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If you love old-fashioned flowers, plant a cottage garden! Originally, cottage gardens evolved from English country gardens, which were designed to be productive spaces where herbs, vegetables, summer flowers, and even livestock intermingled. Today's cottage gardens reflect that history with a relaxed, peaceful style that's just as appealing now as it was historically.
Cottage gardens become more popular in recent years, perhaps because we're all yearning for a sense of nostalgia. When filled with old-fashioned flowers like roses and peonies, they may remind you of your grandma's garden. Classic landscaping ideas that feature winding pathways, rose-covered arbors, and white picket fences are the epitome of romance. Best of all, many cottage garden flowers are sturdy and easy to grow, both from seeds and seedlings. There are also many perennial flowers that come back year after year, helping to attract pollinators like hummingbirds and bees.
Whether you live in an urban setting or have a large rambling yard, you can incorporate elements of the cottage garden in your own garden. Focus on combining colors, textures, and fragrances you truly love from rambling roses to stately hollyhocks and even scented lavender. Even a container or window box will work—there are no rules! Recreate this style and feel at home in an old-fashioned English garden of your own with our favorite cottage flowers.
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Foxglove
Foxglove is another quintessential cottage garden favorite. The tall spikes of tubular flowers on these perennials make a striking accent in borders.
Ranging from cream to pink in color, these tubular flowers attract hummingbirds.
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Delphinium
Also called larkspur, these gorgeous cobalt blue flowers tower up to 6 feet tall above the rest of the garden with stately spikes of flowers in late spring to early summer. Deer tend to ignore this perennial, so it's a good deer-resistant plant. New cultivars, or cultivated varieties, include shorter types, as well as pink, white, or lavender flowers.
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Phlox
The delicate fragrance and bright colors of this cottage garden favorite make it welcome in garden beds of all sizes. This perennial blooms for weeks, attracting pollinators such as hummingbirds. New cultivars are more mildew resistant.
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Catmint
As far as perennials go, it doesn't get much tougher than catmint. It will tolerate most soil types and is drought-tolerant once established.
The silvery leaves with a minty-spicy scent and delicate spikes of purple flowers are beautiful in mixed borders or when planted in masses. Pollinators of all sorts adore catmint.
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Ammi
Ammi resemble the roadside weed, Queen Anne's lace, but aren't as aggressive. Their wispy blooms look like lace, blooming profusely in mid to late summer. There are pink and white varieties, and they’re easy to grow from seed. But they do have a long time to maturity, so start seeds indoors in cold climates.
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Hollyhock
These cottage garden perennials have tall stems with multiple flowers from spring to summer in shades of peach, pink, lilac, or white. They'll also self-sow readily.
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Perennial Herb
Many perennial herbs have attractive forms and lovely flowers that pollinators adore. Plant favorites such as sage, thyme, and chives, but add some lesser-known types, such as lovage, which has a celery-like flavor, and borage (shown here), which has pretty blue flowers that resemble nigella.
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Rose
Every garden needs roses and roses aren't as fussy as you think. Many different types, including climbing and rambling roses, look at home in a cottage garden setting, where they can spill over fences or arbors. Shrub roses are some of the most carefree types and will bloom from early summer to frost.
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Hardy Geranium
Also called cranesbill, due to the shape of the tiny flowers, this sturdy perennial is extremely cold-hardy and spreads rapidly. Some cultivars bloom in late spring, while others will bloom all summer long. They make an excellent low-maintenance ground cover, and pollinators love these pretty plants.
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Four O'Clock
These pretty tubular flowers come in many colors and bloom around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, closing up the next morning.
They're technically a perennial but act more like annuals in most of the country. They also are super-easy to grow from seed and will self-sow and pop up again next year.
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Peony
Peonies are the queens of the springtime garden. Their lush, full flowers appear in late spring, filling the garden with fragrance. There are many different types, but they're all worth adding to your perennial beds. Peonies are long-living plants that can live for up to 100 years!
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Lavender
This stunning perennial has silvery foliage and beautiful spikes of purple or pink flowers. English lavender and lavandin, a hybrid that's more heat and cold tolerant, are reliable types to grow if you have cold winters. In hot and humid areas of the country, Spanish lavender, with its tufted flowers, tends to do better.
