Most people perceive the dacha as a source of fresh vegetables and fruits. But for flower lovers, this is a great place to grow them. Most often, summer residents choose perennial flowers for their dachas, since they are less demanding on growing and caring for. In order for the site to be decorated with colorful flowers for as long as possible, specially selected varieties of flowers that bloom for a long time.

What flowers are best to grow

Perennial flowers will delight the human eye throughout the summer, planting such plants, you can create the most beautiful and unique compositions. The main advantage of plants is that they are planted once and grow over several years.

Perennial summer cottage flowers are divided into three groups, depending on the timing of their flowering:

  • Spring;
  • Summer;
  • Autumn.

The advantages of these herbs include:

  • Development over several years without transplant;
  • Frost transfer;
  • Good wintering;
  • Unpretentious care;
  • They bloom throughout the season, both in spring and summer and autumn;
  • Used as a base in a flower bed;
  • Perennials are much more economical for reproduction, which is done by dividing the bush.

The selection of perennial flowers is very large

According to the planting method, perennial flowers for summer cottages are divided into:

  • Bulbous;
  • Root;
  • Seminal.

The most beautiful perennial flowers

In spring, flowers can bloom after the first snow melts and much later.

Snowdrops

These flowers appear immediately after the snow. Their delicate graceful petals conquer gardeners with their strength and endurance. They are also frost-resistant, because, despite their size, they are able to withstand frost and snow. The only drawback of snowdrops is that they quickly fade, and the ground part dies off and disappears.

Crocuses

These delicate flowers bloom almost immediately with snowdrops. The eye is pleased with the variety of crocus color palette. This flower is shade-loving, it is best to plant it under a tree.

Proleski

Delicate blue flowers prefer to grow between trees. They are completely unpretentious to care for and grow under any conditions. Moreover, in wet areas, they multiply very quickly.

Important! Due to the ability of the forest sprouts to reproduce rapidly, it is necessary to constantly monitor their number in the territory of the summer cottage.

Dicenter

This plant is popularly called "broken heart" because its flower is unusual and has the shape of a heart. It is recommended to plant it in groups.

Narcissus

Many summer residents perceive this flower as the most common one, it is no longer planted in the garden so often. But recently, many new varieties have been bred that surprise the most experienced summer residents and gardeners. The most popular varieties are:

  • Tubular;
  • Small-crowned;
  • Large-crowned;
  • Terry;
  • Triandus;
  • Cyclamenous;
  • Bulbokodium;
  • Jonquillium;
  • Multi-flowered.

Narcissus flowers come in white and yellow.

Among perennials, there are many plants that delight the eye not only in spring, but also throughout the summer. The most popular low-growing flowers among summer residents are the following.

Hyacinth

This flower has an unusual appearance. The plant is able to withstand severe frosts, while it must be planted in a place where it will be protected from strong winds and drafts.

Important! Hyacinth does not like strong waterlogging of the soil, so you need to be careful with watering.

Delphinium

The flowering of this long-blooming tall flower will delight the eye of a summer resident for four weeks. It begins at the beginning of August.

Remember! He does not like drafts and strong winds. In addition, the delphinium does not tolerate winter well, so it needs shelter.

Do not forget about the colors that will riot in autumn days. Summer residents will be able to choose the most beautiful from the largest list of flowers.

Gladiolus

This flower is the most demanded by summer residents. There are a large number of varieties in its assortment that look very effective. It is best for them to choose a place that is constantly illuminated by the sun's rays.

Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum

In Asian countries, this beautiful flower is considered sacred. It smells fragrant until the very frost. If you carefully dig it up and plant it in a large pot and bring it into a warm room, you can enjoy flowering until February.

Aster

The variety of asters is very attractive for gardeners and gardeners. The plant is not at all capricious in care, for a long time it pleases the eye with its flowering.

All these perennial flowers are suitable for the north, while taking into account the ability to endure the harsh winter of these latitudes.

How to equip a summer cottage with flowers

If a person has a small dacha garden vegetable garden landscape ideas, garden flowers can be created with your own hands yourself. In order to make a flower bed with your own hands, you do not need any knowledge or experience. The main thing is that fantasy is well developed. For registration, you can take the materials at hand that are available on the site. This can be a regular car tire, old furniture, or kitchen utensils. Even from plastic bottles, you can create a masterpiece.

Important! For garden decoration, you can also use dead wood from the forest. Thus, you can significantly save on budget spending.

Before equipping the dacha with beautiful beds and flower beds, it is recommended to find out the compatibility of one plant with another and develop a planting scheme. For hanging structures and draperies, it is best to use bindweed. This type of flowers can be both an annual and a perennial, it looks great as a flower carpet or screen.

For flowers such as roses, peonies or lianas, gypsophila edging is perfect. This plant will ideally highlight the beauty of the main flowers in the flower bed.

Perennial care rules

Fertilizing perennial flowers

Plant care includes the usual loosening, watering and fertilization. It should be remembered that perennials do not loosen the same way as annual plants. However, some of them do not need to be loosened at all. It is best to use mulch as most of them have root systems close to the soil surface.

Be sure to water the plants, especially in the heat. The water should be warm. It is best to heat it in direct sunlight. It is recommended to fertilize flowers in parallel with watering, so the fertilizer will be better absorbed by the roots.

Perennial flowers need to be fertilized in four steps. The first time - immediately after the snow melts and shoots appear. The second time - during the budding period, then - during the flowering period and finally - after flowering. In the last decade of September, fertilizer is not applied to the soil.

It is very practical to plant perennial plants in the country, since they grow for at least two years in one place. In addition, these plants are very easy to grow and will not require much maintenance. Nevertheless, they pleasantly delight the eye with their exuberant flowering and variety of flowers.