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For beginners or summer residents, with irregular visits, it is recommended to plant flowering herbaceous perennials. I'll tell you about plants that do not require maintenance and look spectacular in the garden
1. Astilba
A herbaceous shade-tolerant plant keeps its shape on its own. The green mass grows by June. In July, it produces flower stalks for lush flowering and pleases with paniculate flowers for 4-10 weeks. It has many varieties, the most unpretentious is considered with red or crimson inflorescences.
2. Aquilegia
In everyday life, many people call this perennial plant a catchment. Aquilegia is famous for its ability to grow anywhere: in full shade and in a sunny meadow. After planting, it will bloom the next year, some species change the tone of the buds every year: from yellow to pink, lilac, purple. Does not require watering, transplants, does not freeze, multiplies by self-seeding.
3. Japanese anemone
An elegant plant that blooms in August. The flowers are suitable for making bouquets, they stand well in cut. Using several varieties, you can create a flower bed or an anemone composition.
4. Shrub aster
Bushes of spherical aster reach 50-60 cm. They look good in a group and individually, even without flowers, astrochka look elegant. During the flowering period, the plant turns into a blooming ball. This happens in September.
5. Host
A delightful herb that can decorate a lawn, a flower garden and any arrangement. It is extremely decorative thanks to its chic leaves. Hosta has many varieties, including blue, striped, speckled. Flowering occurs in July on high peduncles.
The host is appreciated for its unpretentiousness. You just need to plant and the plant independently gains strength, develops, keeps its shape. Only after 5-8 years, when the bush grows, it can be reduced in size - remove part of the root. Hosta is unpretentious in lighting - it grows well in the shade and in the sun.
6. Gelenium
For abundant and long-lasting flowering, it is recommended to periodically water and plant in a sunny place. By the duration of flowering, helenium is a record holder - it pleases with bright colors from June to October.
7. Poppy East
The blossoming of the Oriental Poppy is admirable. Super large buds are eye-catching and brighten any landscape. The plant does not require maintenance; it grows in one place for decades without your intervention. Flowering begins in early June and lasts 10-20 days.
8. Sedum
It develops and blooms best on sandy soils, in sunny places, grows without problems in partial shade. It has many varieties, decorates any place with its carved greenery and multi-colored flowering. Depending on the variety, it is planted in flower beds, ridges, in a rock garden, rocky compositions. Blooms in the second half of summer.
9. Garden Chamomile
Perennial daisies delight with long flowering, they are ideally kept in the cut. They grow well in any place, do not require watering and fertilizing. They are capable of transforming any place on the site with their unpretentious beauty.
10. Phlox
Numerous varieties of phlox differ in the height of the bush, the color of the buds, and the flowering time. They fill the garden with a delicate aroma, which is considered healing, and is used in aromatherapy sessions. Phlox grows in a neat bush that grows in diameter. Low-growing varieties rise to 30-40 cm, tall ones - 150 cm. Phloxes perfectly tolerate bush division, transplantation.
11. Echinacea
After planting the seedlings, you need to help the plant gain strength - in the first year, regular watering is required. By the second season, Echinacea takes root and grows independently in one place for 8-10 years. The height of the shoots depends on the variety within 45-120 cm. In addition to purple echinacea, famous for its healing properties, you can plant other varieties with white, yellow, purple, orange, light red flowers.
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