Nature has given man a rich selection of colors and shades of garden plants. Red, yellow, orange and white - it’s impossible to list them all. But sometimes the eye stops at the extraordinary splendor that blue flowers give. Large, small, scattered along the stem or collected in elastic buds - the variety of colors in blue and purple shades is simply mesmerizing.
Colorful tints of blue
Fashion exists everywhere, and it has also affected garden plots. Currently, it is fashionable to grow one-color flower beds or create smooth transitions from one shade to another. Thanks to the modern variety of flowering plants, even an ordinary amateur gardener can do this.
For those who are not repelled by the coldness of blue and the certain fabulous heaviness of purple, nature and breeders have selected flowering plants in blue, dark blue and unprecedented purple shades. From blue flowers, the names of which are varied, The most popular among summer residents can be noted:
A beautiful garden flower called aquilegia has pleasant pale blue buds. The plant itself belongs to the perennial class and in a permanent place reaches a height of 50 to 100 cm. Its main flowering period is from May to June, it is unpretentious in care and easily produces seeds from which you can grow new bright fragments in a flowerbed or alpine hill.
A rare blue flower for our region, whose name is amsonia, very unusually decorates flower beds and garden plots. The bushy plant blooms in early summer and reaches a height of 90 cm. It thrives in partial shade and on well-moistened soils. It is propagated by bushes or seeds and is a perennial.
Many people have also seen a plant with blue flowers called African lily, but they just didn’t know its name. The plant is southern and heat-loving, does not tolerate frost on the soil. In summer it pleases the eye with its inflorescences, the buds of which reach 5 cm. Loves an open sunny place and moist soil.
From periwinkle to flax
Small periwinkle (garden) is unpretentious and easily tolerates domestic winters. This guest of garden plots, creeping along the ground, quickly creates a curly carpet of rich dark greenery and delicate blue flowers. Periwinkle is also a perennial. The plant is a real salvation for those who have few sunny and well-lit areas in their country house.
Brovallia, a plant with weak stems and beautiful blue inflorescences, is most often grown at home, but it is also found in gardens. Loves places protected from drafts and does well in hanging baskets on the streets.
A creeping plant called brunnera is similar in characteristics to garden periwinkle. It also loves shaded places and quickly spreads throughout the territory. It blooms with small blue flowers that are very reminiscent of forget-me-nots.
The mountain cornflower is also familiar to most gardeners in appearance, the name of which speaks of its unpretentiousness and resistance to various natural conditions. Already in May, cornflower pleases others with its flowering.
Unusual to the ear of the common man is the name of this plant with large and delicate blue flowers - Himalayan blue poppy. For our latitudes, raising this very fastidious handsome fellow is quite an unusual test of strength. Himalayan poppy loves moist soil and air, and pleases with its flowering from June to the first months of autumn.
Blue flax is used not only for industrial purposes, but is also quite popular among ordinary gardeners. A plant with blue flowers looks great in well-lit flower beds and requires regular watering. The only inconvenience of growing it is the need to treat it against natural pests - flax fleas
From Mordovnik to Pushkinia
Echinops globulus, whose flowers resemble pale blue hedgehogs in appearance, is quite common in modern flower beds. The plant calmly tolerates drought and places with scorching sun, and if you simply don’t have the opportunity to visit your garden plot often, then Mordovnik is just for you. In good conditions it can reach 2 meters in height. Perfect for those who like to dry flowers for the winter, it looks great in dry bouquets.
Forget-me-not, whose pale blue flowers really make you feel indifferent to this guest in the flowerbed, belongs to the perennial plants. It blooms in the second year after planting and creates a delicate bluish-white carpet of small stars with yellow centers.
Unusual for our latitudes is the flowering plant nutwing or karyopteris. Each of its blossoming buds resembles splashes of water at the edges, and from a distance the inflorescences look like the fluffy tail of an exotic bird. It sows very well and quickly without human intervention. It does not like the cold, so it must be covered for the winter.
Pushkinia is a primrose flower that pleases with its blue inflorescences in the spring, when the bulk of the flowers have not yet sprouted. This plant is classified as a type of hyacinth, and the conditions for caring for it are appropriate.
Blue gamma
Adherents of rich blue color or its smooth transition across the petals of a blooming plant also have a fairly wide choice. In this case, flowers such as:
- aconite;
- anagallis;
- borage;
- hyacinth;
- spring gentian;
- clematis.
Wolfsbane is attractive to the eye, and its large, deep blue buds resemble a helmet with the visor down. The bright plant blooms from mid-summer to early autumn, but do not be fooled by its beauty. Aconite is highly poisonous from root to flower.
The blue flower, whose name is Anagallis, has a very rich, bright color. It is about him that we can say that he is even “bler than blue.” The small flowers are shaped like open three-dimensional stars with white-yellow centers. Anagallis pleases the eyes of gardeners from late spring to mid-autumn and does not stop blooming until the first frost.
An exotic flowering plant with a cucumber flavor; in addition to borage, it is also popularly called Borage Grass. It is not only pleasing to the eye, but also delicious to the taste. You can eat all parts of Borago, dry the flowers or preserve them for the winter. Borage prefers partial shade and not too moist soil. Blooms from late May to September.
Hyacinth is a flower that everyone knows. Its blue inflorescences of large stars resemble a spear. A flower in a pot is always given to women in early spring on March 8th. A mini version of a plant called Mouse Hyacinth is often grown in flower beds. It smells pleasantly of musk and pleases the eye with its flowering for a long time. It will dilute well with a strip of other bright plants.
A low perennial plant that blooms with large blue flowers, Spring Gentian is also a good choice for those who like cool tones in their flower garden. It can grow on both rocky and dry soils and is easy to care for. The only thing you should pay attention to before planting is whether this particular species is listed in the Red Book, since most of the subspecies of the plant are under state protection.
The Clematis plant with large buds from soft blue to deep blue is quite demanding in its care. It needs to be fed with fertilizers 2 times a month and watered abundantly once every 7 days. Clematis is a perennial plant and does not tolerate cold, which is why the bushes are covered in late autumn.
Purple addiction
For those who prefer to grow purple flowers in flower beds and garden areas, the following flora representatives are perfect:
- heliotrope;
- iris;
- crocus;
- lavender;
- sage.
The ancestors of the heliotrope flower, which has deep purple buds, arrived in Europe from Peru. In terms of clusters of inflorescences, the exotic guest resembles some varieties of lilac, but in terms of its habit of constantly monitoring the sun, it resembles a sunflower. That is why heliotrope got its name, which translated means “rotation of the sun.”
Iris is a frequent visitor to garden plots in central Russia. Its flowering begins at the end of April and ends in May. Before the snow has time to melt, green iris tubercles are already sticking out of the ground. The plant loves well-lit areas and sun, and is a perennial.
Delicate and bright crocus flowers are also an expensive spice - saffron. In our area, the plant is quite rare and belongs to the primrose family. Typically, crocus prefers to grow in the shade of trees or cool areas with moist soil.
Lavender with small purple flowers, which from a distance resemble a haze spreading over a field, is considered to be a mountain plant. However, this is far from true; the pleasant-smelling plant loves dry soil and open areas. Lavender bushes also feel great in open chernozem areas of gardens and summer cottages.
Sage will not only decorate your local area with pristine beauty, but will also serve as a preventative service in winter. During flowering, its flowering arrows are collected and dried for the winter, since sage is a perennial medicinal herb.
Different and beautiful
Among the plants, the range of colors of which contains not only bright and warm shades, but also purple and soft blue, the following can be noted:
- delphinium;
- morning glory;
- cineraria.
Delphinium is a plant of both annual and perennial species. It blooms with large flowers, on high arrow-like legs. Delphinium care is quite simple., and even a novice gardener can handle it. All you need to know about it is that the plant loves the sun in the first half of the day and does not tolerate stagnant water. The range of shades that nature has endowed the flowers of the plant with varies from white to deep purple.
Morning glory bindweed blooms with multi-colored buds up to 6 cm and smells pleasant. It’s not hard to imagine what kind of variety morning glory comes in. Thanks to its climbing properties, it is ideal for decorating fences, arches and gazebos. It grows well in both shade and sun and blooms throughout the summer and early autumn months.
An annual aster plant called cineraria produces large flowers that resemble gerbera daisies. The color ranges in which this herbaceous plant is found include all shades of the rainbow. Cineraria loves moist air and well-lit areas, but does not tolerate direct sunlight.
The modern abundance of decorative fauna can satisfy the most strict and refined taste of the gardener. Every year, skilled breeders continue to develop new flowering varieties of plants that can decorate a flowerbed, flowerpot or garden meadow in a new way.
Without being guided by the basic rules of color, you cannot correctly compose flower arrangements. Ornamental plants have many shades and varied textures, which is very important for the perception of the whole picture.
In living nature, color almost always contains a large number of nuances. It may change due to lighting or environment. Finding a pure color is almost impossible. The most widespread colors in the plant world are violet, blue, lilac, blue, and lilac.
Blue Color Meaning
Since time immemorial, people have associated various things or concepts with a certain color. White color - light, purity. Black shade - evil, hatred, night, death.
Blue flowers became a symbol of the sky and sea. You can find out what flowers of different shades mean from florists. Blue color can calm, create a feeling of comfort and tranquility, and help you fall asleep. This color also symbolizes contentment with life and stability, spirituality and intelligence.
The dark blue color inspires confidence, which is the reason for its use in business suits. Blue is the color of coolness, it calms and promotes better sleep. In nature, blue is less common than other colors.
The meaning of blue flowers
Blue flowers are one of the main signs of romance and infinity. The blue flower is meant to convey a message of desire and love to those who receive it. Therefore, knowing which blue flowers are used in which combinations will help in professionally creating flower arrangements.
Shades of blue in the garden
Not a single modern garden can do without bells, irises, aconites, and lupins of various shades. However, since the blue range is heterogeneous, it makes sense to focus on each shade separately.
Bright blue flowers are rare in the plant world, and if they appear in the garden, they indicate nobility and great value. Gentian, Pushkinia, Muscari, Scylla, Chionodoxa ended up in our gardens, having migrated from forest glades and mountain meadows, where they are difficult to get, and therefore they are associated with something refined and expensive. Cornflowers with their blueness are akin to the sky.
Blue is a stricter color than blue. Dark blue flowers carry a stamp of mystery and royal nobility. True, so that the excessive use of cold blue flowers in gardens and flower beds does not lead to depression, experienced designers strive to balance it with pastel colors. Traditionally, blue is well complemented by yellow and orange.
Every flower has its own season
Blue flowers are present in petunias, violets, and lobelias in the warm season. Blue flowers whose names are known to everyone are irises, cornflowers, and bluebells.
In March, blue hyacinths will be beautifully shaded by carnations, tulips, and red pelargoniums. Blue flowers look great against the snowy white background of daffodils. Floristry, one of the areas of aesthetics, explains what different color combinations mean.
The greatest number of plants with dark blue flowers can be found in midsummer. These are the iris, anemone, delphinium, and gentian, revered by all. By the month of August, the baton of the blue leader is picked up by the bell.
Blue
Gardeners love to plant flowers in their gardens that have blue and blue shades. As a result, flower beds are stunning with rich colors. When you admire them, you gain more strength. The blue shade is refreshing and caressing, combining perfectly with the colors of the rainbow. In floral arrangements it highlights warm shades of red and orange. The traditional combination is pink or yellow with blue. This combination in the garden is achieved if blue and pink hyacinths, as well as snake knotweed and forget-me-nots, are planted in the flowerbed. The Brunner inflorescences look amazing, rising above the gold of the variegated hybrids.
When sunlight is intense, the blue tones partially lose their saturation, but in the garden it is easy to find a shady corner in which you can plant scillas, lungwort, periwinkles, brunnera and forget-me-nots. Some plants have blue foliage. They are also able to diversify garden compositions. Such plants include blue fescue, mertensia, and grate. There are also some hosta varieties that have blue foliage.
Seasons of Blue
When early spring arrives, plants with blue flowers joyfully awaken the winter-weary earth with the cheerful blue blooms of crocuses and scillas.
The beginning of May is heralded by the blue bloom of the spring navel, Siberian brunnera, and forget-me-nots. The small periwinkle with its leathery foliage decorates the garden all year round, and in spring blue and blue flowers bloom on it. In summer, the violet takes over the baton of blue flowers in the garden.
In June, low-growing steppe irises and aquilegias begin to bloom. July is decorated with blue delphiniums. In the midst of summer, lavender blooms. All summer, bells and lobelias decorate flower beds and flower beds. In addition to all this, there are many varieties of blue petunias. Even more varieties have shades of ink or purple. The blue flowering of cicerbite ends the summer.
Monochrome blue gardens
Monochrome gardens have become a new trend in garden design recently. If you skillfully use numerous shades of blue-blue, the garden will acquire a particularly romantic coloring, successfully relieving the stress of everyday life and calming the nerves.
After all, when flowers of various shades of blue bloom simultaneously in the garden, the atmosphere of the garden becomes bewitching and mysterious. If you correctly select and correctly plant representatives of the blue-blue flora, the garden will become visually much more spacious.
Flowers are a powerful compositional tool. Therefore, they are often used to place emphasis on important planning components. If a flower garden appears in the garden, where flowers of blue shades predominate in various combinations, this makes the garden stand out from many others, giving it an unusual flavor.
Means for reviving blue compositions
The main task that florists solve when creating a monochrome flower garden is to prevent it from becoming monotonous. Blue flowers harmonize perfectly with coreopsis and yellow anemones, cream astilbe, gray-blue leaves and stems of carnation, light blue pushkinia and stachys. A composition of blue or blue with white, blue with silver-blue is associated with refreshing coolness and brings calm. A wonderful combination is obtained when combined with blue flowers of light roses and daylilies. The opposite calming effect is achieved by combinations with blue shades of yellow and orange.
Placement
The success of a composition where there is a blue flower is to a large extent determined by the chosen location for the flower garden and for all the plants involved in it. When creating flower arrangements, it is necessary to take into account the shape of the plants, their growth rate, the texture of the leaves, and the requirements of agricultural technology. For example, anemones and delphiniums take root well in conditions where there is little moisture and fertilizer. You can find a wide variety of perennials that grow well in regular soil with good drainage and moderate moisture.
It is recommended to plant 3 seedlings representing each variety. This way they will grow faster, and you will achieve the desired result faster. If necessary, it is possible to reduce or increase the size of the flower garden by reducing or increasing the number of seedlings.
There is no need to expect stunning results right away. At first, the future beautiful corner will not make much of an impression. To camouflage empty spaces between seedlings, plant them with ground cover plants - green or yellow lysimachia or blue awl-shaped phlox. Small stones make a good impression, which will be removed later.
When planning the composition of a flower garden, it is necessary to take into account that it will constantly undergo changes: each plant has its own flowering time, so in one bed there may be specimens that are just sprouting, that are in the flowering phase, and for which the time has come to wither. In order for the flower garden to look neat, fading plants must be removed in a timely manner.
Anyone who loves the romance of a spring garden should love the blue muscari, crocuses, primroses, and scillas that bloom luxuriantly in the shade of the trees. In the summer, Veronica, wrestler, and aquilegia look wonderful in flower beds and garden beds. Their beauty can once again be emphasized by perennials and annuals: asters, lobelia, borage, viola.
Container plantings
A variety of garden accessories will fit well into the thoughtful atmosphere created by plants: tables, armchairs, blue flower pots. A wooden wall painted blue can easily play the role of a bottomless sky and become a backdrop for blue flowers planted in containers.
Such container plantings can refresh an existing garden design. It is optimal to plant bulbous plants at the beginning of spring, which will bring spring mood to the garden much earlier than other flowers. Flowerpots, tubs and baskets can serve as containers.
When creating a flower garden in blue, it is necessary to take into account that at dusk the blue color loses its expressiveness. Bright lighting, on the contrary, gives it saturation. To place blue plants, you should choose well-lit areas. If the garden is small, then it is better to plant blue flowers as a background for the white, red or yellow tones located in front. This will lead to a visual increase in the size of the garden.
In keeping with its surroundings, blue can create a sense of sophistication or be casual. If the landing site is successfully selected, it can deepen the space and create volume. In this case, it seems that he is “floating” in the air. If the blue color is located next to pink, it seems sophisticated and strikes with grace, and when close to the dark blue color, which compacts the floral arrangement, the blue color is almost weightless.
These properties are widely used when creating color compositions. For example, placing richer tones at the bottom of a composition instills a sense of stability. If you place lighter colors there, then a feeling of uncertainty and instability arises.
Meadow plants are a fairly rich community, developing more dynamically than mountain or steppe ones. Meadow flowers and grasses compete for light, nutrients, and water, and therefore grow much more actively than their forest counterparts, as well as representatives of the mountains and steppes. Meadow plants include thousands of species, and most of them can be grown in your garden plots.
You can find photos and names of meadow flowers and grasses, as well as descriptions of meadow plants on this page.
What are meadow plants?
Camassia (CAMASSIA). Lily family.
(of the six known species, three are cultivated) - plants of mountain meadows of North America. They have an ovoid bulb, belt-shaped leaves in a ground tuft, above which rises a leafless tall peduncle with a raceme of large star-shaped flowers.
Types and varieties:
(C. quamash)- height 25 cm, has a multi-flowered (20-35 flowers), dense inflorescence, blooms in early June.
(C. cusickii)- height 70 cm, loose inflorescence, blooms at the end of May.
Kamassia Leuchtlina (C. leichtlinii)- height up to 100 cm, loose inflorescence, large flowers (diameter up to 5 cm), blue or dark blue, blooms in June, up to 20 days.
Growing conditions. Sunny areas with normally moist clay and loamy fertile soils; Drainage is required on leveled areas.
Unpretentious.
Thermopsis (THERMOPSIS). Family of peas (legumes).
Thermopsis lupine(T. lupinoides)- a perennial from the meadows of the Far East with a long rhizome and tall (up to 140 cm) straight stems, leafy beautiful bluish trifoliate leaves. The inflorescence is an apical drooping raceme of bright yellow large flowers. The plant is very decorative, forms a thicket, but ends its growing season in mid-summer.
Growing conditions. Sunny areas with loose fertile soils.
Reproduction. With sections of rhizomes (at the end of summer) and seeds (sowing before winter). Planting density - 9 pcs. per 1 m2.
Merlin (LYTHRUM). Family of loosestrife.
Loosestrife (L. salicaria)- a large (100-150 cm) short-rhizomatous perennial growing in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere in wet meadows, banks of rivers and reservoirs. The stem, bearing numerous narrow-lanceolate leaves, ends in a terminal cluster of bright purple small flowers. The bush is dense, strict, spectacular.
Growing conditions. Sunny areas with moist clay soils.
Reproduction. By seeds (sowing before winter), dividing the bush (in spring). Planting density - 9 pcs. per 1 m2.
Miscanthus (MISCANTHUS). Poa family (grasses).
Rhizomatous tall perennials (100-200 cm) from wet meadows of the Far East, forming large dense turfs, erect stems, lanceolate, hard leaves.
The fan-shaped silver panicles are very beautiful.
Kinds:
Miscanthus chinensis (M. sinensis)- dense, slowly growing clump.
Miscanthus sugarflower (M. saccharifiorus)- forms a loose thicket.
Varieties:
"SiLberfeder"
"Strictus"
"Zebrinus"
Growing conditions. Sunny areas with rich, wet, peaty soils.
Reproduction. By dividing the bush in the spring and seeds (sowing before winter). Planting density - 5 pcs. per 1 m2.
Aquilegia, watershed (AQUILEGIA). Ranunculaceae family.
When talking about which meadow plants have the largest number of varieties, they immediately call it aquilegia. This flower has about 100 species and dozens of hybrid varieties. In nature, they grow in meadows and cliffs in temperate regions of Eurasia and North America. These are graceful plants with beautiful leaves and an original flower shape. From a thick branching taproot emerges a rosette of trifoliate leaves, often of a beautiful bluish hue.
Types and varieties. Tall (above 60 cm):
Aquilegia hybrid (A. xhybrida)- large flowers of all colors.
"Ballerina"- pink, double flowers.
"Crimson Star"- flowers are red and white.
"Edelweiss"-white.
Hybrids McCann(McKana Hybrids)- the tallest (up to 120 cm) aquilegias with large flowers of all colors directed upwards.
Aquilegia adhesive (A. glandulosa)- lilac-blue flowers.
Common aquilegia (A. vulgaris) - purple flowers with a short spur.
Aquilegia olympic (A. olympica)- with drooping blue-white flowers.
Low (height 10-30 cm):
Aquilegia alpine (A. alpina)- purple flowers with a short spur.
Aquilegia fanata (A. flabellata)- large blue flowers with a pale yellow edge without spurs.
Aquilegia blue (A. caerulea)- flowers are blue and white, thin spurs.
Aquilegia canadensis (A. canadensis)- with red-yellow flowers.
The last two species are rock plants of North America.
Growing conditions. Sunny and semi-shaded areas with light sandy soils. After flowering, the above-ground parts of the plants are cut off, and new leaves grow by autumn.
Reproduction. Aquilegia are juveniles, so they are transplanted in the 3-4th year. They are easily propagated by seeds (sowing in spring or before winter); dividing the bush is poorly tolerated.
Self-seeding often appears. Planting density - 12 pcs. per 1 m2.
Boltonia (BOLTONIA). Family Asteraceae (Asteraceae).
Four species of tall perennial boltonia grow in the meadows of the eastern United States. Their height is up to 150 cm, the stems are branching, leafy with narrow linear leaves.
Numerous small (about 1 cm) baskets, white, pinkish, very elegant, collected in a loose brush.
Look at the photo of this meadow plant: the bush, despite its height, is very graceful and transparent.
Growing conditions. Sunny locations with rich, moist soils.
Reproduction. By seeds (sowing in spring) and dividing the bush (spring). Planting density - 5 pcs. per 1 m2.
What other plants are meadow plants?
Below are the names of meadow plants and their photos with descriptions.
Buzulnik (LIGULARIA). Family Asteraceae (Asteraceae).
Powerful herbaceous plants of the wet meadows of Asia. The leaves are large in a basal rosette, the stems are straight (80-120 cm) leafy; yellow baskets in corymbose or racemose inflorescences.
Types and varieties:
Buzulnik toothed(L. dentata = L. clivorum).
Buzulnik "Othello"
"Desdemona"- with dark-colored leaves, the leaves are large, kidney-shaped, large baskets in a corymbose inflorescence.
Buzulnik Hessey (L. x hessei).
Hybrid buzulnik serrated And Wilson's buzulnik.
Buzulnik Przhevalsky (L. przewalskii)- the only drought-resistant species of buzulniks with palmate leaves and a candle-shaped inflorescence.
Buzulnik narrow-headed (L. stenocephala), variety "The Rocket".
Wilson's Buzulnik (L wilsoniana)- with a pyramidal inflorescence.
Buzulnik Vicha (L. veitchiana)-the tallest buzulnik with heart-shaped, sharp-toothed leaves, the inflorescence is a spike.
Buzulnik Siberian (L. sibirica)- the leaves are round, the peduncle is straight, the inflorescence is spike-shaped.
Growing conditions. Sunny to semi-shaded areas with rich, moist soils.
Reproduction. By seeds (sowing before winter or spring) and dividing the bush (in spring). They are divided and replanted rarely (every 8-10 years). Planting density - 3 pcs. per 1 m2.
Cornflower (CENTAUREA). Family Asteraceae (Asteraceae).
A typical plant of temperate meadows of Eurasia and mountain meadows. Bushes with lyre-shaped or oval, often silvery leaves, collected in a basal rosette, and large bright basket-shaped flowers are very impressive. The baskets consist of numerous funnel-shaped flowers along the edge and small tubular ones in the middle.
Types and varieties. They grow in bushes:
- (S. montana)- used in culture more often than other species, it has lanceolate silvery leaves and deep blue-violet inflorescences.
Variety "Parham"- a basket of purple-lavender color.
cornflower "Alba"- white.
"Rosea" - pink.
"Violetta"- dark purple.
(C. macrocephala = Grossheimia macrocephala)- the tallest cornflower (up to 120 cm) with yellow capitate baskets.
(C. dealbata = Psephellus dealbatus) It is distinguished by very impressive dissected, grayish lyre-shaped leaves below and bright pink baskets.
In the variety "John Coutts" the middle flowers are yellow.
And "Sternbergii"- white.
Russian cornflower (C. ruthenica)- height 100-120 cm, light yellow basket with a diameter of 5-6 cm.
The thicket is formed by:
Cornflower soft (C. mollis)- can grow in partial shade, the leaves are oval, silvery, above them there are low (about 30 cm) flower stalks with blue baskets.
Fisher's cornflower(C. fischerii)- forms a loose thicket of silvery leaves 30-50 cm high, baskets are pink, fawn, lilac.
Growing conditions. Open sunny areas with fertile, loose, neutral, moderately moist soils.
Reproduction. Cornflowers grow quickly and reproduce well by dividing the bush (spring and late summer) and by seeds. Seeds can be sown before winter (October-November) and in early spring. Shoots appear quickly (in 10-12 days). Seedlings bloom in the second year. Planting density -3-9 pcs. per 1 m2.
Gaillardia. Family Asteraceae (Asteraceae).
Low-life perennials and annuals of dry meadows and prairies of North America. Straight, branched, pubescent stems up to 70 cm high extend from a shallowly located rhizome. The leaves are oval, the inflorescences look like yellow-red daisies on long stems.
Types and varieties:
Gaillardia grandiflora (G. grandiflora)- forms of the city of Ostaya.
Variety Dazzier- red center, orange border.
strong>"Croftway Jellow" - pure yellow.
"Mandarin"- red and yellow, their height is 50-70 cm.
Dwarf variety "Goblin".
Dwarf gaillardia variety "Kobold" 20 cm high, red with yellow tips.
Growing conditions. Sunny areas with loose soils.
Reproduction. By seeds (sown in spring), seedlings bloom in the second year; dividing the bush (in spring). It is necessary to divide and replant every 3-4 years. Planting density - 12 pcs. per 1 m2.
Heliopsis, sunflower (HELIOPSIS). Family Asteraceae (Asteraceae).
Perennials of meadows and prairies of North America. Tall compact bushes (up to 150 cm) of straight, branched, leafy (oblong leaves) stems. At the top of the stems there is a paniculate inflorescence of yellow baskets.
Types and varieties:
Heliopsis sunflower (H. helianthoides).
Heliopsis rough (H. scabra)- leaves are opposite and rough.
Terry varieties:
"Golden Plume"
"Goldefieder"(yellow basket with green center).
Non-double:
"Gigantea"
"Patula".
Growing conditions. Sunny areas with any dry soils.
Reproduction. By seeds (sowing before winter) and dividing the bush (in spring). Division and transplantation after 5-7 years. Planting density - 5 pcs. per 1 m2.
Doronicum, goat grass (DORONICUM). Family Asteraceae (Asteraceae).
The genus includes about 40 species growing in meadows and sparse forests of the temperate zone of Europe and Asia. These are rhizomatous plants with oval basal leaves and large (up to 12 cm in diameter) yellow “daisies” raised on high peduncles. All species are spring flowering, their leaves die off in mid-summer.
Types and varieties:
(D. orientale = D. caucasicum = D. cordatum)- a typical ephemeroid from the forests of the Caucasus with a long, clear-shaped rhizome, forms thickets, blooms in early spring.
"Little Leo"- low-growing variety.
(D. plantagineum)- plants from the meadows of the Pyrenees, the rhizome is short, clear-shaped, forms bushes up to 140 cm high, blooms in late spring.
Variety "Excelsum"(up to 100 cm high).
"Magnificum".
"Mme Mason."
A shorter variety of Doronicum - "Grandiflorum".
(D. austriacum)- baskets in a corymbose inflorescence, blooms later - in July, leaves persist until autumn.
Doronicum poisonous (D. pardalianches)- height up to 180 cm, shade-loving, forms abundant self-seeding, stable.
Growing conditions. Doronicum eastern is grown in shaded areas under the canopy of trees with loose forest soils; d. plantain grows well in sun and partial shade on loose, fertile soils. They are moisture-loving and cannot tolerate dry soil.
Reproduction. Rarely by seeds (sowing in spring), more often by sections of rhizomes with a renewal bud in the summer, after the end of flowering. Planting density - 9-12 pcs. per 1 m2.
Swimsuit (TROLLIUS). Ranunculaceae family.
A wonderful spring plant of wet meadows of Eurasia and North America. About 30 species are known, differing in flower shape. All have a powerful root system, beautiful palmate leaves on long petioles, collected in a dense bush, 30-70 cm high, spherical flowers (open or closed).
Species with spherical closed flowers, 50-70 cm high:
Asian swimsuit (T. asiaticus)- orange-red flowers (they are called “frying”).
(T. altaicus)- orange flowers with a dark spot (stamens) inside.
(T. chinensis)- blooms later than other species (at the end of June), the flower is orange with protruding orange nectaries.
(T. ledebourii)- a tall (up to 100 cm) plant with golden-orange flowers.
Hybrid swimsuit(T. xhybridus)- yellow, orange flowers, large, often double.
Species with a cup-shaped, more or less open flower, low (height 20-40 cm); yellow flowers:
Dzungarian swimsuit (T. dschungaricus).
Half-open swimsuit (T. patulus).
Dwarf swimsuit (T. pumilus).
Growing conditions. Sunny locations with rich, moist soils. Mulching with peat is recommended. Light shading possible.
Reproduction. By dividing the bush (spring, late summer), every 6-8 years. Freshly collected seeds (sowing before winter). Seedlings bloom in the 2-3rd year. Planting density - 9 pcs. per 1 m2.
Small petal (ERIGERON). Family Asteraceae (Asteraceae).
These beautiful plants, long known in cultivation, are also called lilac daisies. Of the almost 250 species of small petals, only 3-4 species are grown, and mostly cultivars and hybrid forms. These are perennial short-rhizome plants that form rather loose bushes, often with lodging stems. The leaves are oblong in a rosette, the inflorescence is a basket, usually in a corymbose inflorescence. Reed flowers are narrow, located in the same plane; the middle ones are yellow tubular. Bush height 30-60 cm.
Types and varieties:
Alpine small petal(E. alpinus)- height 30 cm, baskets lilac-pinkish.
Small petal hybrid (E. x hybridus).
Variety "Azure Beauty"- with blue flowers.
"Jewel Mix"- lilac-pink flowers.
"Summerneuschnee"- with white and pink baskets.
Beautiful small petal (E. speciosus)- from the mountain meadows of western North America, bush height up to 70 cm, baskets up to 6 cm in diameter, purple with a yellow center. Flowering is abundant, from mid-June to August. The seeds ripen in August.
Growing conditions. The plants are undemanding and prefer light, rich, moist soils and sunny habitats. After the end of flowering, the shoots are pruned.
Reproduction. By seeds (sowing in spring) and dividing the bush (in spring and late summer). Planting density - 9 pcs. per 1 m2.
Tansy (TANACETUM). Family Asteraceae (Asteraceae).
Tansy (T. vulgare)- a large (height 100-120 cm) plant from the meadows of Eurasia with a thick short rhizome, erect rigid stems, covered with pinnately divided, bristly, dark green leaves. Dense, flat, golden-yellow small baskets are collected in corymbose inflorescences at the ends of the stems.
Growing conditions. This type of meadow plant prefers sunny habitats and tolerates lack of moisture well. Stable and unpretentious. After flowering ends, prune.
Reproduction. By seeds (sowing in spring and autumn), by dividing the bush (in spring and late summer), by weeding. Planting density - 5 pcs. per 1 m2.
Beautiful meadow flowers
In this section you can familiarize yourself with the names of meadow flowers and see their photos.
Monarda. Family Lamiaceae (Labiaceae).
Monardas are beautiful meadow flowers that grow only in the temperate zone of North America in dry meadows and prairies. These are tall (up to 120 cm) long-rhizomatous perennials with a straight, hard, leafy stem and small fragrant flowers in racemose inflorescences located on it in tiers. The whole plant is fragrant.
Types and varieties:
Monarda doublet (M. didyma)- purple flowers in capitate inflorescence.
Monarda tubular(M. fistulosa)- taller and shade-tolerant species.
Monarda hybrid(M. x hybrida)- hybrids of double and tubular monarda.
Varieties with light, almost white flowers:
"Aquarius"
"Schneewittchen"
With pink flowers:
"Beauty of Cobham" "Croftway Pink".
With red flowers:
"Scorpion"
"Cambridge Scarlet"
Growing conditions. Sunny and semi-shaded places with loose fertile soils, without stagnant moisture.
Reproduction. By dividing the bush (in spring) and seeds (sowing before winter). A perennial plant, divided and replanted after 5-7 years. Planting density - 9 pcs. per 1 m2.
They are used in all types of flower beds, since monarda is consistently decorative, exudes aroma, and the bush holds its shape well. Suitable for cutting. Dry leaves are used for aromatherapy.
(BELLIS). Family Asteraceae (Asteraceae).
Perennial daisy (B. perennis)- a miniature compact plant growing in nature in wet meadows and forest clearings in Western Europe and Asia Minor. In cultivation, it is a short-lived (3-4 years), but rapidly growing perennial due to stolons, with a rosette of light green spatulate overwintering leaves pressed to the ground.
Numerous peduncles (10-20 cm high) with a single inflorescence-basket rise above them in May-June. There are many varieties, but nowadays double daisies with large spherical baskets with a diameter of 5-7 cm are more often grown:
Group "Monstrosa".
Bright Carpet.
Interesting pompom varieties - "Pomponnetta".
Growing conditions. This is a light-loving and moisture-loving plant; it blooms longer in slightly shaded places. In damp areas with stagnant moisture, it dampens out in winter.
In rainy summers, a second abundant flowering is observed - in August.
Reproduction. By seeds (sowing in spring), dividing the bush throughout the season. Replant every 2-3 years. Planting density - 25 pcs. per 1 m2.
Sunflower (HELIANTHUS). Family Asteraceae (Asteraceae).
The description of these meadow flowers is familiar to everyone: perennial sunflowers are tall (120-200 cm) perennials with erect, leafy stems, branched at the top.
The stems end in small yellow baskets with a diameter of 5-10 cm. They bloom in late summer - autumn.
Kinds:
Giant sunflower (H. giganteus)- leaves are broadly lanceolate, rough.
Ten-petalled sunflower (H. decapetaius).
Sunflower hard (H. rigidus)- blooms later than other species, the “Octoberfest” variety.
Willow sunflower (H. saicifoiius)- with narrower leaves.
Varieties:
Sunflower "Loddon GoLd"- terry.
Sunflower "Triumph de Gand"
"SoLieL d'Or"- semi-double.
Growing conditions. Sunny locations with rich neutral soils. Tolerate lack of moisture.
Reproduction. By seeds (sowing in spring), dividing the bush (in spring). Replant and divide every 3-4 years. Planting density - 3-5 pcs. per 1 m2.
Poskonnik (EUPATORIUM). Family Asteraceae (Asteraceae).
Tall (up to 150 cm) short-rhizome perennials from wet meadows and forest clearings of the Far East and eastern regions of North America. Most of the 600 known species are tropical, and only 5-6 species grow in the temperate zone. They form tall (120-150 cm) bushes from hard, straight, densely leafed stems. The leaves are oval and hairy. Small baskets in wide corymbose inflorescences, from light pink to purple.
Types and varieties:
Spotted sapling (E. maculatum), variety "Atropurpureum".
strong>Purple sapling (E. purpureum)– dark pink inflorescences.
Wrinkled sapling (E. rugosum)- fawn-colored inflorescences, “Chocolate” variety with dark purple leaves.
-Glen's sill (E. glehnii)- pinkish flowers, blooms earlier than other species (in mid-July).
Pierced leaf sapling (E. perfoliatum)- grasslands of the eastern USA.
Growing conditions. Sunny or slightly shaded locations with moist, rich soils respond well to the addition of peat.
Reproduction. By seeds (sowing in spring) and dividing the bush (in spring). Planting density - 5 pcs. per 1 m2.
Ratibida. Family Asteraceae (Asteraceae).
Perennial of dry meadows and prairies of western North America. The root is thick, taprooted, the leaves are lanceolate. An interesting basket of yellow ligulate flowers and a highly prominent central part of small brown tubular ones.
Types and varieties:
Ratibida columnata (R. columnaria)- height about 50 cm.
Ratibida pinnata (R. pinnata).
Growing conditions. Sunny areas with dry sandy soils.
Reproduction. By seeds (sown in spring), seedlings bloom in the 2nd year. Planting density - 12 pcs. per 1 m2.
Used as part of mixed flower beds, especially the “natural garden” type.
Rudbeckia (RUDBECKIA). Family Asteraceae (Asteraceae).
Plants of meadows and prairies of North America. Unpretentious. Their basket-shaped inflorescences, always yellow, with a convex black-brown center, are valued in culture. The roots are fibrous, shallow; sometimes a rhizome is formed.
Types and varieties:
(R. fulgida) forms compact, densely leafy bushes 40-60 cm high.
Best variety "Goldstorm"- blooms profusely for almost two months with yellow “daisies” and quickly forms a clump.
Rudbeckia is beautiful (R. speciosa)- juvenile (3-4 years), multi-colored baskets (yellow-brown).
Rudbeckia dissected (R. lacinata)- height 100-200 cm, quickly forms a thicket.
Variety "Golden Ball"("Gold Quelle")- an excellent resistant perennial.
Growing conditions. Sunny and slightly shaded areas with rich, loose, moderately moist soils.
Reproduction. By seeds (sown in spring), seedlings bloom in the 2nd year. By dividing the bush (in spring). Planting density - 9 pcs. per 1 m2.
Highlander (POLYGONUM = PERSICARIA). Buckwheat family.
A large genus (about 150 species), species of which grow all over the Earth: in the steppes, meadows, mountains, and water. They have dense lanceolate leaves and terminal spike-shaped inflorescences. In central Russia, perennials are grown.
Types and varieties:
Highlander related (P. affine = Persicaria affinis)- ground cover perennial from the rocks of the Himalayas, 10-25 cm high, leaves are dense, lanceolate, wintering, inflorescences of small pink flowers.
Variety "Darjeeling Red".
Highlander snake (P. bistorta = Persicaria bistorta)- a plant of wet meadows of the temperate zone of Eurasia with a thickened tuberous rhizome, height up to 100 cm, spike of pink flowers.
Highlander splayed-ram(P. divaricatum)- up to 150 cm high, large spreading panicle, consistently decorative appearance.
Weyrich Highlander(P. weyrichii)- a plant of the meadows of the Far East, 200 cm high, white flowers in a racemose inflorescence, forms dense thickets.
Sakhalin knotweed (P. sachalinense)- up to 200 cm high, a powerful plant with a long rhizome, from the meadows of Sakhalin, forms thickets of stems leafy with large oval leaves, white flowers in a racemose inflorescence.
Amphibian knotweed (P. amphibium)- up to 70 cm high, semi-aquatic.
Growing conditions. G. related - a plant in sunny areas with loose sandy soils and moderate moisture, other species prefer sunny or slightly shaded places with rich, moist soils; The amphibian grows in shallow water.
Reproduction. Rhizome segments (at the end of summer) and summer cuttings. Planting density - depending on the size of the plant from 3 to 20 pcs. per 1 m2.
The related knotweed is used in rockeries and borders; the city of snakes - as part of mixed flower beds, in “natural garden” groups; tall bushy mountaineers use them to decorate fences and buildings. All species are interesting for cutting.
Goldenrod, golden rod (SOLIDAGO). Family Asteraceae (Asteraceae).
Perennial tall rhizomatous plants of wet meadows and forest glades of North America. Types of meadows in Europe and Siberia are not decorative. Bushes of erect, hard, leafy stems 40-200 cm high. These meadow flowers got their name for their color - large paniculate inflorescences of yellow-golden tones rise above the bushes at the end of summer. They consist of small baskets (from a distance similar to mimosa flowers) and are either light, openwork, or dense, spike-shaped, green-yellow or yellow-orange.
Types and varieties:
Goldenrod highest(S. altissima), short rhizome, dense bush.
Hybrid goldenrod (S. x hybrida).
"Perkeo"
goldenrod "Baby Gold"
"GoLdstrahL"
"Laurin"
"Strahlencrone"
"Dzintra"
"Kronenstrahl"
"Fruhgold"
"Spatgold"
Goldenrod wrinkled (S. rugosa)- height 200 cm, forms thickets, panicles are long and drooping.
Growing conditions. Sunny or slightly shaded areas with moist clay-rich soils.
Reproduction. By dividing the bush (in spring or after the end of flowering in autumn). It grows quickly, so it needs to be divided every 4-5 years. Planting density - 5 pcs. per 1 m2.
Eriophyllum (ERIOPHYLLUM). Family Asteraceae (Asteraceae).
Eriophyllum woolly (E. lanatum)- a perennial herbaceous plant of dry meadows and prairies of North America. The bush is quite dense, with erect shoots 30-40 cm high.
As can be seen in the photo, these meadow flowers have narrowly dissected, densely pubescent leaves, the inflorescence is a golden “daisy” with a diameter of about 4 cm.
Growing conditions. Sunny areas with light, well-drained soils.
Reproduction. By seeds (sown in spring), seedlings bloom in the 2nd year. It is possible to divide the bush in spring and late summer. Planting density - 9 pcs. per 1 m2.
, Oslinnik (OENOTHERA). Fireweed family.
Perennial rhizomatous plants, mainly from the grasslands of North America. The stems are rigidly pubescent, numerous, with simple oval leaves and large fragrant flowers in racemes or solitary. Opened at night or in cloudy weather.
Types and varieties:
(O. missouriensis = O. macrocarpa)- 20 cm high, creeping, with yellow flowers.
(O. speciosa)- 50 cm high, young plant with pink flowers.
Evening primrose quadrangularis (O. tetragona = O. fruticosa)- 90 cm high, yellow flowers.
Variety "Fyrverkeri"
Evening primrose "Longest Day"
Growing conditions. Sunny areas with rich, well-drained, calcareous soils.
Reproduction. By seeds (sown in spring), seedlings bloom in the 2nd year. By dividing the bush (in spring and late summer). Planting density - 12 pcs. per 1 m2.
Low ones are used in rockeries and borders, high ones - in mixborders.
Daylily, red daylily (HEMEROCALLIS). Lily family.
About 20 species are known, mostly growing in grasslands in East Asia. The bush is large, up to 100 cm high, with a powerful deep root system (sometimes short stolons are formed).
Pay attention to the photo of these meadow flowers: evening primrose leaves are xiphoid, curved; The flowers are funnel-shaped, large (up to 12 cm long), wide open (in sunny weather), collected in a paniculate inflorescence (from 10 to 40 flowers), live for one day.
Types and varieties:
Daylily brown-yellow (H. fulva)- brown-yellow flowers and a large bush.
Small daylily (H. minor)- the most drought-resistant species with a small bush of narrow grass-like leaves and an inflorescence of small light yellow flowers.
Daylily Dumortier (H. dumortieri)- compact bush, orange flowers.
(H. middendorffii)- fragrant orange flowers.
Lemon yellow daylily (H. citrina)- distinguished by a lemon-yellow elongated flower.
Hybrid daylily (H. x hybrida)- hybrids of complex origin with flowers of all colors (except blue and dark blue) and different flowering periods.
There are 10,000 known varieties, the following groups are distinguished: early (late May-June), middle (June-July), late (August-September); by color (single-color, two-color, multi-color).
Interesting modern varieties with white (fawn) flowers with an “eye” in the center:
Day-lily "Radiant Greetings"- brown “eye” on a yellow background.
"Edna Jean"- crimson “eye” on a pink background.
Growing conditions. Sunny (or slightly shaded) places with rich, normally moist soils.
Reproduction. By dividing the bush (once every 10-12 years) in early spring or late summer.
(TRADESCANTIA) . Family Commelinaceae.
Herbaceous perennials growing in meadows and prairies of North America, form dense bushes 50–80 cm high from saber-shaped basal lanceolate leaves.
The flowers are three-petalled, large (diameter 4–5 cm), flat, in an umbellate inflorescence. The flowering of this specimen is long, but not friendly, since 2–3 flowers are open at the same time.
Types and varieties:
Tradescantia Anderson (T. x andersoniana)– hybrid.
Variety "Innocence"- almost white.
"Karminglute"- red.
"Leonora"- dark purple.
Osprey- light with a blue center.
Tradescantia "Rubra".
"Charlotte"- bright purple.
Tradescantia virginiana (T. virginiana)- pink-violet flowers.
Tradescantia Ohio (T. ohiensis)- height up to 100 cm, leaves narrower, linear, flowers bluish in a bunch, drought-resistant.
Growing conditions. Sunny places with fertile, normally moist soils. Plants are unpretentious.
Reproduction. By seeds (sown before winter), seedlings bloom in the 2nd year. By dividing the bush (in spring and late summer). Planting density - 12 pcs. per 1 m2.
Used in flower beds of any type.
Physostegia (PHYSOSTEGIA). Lamiaceae family.
Physostegia virginiana (P. virginiana)- tall (80-110 cm) perennial from the wet meadows of North America. It quickly forms a thicket thanks to its long branching rhizomes. Strong, dense stems are covered with lanceolate, light green leaves. The inflorescence is spike-shaped, terminal, and purple in the species.
Varieties:
"Bouquet Rose"- height 70 cm.
"Summer Snow"- 80 cm high, white flowers.
"Variegata".
Growing conditions. Sunny or semi-shaded locations with rich, moist soils.
Reproduction. By seeds (sowing in spring) and dividing the bush (in spring and autumn). Planting density - 16 pcs. per 1 m2.
Looks good in separate spots under the canopy of rare trees, as part of “natural garden” flower beds, in mixed flower beds (limit growth); for cutting
Meadow grasses with photos, names and descriptions
Photos of meadow grasses, their names and descriptions can be found below.
. Family Asteraceae (Asteraceae).
Large grasses from North American grasslands. Straight, branched stems at the top are covered with lanceolate leaves. Large flowers are solitary or in a loose corymb. According to legend, the name of this meadow grass is given by the name of the beautiful Helen, the wife of Menelaus, who has the same beautiful golden curls as helenium petals.
Types and varieties:
Variety "Altgoldrise" with yellow marginal flowers in strokes.
Helenium "Gartensonne"- marginal flowers are bright yellow, middle flowers are yellow-brown.
"Katharina"- marginal flowers are dark yellow, tubular flowers are brown.
"Moerheim Beauty"- yellow basket.
"Die Blonde"- red-brown, etc.
Helenium Hupa (H. hoopesii)- flowers are orange-yellow, bloom in June, height 40-50 cm.
Growing conditions. Sunny areas with loose garden soils and good moisture. Planting density - 5 pcs. per 1 m2.
Reproduction. These meadow grasses reproduce in spring with young rosettes. Divide and replant every 3-4 years.
(COREOPSIS). Family Asteraceae (Asteraceae).
Perennial grasses from North American grasslands. Numerous branching stems 60-80 cm high, covered with leaves, extend from a dense short rhizome.
As you can see in the photo, these meadow grasses have bright yellow inflorescences-baskets, similar to daisies.
Types and varieties:
Most often cultivated coreopsis grandiflora(C. grandiflora)- it has pinnately dissected leaves and large baskets (up to 6 cm in diameter).
Variety "Domino"-yellow with a dark center, height 40 cm.
"Lous d'Or"- semi-double, height 90 cm.
"Sanrai"- double flowers, height 60 cm.
(C. verticillata)- characterized by a compact, spherical bush and narrow linear leaves.
Variety Grandiflora- height up to 80 cm.
Coreopsis "Zagreb"- low-growing (25 cm) bush.
Growing conditions. The plants are undemanding and grow well in any soil, in sun or partial shade.
Reproduction. Seeds (sowing in spring and before winter). Seedlings bloom in the 2nd year. It is possible to divide the bush (in spring and late summer). Planting density - 9 pcs. per 1 m2.
Nivyanik, popovnik (LEUCANTHEMUM = CHRYSANTHEMUM). Family Asteraceae (Asteraceae).
Short-rhizome herbs of meadows of Europe and Asia. The stems are straight, few-branched, leafy, 80-100 cm high. The leaves are entire. Inflorescences are large baskets located at the ends of the stems. The marginal flowers are white, the middle ones are yellow.
Types and varieties:
Daisy, or meadow chamomile (L. vulgare = Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)- blooms in early June.
Variety "Hofenkrone".
"May Queen"
Nivyanik is the largest (L. maximum = Chrysanthemum maximum)- blooms from the beginning of July.
Variety "Alaska"
"Polaris"
"Little Princess"- with large baskets.
Variety "Aglay"
"Exhibition"
"Wirral Supreme"- terry baskets.
Growing conditions. Sunny areas with fertile clay, normally moist soil.
Reproduction. By seeds (sown in spring), seedlings bloom by autumn, and by dividing the bush (in early spring and late summer). The plant is a young plant, so division must be carried out every 3 years. Planting density - 9 pcs. per 1 m2.
Heuchera (HEUCHERA). Saxifraga family.
Plants of dry grasslands, rocks and prairies of North America. About 50 species of perennial grasses are known. Heucheras form a dense, rounded, low (20-50 cm) bush of numerous rosettes. The leaves are round, with a serrated edge, on long petioles, overwintering. At the height of summer, numerous delicate paniculate inflorescences of small bell-shaped flowers rise above the bushes. They bloom long and profusely. The seeds ripen in September.
Only a few species are used in culture:
-Heuchera americana (H. americana)- leaves are bluish, flowers are small, greenish, few in number.
Variety "Persian Carpet".
Heuchera villosa (H. villosa)- a plant of dry forests with large green leaves and a loose panicle of white flowers.
Heuchera blood red (H. sanguinea)- leaves are reddish, flowers are pink or red in a loose multi-flowered panicle, this species is the basis of most hybrids.
Heuchera parviflora(H. micrantha)- known for its variety "Palace Purple" with large purple leaves.
Heuchera tremulosa (H. x brizoides)- garden hybrid.
Variety "Plue de Feu"
"Rakete"
"Silberregen".
Heuchera hybrid(H. x hybrida)- in recent years, numerous varieties have been obtained with leaves of different colors (pinkish, silvery, red, brown, with colored veins, etc.).
Particularly interesting varieties are:
"Prince"- with green flowers and red-silver leaves.
"Regina"- coral-colored flowers.
"Peter Veil"- red-silver leaves with dark veins.
"Plum Pudding"- leaves are dark red, corrugated.
"Silver Indiana".
Growing conditions. Sunny and slightly shaded areas with rich, neutral, moderately moist soils.
Reproduction. By dividing the bush (in spring and late summer). Species can be propagated by seeds (sowing in spring). Seedlings bloom in the 3rd year. Divide and replant every 4-5 years.
Planting density - 9 pcs. per 1 m2.
Houstonia (HOUSTONIA). Madder family.
Low-growing (10-15 cm) grasses from wet meadows and cliffs of eastern North America.
Types and varieties:
Houstonia blue(H. caerulea).
Variety "Millard's Variety"- with bright blue flowers.
Houstonia thymefolia (H. serpyllifolia).
Growing conditions. These perennial meadow grasses prefer semi-shaded areas with moist soils.
Reproduction. By seeds and dividing the bush (at the end of summer). Planting density - 16 pcs. per 1 m2.
Red clover plant and its photo
Family of peas (legumes).
The plant is a perennial with trifoliate leaves and flowers in capitate inflorescences. Grows in temperate zone meadows. Height ranges from 10 cm for creeping species to 90 cm for bush species. Good honey plants, improve soil structure.
Types and varieties:
Variety "Pentaphyllum"- green-purple leaves, white flowers, height 20 cm.
"Quadrifolium"- with four brown leaves, forms a carpet.
Clover red (T. rubens)- height 60 cm, flowers lilac-red, grows as a bush.
Growing conditions. Sunny places with any soil. Unpretentious.
Reproduction. This type of meadow grass is propagated by seeds (sowing before winter), by dividing the bush (in spring and late summer). Planting density - 9-16 pcs. per 1 m2.
Low clover forms mats and covers the soil well on slopes. Tall ones are interesting in mixed flower beds, where they improve the soil.
Which are well known or still unknown, can take place both in the shade and in a sunny place. They can be planted in the center of a flower arrangement or in the background. In a flowerbed, alpine hill or rock garden, they create an atmosphere of airiness, freshness and lightness. Among them there are small and tall flowers, shrubs and subshrubs, vines and hanging species.
Delicate lobelia
This is a plant that pale blue flowers, can be planted not only in a flower bed, but also in hanging baskets, balcony boxes, flower pots. Blooming lobelia resembles a blue ball. This flower looks good in a group, for example, with petunia, or in a separate planting.
Lobelia belongs to the bellflower family. Depending on the variety, lobelia can be:
- Bush - forms a dense, low, profusely flowering ball in which leaves are invisible.
- Ampelous - this species is more difficult to care for, flowering is not so abundant.
In mid-July, when the formation of new flowers stops, the bush should be trimmed, leaving 5-10 cm, after which the lobelia will bloom again.
climbing clematis
This perennial herbaceous or woody plant, also called clematis, belongs to the buttercup family. A blue flower whose name comes from the Greek “klema”, meaning liana. Clematis flowers can be not only blue, but also blue and dark red.
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Clematis are valued because they grow by clinging to supports, so this decoration will enliven a fence, pergola or gazebo. They are planted at the beginning of summer in a well-lit place protected from the winds. After planting, you must immediately install the support. Caring for the plant consists of watering, loosening, mulching the soil with peat or humus. Fertilizing with complete mineral fertilizer or wood ash.
Fluffy ageratum
This plant belongs to the Asteraceae family. It is easy to care for and blooms profusely; its flowers look like fluffy stars. In the wild, ageratum is a perennial, but the one that grows in flower beds is an annual. They can be used to decorate borders, alpine slides and outdoor flowerpots. Ageratum flowers delight all summer and last until frost. The following varieties have blue and blue shades:
Beautiful and unpretentious annual flowers
Lupine and delphinium
Dwarf lupine is ideal for decorating a flower garden with a predominance of blue and blue tones. If you give this flower a large area, it will look very advantageous. Lupine can grow from 15 to 50 cm in height; flower plantings should not be thickened, because they need a lot of space for full development. The distance between flowers can reach 50 cm. In this case, it will be able to form not only one, but several side shoots. Intertwined with each other, they look very impressive.
If you leave enough distance between flowers, lupine will bloom longer - up to 2 months. After flowering ends, fruits with seeds are formed. Next year they can be planted in open ground at the end of April or beginning of May.
Blue delphinium looks good in group plantings behind low plants due to its high growth, which can be from 80 to 250 cm. With good care, it reproduces on its own, so you need to control this process. The leaves of blue delphinium are very decorative, deeply divided, most are concentrated at the bottom of the stem. Delphinium blooms in June - July; its large flowers are up to 5 cm in diameter.
The soil for planting delphinium should be loamy or sandy loam, containing organic nutrients, and well drained. The plant needs to be watered two to three times a week, applying fertilizer only during active growth.
Unusual hydrangea
This garden shrub will decorate landscape compositions, gazebos and paths. Hydrangeas with blue flowers are a large-leaved variety of hydrangea. They have rounded inflorescences that bloom long and profusely. Blue flowers have the following varieties:
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Many varieties are able to change their color from one to another within one summer on their own. If you want to change the color of the bush, you need to water it with a solution of aluminum alum during budding (2 liters of water per 1 teaspoon of alum). In this case, the white hydrangea will turn blue, the pink hydrangea will turn lilac, and the purple hydrangea will turn blue.
Heliotrope and Brunnera
Heliotrope has small blue flowers, the name of which is translated from Greek as “revolving behind the sun.” It is from the borage family, most of whose representatives are subshrubs and herbaceous plants. Heliotrope is valued not only for its blue flowers, but also for its characteristic vanilla aroma.
Hybrid types of heliotrope can be blue, white, or dark blue. In Russia, only annual heliotropes are grown due to the winter cold.
The variety “Sea Breeze” belongs to the corymbose variety. Its small flowers look like ripples appearing on the water. The height of the bush can be 40−45 cm. Suitable for growing on borders.
Brunner is another representative of the borage family. It begins to bloom one of the first - in April, flowering continues for a month. This plant requires little care; it grows independently and forms beautiful thickets.
Brunnera can be planted in partial shade or shade; it is winter-hardy and can grow in one place for up to 15 years. The best places to plant brunners may be:
A place where there is sunlight in the morning and shade the rest of the time is suitable for planting. The soil should be moist and loosened, but without fresh organic fertilizers. If it is possible to plant brunnera near the northern wall of the house, this would be the best option.
Linen blue
This perennial has sky-blue flowers, thin but strong stems that grow up to 35 cm. The flower is five-petaled, 3 cm in diameter, the leaves are small. A flower opens and blooms for only one day, but the next day it is replaced by hundreds of others. Within two months the bush will be covered with a soft blue cloud.
Not a single modern garden can manage with flower crops of various shades. Bright blue flowers are rare in the plant world, and if they appear in the garden, they testify to the nobility and aesthetic romanticism of the owners of the site. True, so that the excessive use of cold blue flowers in gardens and flower beds does not lead to depression, experienced designers strive to balance it with pastel colors.
Agapanthus
Agapanthus (or African lily) is a herbaceous plant with bright blue lily flowers, which are collected in umbrella inflorescences. Moreover, their number on one long peduncle can reach 150 pieces. It blooms for a short time, from June to July, loves sunny places, in places with frosty winters it needs to be dug up, and plants in containers should be moved indoors for wintering. The African lily looks good along paths, near the walls of buildings, and in a flowerbed it will create the main accent.
Ageratum
These small, fragrant flowers look great against the backdrop of lush green leaves with jagged edges. Ageratum inflorescences can be blue, purple, white or pink. All these colors harmonize perfectly, so a monoflower made of ageratum of various colors looks very impressive.
Aconite
Wolfsbane (or wolfsbane) is a graceful herbaceous plant with flowers that resemble helmets. And this is not without reason. The bright blue “panicles” are best admired from a distance. All parts of aconite are highly poisonous. Suitable for small group or single plantings. Looks good in mixborders. It blooms from July to the end of September and is quite winter-hardy.
Periwinkle
This evergreen creeping plant blooms in April. It is ideal for growing on rocky slopes, in shady gardens and in the foreground of mixed borders.
Mountain cornflower
Unusually persistent, despite its external fragility, the flower, which has received the “status” of a mountain flower for its endurance, will be an excellent addition to a ridge or rockery. Mountain cornflower does not bloom for long, but early, already in May. The flowers are slightly larger than those of blue cornflower.
Veronica dubravnaya
The simple blue flowers of Veronica will add charm and grace to your garden. It’s not for nothing that the flower was given a feminine name. Veronica is unpretentious, undemanding to the composition and moisture of the soil, and is not afraid of the shade. Although under its rays it looks brighter and more elegant. A modest flower will decorate a border, a rock garden, will become a wonderful frame for a pond, and will look good at the foot of trees and next to even such luxurious flowers as roses.
Heliotrope
Heliotrope peduncles with small blue-violet flowers collected in corymbose inflorescences are always facing the sun. Therefore, the name of this plant comes from the Greek words “helios” - sun and “tropos” - turn. Heliotrope looks great in borders and mixborders next to salvia, tuberous begonia and petunia.
Hyacinth
In early spring, green pointed tubes hatch from the ground, from which dense inflorescences with numerous flowers (up to 30 pieces) tubular, bell-shaped or funnel-shaped appear. Hyacinths exude a rich, pleasant aroma. These plants are planted in picturesque mono- or multi-colored groups next to trees and shrubs or along the garden path.
Gentian
It is among the gentians that there are specimens with such an intense shade of blue-blue petals that you can imagine. Most species are listed in the Red Book, so when planting gentian on your site, make sure that it is not protected by law. The flower is unpretentious, has little demands on the composition of the soil, except that it loves the sun and moist soil, but it will not cause trouble to the gardener. Depending on the species, it blooms from mid-May to late autumn. Used in borders, rock gardens, rockeries.
Garden hydrangea
Of all the varieties of hydrangea, only garden hydrangea is capable of changing the color of its inflorescences: from deep pink to sky blue. The color change can be controlled, but you should take care of this in advance (in the spring), because when the flowers bloom, it will be too late - hydrangea reaches full flowering in August. The petals acquire a blue color in an acidic environment when alkaline soil is watered with a solution of iron salts.
Delphinium
This plant is often called larkspur, or spur. Delphinium prefers sunny and windless areas with light soil where water does not stagnate.
Creeping tenacious
The name of this plant literally “speaks” for itself. The tenacious plant (sometimes called ayuga) is frost- and drought-resistant, undemanding to the type of soil, and also grows very actively. So it will quickly cover any bald spots on the site with a pleasant decorative “carpet”. The plant is also good to use in border planting, on an alpine hill in combination with delphinium or irises. Blooms in late spring - early summer. Flowering lasts only 2-3 weeks, but the charming blue “panicles” of the tenacious plant will create bright color accents in the flowerbeds.
morning glory
This climbing vine with beautiful heart-shaped leaves and large funnel-shaped flowers decorates the garden from early summer until frost. Morning glory is an ideal plant for arches and pergolas.
Iris
The unusual shape of the irises flower resembles an orchid. In the middle zone, flowering occurs in May-June. At the same time, iris has no less spectacular leaves: sword-shaped, fleshy, dark green.
Karyopteris
A low-growing bush of karyopteris (or nutwing) with erect branches and blue flowers that attract bees with their aroma. Blooms in the year of planting. Externally, the flowering plant resembles the fluffy bright tail of a peacock. Karyopteris is not particularly frost-resistant; in cold winters it can freeze, so it needs shelter. Looks good in the foreground of flower arrangements, in borders and rock gardens. A feature of the plant (pleasant for some, but not so much for others) is its abundant self-seeding.
Clematis
Charming clematis is quite picky. It needs regular watering (at least 1-2 times a week), loosening the soil, timely removal of weeds, organic fertilizing 2 times a month throughout the growing season, pruning and covering for the winter. In addition, this plant loves light, nutritious and loose soil, and does not tolerate strong winds and stagnant water. But if these requirements are met, the plant will delight with abundant flowering.
Bell
Delicate bells bloom from 15 to 90 days. They prefer well-lit areas, but can also grow in partial shade. Only a few varietal plants need shelter, and most species develop well without special care.
Crocus
Or saffron. This low-growing (about 10 cm high) small-bulbous primrose with attractive glass-shaped flowers looks most impressive in rock gardens, among grass under the canopy of trees and in group plantings in combination with other spring plants.
Lavender
Graceful lavender fills the garden with a pleasant aroma. Small blue-violet flowers go well with pink and yellow plants. However, residents of areas with an unstable climate will have to make a lot of effort to grow lavender in their area: this plant is quite heat-loving.
Linen blue
From flax you can not only make natural fabric, it will decorate a flower bed, garden bed, rock garden or mixborder. The flowers of the ornamental plant can be of different colors (yellow, purple, red), but traditional blue flax is especially popular. It is easily propagated by seeds, prefers well-lit areas, and requires regular weeding and treatment against pests (flax flea beetle).
Lobelia
This unassuming plant is most often grown in gardens as an annual. Lobelia has thin, branching stems covered with green leaves. The two-lipped flowers, located on short stalks, appear in all their glory from June to September. Depending on the variety, they are white, purple, dark blue, violet or light blue.
Meconopsis alphabetifolia
The second name of this plant is Himalayan blue poppy. Growing this flower with delicate petals in the middle zone is a real test even for experienced gardeners - this “sissy” does not tolerate dry air and little rain in the summer. It blooms from mid-June to the end of August (if faded flowers are removed in a timely manner). Looks good on monoflower beds. Combines with aquilegia, hosta, low grasses, and ferns.
Ball-headed Echinops
This plant got its Latin name (echinops - hedgehog-like) for its unusual appearance. Single pale blue flowers on a long (up to 170 cm) erect stem truly resemble hedgehogs studded with needles. Mordovnik is very unpretentious, loves sunny and dry places, blooms from July to August. In the garden it will be a decoration for a two-tiered shed and will look nice along the walls. When dried, it is suitable for creating floral arrangements.
Muscari
Thin and graceful mouse hyacinths with a slight musk scent look great in a mixborder, garden bed, and small clearing in front of the house. Muscari are unpretentious, but cannot tolerate stagnant water in the soil, so it is not recommended to plant them in lowlands.
Forget-me-not
This low-growing perennial with small blue flowers brightens the garden in spring and summer. Forget-me-not looks best in group plantings near bodies of water.
Nemophila
Growing nemophila is not difficult. The plant is unpretentious, only very sensitive to watering, it looks good in a monoflower bed, where it will create a luxurious continuous carpet the color of the sky in the clouds. It will perfectly shade coniferous plants, become a picturesque frame for a pond, and in a rock garden it will resemble a blue stream winding among the stones.
borage
Or borage. This is one of the few herbaceous plants, all parts of which are edible. Bright blue “stars” with cucumber flavor are truly exotic! They can be candied, and then they become a delicacy, or canned and served as an unusual snack. Borage likes soil that is not too wet, grows well in partial shade, and blooms from June to September. And in the flowerbed it is simply beautiful in its own right.
Pimpernel
Or Anagallis. Such a deep blue color as these flowers have is not found in any known plant. Even eyes don't have such a rich color. The vibrant color will create a feeling of freshness and coolness in the garden. The plant is planted in borders and rockeries; flowering begins in May and does not stop until the first frost.
Pericallis
Or cineraria. An annual herbaceous plant with flowers of various bright colors, reminiscent of daisies. Flowers collected in baskets will look good framed along paths, in borders and mixborders. Loves moist air, prefers warm and well-lit places, but not in direct sunlight. You can grow pericallis in pots, which are good for decorating the veranda in summer.
Petunia
In flower beds and on the balcony, petunia is usually grown as an annual. This plant amazes with the variety of shades of flowers. The most commonly seen petunias are blue, purple, pink, white and bicolor. They perfectly decorate flower beds, ridges and borders.
Scilla
Or Scylla. Tiny blueberries bloom in early spring (in the middle zone - in April) for 15-20 days, so they are often mistakenly called snowdrops. Scylla prefers loose and well-moistened soil, is undemanding to lighting and unpretentious in care.
Spring umbilicalus
Externally, the umbilical cord resembles a forget-me-not, only its pale blue flowers are slightly larger. It blooms throughout May, covering the flowerbed with an azure carpet. At the beginning of summer, creeping shoots form on the plant, which is why the umbilical cord is also called “creeping forget-me-not.” It tolerates adverse weather conditions well, such as frost, drought, etc., and resists diseases and pests.
Pushkinia
Pushkinia is a relative of hyacinth. And it is often called dwarf hyacinth. Blue or white bell-shaped flowers, collected in racemes, bloom in the spring at the same time as other primroses.
Pig
Or plumbago. This shrub is an evergreen vine whose drooping shoots need support. Delicate blue flowers bloom on them all summer. In the conditions of the middle zone, it is risky to grow pigweed in the garden - it looks beautiful in front gardens, but may not survive the frosty winter, but in an indoor culture the plant will feel good - it is unpretentious and calmly tolerates dry air.
Eryngium flatifolia
This perennial plant, up to 1 m high, is popularly called “blue thorn”. The eryngium is unusual in that it is completely blue - from the stem with rosettes of thin prickly leaves to the umbrella-shaped silver-blue inflorescences. Honey plant, blooms in June-July, used in folk medicine. It looks good in a natural style garden, creates a color accent in flower gardens, and is suitable for making dry bouquets.
Common bruise
Bruise loves to grow where even the most unpretentious wild plants “run away in panic” - in ditches, wastelands, slopes, and sun-drenched forest edges. A distinctive feature of the plant is its long stems (100-180 cm), densely strewn with bright blue flowers that look like bells. Common blueberry is an excellent honey plant that blooms from June until almost September. Has medicinal properties.
Phlox
This is an ideal plant for rocky hills and flower beds located in a well-lit area. In May-June, loose phlox bushes (up to 30 cm high) with branching stems “flare up” with the lights of their small bluish-lilac flowers, collected in corymbose inflorescences.
Chionodoxa Lucilia
"Twin sister" scilla. However, the difference between the two plants is clearly visible. The shape of Chionodoxa flowers resembles blue stars, while those of Scilla have drooping bells. Blooms in March-April. Loves sunny lawns, but feels good in light shade, except that it blooms later. Flowering lasts about a month. Delicate flowers look good in flower beds and alpine hills, combined with other ephemeroids (early flowering plants), especially contrasting in color.
Ceratostigma Wilmott
A small (no higher than 1 m) perennial shrub blooms in August. The peak of ceratostigma flowering occurs in autumn. Then, against the background of gradually reddening leaves, its electric blue flowers look especially impressive. The plant prefers well-lit, sunny areas and light soil with drainage.
Chicory
Chicory is a wild medicinal plant with beautiful pale blue flowers. It grows everywhere - along roads, in forest clearings, meadows. In cultivation it is grown in the same way as table beets. A natural coffee substitute is prepared from the bitter-sweet roots of varietal chicory.
Damascus nigella
Or nigella. Nigella looks very good in dry bouquets - its baskets with seeds resemble poppy seeds. By the way, the seeds of the plant are black cumin, widely used in oriental cuisine. Nigella loves bright sun and nutritious soil and does not tolerate waterlogging. Pale blue double flowers will transform even the most inconspicuous wall of a building or a monotonous fence along which they will be planted. Plus, the plant has medicinal properties.
Sage
Or salvia. This healing subshrub (up to 75 cm high) with two-lipped blue-violet, pink or white flowers emitting a tart aroma blooms from late May to July. Sage is a heat-loving plant, so in the middle zone it needs to be well covered for the winter.
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