So, before you start creating a flower bed of perennials, draw a planting pattern. What should be taken into account? Plant height. If a flower garden is planned along a wall or fence, taller plants are given ...
So, before you start creating a flower bed of perennials, draw a planting pattern. What should be taken into account?
Plant height. If the flower garden is planned along a wall or fence, taller plants are given a place in the background.
When planting a flower bed in the central place of the lawn, tall plants should be in the middle.
Neighborhood. Arrange the plants so that they do not interfere with their neighbors and do not obscure each other.
Keep in mind that they will grow over time. Empty places can be successfully filled with beautiful flowering annuals.
Color range. If you want your flower bed to be beautiful, take into account its color scheme.
To do this, it is good to have a color combination scheme, according to which it will be possible to make successful compositions.
You can choose colors either by contrast (opposite colors in the scheme are selected), or by neighbors (neighboring shades).
Bloom time. This is very milestone. Before even planning the planting of perennial flowers, it is necessary to determine when a particular plant blooms.
And if you need to create a flower bed continuous flowering, then the plants should be selected in such a way that every month in your flower garden there are Beautiful colors and shades.
Also think about how certain plants will look after they bloom.
Some of them will lose their decorative effect, while others will retain their attractive appearance. The situation will be saved by plants with large leaves.
Perennials by flowering time
March
- crocuses
- Hellebore
- snowdrops
April
- daffodils
- Erythronium european
- Muscari
- hyacinths
- tulips
- lilies of the valley
- Primrose
- Workers
- Pansies
- From shrubs - jasmine and lilac
June
- Petunia
- Delphinium
- Begonia
- lilies
- daylilies
- peonies
July
- Hydrangea
- Echinacea
- Carnation
- Marigold
- Lavender
August
- Phloxes
- Asters
- Gladiolus
September
- stonecrops
- anemones
- violets
- foxtail pennisetum
- Stem purple
October
- Salvia
- Kobeya
- floribunda
- Snapdragon
- chrysanthemums
November
- Yucca aloe
- Marigold
- Abelia cupnoflora
Flowerbed of continuous flowering from perennials scheme
Consumption ecology. Every summer resident would dream that his garden would be fragrant and delight with a beautiful view for as long as possible. The scheme of a flower bed of perennials of continuous flowering will make this idea a reality and enjoy the beauty and smell of planted flowers throughout the summer.
Every summer resident would dream that his garden would be fragrant and delight with a beautiful view for as long as possible. The scheme of a flower bed of perennials of continuous flowering will make this idea a reality and enjoy the beauty and smell of planted flowers throughout the summer.
Basic moments
For a novice gardener, the question of how to create a flower bed of continuous flowering can lead to a dead end, but experienced summer residents know that the secret of creating it is very simple. When compiling such a flower garden and selecting plants, you only need to know exactly in what period they will bloom. By planting several varieties on the same bed, which will gradually replace each other, you can not worry that the site will look untidy or empty.
Some may think that this is a fairly simple job. Indeed, there is nothing easier - to plant flowers with different periods flowering and just enjoy the work done. But at this moment it is important to take into account all the nuances of such flower beds. First of all, take into account that for each planting it is sometimes necessary different care, excellent watering levels, illumination, soil conditions and much, much more. Therefore, when planning a mixborder, you need to select all those varieties that have similar care requirements.
Plants for a flower bed of continuous flowering, as it has already become known, are selected carefully, but even with 5-6 different types of plantings, you can create an amazing and unique mixborder. The main rule, which is important to observe both in the preparation of small beds and large lawns, is considered to be a more or less accurate calculation of flowering periods. Usually it does not exceed a couple of weeks. In order to somewhat smooth out the moment of withering of some buds and the blooming of others, some deciduous plants with a high decorative effect should also be placed on the garden bed.
In order to make it easier to navigate, it is better to draw a rough plan on a sheet with a mark on the types of flowers that will grow. So, if it is supposed to create a flower garden on a vast open area cottages, then the scheme of a flower bed of perennials of continuous flowering should look like this:
- The center of the whole composition should be higher varieties of plantations. Here it is also permissible to place plants that do not bloom, but create a decorative effect. However, it is not recommended to concentrate them in one place. It is better to place them in the garden evenly so that they grow in bouquets of flowers.
- The closer to the edge, the shorter the plantings should be. At the end of the garden, you can even plant small plants creeping along the ground that can hide the outlines and add visual naturalness.
- When choosing different shades, be sure to observe some compatibility of shades with each other. But at the same time, do not forget about bright spots that can attract attention and thus place accents, making even a simple flower bed unusual and bright.
If the placement of the flower garden is supposed to be done near any fence or fence, then tall plantings should be planted closer to it. Their length should also decrease in accordance with how far the mixborder will go to the site.
Types of plants used
There are a variety of examples of continuous flowering flower beds, depending on what effect you want to give to the site.
Flower arrangements usually have names that are consonant with the seasons.
Spring tenderness
As you know, many people associate spring time with the growth of the most delicate flowers. Therefore, it is imperative to provide flowers such as daisies, primroses, pansies, daffodils, crocuses, tulips, lungwort. These plants bloom almost the very first and delight all gardeners for at least a month. Gradually by May they are being replaced peonies, late species tulips and daffodils, aquilegia, forsythia, lupins and aquilegia. By the end of this month, hyacinths, imperial hazel grouse, sweet peas, as well as other types of flowers are gaining strength.
summer chic
Gradually, one season is replaced by another, and in the flower beds you can already find many more species of a wide variety of flowers. For instance, You can plant the following plants:
- Amaranth;
- Marigold;
- Hibiscus;
- Levkoi;
- Zinnias;
- roses;
- Hydrangeas;
- Liatris;
- Delphiniums.
At the same time, a flower bed of continuous flowering perennials should also be made up of different types. daylilies and lilies, rudbeckia, monards, echinacea,. The buds of these plants are able to smell fragrant almost all summer, if, of course, they are properly cared for. By the way, the empty spaces appearing between them in spring period can be sown with annuals. So the usual riot of colors can be diluted with new types of plantings and create more interesting compositions.
autumn nobility
As the range of summer colors subsides and autumn arrives, it's time for new types of flowers. As you might guess, they already need more coolness than summer heat, so they adapt perfectly to this time.