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Love in a Mist
Also called nigella, this lovely annual is worth growing just for the name! But the starry, exotic-looking blooms and feathery foliage are another reason you should add this one to your garden.
Chances are, you'll need to purchase and grow from seed because you'll almost never see this one in garden centers. But it's actually easy to grow from seed and will self-sow to pop up again next year if conditions are right.
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Campanula
Also called bellflower, this beautiful blue flower are long-blooming and favorites of hummingbirds. This perennial also makes a lovely cut flower, and it also self-sows to make new plants. Some cultivars are pale blue, white or pale pink.
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A List of Cottage Garden Plants; The Ultimate Guide
A cottage garden is an informal planting where flowers take centre stage. Imagine masses of hollyhocks, daisies, phlox, catmint, and foxgloves mingling together and spilling out of garden beds.
Cottage gardens invite wandering and evoke whimsy. Their designs often include curving pathways, rose-covered arbors, and white picket fences. When planning your informal flower garden, start with a list of cottage garden plants like foxgloves, Shasta daisies, catmint, and hollyhocks. Read on to learn more about creating a beautiful, long-blooming cottage garden.
Planning a Cottage Garden:
A traditional English cottage garden may look natural, but it’s really organized chaos and requires a little planning. Here are a few tips on planning and planting the perfect cottage garden.
- Start small – A cottage garden isn’t a no-maintenance space. Once planted, you’ll need to make sure plants are supported, beds are weeded, and spent blooms are deadheaded. Therefore, it pays to start small. Begin with a bed or two, expanding as you’re able.
- Grow UP! – Include vertical elements like an arbor or pergola, which can be used to mark the entrance to the garden or separate the space into different areas.
Plant structures with climbing or rambling roses, or clematis vines. - Offer support – Many perennials flop over without proper support. Be sure to place stakes or grow-through supports for tall growing plants like peonies early in the season.
- Sneak in more color – Easy-to-grow, cottage garden annuals like sunflowers, cosmos, zinnias, nasturtiums, and cornflowers can be tucked into garden beds for non-stop color from early summer through autumn.
- Plant in clumps and drifts – Achieve that cottage garden style by planting perennials in drifts of three to five plants. This helps create the casual look of a cottage garden and makes a bigger visual impact.
- Herbs and vegetables – Include ornamental edibles in your cottage garden to provide color and food. Favorite edibles that meld well with other cottage garden plants include Swiss chard, kale, sage, chives, dill, hyssop, and thyme.
- Mulch – After planting, mulch the soil with an organic mulch like bark or compost to reduce weed growth and hold soil moisture.
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A cottage garden may look natural, but it’s really organized chaos. Keep plants deadheaded and fill beds with a mixture of tall, medium, and short growing plants for a layered appearance.A List of Cottage Garden Plants
When making a list of cottage garden plants, keep these outstanding perennials in mind. Not only will they add vibrant color to your yard, but they’ll also attract bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinators.
Catmint (Zones 3 to 9)
Catmint is one of my favorite perennials. It’s long-flowering, especially when sheared back after the initial late spring bloom. And, it’s pollinator-friendly, insect and disease-resistant, drought-tolerant, and has a relaxed habit that makes it a perfect cottage garden plant. Tuck clumps of catmint along pathways or at the front of the garden for masses of pretty purple-blue flowers.
Catmint is extremely pollinator-friendly and deer-resistant.
Plus, it flowers for months and adds an informal touch to pathways or the front of a cottage garden.Hollyhocks (Zones 2 to 9)
Hollyhocks are usually considered short-lived perennials as they only tend to persist in a garden for a few years. That said, they self-sow rambunctiously, so expect them to wander through your garden beds, popping up here and there. I like to place them at the back of a perennial border or along a fence where their tall flower spikes won’t block shorter plants. Hollyhocks can grow six to seven-feet tall with four-inch diameter single or double flowers that are produced along the top half of the stem. These beauties definitely belong on a list of cottage garden plants!
