Beds And Mixborders Of Low-growing Flowers

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

Flower beds created from low plants have gained great popularity today. Miniatures of buds framed by greenery allow for amazingly graceful finishing touches in landscape design. Low-growing flowers are invariably present in the formation of borders, edging of small forms, buildings and paths. It is important to be able to correctly select varieties and care for plants

Choosing low-growing flowers for landscape compositions

Beds of small flowers do not create clutter, do not interfere with viewing the territory. They gently and unobtrusively decorate and attract attention. In addition, almost all varieties are distinguished by long flowering.

Thanks to selection, today you can buy many stunted plants, and almost any common species has its own varietal miniature. Consider the most popular flowers that you can successfully use for low compositions in the decor of your site.

Low-growing annual flowers

In terms of popularity, cute multi-colored viola buds occupy a leading position among annuals. The plant usually rises to 15 cm, some reach 25 cm. The varieties are very diverse, including the color range and the shape of the peduncle.

Annual asters of dwarf varieties with inflorescences of 10 cm look amazing. The bushes do not exceed 25 cm, the best variety of Milady, which has a wide range of colors: white, crimson, red, purple, blue. Astra Royal and Pinocchio does not grow higher than 15 cm, blooms until frost. It is convenient to purchase ready-made mixtures of dwarf asters.

It is preferable to plant ageratum on sunny sites. An adult plant forms dense fluffy bushes of various shades: blue, lilac, white, pink. Marigolds are unpretentious to the landing site. You can choose the height depending on the design: 10-15 cm or 20-30. Inflorescences are also different in color and terry.

If you are interested in flowers of impressive shapes and sizes, plant any varieties of dwarf tagetes. Begonia, which always looks magnificent and rich, will give the site a prestige. The most popular of the low-growing begonias are Cock Tail, Bubbles, Organdy, their height is within 15-25 cm.

Mini calendula varieties will add radiant highlights to your flower garden. Many varieties are commercially available in orange, cream, yellow and red with double and simple buds.

Curbs and edging from snapdragons look unusual, interesting. One of the most popular undersized varieties is the Hobbit variety. The “low” compositions invariably contain cute daisies, as well as compact varieties of Drummond phlox (Twinkle, Beauty Mixed), comb forms of low silvery cellosis (h 20-25 cm).

Dwarf varieties of forget-me-nots, nasturtium, lobelia erinus, gray-haired groundwort are in demand. The assortment of low-growing flower beds includes alpine poppy, lobularia, rocky Iberis and others.

Perennial undersized flowers

You can get away from the time-consuming process with the annual planting of seedlings by creating a flower bed from perennial species. The main set includes common plants used for alpine slides: tenacious, Carpathian bell, periwinkle, saxifrage. And also alissum, yaskolka, rejuvenated, edelweiss, naked astilbe, stonecrop (false, pungent, white).

For shady places, low varieties of Chinese astilba and lungwort are used. For early flowering, muscari, low-growing tulips, primroses, lilies of the valley are planted. For wet places and partial shade, marigold, miniature irises are ideal. On sunny sites, you can place feathery carnations, white cinquefoil, evening primrose, leafy decorative stachis (h 8-10 cm Silver Carpet), low-growing cereals (globular fescue).

Features of caring for "low flower beds"

In addition to the basic methods of growing flowers with loosening, weeding, removing wilted buds, there is a feature in caring for low-growing species - this is maintaining the desired height, limiting shoots. Many species are prone to creeping or growing leaf mass to the detriment of peduncle formation. Usually this phenomenon is provoked by abundant feeding, an excess of nitrogen.

For abundant flowering, choose fertilizers whose components stimulate flowering and do not give the effect of enhancing growth. Be sure to follow the correct dosage and do not adhere to the principle "the more the better." Thickened plantings, illiterate placement of some light-loving species in the shade and partial shade lead to minimal flowering.