In flower beds gradually begin to bloom buds of phloxes, lobelia, chrysanthemums, cannes, colchicum. At the same time, it is possible to achieve re-blooming in some flowers. For example, repairing plants are able to please again with beautiful fresh buds. roses, ageratum, carnations, delphinium, begoni I am. To do this, it is important to remove the faded petals immediately after the flowers wither, cutting them off with garden shears.
If you want to return the garden to its former bright colors, then you need to find a place for planting seeds of sage, coreopsis, gelenium, asters and sedum. At the same time, plantings of ornamental onions can grow in the garden almost to the very frost, yarrow, craspedia.
Ready schemes and ideas
There are enough various kinds flowers of this kind. It is worth talking about the most spectacular. By the way, a flowerbed of continuous flowering with your own hands can turn out to be unique if you develop it yourself.
Create an illusion
For those summer residents who dreamed of decorating their site with the construction of a fountain or a stream, but for some reason could not do it, it is possible to build a fake, but very natural “dry” source.
It is important to take into account all the nuances when working, so that it visually seems that the water is really running.
First of all, you should lay out the channel with the help of oblong pebbles of various sizes. For greater naturalness, it can be painted blue, so that from afar it really seems that it is a liquid. Along with this, you can fill the "bed" of our stream with transparent blue beads.
- Leaves-bamboo. This is not a flowering plant, but in this composition it plays one of the key roles, as it gives the stream a natural look. If you think about it, you will remember that near many springs such types of herbaceous plantings grow. If there are no seeds of this plant, you can replace it with an ostrich. Both of them have the ability to add volume to the flower garden.
- bearded irises land near him at the mouth of a stream.
- Opposite these types of flowers, lobelia is planted.
- A creeping tenacious similar to the required care is located next to the irises.
- Next, you should provide for a very small distance, at which there will be only pebbles. Immediately after them, on the right side, Poskharsky's bell can be planted. It is not too high and will fit perfectly into the "channel" of our stream.
- Shaver hybrids can be placed right next to them to ensure a smooth transition of shades.
- On the left edge, directly opposite the shaving, a plant should be planted, which, in addition to bright flowers, will also have lush greenery. For example, a large-leaved brunner will become the best choice in this case.
- On the opposite bank of this plant, you will need to plant an awl-leaved bryozoan. Her soft greens add desired shade and naturalness.
- The composition should be completed with a red creeping tenacious. This is a ground cover planting that fits perfectly into the whole composition.
- The last plant will not bloom. It can be, as in the first case, a bamboo leaf grate or any other green planting of this kind.
Composition "for the impatient"
Every summer resident would dream of seeing the fruits of his labors as soon as possible. Of course, with perennials it is quite difficult to achieve violent flowering in the year of planting, but this is possible. The most important rule when planting this mixborder will be the obligatory choice of a well-lit side in order to provide the plantings with a need for constant heat. This mixborder is best planted near fences. The background, among other things, can also be coniferous plantations or a wall.
The scheme of a flower bed of continuous flowering perennials in this case will look like this:
- The background is decorated with different types of stock roses. Here you can make a mix of different shades;
- decorative sunflower landed near them;
- Icelandic poppies are capable of giving great brightness;
- Gaillardia are located not far from them;
- A bright accent is cardinal lobelia. She will run through most beds, like a red ribbon;
- Blue shades will add depth. This will require three varieties of flowers. The first of them is a catnip;
- Next, Poskharsky's bell is planted;
- On the edge, you will need to place a blue katananhe;
- Red spots will be gravilate;
- Stonecrop is able to please until the very autumn;
- Also, right up to frost, the geyher summer resident will be pleased.
All these flowers are matched to each other as well as possible and need general care. Despite the ease of cultivation, you can really get beautiful flower bed. If there is a blank wall or an ugly structure on the site, then with the help of this composition it can be quite easily hidden.
Gate decoration
If your site has a gate with an arch above it, then you can decorate it with flowers so that the building looks elegant and beautiful throughout the warm season. In this flower garden, all plantings are selected in such a way, so there will be no problems with this.
For the best understanding, you should divide the entire garden into tiers.
- The first will be located at the very bottom, which will allow the formation of a curtain that creeps densely along the soil. You can achieve this effect if you use Pozharsky's bell (20), cushion aster (3), foxtail featherweed (19), oak sage (9), rock stonecrop (2), stonecrop creaker (5).
- The middle level is based on yellow yarrows arranged symmetrically opposite each other (16 and 8). In the center on the left, you will already need to arrange longer flowers compared to the first types of plantings. Long-leaved speedwell (7), spikelet liatris (1) and rod millet (6) are well suited here. On the right in the center it will be necessary to place plantings related to chamomile-like flowers. These can be brilliant rudbeckia (17), New Belgian (15) and cushion (18) asters.
- The background will already be made up of giant plants that are able to hide the fence and rise above it if it small sizes. Sunflower (10) will decorate the flower bed with bright shades, stock-rose (9) will dilute the summer riot of colors with delicate burgundy buds. On the right, glossy rudbeckia (14) and David's budley (13) will look best.
- The plants that will braid the arch should be of two colors to give zest to the whole composition. Great solution in this case, there will be a climbing rose (12) on one side and Jacquemann's clematis (11) on the other.
The main difference of such a flower bed will be its versatility. It is perfectly capable of decorating both stone and wooden, forged and other types of fences.
For partial shade
Not every summer resident has the opportunity to place a flower garden in a sunny area. The next option is suitable just in the event that partial shade is constantly present in the garden.
The main idea of this composition is to dilute the dull landscape and a spectacular combination of bright plantings with juicy greens. An unusual combination of shades on the leaves has a function (1). She will delight throughout the warm period of time. Already in May, a magnificent dicentra blooms magnificent (2), which in any case will look spectacular. In early June, bright yellow-red leaves of red epimedium (3) begin to appear above the flower bed, and next to it is one of the brightest accents - muscarine-shaped liriope (4).
Starting from May and almost until October, geraniums will create a special mesh pattern (5). The gentle lungwort dilutes these shades (6). In the spring, the main accent of the mixborder is the spring navel (7), and it will gradually be replaced by no less soft and delicate shades of violet (8).
Based on the diagrams and material from this article, and you will be able to form a beautiful composition of perennial flowers in the country, which will delight with its flowering throughout the summer. Most importantly, follow all the necessary recommendations and adhere to the landing rules. Indeed, when compiling such a flower bed, it is very important to select those plantings that can get along well next to each other. published
Of course, every owner of the garden wants to be able to admire its beauty throughout the year. But even in summer period you have to face problems, because the flowering period of some plants planted in flower beds does not differ in duration. After flowering, the plants sharply reduce their decorative effect. It is for this reason that the issue of creating flower beds of continuous flowering becomes relevant. Decorative flower beds of this species, with a competent approach to arrangement and care, allow you to enjoy fragrant bright colors from early spring to late autumn.
How to make a flower bed of continuous flowering with your own hands
For an inexperienced gardener, such a question may seem too complicated, however, experience shows that in order to successfully resolve the issue, you will need to familiarize yourself with some quite accessible information:
- find out the exact flowering period of plants,
- pick varieties that will bloom one after another throughout the summer,
- plant them in such a way that at any time the flower bed is evenly covered with flowering plants.
It doesn't seem very difficult to do this.
But one very important point should be taken into account: the selected flowers must meet the following number of requirements:
- have the same lighting preferences,
- for their cultivation, soil of the same composition and acidity should be suitable,
- they should have similar preferences for the frequency and intensity of watering.
Of course, plants for such a flower garden will require careful selection, but even if you manage to find 5-6 suitable species, it will be possible to create a fairly attractive and original mixborder.
Since it is impossible to calculate the period of active flowering of plants with perfect accuracy, in order to brighten up the moment of withering of some buds and opening of others, it is recommended to plant not a large number of deciduous plants, decorative enough to brighten up the flowering decline period.
For more information about continuous flowering flower beds and the principles of their creation, see the video:
About the dimensions of flower beds of continuous flowering
A very important point in the planning of continuous flowering flower beds is the ability to allocate a sufficiently large space for planting plants. Indeed, in order for flowering plants to be in the flower bed at any time, it will be necessary to plant a considerable number of different species. Naturally, it will simply not be possible to fit everything in a small area.
In addition, large color spots have a more attractive appearance. Planting single plants will not give that effect. The composition will look fragmented, small spots-accents will distract attention and annoy.
If the site is tiny and it is not possible to set up a large flower garden on it, then experts recommend creating several small seasonal flower beds, but they will need to be arranged in such a way that the garden looks attractive at any time.
Scheme of a flower bed of continuous flowering
It will be much easier to turn the idea into reality if you first draw up a project - i.e. sketch out a plan on paper, with an exact indication of plant species and their location in the area allocated for the flower bed.
If the area for planting flowers is large enough, then it is recommended to adhere to the following rules. It is better to place taller plants in the central part, you can also plant ornamental plants here, they will not please with flowering, but will serve as an attractive background for opening flowers. They should be placed more or less evenly on the territory of the flower garden - each of these plants should be surrounded by flowering bouquets.
Closer to the edges of the flower bed, undersized plants should be planted. Near the curb itself, planting creeping varieties is allowed. Provided that the flower bed is located on a lawn or lawn, they will help to hide the transition line and add naturalness to the picture of a landscaped garden.
Flower beds of continuous flowering should also be combined with each other in shades. It should also provide for the presence of bright spots that will attract Special attention and serve color accents in the created composition. It is they who will give charm to even the simplest flowerbed in terms of planning.
If one or two sides of the flower bed are adjacent to the fence or wall, then tall crops should be planted closer to them. In areas closer to the edges of the mixborder, smaller plants should be planted.
It is recommended to combine plants with the same flowering time into groups, and not to plant them throughout the flower bed, thus avoiding fragmentation of the composition. Usually, the plan of the flower bed provides for the presence of several seasonal groups that smoothly replace each other.
Given this point, we can assume that the ideal option would be a free layout, i.e. the nature of the flower bed does not have to be regular. If the landscape garden is planned according to the principle of straight lines and has a strict geometry, then it is still recommended not to squeeze a continuous flowering flower bed into a rigid framework, but to manage with the creation of seasonal flower beds of a suitable shape and style.
Tips from an expert, perhaps they will help you avoid common mistakes when choosing plants for flower beds:
What flowers can I choose for flower beds of continuous flowering
The choice of flowers is carried out starting from the general decision of the landscape garden - the flower bed should fit perfectly into it. In this case, annuals and perennial crops can be used. The best option- a flower bed of perennials, which are complemented every season by colorful annuals with a long flowering period. Decorative leafy and cereal crops will give originality to flower beds.
Tips from an experienced gardener, perennials blooming throughout the summer - perfect option for a flower bed:
spring flower bed
Typically, the selection of colors is carried out in accordance with seasonal compositions. Since the flowering period begins in the spring, the spring composition should be considered first. Early bloomers are usually bulbous plants, their advantage is that some of them do not need an annual transplant.
It is spring primroses that are considered the most delicate and beautiful. The spring composition may include:
- different colors of primrose,
- errantis and corydalis,
- brunner and anemone,
- liverwort and hellebore,
- amazingly refined daisies, distinguished by the duration of flowering,
- bright pansies,
- crocuses and blueberries,
- tulips pleasing with the brightness of large flowers and daffodils spreading an amazing aroma.
The flowering of these plants begins most in early spring and last for about a month.
Following them, in May they begin to bloom:
- late varieties of tulips,
- bathing suits and doronicums,
- bright yellow forsythia bushes,
- irises and veronicas,
- lupine and catchment area, i.e. aquilegia.
During the same month, the flowering of hyacinths, imperial hazel grouse, sweet peas is gradually gaining strength.
It makes little sense to indicate the exact timing of flowering, they vary depending on the area where the site is located and partly on the conditions, i.e. light and soil moisture. But the order of flowering of primroses will be the same for both the southern regions and the northern ones.
It should be borne in mind that some plants have varieties with an early and later flowering period, planting different varieties will help keep the flower garden in perfect condition for a long period.
For example, different varieties of astilbe in conditions Middle lane bloom during June-August, phloxes - from the second half of June until frost, garden geraniums - from May to September. Moreover, proper care will allow you to get re-flowering, in early autumn, of such picturesque crops as delphinium and lupine.
flower bed blooming in summer
With the onset of summer assortment flowering plants increases sharply, it will be difficult to list them all, it makes sense to dwell on those varieties that are suitable for planting in flower beds of continuous flowering.
- phlox and astilbe,
- leefflower, lilies and loosestrife,
- daylilies, rudbeckia, eryngium.
Especially popular are bluebells, perennial and biennial and various varieties of carnations, especially Turkish. Stonecrop is often used as ground cover crops, which also blooms in summer.
An excellent addition to the flower beds are annuals, in any area you can resort to planting:
- lobellia and allisuma,
- zinnias and marigolds,
- snapdragon, levkoy and esholzia,
- petunias, purslane and asters of summer varieties.
Of the biennial crops, you should also pay attention to foxglove and tall mallow. It is easy to continue such a list if you look at the list of your favorite summer flowering plants.
features of the autumn flower bed
Among the beautifully blooming autumn period I would like to name plants asters and chrysanthemums, colchicum and gelenium. They will be beautifully complemented by a tall stonecrop, as a border plant, you can use ornamental cabbage, it will delight the eye even with the onset of frost, with the onset of cold weather, its leaves will acquire a special brightness.
May please autumn bloom remontant rose - of course, subject to quality care. Prolong the flowering of begonias, delphinium, ageratum will help the timely removal of all fading flowers.
Of particular value in autumn are the cereals growing on the flower garden: they are not afraid of frosts, even the first snowfall will not lead to the loss of their attractiveness.
For greater brightness of the autumn flower garden, sage, coreopsis, and decorative onions can be sown on it in advance.
Although gladiolus and perennial dahlias look very attractive, planting them in continuous flowering beds is not recommended. These plants are thermophilic, require annual digging. Moreover, it will be necessary to remove them from the ground before frosts begin. Although other plants will continue to bloom during this period. Gladiolus is best planted separately, in a flowering state they look amazing.
Planting these plants will also be problematic - they need to be transferred to open ground after the threat of night cooling has disappeared. During this period, bulbous perennials will bloom in full swing. Without violating the harmony and beauty of the flower bed, planting work will not be possible. If you really like dahlias, you can give preference to annual varieties.
Before you start creating a flower bed, it is recommended to decide whether the flower bed will be open for viewing from all sides or whether it will be possible to admire it from one side. Depending on this, the placement of tall plants will be determined - they should not be in the foreground and block small flowers.
Since the flower bed will be large enough in area and wide, it will be necessary to plan in advance the presence of paths and platforms on its territory - they will be required to care for the plants and will simplify the watering process. To make the paths look attractive, it is recommended to sprinkle them with mulch, in particular, mulch made from tree bark or wood chips looks quite attractive.
If you want to create a flowerbed of continuous flowering from perennials, then in order to ensure flowering in the first year, you will need to choose the most suitable site for plants - well-lit by the sun throughout the daylight hours, with well-heated soil. The best place the landing of such a mixborder will be a strip along a blank fence. In addition, coniferous shrubs planted along the fence can be used as a background.
If the flower garden will be located in a shaded area of the garden, then the plants for it should be chosen exclusively shade-tolerant.
Examples of continuous flowering flower beds with diagrams
There are quite a few examples of flower beds that are very simple and quite complex, with diagrams and detailed descriptions of plants, even with photographs of each of them, on the net.
Using the recommendations experienced gardeners and specialists, serious mistakes can be avoided, this moment is especially important for beginner gardeners, because lack of experience can lead to failures, in terms of the flowering period, the combination of color shades, and care may also be difficult.
Complex and simple schemes for flower beds - on video:
Everyone loves flowers. A flower bed of continuous flowering can give a lot of colors to your garden. Indeed, well, what a charm this blooming, playing with many colors flower bed at the dacha or personal plot! Such beauty could rightfully be proud of any summer resident - flower grower. If such a flower bed is your dream, then opt for perennials, they will only gain strength and beauty from year to year, unlike annuals that live and bloom for only one year. Caring for perennials is minimal - they need timely pruning, watering and top dressing.
In this article, we will present you with suitable planting schemes, note some of the nuances, and tell you about perennial plants for flower beds. Let's start with the last one.
Types of perennials
Our article will present a diagram of a continuous flowering flower bed for beginners. But first of all, it is worth talking about the flowers that will inhabit such a flower bed. Perennials are divided according to the principle of height - tall, medium and short. Let us consider in detail the last species - undersized plants.
These include plants that do not exceed 30 cm in height. They are great for creating floral carpets. These are flowers such as:
- Mylnyanki.
- Carpathian bell.
- Gentians.
- Aubrieta.
- Aquilegia.
- Phloxes.
- Dwarf aster.
There are several rules for planting undersized perennials.
In order to achieve the lush color of such crops, it is simply necessary to plant them on the sunny sides of the site, otherwise you will not see the expected result.
From fertilizers, focus on flower preparations, nitrogen fertilizers will only lead to a set of green mass with flowers.
In order for a visual carpet of flowers to turn out on a flower bed, they need to be planted close to each other.
So that the weeds do not ruin your offspring, timely weeding of the flower bed is required, in addition to the appearance, this will simply prevent the weeds from drowning out your flowers.
Medium-sized perennials.
These are plants 30-80 cm high. They can be planted in a flower bed both alone and in the form of several tiers with undersized and tall counterparts. These include flowers such as -
- peonies,
- yarrow,
- roses,
- daylilies,
- pink radios.
When landing on a flower bed, you need to leave a place for their further growth, otherwise they will block their undersized colleagues.
Tall plants.
These are plants with a height of 80+ cm. Without such giants, a beautiful multi-tiered flower bed cannot be arranged in any way. These are beauties like:
- stock - roses,
- basilisks,
- window sills,
- mallow,
- winding sunflowers.
What are the benefits of continuously blooming flower beds? Their features
A flower bed of continuous flowering perennials has its own characteristics. For example, great blooming flower bed can only be obtained on the sunny side of the site, keep this in mind when choosing a place for a flower garden. After the point in this matter, it is still necessary to zone the place of the future flower bed for each type of plant. If you take into account the nuances of flowering perennials, you can easily achieve lush, beautiful and continuous flowering.
Before planting, it is necessary to fertilize and lighten the soil by adding sand, expanded clay and brick chips, they will serve as baking powder.
You will have a flower bed with a number of advantages:
- Long blooming flower garden.
- Weeding, watering and top dressing - all the care for such beauty.
- All summer long it will delight you with its appearance.
- Once you make an investment in seeds, for many years you will provide yourself with the highlight of your backyard.
- Perennials are picky and can tolerate partial shade, and even shade, if it is not possible to place a flower garden on the sunny side.
- Such a flower bed will not deplete the soil at all, perennials do not suffer from this.
Choosing seasonal plants
First, decide what effect you need in the flower bed, it can be the seasons, an imitation of a stream, etc. Then you can start choosing the right plants. Let's give an example of a flower bed with seasons.
Gentle spring.
One of the signs of spring is just the primroses blooming in the flower bed. These include primroses, pansies, daisies, crocuses, tulips, lungwort, daffodils. Having blossomed first, they will delight you with their flowering for a month. Behind them in May it is worth waiting for flowering late varieties tulips, lupins, peonies, aquilegia. And towards the end of May, hyacinths, royal hazel grouse, and others join them.
Summer shift.
In summer, there is a real abundance in terms of flowering plants. Zinnias, levkoy, lyatrises, delphiniums, amaranths, hibiscuses, roses, and marigolds begin to bloom in a lush color.
This can also include plants such as echinacea, lily, monarda, lamb and rudbeckia. At good care Not only appearance their flowers will delight your eyes throughout the summer, but you will also feel their most pleasant aromas.
If suddenly there are gaps between perennials, you can easily fill them with annuals. They will not spoil the appearance of your flower bed at all.
Autumn time.
When the annuals fade, but there are still enough warm days of early autumn and Indian summer, these days your flower bed will be decorated with the flowering of carnations, begonias, ageratum, remontant roses. Planted asters, sage, coreopsis, stonecrop and gelenium will add color to the autumn carpet. And until the very frosts, craspedias, decorative onions and yarrows bloom.
Flower bed layout. Simple circuits
It is worth noting that a flowerbed of continuous flowering can be created with your own hands. If your site allows you to make a large flower bed, then its scheme may look something like this:
In the center we plant tall species.
Closer to the edges we have a carpet of undersized perennials.
But when choosing color combinations, it is important to observe harmony, a symphony of colors. If possible, we express color accents.
If you plan to place a flower bed closer to the fence, then it is worth planting tall flowers near it, then we harmoniously lower the tiers in the direction from the fence.
We give examples of simple schemes for your flower beds.
Create flower harmony
First, decide on the main colors, then you can already add harmoniously combined shades to them. Usually blue or purple colors are taken as the basis, warm and bright shades are added to them.
We give you an approximate combination of colors and shades in the flower beds:
One of the rules is to plant flowers of the same shade large groups, then they look much better, otherwise from afar the flower bed will not have the look that you would like to see. By shades, they are most often used in pairs of blue / yellow or red / green.
If the flower bed is planned to be in a recreation area, then it should be made more monochromatic, it is worth focusing on blue with purple or blue with red flowers. This option will soothe and tune in to relaxation after a hard day.
White flowers will perfectly dilute, if necessary, intense colors, which can become somewhat aggressive in their intensity. As a background, flowers with grayish foliage are most suitable, black flowers will give the flower bed the best shape, and in general, gray, black and White color and will perfectly fit into any color symphony.
If you are a romantic or a dreamer, a pastel-colored flower bed will perfectly help to create such moods.
Monocolor flower beds with different shades of the same color look great.
Flowerbeds with warm shades visually decrease, and with cold ones, on the contrary, they increase.
If you also plant plants with beautiful foliage in the flower bed, then it will perfectly decorate the flower bed before and after the flowers themselves bloom.
More diagram examples:
It's just great if you independently developed the scheme of your future flower bed. If you know some rules, this will be completely easy to do. And we will tell you the design options for a dry stream, gates, tell you about the options for flower beds in partial shade or tell you a flower garden with fast-growing plants.
like a stream
A dry, but beautifully designed stream bed will honorably replace a real source or spring for you. A competent approach to this issue will more than pay off with a stunning effect.
The channel itself is created from elongated pebbles of various sizes, and if translucent blue or blue glass beads are thrown between them, then the effect of the presence of water will be provided to you!
And now we turn to the design of the channel with plants. A flowerbed with a continuous flowering cycle will fit very well here. We'll show you sample diagram landings:
Bamboo - leaf grate grows near the water, so its presence will become a harmonious touch in a dry riverbed. It can be replaced with an ostrich if desired.
Bearded irises will look best at the mouth of your stream.
And opposite them, lobelia will look great.
Poskharsky's bell will perfectly fit into the very bed of the stream.
Aubrieta hybrids can be picturesquely scattered between planted perennials.
On the right, opposite the shaving, a large-leaved plant will harmoniously look, for example, macrophylla brunnera, which also has bright flowers.
Opposite the Brunera, it is great to plant the awl-leaved bryozoan.
Toward the end of the channel, you can place a creeping tenacious.
And the last chord in the floral ensemble can again be an ostrich, or the same bamboo - leaf-grate.
You can add or subtract something in this scheme to your taste, this is just a suitable sample.
Beautiful flowering gate
The arched gate on the site just asks to be decorated with a frame of flowers. Curly perennials are the best way to cope with this task. Properly distributing the flowers to achieve continuous flowering, the entire holiday season your gate will only change its images with the shifting blooming of flowers.
So, first we divide the flower bed into tiers.
On the first tier there will be undersized perennials. For example, let's give Pozharsky's bells, stonecrop creaker, cushion aster, oak sage, rock stonecrop, fox-tailed feather bristle.
You can put yellow yarrows on the middle tier, and place flowers closer to the gate, for example, spikelet lyatris, long-leaved veronica, and rod-like millet. To the right of the gate we will plant chamomile-like flowers - cushion aster, New Belgian or brilliant rudbeckia.
And we decorate the last tier with tall perennials, they can even hide a fence. Stock looks great here - roses, David's budley, sunflowers, as well as glossy rudbeckia.
And now the turn has come, in fact, to the climbing plants with which the gate arch will be entwined. climbing rose on the one hand, and Jacqueman's clematis on the other, in the center of the arch they will meet and intertwine.
The material of the fence is completely unprincipled for such designs; these flowers will decorate any base.
Fast growing plants in the flower beds
After winter, I especially want to enjoy spring colors, and of course, flowers as soon as possible. We look forward to the flowering of primroses. In the first year, perennials will not bring you such joy, but from the second year you can already rely on them with might and main, especially if your flower garden is located on a warm and sunny side, near a fence, or near a wall, as well as next to conifers.
The scheme of such landings differs little from the above, but still has its own zest.
- The upper tier is planted with multi-colored stock - roses.
- A sunflower will look harmonious next to them.
- Icelandic poppies will feel great on the middle tier.
- Gaillardia can be planted next to them.
- Put bright accent cardinal lobelia will help you, located throughout the flower bed.
- The whaler will add a noble blue color to the flower bed.
- Next, we have Poskharsky's bells.
- On the edge we launch a blue katananhe.
- Gravilat will enhance the presence of undersized plant representatives.
- Stonecrop blooms and pleases you until autumn, so its presence in the flower bed is also necessary.
- Geichera will give completeness to the entire flower arrangement.
The same care for all representatives of the flora will greatly facilitate your country life. And behind the flower garden there may be an unpresentable structure or fence disguised by it.
Do flower beds grow in partial shade
Well, there is no suitable open and sunny place for a flower bed on your site, but you want to have flowers, what should you do? Walking past neighbors' lots and admiring their flowers? But no, in partial shade it can also be formed with correct selection a very ugly bug.
The secret of such a composition lies in the right combination of colors and simple greenery. With the function of pleasant greenery, the function will perfectly cope, and the magnificent dicentra will take on the role of background flowers, it begins to bloom in May, and has a very presentable appearance. Red epimedium is also useful for the same background purposes.
Liriope muskare-like on the middle tier will be a background plant.
In custody.
We have given you only relative schemes, you can easily, having understood the principle of their formation, you can make and implement your schemes and your flower beds, then they will be original and in singular for the entire district. In general, with our instructions, you will definitely succeed in creating a bed of continuous flowering.
You can also watch a video on this topic: Flowerbed of continuous flowering.
The borders of island flower beds are smooth, beautiful shape closed curved lines, oval shape.
Most large plants planted in the central part, low - along the borders.
What perennials to use?
Picking up plants with pink flowers is not a difficult task, there are many among the most popular garden plants - roses, carnations, lilies, phlox, astilbe.
For a minimal care flower garden, decorative stability throughout the season is desirable, i.e. the plant should always look good, never look untidy, desirable long flowering and interesting seasonal effects (autumn color of foliage, fruits, etc.).
In addition, the perennial must be non-aggressive and unpretentious (do not require frequent feeding, division, pruning, shelter, etc.), be resistant to pests and diseases.
The vast majority of perennials do not bloom for long, but you should not be sad about this: it is more correct to enjoy every moment of garden beauty, and its charm lies in continuous variability. In this flower bed, something will bloom all the time, it is especially spectacular in July.
The premieres of this flower bed are blue delphiniums. In the conditions of the Moscow region, they bloom for a month: the whole of July, starting from the end of June. Candle-shaped delphinium inflorescences give the flower garden a special expressiveness, but after flowering they need to be removed. If you completely cut the stems, the delphiniums will bloom a second time in the fall, but this flowering will worsen the next year's flowering, so it is better to cut off only the inflorescences that have appeared. Next to the delphinium, any “chamomile” looks good, here it is echinacea.
The brightness of the composition is given by red lupins planted in front of the delphiniums, a meter-long Abendglut variety with dark red flowers in racemose inflorescences up to 40 cm long. It blooms from June for a month, if the faded inflorescences are removed, and again in August. Bright phloxes in pink tones support elegant summer flowering. In the center of the composition is planted a changeable mountaineer - a huge, constantly decorative, stable perennial.
- echinacea (Echinacea purpurea);
- panicled phlox (Phlox paniculata);
- host (Hosta), grade Hanky-Panky;
- lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus), cultivar Abendglut;
- ochitnik telephium, or hare cabbage, (Sedum telephium), Matrona variety;
- cuff (Alchemilla mollis);
- delphinium hybrid (Delphinium x hybrida)
During the growth period, the delphinium needs a large amount nutrients. The first time it is fed at a shoot height of 10-15 cm with a complex mineral, even better - liquid organic fertilizer; the second time - during the budding period - use fertilizer with a large proportion of potassium and phosphorus; the third - immediately after flowering - with potassium-phosphorus fertilizer without nitrogen for laying powerful renewal buds. Each top dressing should be accompanied by abundant watering - this rule has no exceptions. At a shoot height of 20-30 cm, in order to obtain powerful peduncles, the bushes are thinned, breaking out the shoots in the center of the bush, leaving up to 10 shoots for varieties with few-flowered inflorescences, and up to 5 shoots for many-flowered ones. The inflorescences are tied up for the first time at a height of 40-50 cm, and the second - 100-120 cm.
Growing features
- Spring. If necessary, the geyhera is divided, this operation is required for her once every 2-3 years. At a shoot height of 10-15 cm, the delphinium is fed for the first time, at a height of 20-30 cm it is thinned out, at a height of 40-50 cm the stems are tied up - there is a lot of trouble with the delphinium. If you want to make a low-maintenance composition in the garden, exclude it from your "repertoire".
- Summer. The largest perennial in this composition is the mountaineer changeable. It is interesting from the moment it emerges from the ground, acquires a special decorative effect from the end of June - the beginning of July during flowering, which lasts until mid-August. Huge fragrant paniculate inflorescences of small white flowers look like white clouds, and after flowering its fluffy panicles remain decorative. This highlander is unpretentious, hibernates without shelter, grows well on any soil. Greenish-yellow cuff flowers delight from June to August, its velvety leaves are always beautiful. Lupine blooms during June. Delphiniums in the Moscow region bloom throughout July, starting from the end of June. You have to constantly look after them - feed and tie up. Starting in July, echinacea blooms and geyher leaves are always beautiful. Ochitnik Maggopas with grayish-green, leaves reddening along the edge on purple stems is decorative from the moment it appears in the spring. The popular hosta Hanky-Panky planted here grows well in shade, partial shade and open areas. This is one of the first so-called "tricolor hostas" - its leaves are olive green, and the middle of the green apple leaf is bordered by a snow-white stripe.
- Autumn. In September, light pink inflorescences at ochitnik Matrona. With the advent of frost, all perennials are pruned, except for geyher, of course.
Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea)
Height 1 m.
Large inflorescences with a diameter of 13 cm - pink-purple petals around a convex cone.
Phlox paniculate (Phlox paniculate)
Height 0.7 m.
Lush paniculate inflorescences of pink flowers, black-purple stems.
Blooms in July
Hosta, Hanky-Panky cultivar
An olive green leaf has an apple green center bordered by a white stripe.
Decorative from mid-June until frost
Variable knotweed (Polygonum polymorpha)
Height up to 2 m
Lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus), cultivar Abendglut
Height 1 m
Red flowers in racemes up to 40 cm long
It blooms from June for a month, when the faded inflorescences are removed again - in August
Height 40 cm
Grayish-green, reddening leaves on purple stems, light pink inflorescences in September.
Cuff (Alchemilla mollis)
Height 30 cm
Velvety leaves, greenish-yellow flowers from June to August
Height 30 cm
Very dark black-purple leaves, blooms from June for two months
Delphinium hybrid (Delphinium x hybrida)
Height up to 2 m
Blue flowers in a huge pyramidal inflorescence
Flower garden with perennials in white and blue tones
White flower garden - purity and tranquility, freshness and elegance. You cannot create it by simply planting plants with white flowers in one place. Plants with gray, silvery and white-variegated leaves will make it exciting and expressive - with a white border or center, with white spots or a pattern.
The white color is especially bright against the background of dark green leaves.
Try to get the right balance between the amount of white and green. For a white flower garden, the structure, the contrast of plant shapes, leaf shapes and textures is even more important than for any other. The famous English creator of mixborders advised including small accents of blue in white flower beds.
You can experiment by adding a small amount of lemon yellow or pale orange instead of blue. If it seems to you that there is still not enough white in such a flower garden, you can increase its amount with the help of small architectural forms: white benches, arches, pergolas, flowerpots or sculptures.
Flower garden scheme 3 x 4 m
- Fassen catnip (Nepeta x faassenii);
- panicled phlox (Phlox paniculata), variety "New";
- host (Hosta);
- hybrid delphinium (Delphinium x hybrida), grade Elegans;
- lightning "Variegata" (Molinia coerulea var. variegata);
- ochitnik telephium, or hare cabbage (Sedum telephium), Autumn Charm variety;
- pearl anafalis (Anaphalis margaritacea);
- Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea)
When creating white compositions, plants of any life form can be used. Of the trees and shrubs, willow-leaved pear, willow, loch-leaved, narrow-leaved sucker, white deren "Elegantissima", exochord, action, hydrangeas, mock oranges, lilacs, spring flowering spireas are suitable. There are a lot of perennials with white flowers, these are anemones, aquilegia, asters and, astrantias and bells, cimicifuga, clematis, delphiniums, echinacea, geraniums, irises, lilies, roses, peonies, tulips, daffodils, small bulbs. Suitable leaves for such a flower garden will be provided by hosts, brunners, lungworts and chistets.
Growing features
- Spring. The composition is planted on a fairly fertile neutral garden soil in a well-lit place protected from the wind. All plants planted here do not require special care, except for the delphinium and phlox, which require constant care. Delphinium at a shoot height of 10-15 cm is fed for the first time, at a height of 20-30 cm it is thinned out, at a height of 40-50 cm the stems are tied up. Phloxes also need to be properly fed in order to get lush bloom, the first time it is done in the spring - nitrogen fertilizers during the period of intensive growth. In the spring, it is desirable to mulch the composition, it is not only beautiful, but also very useful for plants.
- Summer. Three types of plants from the previous composition are used here, but white-flowered varieties are selected, these are echinacea, phlox paniculata and stonecrop. There are many white varieties of echinacea, they differ in height, as well as in the color of tubular flowers that form a “bump” in the center of the inflorescence, it can be brown, red or green.
The phlox paniculata "New" has white flowers with a blue lining, quite in the theme of our composition. Echinacea and phlox bloom from July. In summer, you need to do at least two top dressings of phloxes: during budding and flowering, complex fertilizer with a large dose of potassium and phosphorus, and after flowering, complex fertilizer with an increased amount of phosphorus to prepare plants for winter. To the place here is the white-edged sedum Autumn Charm, very decorative from the moment it appeared from the ground.
The catnip blooms for a long time - from June to September. Delphiniums in the Moscow region bloom throughout July, starting from the end of June, requiring constant care, watering, fertilizing and garters. Here is a variety with light blue flowers. Variegated mountaineer, pearl anafalis (its stem and leaves are white-pubescent, white inflorescences), Variegata lightning and blue hosta are always decorative. This composition needs watering in dry summers.
- Autumn. Ochitnik Autumn Charm blooms in September-October for more than a month. With the advent of frost, all perennials are pruned.
- Winter. In winter, there is nothing to look at in this composition.
Variable Highlander (Polygonum polymorphs)
Height up to 2 m
Large white paniculate inflorescences
Blooms from late June to mid-August, decorative even after flowering
Panicled phlox (Phlox paniculata), variety "New"
Height 70 cm
White flowers with blue lining
Blooms in July
Fassen's catnip (Nepeta x faassenii)
Height 50 cm
small fragrant flowers lavender in long racemes
Long flowering - from June to September
Height 50-70 cm
Large, strongly pressed blue leaves, white flowers
Decorative all season, blooms in July
Delphinium hybrid (Delphinium x hybrida), grade Elegans
Height up to 2 m.
Light blue flowers with a black center in a huge pyramidal inflorescence.
Blooms from the end of June for 20-30 days, after flowering it is not decorative
Molinia "Variegata" (Molinia coerulea var. variegata)
Height 50 cm
Leaves with longitudinal stripes of yellowish-cream color, white spikelets
Decorative throughout the season
Ochitnik telephium, or hare cabbage (Sedum telephium), Autumn Charm variety
Height 40 cm
White edging on each leaf, flowering in September-October for more than a month Decorative from the moment it emerges from the ground
Anafalis pearl (Anaphalis margaritacea)
Height 40 cm
Stems and leaves are white-pubescent, inflorescences are white
Decorative throughout the season
Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea)
Height 1 m
Large inflorescences consisting of white petals around a huge orange-green "cone"
Blooms from late July to September
Flower garden with perennials in pink and purple tones
Pink is considered a feminine color: even the color of the dowry for newborn girls is pink. Psychologists say that for two out of three women this is the most favorite color. In nature, it is found quite often, pleasing to the eye, nicely combined with in green foliage, especially those with dark green leaves.
Combinations of pink flowers with gray-green and bluish-green leaves look sophisticated. Relating to pastel colors, calm pink, like blue and pale yellow, visually enlarges the size of the garden, blurring the boundaries of flower arrangements. Pink poses in the garden romantic mood a sense of harmony and serenity. Interspersed with silvery-gray foliage and white flowers will add sophistication to such compositions.
pink flower combination varying degrees saturation is a win-win, the combination of pink flowers with dark purple looks luxurious. In the gray garden, Gertrude Jekyll used pink and lilac flowers to match the gray leaves.
Scheme of a flower garden with perennials 3 x 4 m
- changeable mountaineer (Polygonum polymorpha);
- Monarda hybrid (Monarda x hybrida);
- astrantia (Astrantia major), Claret variety;
- bergenia (Bergenia);
- panicled phlox (Phlox paniculata), variety "Dragon";
- hybrid geyhera (Heuchera x hybrida), grade Obsidian;
- blood red geranium (Geranium sanguineum), Compactum variety;
- ochitnik telephium, or hare cabbage (Sedum telephium), Matrona variety;
- bluebell (Campanula lactiflora), variety Loddon Anna
Of course, the list does not end with this, at our service are varieties of veronicas and veronicastrums, lilacs, summer flowering spireas, rhododendrons, primroses, monards, loosestrife, bells, bergenia, astrantia. Many varieties of large-leaved hydrangeas have pink inflorescences, the inflorescences of almost all varieties of panicled hydrangeas turn pink by the end of summer, and varieties tree hydrangeas with pink flowers.
Growing features
- Spring. Badan blossoms in May. Sedum Maiopa is interesting from the moment of germination, its grayish-green leaves are good, reddening along the edge, on purple stems. In order to get lush flowering, it is necessary to properly feed phloxes - the first time this is done in the spring - with nitrogen fertilizers during the period of intensive growth. In the spring, it is desirable to mulch the composition, it is not only beautiful, but also very useful for plants.
- Summer. Astrantia Claret blooms in June-August for 35-40 days. Highlander changeable blooms from late June to mid-August, it is decorative even after flowering. Campanula lactiflora Loddon Anna blooms profusely with pink flowers for two months in July-August. This type of bell has many advantages. Unlike many other bluebells, it is always decorative, its roots are taproot, so it grows well on heavy soils. Bell-shaped flowers are collected in large inflorescences, if you cut off faded inflorescences, then repeated flowering will be especially lush. The flowers are fragrant and attract bees and bumblebees.
In July, Phlox "Dragon" blooms profusely with pink flowers. Perhaps this is the only demanding care plant in the composition. In summer, you need to do at least two top dressings of phloxes: during budding and flowering, complex fertilizer with a large dose of potassium and phosphorus, and after flowering, complex fertilizer with an increased amount of phosphorus to prepare plants for winter. In July-August, pink monarda pleases with flowers. The blood-red geranium blooms profusely and for a long time, from mid-June to August. beautiful dark leaves Heuchera Obsidian.
- Autumn. Sedumma Ggopa blooms in September. With the advent of autumn frosts, the stems and leaves of all perennials are removed, except for geyhera.
- Winter. In winter, the composition is of no interest.
Variable Highlander (Polygonum polymorphs)
Height up to 2 m
Large white paniculate inflorescences
Blooms from late June to mid-August, decorative even after flowering
Astrantia (Astrantia major), Claret variety
Height 60 cm
Dark purple flowers
Blooms in June-August for 35-40 days
Monarda hybrid (Monarda x hybrida)
Height 70 cm
Pink fragrant flowers attract insects
Blooms in July-August
Badan (Bergenia)
Height 40 cm
Attractive leaves turn purple in autumn.
Blooms in May
The plant is decorative from snow to snow
Panicled phlox (Phlox paniculata), grade "Dragon"
Height 0.7-0.8 m
Purple-pink flowers with silver-gray streaks along the edge of the petals, black-purple stems
Blooms in July
Heuchera hybrid (Heuchera x hybrida), variety Obsidian
Height 30 cm
Very dark black-purple leaves, blooms from June for two months.
ornamental plant
Blood-red geranium (Geranium sanguineum), Compactum variety
Height 30 cm
Numerous small pink flowers against a background of elegant leaves
Blooms profusely and for a long time, from mid-June to August, decorative before and after flowering
Ochitnik telephium, or hare cabbage (Sedum telephium), Matrona variety
Height 40 cm
Greyish green, reddening leaves on purple stems, light pink inflorescences in September
Decorative from the moment of appearance in the spring until the end of the season
Campanula lactiflora, cultivar Loddon Anna
Height 1.2 m
Pink fragrant bell-shaped flowers are collected in large inflorescences
Blooms for two months in July-August. If you cut off faded inflorescences, re-blooming will be especially lush.
Flower garden with perennials for a shady area
There are plants whose main advantage is chic leaves, many of them grow with pleasure in partial shade and shade. Shade lovers rarely boast spectacular flowering, but their leaves are extraordinarily good. In the center of the composition is the imposing Kamchatka meadowsweet, a powerful plant up to 2 m tall with large five-lobed leaves.
In June-July for 2-3 weeks it blooms with large paniculate inflorescences of creamy small flowers. The soil under the meadowsweet should not dry out, insufficient watering in the heat will lead to temporary withering of the leaves and inflorescences. Another shade-lover with chic leaves is a pinnate variety. Its expressive leaves are purple when blooming, later - dark green with relief venation, blooms for 20-25 days in July with pink fragrant panicles.
Like life in the shade and black cohosh, perennials with ornamental leaves and elegant inflorescences of small flowers with numerous stamens. Calling the hosta the queen of the shadow has long been a banality, here grows the classic blue hosta variety Love Pat. And astilbes like to grow in moist semi-shady places. Pale pink and white astilbes look elegant next to bergenia and pachysandra. Their chic inflorescences effectively contrast with the dense large leaves of the host.
The scheme of the shady flower garden of perennials 3 x 4 m
- astilba (Astilbe japonica), cultivar Deutschland;
- hakonechloa (Hakonechloa macra), cultivar Aureola;
- Filipendula kamchatka (Filipendula camtschatica);
- astilbe Thunberg (Astilbe thunbergii), cultivar Straussenfeder;
- pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis);
- host (Hosta), grade Love Pat;
- Rogersia pinnata (Rodgersia pinnata), variety Superba;
- bergenia (Bergenia);
- black cohosh, black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa)
Are there any cereals that like to grow in partial shade? One of them is a graceful hakonechloa. A compact bush grows in one direction, asymmetrically, its bamboo-like foliage forms an unusual cascade. Used here frost-resistant variety Aureola with long golden leaves with green longitudinal stripes. Hakonehloa looks especially good at the front edge of the flower garden, where it shows the effect of a waterfall.