sunflower, castor-oil, high marigolds, kosmeja and cosmidium, mirabilis, mallow, lavatera.
- For the curb: stunted marigolds, lobelia, echolcia, nasturtium, Iberis, alissum.
- For a fragrant flower garden: matthiola, fragrant tobacco, Iberis, alissum.
- For vertical landscaping: morning glory, nasturtium curling, decorative beans, kobei, tunbergia, sweet peas.
So choose boldly, and don’t worry about it,what flowers to plant at the dacha: annuals or perennials. Combine, add summer flowers to alpine slides and front gardens, plant them next to roses and lilies, along paths and fences. As a result, your dacha will bloom continuously all summer. Definitely! We recommend reading:
