Appearance The flower garden largely depends on the plants chosen. As a rule, the basis of the entire composition consists of various shrubs and perennials. You should choose them, paying attention to the size of the flower bed, location on the territory, and type of soil. If you are going to decorate a large flower garden, be sure to choose shrubs.
- In spring, bulbous types of flowers, planted before the winter season, begin to awaken. Among them, the most famous are daffodils. You can also combine corylopsis, crocus and forsythia bushes.
- As summer approaches, perennials bloom. If you want to make your flower garden more vibrant, choose forget-me-nots and pansies. Main role It is best to allocate long-flowering varieties or plant species, repeatedly blooming in autumn: navel, catnip, yarrow, fragrant geranium, soulflower.
- In autumn we will be pleased with coreopsis, warm asters, rudbeckias, heleniums, distinguished by their incredibly rich colors. You can also decorate the arrangement with ornamental grasses, including miscanthus and switchgrass.
The right combination of these plants will allow you to enjoy a blooming and lush flower bed all season long.
Flowerbed of continuous flowering - planting scheme
Before you start creating a flower garden, draw a future sketch on paper, marking the location of the plants and indicating their flowering period. At the same time, flower bed schemes continuous flowering may be different, the most important thing is to plant flowers and plants evenly. For example, wanting to get a flower garden in white and yellow tones, you need to use varieties such as chamomile, coreopsis, chrysanthemums, lilies. It is important to choose plants only of the appropriate color.
For the foreground of the flower garden, you can choose coreopsis or lily of the valley. Plants of this species are either alternated or planted in small groups. After this come chrysanthemums that are lower in height, then you need to plant daisies that have an average “height”. The tallest flowers in our composition, lilies, should be placed in the very last row. Thus, lilies of the valley will bloom first, daisies will delight from May to June, coreopsis blooms until August, lilies bloom from mid-summer to October, and chrysanthemums end the season.
Examples of continuous flowering beds can be different; even a novice gardener can cope with their creation. The most important thing is to choose the right plants according to their development time and shade, so that the principle of harmony is observed.
It is also important to consider the location of the flower bed. Any gardener knows that plants “follow” the sun’s rays. If the flower garden opens to us from the dark side, then for part of the day the plants will be turned away from us. In such a flower garden it is best to plant more: marigolds, liatris, lupins, zinnias, delphinium. When planting seedlings and bulbs, leave sufficient distance between them. And don’t worry that the flowerbed will be somewhat empty until summer, but in the future you won’t have to constantly weed it, making room for normal juxtaposition between flowers.
When planning the structure, check the height of the plants and maintain the distance between flowers of the same variety. If the sown seeds sprouted quite often, carefully dig them up and transfer them to another bed. True, here you need to monitor how some varieties tolerate planting, so as not to harm them. Already in the summer or early autumn, start thinking about what your flower garden will look like next year: select plants, find a place on the site. This will allow you to get a bright flowerbed at the beginning of spring.
Most gardeners and gardeners have long ceased to concentrate only on growing vegetables and agricultural crops, and decided to move on, switching to flowers.
A beautiful flowerbed that you grow with your own hands is, first of all, the implementation of a number of rules and principles, painstaking work, the reward of which is a beautiful flower garden.
But in order to create this floral perfection, a logical question arises - how to choose the right shape of a flower bed so that it looks harmonious and what types of flowers should be planted?
There are two varieties of flowers. The first group includes those called annuals - you plant the seeds in the spring and they grow and bloom for just one season. The second group includes flowers that are called perennials, that is, perennials that require more care and attention, but at the same time they will delight gardeners for more than one year in a row.
Perennials have a number of advantages that are appreciated by amateur gardeners:
Flowerbed of perennials for beginners: diagrams and photos
Rules for creating a flower bed of perennials
The very process of development and creation flower bed is compared to art, since even when designing one should take into account what is in different times The flower garden will look different every year. If you created the project correctly, you will get a flowerbed of continuous flowering, where some fading plants will be immediately replaced by others, and all this throughout the summer.
You should start planning a flower garden when you have already completed the zoning of the territory and already know where and in what place you will have paths, beds, shrubs and trees.
Please note
When you start creating your own beautiful perennial flower bed, you should pay attention to:
A color scheme
Psychologists have long established that even color can radically change a person’s mood in all areas of life. For this reason, when creating a flower garden from perennials, beginners should pay attention to this Special attention. If you manage to correctly create color combinations, your flowerbed will be more aesthetically pleasing. When distributing colors, it will be important to familiarize yourself with the standard principles of choosing a palette and mixing shades:
Perennial flower bed designs for beginners
Flowerbeds can be different geometric shapes, while they are divided into two large groups - with regular and irregular compositions.
By ready-made schemes you can correctly create a flower bed that will please the eye. Using the diagram, you will select flowers that will be optimal for your flower garden. At the same time, no matter what shape of flower bed you choose, there is a certain pattern in planting flowers. There should be tall and bright views in the center, middle part- plants that are medium in size, with low-growing long-flowered flowers or ornamental grass at the edges.
- Rectangle. This is a flowerbed with a clear shape. You can make a design inside the flowerbed if you combine different plants.
- Oval. As another option, you can create an oval flower bed. Using this scheme, you can make clear zoning.
- Circle. This is another one simple figure, which will be ideal for a flower garden. Typically, such flower beds are used in gardens, as this simplifies access to other plants.
- Triangle. Not quite the usual shape of a flower bed, which, if desired, can be “fitted” into a limited space.
In addition to these basic forms, which are easy to perform even for a beginner, there are some more:
- "Spring Symphony" (round). According to the scheme, you need to plant: 1 - pink matiolla, 2 - red zinnia, 3 - white verbena. There are only three shades here - white, pink, red, which looks very harmonious when planted correctly.
- Concentric flowerbed which is made of concentric circles (which are not difficult to draw yourself). The following flowers are used here: 1 – dark-leaved callas, 2 – fluffy gnafalium, 3 – perilla nankinensis.
- The flowerbed is contrasting (“white & pink”). This is a square flowerbed in which the predominant shades will be white and red. The following perennials will be used for the flower bed: 1 - gypsophila, 2 - physostegia, 3 - aubrietta, 4 - phlox, 5 - physostegia, 6 - clematis, 7 - arabis, 8 - daylily, 9 - armeria, 10 - lupine, 11 - irises , 12 – nivyanik.
- Flowerbed in the shade “Colorful Summer”. The peculiarity of the flowerbed is a large number of plants, loving shadow. You will need: 1 - Arends astilbe, 2 - primrose, 3 - bellflower, 4 - periwinkle, 5 - jagged buzulnik, 6 - bergenia, 7 - foxglove purple, 8 - large-leaf brunner.
In the last few years, high flower beds, which are made on boxes just under a meter, have become very common. Such a flower bed does not require any special care, there will be fewer weeds on it, but creating and planting it is much more difficult than simple flower beds.
Sometimes you need to create a perennial flowerbed with your own hands in conditions where there is little light, for example, along or in the shade. In this case, choose plants that will be comfortable in the shade. You can create the following flower beds according to the following schemes:
Types of perennials for a small garden
The most optimal options for planting are:
Selecting plants for one flower bed according to their flowering time will help create an irregular flower garden that will please the eye from May to September.
Difficult perennials to grow in flower beds
Crops that are considered labor intensive to grow require regular care And special conditions for cultivation. In addition, such plants get sick much more often and have difficulty withstanding temperature changes. This includes roses, dahlias, lilies, begonias, chrysanthemums, gladioli, hyacinths, evening primrose.
Mixed rosary - the perfect combination
If you want a perennial bed for beginners that is beautiful, you should try growing a mixed rose garden. The term itself refers to a flower bed where only roses are grown. But in central Russia, where the summer is not as long as we would like, mixed rose gardens are created, where there will be many plants of different species in the flower garden. There are a few interesting schemes perennial flower beds.
- In cool colors. The flowerbed is made in pink and lilac tones (necessarily cool shades), which create the impression of coolness and freshness. In the diagram: 1 - gerhera, 2 - rose William Shakespeare, 3 - chistema, 4 - lavender, 5 - clematis, 6 - rose Queen of Sweden, 7 - rose Mary Rose, 8 - rose Gertrude Jekyll.
- Contrasting. This is a flower bed that is lined with white and red with shrubs that will bloom all year. The following plants are used: 1 - verbascum, 2 - hosta, 3 - Gartnefreud rose, 4 - paniculata hydrangea, 5 - Aspirin Rose rose, 6 - Amadeus rose, 7 - Hansaland rose, 8 - horizontal juniper, 9 - dwarf spruce, 10 - Rose Snevitch.
For those who don’t want to put a lot of effort into creating a flowerbed on their estate, but still want flowers on the property, there is a flowerbed for the lazy. In such a flower garden there are plants that require virtually no care and are not demanding in terms of feeding or watering. Moreover, the flowering of such species can be from early spring to late autumn.
Typically, online stores that sell flowers are ready to offer beginners in gardening already ready-made options, where there will be a diagram and the necessary sprouts.
An interesting option would be an oval flower garden, in which you can plant bright peonies in the center, after astilbe, sedum on the right, geranium on the left, and make a border of bergenia or hosta. You can also plant phlox or aster in the flowerbed, which will only make the overall background brighter.
Important: the cost of such a project without flowers is 650-750 rubles, while peonies, which are best bought as seedlings, will cost you the most.
A special feature of this scheme is the continuous flowering of all plants. The flowerbed will not be very bright, but it will constantly bloom to the delight of everyone. In addition, daffodils, peonies, irises, clematis, cornflower, lupine, and daylily are suitable for a lazy flowerbed. In this case, you will not need to plant as many flowers as possible, since this also means more care for them.
Every person who has a dacha or own house, I would like to have on the site a unique flower bed continuous flowering. This means that from spring to autumn various plants would delight the eye with their bright inflorescences. To create such a flower garden, you need to know the flowering times of certain representatives of the flora world. To facilitate the work, you need to draw up a diagram according to which planting work will be gradually carried out. Additionally, you should arrange the plants in the form of a table: in one column the name of the flower, in the second - the time of planting, in the third - the flowering period.
It’s better to spend it in the fall in advance preparatory work, digging up the area and planting bulbous plants.
There is no need to plant shrubs such as barberry or Japanese quince in the flower garden, even in the background. Big root system will not allow other flowers to develop, and the quince with its shoots can completely destroy the embodiment of the idea of a flower bed of continuous flowering.
Master class on creating a flower garden of continuous flowering
Spring flower bed
Even in the fall, you need to choose a place for the flower garden and plant bulbs, they will give a flower start spring bloom. We plant low-growing flowers in the foreground, and 20 centimeters high in the center or at a distance. Bulbs are planted in groups, for example, 5-9 tulips in one place, a group of daffodils in another, crocuses in a third, mouse hyacinth or muscari in a fourth; primrose, which blooms with crimson flowers, looks great next to blue muscari.
Beautiful spring Flower- hyacinth, which looks both in a single arrangement and in a group of its fellows.
An example of creating a flower bed of continuous flowering. The picture shows a flower bed, each flower is numbered, and the names of the flowers are written below. Use this diagram to create a beautiful flower bed that will bloom all year round
Just like it is now big choice For bulb varieties in the store, you should look at the color combination diagram for yourself. If the flower garden is large, then you can purchase varieties of tulips and daffodils of different flowering periods, for example, ordinary red ones bloom first. Afterwards a gentle solo is performed by the Lilies. Bright rich colors are added by yellow and dwarf tulips, which will look great next to muscaria and primrose.
Polyanthus rose is an excellent solution for your flower bed. No matter what season it is, this flower will always show off in your flower garden
In the background of the flower garden we place a catchment or aquilegia. Besides varietal plant, there are also wild ones, who are shorter in stature, but no less expressive.
Summer flower bed
Since the bulbous plants were planted in groups, there should be islands of free soil between them, where we plant the hollyhock and delphinium. These tall flowers belong in the center of the composition or in the background. The dark pink corollas of the stock rose will be located next to the cultivated aquilegia, which has inflorescences of purple and Pink colour. Next to the blue “candles” of the delphinium, plant bonar verbena with its purple flowers. Along the border of the composition we will plant lobelia, either ampelous multi-colored inflorescences, or “Emperor Willy” in pure blue.
With blue lobelia flowers that bloom all summer, plant petunia. It will create a contrast and tireless flowering is guaranteed until frost. An accent to your composition can be given by a pot, for example, with the same petunia, but in an ampelous form. Lilies that can be removed after flowering, as well as pansies, also bloom well in pots.
In summer, our flowerbed will reach its maximum beauty, all the flowers will bloom and decorate your area
Plant roses in the center and lilies further away. When the lilies bloom in July, the rose will cover them with its stems, keeping the lower part of the plant cool. In the background, plant rudbeckia, which will bloom its sunny inflorescences in July. Plant groups of gladioli next to it in the spring. The flower will shoot its arrows from July to September, which must be cut off when flowering reaches its climax, so that the bulb will enlarge and gain strength before digging it up for the winter.
Plant a peony at the right edge of the flowerbed, a little further away, and let the lily flower grow on the other edge. If the flowerbed is large enough, you can plant three flowers; if it’s small, then one at a time. Godetia, which is beautiful with its most delicate inflorescences, may not please with its beauty if it rains. Therefore, it is better to leave this representative of the flower world for planting on the balcony.
Autumn flower bed
Rich colors in autumn are the care of multi-colored chrysanthemums and asters. It is advisable to place them in the background, and in front it is better to plant Japanese anemone and black cohosh. Rudbeckia continues to bloom, and the autumn crocus will surprise you with its flowers, the flowers of which resemble a crocus, but they are larger in size.
Are you afraid of autumn approaching? Do you think that your flowerbed will become ugly and will have to get rid of it? Well, following our advice and diagram, your flowerbed will delight you even in the fall
The autumn sol, located in the background of the flowerbed, will play amaranth with its raspberry leaves and kochia, which will change color from green to burgundy throughout the fall.
When arranging a continuous flowering bed, it will be difficult for a beginner to create the perfect flower bed, but nevertheless there are a number of secrets that will help ensure the charm of any flower garden.
- Place a large boulder or a trio of stones in the center of the flowerbed, which will add originality to any flower garden.
- Use portable structures such as pots and flowerpots. If any island of soil is exposed, then placing a pot there, for example, with petunia, will correct the situation. Such accent inserts can be figurines of birds or animals. However, it is important to show a sense of proportion. One figurine will be enough.
- In the background or to the side, but without blocking the sun, you can plant clematis or girl's grapes, which will cling to decorative grille.
- Pick off faded flowers, thereby prolonging the flowering time, and the flowerbed looks neat.
- Weed regularly. Sometimes weeds give a messy look to any beautiful composition, and a well-groomed flowerbed, on the contrary, attracts the eye.
- Apply fertilizers in a timely manner; they are necessary both in spring, summer and autumn.
Creating a flower bed of continuous flowering is not a matter of one day, it is painstaking work through trial and error. But in any case, you need to rely mostly on long-flowering annuals, which you can buy as seedlings in the store, or plant them yourself in the spring.
Plant familiar flowers that will decorate the flower bed. It is better to conduct experiments elsewhere to be sure of the unfading beauty of the creation.
Every owner who has at least a little free land thinks about how to create a constantly blooming flower bed. A continuous flower bed is a piece of land on which flowers are planted in such a way that they bloom from early spring to late autumn.
To create such a flower bed, you need to know when each plant blooms. You can’t do without paper and pencil, so you need to draw up a diagram of a flower bed of continuous flowering. In addition to the drawing, it is advisable to prepare a plan, in the table of which the name of each flower, when it was planted and the expected flowering period are written down.
An example of a simple flowerbed diagram:
The nuances of creating flower beds
A flowerbed of continuous flowering has a number of features that must be taken into account when creating a flowerbed. The main thing is that the flowerbed should have a good area and be extensive. This is necessary for a number of reasons:
- To fit all the flowers in the flowerbed. A small number of species will not allow solving the problem.
- To make the flower bed expressive, flowers must be planted in batches, then all color patterns will be clearly visible.
- Small, separately flowering specimens will not be pleasing to the eye, but will only distract.
Also if on personal plot or country house There is no way to allocate space for a large flower bed; the effect of constant flowering will not be easy to achieve. Then it is better to go the other way and achieve a similar effect by creating small seasonal flower beds.
Flower garden design rules:
- It is better to plant plants that bloom at the same time together so as not to create the effect of color blurring and sloppiness.
- Don’t try to sculpt a flowerbed according to the principle, there is room here. Its contours, as well as the color pattern should be in harmony with general style plot and not violate its geometric proportions.
Same rules for everyone
Before planting, you need to spend a little personal time and organize the flowers according to the flowering season, and note the duration of flowering. You also need to decide different types plants and their assortment:
- You can combine those plants that will feel good in the same soil, take the same fertilizers, as well as watering and illumination of the flower bed.
- It is necessary to take into account the height of the plant and the time of its growth.
- We must not lose sight of the fact that there are aggressive cultures that grow quickly. They will need to be constantly limited in growth.
- You need to select flowers taking into account their color palette: combine them according to shades, or, in the case of another idea, contrasting patterns.
Before planting plants, you need to consider whether the flowerbed will be viewed equally from all sides. If you plan to plant flowers for a continuous flowering bed so that it is visible only from one side, you should observe one nuance and plant the flowers so that they do not block others as they grow.
Caring for a constantly blooming flower bed is not easy, especially if the flower bed is quite large and takes up large area. In this case, when planning flower beds, it is necessary to create paths or special islands on which you can stand to reach any plant: water, trim or tie it up.
Choosing a place for a flower bed
It is advisable to choose a place that is level and illuminated, but you should not expose the plants to scorching Sun rays. Choose a semi-shaded area that will receive five to six hours of sun. This will be quite enough for all types of flowers.
When choosing a place for a flower bed, you need to take into account that the distance from which you can admire the beauty flowering plants, should be twice the height of the tallest plant species. Based on this, flowers are planted along the edges, the growth of which reaches 50 centimeters or less.
If you want to show off your beautiful flowerbed, then make a flowerbed near the fence.
Do not forget about the laws of nature - when a flower blooms, its head will always turn behind the sun, and if you look at the blooming composition from north side, then it will not look very rich.
Selecting flowers
To create an area of continuous flowering use different types plants:
- Annuals.
- Two-year-olds.
- Perennial.
The best option for creating such a plot is a continuous flowering bed of perennials. It is precisely such a flowerbed that will be supplemented every year with beautifully flowering annual plants. Also, we must not forget about ornamental plants, these can be either cereal plants or deciduous plants. They will complement the flowerbed and bring it into decorative design its zest.
All flower beds of continuous flowering are divided into three types:
- The flowering period is active in spring.
- The flowering period is active in summer.
- The flowering period is active in autumn.
Let's look at each flowerbed separately.
Spring flower bed. Creation
Plants that bloom in the spring are planted on a specially designated island of land. These are, as a rule, all flowers that have a bulb. The ideal solution It will be possible to purchase flowers such as delicate crocuses, muscari, scillas, tulips and daffodils due to the fact that they do not need to be dug up annually.
Among perennial plants with a system of tubers and rhizomes, they bloom beautifully and bloom early: hellebore, brunnera, erantis and others. Biennial plants include daisies, pansies, and viola. These flowers have a very beautiful bright color and bloom for a long time.
Perennial flowers bloom after small bulbous ones. Perennials include irises, primrose, and leotard. Phlox must be planted; it will delight everyone with its beautiful flowering.
Design work spring flower bed start in the fall. First of all, choose a place and plant bulbous flowers. Those plants that have short stem growth are planted behind, and those that grow at a level of 20 centimeters and above are planted in the center. Following them the turn is coming bulbous plants, which must be planted in groups of five or more flowers in one place. For example, a group of tulips, daffodils in two places, in the second - hyacinth, then muscari and primrose.
How to create one of the options for a continuous flowering bed can be seen in the photo:
Summer flowerbed
In summer, the flowerbed is a real riot of colors! The choice of beautifully flowering plants is very diverse. It is impossible to list all the flowers that bloom in summer. Let us note only the most beautiful ones, which are planted in summer flower beds that are constantly blooming.
Most common flowers:
- phlox;
- garden geranium;
- delphinium;
- lilies;
- bells;
- all types of carnations;
- roses.
In addition to flowers, it covers well open ground sedum (hernia grass). Among annual plants Marigolds, zinnias, lobelias, asters, petunias, asters and petunias will look good. Sunflower and decorative corn, amaranth, will add an interesting combination to the composition.
Biennial flowers are one of the most common. These include carnations and bluebells, as well as daisies, mallows and foxgloves.
A summer flower bed is created from both bulbous plants and others. There must remain between them small areas land - just right for planting delphinium and roses. Along the edge of the flower bed you can plant flowers that have Blue colour, for example, lobelia. Petunias will go well next to blue.
Potted plants should not be neglected; they can give a composition a special charm and emphasize its individuality. For example, if you place a flowerpot with petunia, lily or cosmos in the center of the flowerbed, it will look very beautiful.
Autumn flower bed
Plants for a flower bed of continuous flowering in autumn period They will be especially pleasing to the eye in combination with yellow-orange foliage. For registration autumn flower bed favorites were asters, chrysanthemums, which have many color shades. They are planted far away, and the Japanese anemone will look beautiful in front.
The eryngium will delight you with its special flowering in autumn ( popular name"thistle"), as well as molinia. During this time, if the weather remains mild and warm, the flowers will bloom even longer.
Winter flowerbed
And this also happens! And even though the winter flowerbed will be significantly different from previous flowerbeds, it also has its own peculiarity. Eastern hellebore will look beautiful against the backdrop of freshly fallen white snow. It blooms at zero temperatures, the limit of its flowering is minus five to six degrees.
Secrets of a beautiful flower bed
It will not be easy for a beginner in this difficult task, but with the help of these simple secrets, it will be easier to create a flowerbed of continuous flowering:
- If placed in the middle of a flower bed big Stone or several stones, they will give the composition a special originality.
- Don't forget about flowers growing in pots. If a small island of open land appears, you can always fill it with a plant in a pot or cache-pot.
- Small multi-colored flowers will add special beauty to the composition. garden figurines. The figures of animals and birds look beautiful. But you should not overload the flowerbed; one decorative garden element is enough.
- Clematis and climbing decorative grapes will look beautiful behind the flower bed.
- We should not forget that the flowerbed requires attention: flowers that have already bloomed must be picked, then the flowerbed will always look neat.
- The soil must be cleared of weeds regularly.
- It is also necessary to fertilize and water the plants in the flowerbed in a timely manner.
Creating a beautifully blooming flower bed is a lot of work, and patience and work will become your faithful companions.
Options for continuous flowering beds are shown in the photo:
