Annuals Plants – an Easy way to Decorate a Flower Garden

These are species, varieties that are sown in the open ground. Their advantages: there is no need to grow through seedlings, quickly germinate, a short period from germination to flowering.

All of them are unpretentious, drought-resistant, prefer open Sunny places with light, well-drained sandy loam or loamy soils. They are indispensable if some of the species have not risen, and in the flower garden there were voids. Moreover, they are decorative in the early stages of development of fine foliage. What are these cultures? With many of you, of course, are already familiar.

Centaurea cyanus

One of my favorite flowers. The richness of varieties with blue, purple, blue, pink, white colors makes it possible to enter it in colorful flower beds in rural style, Moorish lawn.

Its parameters are: the height is 20-80 cm, width — 15 cm Photophilous, hygrophilous. To obtain 100 plants need 1 g of seeds (1 g — 220-300 PCs). Seedlings emerge in 7-10 days after sowing. Duration of flowering 50-80 days.

Vaccaria hispanica and V. segetalis

The height of the first-40-60 cm, the second-47-69 cm Both light-loving, moisture-loving, cold-resistant. Flowers are most often pink, but can be and white.

To obtain 100 plants need 1 g of seeds (1 g — 160-200 PCs). Seedlings emerge in 7-10 days after sowing. Duration of flowering 25-35 days.

Gaillardia x hybrida and G. pulchella

Parameters of the first: height up to 90 cm, width up to 45 cm; parameters of the second: height-45 cm, width-30 cm flower baskets mainly with yellow, orange, red, pink, crimson colors, there are two-color varieties. Both are light-loving, drought-resistant.

To obtain 100 plants you need only 0.5 g of seeds (1 g — 500 PCs). Seedlings emerge in 7-10 days after sowing. Duration of flowering 100-120 days.

Gypsophila elegans

Her parameters: height 60 cm, width 30 cm Photophilous, hygrophilous. The predominant colors are white, light-pink color.

To obtain 100 plants need 0.5 g of seeds (1 g — 2000 PCs). Shoots appear on 8-10 days after sowing. Duration of flowering 25-35 days.

Filling the voids of the Gypsophila flower garden will visually “facilitate” the heavy composition and soften the transitions of contrasting colors.

Godetia grandiflora, syn. Clarkia amoena, G. amoena

Its parameters are: height 75 cm, width — 30 cm Photophilous, hygrophilous. Flowers are predominantly pink in color, there are two-color.

To obtain 100 plants will need only 0.5 g of seeds (1 g — 2000 PCs). Shoots appear on 8-10 days after sowing. Duration of flowering 25-35 days.

Flower beds with Godetia look so luxurious that they certainly become the object of close attention of neighbors. This is not surprising — flowering godetia resembles Azalea.

Delphinium Has

Its parameters are: height of 40-120 cm, width 35-45 cm Photophilous, hygrophilous. Flowers of various colors: white, pink, red, crimson, blue, purple, blue.

To obtain 100 plants need 0.5 g of seeds (1 g — 450-480 PCs). Shoots appear on 8-10 days after sowing. Duration of flowering 80-90 days. Delphiniums, including annual, – plants-accents.

Dimorphotheca sinuata and D. pluvialis

The parameters of the first: height and width up to 30 cm; second: height to 40 cm, a width of 15-30 cm, Both light-requiring, drought-resistant, it is absolutely tolerant to soil (can grow and flourish on poor). Flower baskets with white, light yellow, cream, orange colors.

To obtain 100 plants (any of the representatives) need 0.2-0.3 g of seeds (1 g — 600-900 PCs). Seedlings emerge 5-7 days after sowing.

Duration of flowering first-80-90 days, the second-90-110 days.
White “daisies” in the flower garden does not happen much. They make the mixborder more refined, refined.

Iberis umbellata

Its parameters: height-15-30 cm, width up to 23 cm light-Loving, undemanding to moisture, cold-resistant. Fragrant flowers of white, purple, purple, lilac, pink color.

To obtain 100 plants need 0.5 g of seeds (1 g — 400-420 PCs). Sowing under winter (or early spring) nests, 3-4 seeds, keeping the distance between plants in 15-20 cm Shoots appear on 7-8 days after sowing. Duration of flowering-60-70 days.

Calendula officinalis

Here is who unkind you bail out, if in the flower garden will appear unintended years. The richness of modern varieties of predominantly yellow and orange color gives a wide opportunity to use calendula in mixborders of different styles. Parameters: height — 30-70 cm, a width of 30-45 cm Photophilous, hygrophilous.

To obtain 100 plants need 2 g of seeds (1 g — 140-160 PCs). Sowing in may, nests, keeping a distance of 15-25 cm in order to pleased Calendula flowering in August, a second sowing in open ground in mid-June, be sure to ensure regular watering! The third sowing can be carried out under the winter-for flowering in June next year. Shoots appear on 4-5 days after sowing. Duration of flowering 80-90 days.

Clarkia unguiculata, syn. C. elegans

Her parameters: height of 30-100 cm, width 20 cm Photophilous, hygrophilous. The flowers are red-purple, bright pink, light cream pink.

To obtain 100 plants need 0.2 g of seeds (1 g -1000 PCs). Shoots appear 8-10 days after sowing, condensed — thin out, leaving between the strong plant distance of 15-20 cm Length of the flowering period of 60-70 days.

Cosmos bipinnatus and C. sulphureus

Parameters of the first: height to 1,5 m, width-45 cm; second: height to 1,4 m, width-45 cm. Both are light-loving, heat – and cold-resistant, undemanding to moisture, soil.

For 100 plants need 1 to 2 grams (1 gram — 250 PCs) seeds. Shoots appear on 5-6 days after sowing; germination persists for 2-3 years. Sown in late April-early may, nests, 3-4 pieces, at a distance of 30-40 cm Bloom in July, flowering continues until frost (late October). Give self-sowing after a single sowing, while the decorative qualities of the offspring are not reduced. They look beautiful next to decorative deciduous plants, creating on them the effect of floating colored mini-clouds.

Kochia scoparia

Parameters: height — 75-100 cm, width 50 cm Photophilous, hygrophilous.

To obtain 100 plants need 0.3-0.5 g (1 g — 1100 PCs) seeds. Seedlings emerge in 4-6 days after sowing. Duration of flowering-100-120 days. By the end of summer Kochia magically transformed: its leaves become reddish.

In the South, its seeds often ripen qualitatively.

This is not the end of my review. We will certainly continue to talk about annual flower crops that can be sown directly into the ground, bypassing the often difficult process of growing seedlings.

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