A list of cottage garden plants should always include hollyhocks. Hollyhocks add old-fashioned charm with their tall flower spikes. Tuck the plants at the back of a cottage garden bed or along a fence where it will form a beautiful backdrop.Phlox (Zones 4 to 8)
Garden phlox, often called border phlox to avoid confusion with the lower growing moss phlox, is the perfect mid-sized perennial for a cottage garden.
The plants grow two to four-feet tall and bloom enthusiastically in July and August. Deadhead to further extend the blooming season. Enjoy the wide range of bright colors like pink, lavender, white, violet, red, peach, and so on. If powdery mildew affects your phlox, opt for resistant varieties like ‘David’, and be sure plants are spaced far enough apart to allow for good air circulation.
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Roses (Zones 2 to 9, depending on cultivar)
Fragrant, old-fashioned roses are a must when making a list of cottage garden plants. Be sure to do your research as certain types of roses are less hardy than others. For low-maintenance plants, look for those in the Easy Elegance or the Knock-Out family of roses, as well as other hardy shrub roses. Of course, climbing and rambling roses can also be used in a cottage garden and planted at the base of a fence, arbor, pergola or another type of vertical structure.
When it comes to color, the sky is the limit! You’ll find roses with red, pink, purple, orange, yellow, peach, and white flowers, with every shade in between.
Peony (Zones 3 to 8)
Late spring is peak season for peonies, hardy perennials with huge, blowsy blooms that are a cutting garden favorite. Most are also fragrant, perfuming the garden for several weeks when the flowers bloom. Pick a spot in the garden with full sun and well-drained soil, digging in some compost or aged manure. When planting, don’t bury the peony tubers too deeply or you may never see any flowers. Instead, make sure the tuber is set no deeper than two inches into the ground.
A star of the late spring garden, peonies add fragrance and bold color to cottage garden beds.Campanula (Zones 3 to 8, depending on species)
Also knowns as bellflowers, there are many wonderful species of campanula that are perfectly suited to cottage-style garden. Some types grow just a few inches tall, while others can grow over five-feet in height! Most bloom early to mid-summer in shades of purple, violet, pink, and white.
Be warned that a little research can go a long way as many campanulas are rampant garden spreaders (including the lovely clustered bellflower in the photo below), and some, like creeping bellflower, are downright invasive. If you don’t want to pull wandering clumps every spring, stick to better behaved garden choices like the great bellflower ‘Brantford’, or the milky bellflower.
Foxgloves (Zones 3 to 9)
Foxgloves are perfect for the back of a cottage garden where their tall spires of bell-shaped blooms tower over other plants. Plant a mix of colors; pink, purple, yellow, white, and apricot, cutting the blooms for long-lasting arrangements. Foxgloves are biennial, which means they don’t flower until their second year. After flowering, they produce seeds and die. If you allow them, foxgloves will self-sow throughout your garden beds, mingling with other cottage garden plants.
Keep in mind that all parts of foxglove are toxic, so keep away from children and pets.
Shasta Daisy (Zones 4 to 9)
Cheerful, long-flowering daisies are a foundation plant in a cottage garden. They’re easy to grow, resistant to pests and diseases, and make excellent cut flowers. Depending on the variety, expect masses of flowers from mid to late summer on plants that grow 18 to 36-inches tall – they’re the perfect fit for a list of cottage garden plants! Once the flowers begin to open, keep on top of deadheading by snipping spent flowers every few days.
Further Reading on Designing and Planting a Cottage Garden:Of course, this is only a partial list of cottage garden plants. There are many, MANY more perennials that can be grown in an informal flower garden like dianthus, columbine, lavender, irises, delphiniums, bee balm, Joe pye weed, coreopsis, sweet William, and penstemon.
Also consider spring bulbs like tulips, daffodils, snowdrops, and grape hyacinths, and annual flowering like mounding and climbing nasturtiums, sweet peas, cosmos, and zinnias.
For more information and plant suggestions on cottage gardens, check out the excellent book The Layered Garden by David Culp and the classic book, Tasha Tudor’s Garden.
To learn more about gardening with perennials, be sure to check out these articles:
- Discover the longest flowering perennials
- Aster purple dome: a fall blooming beauty
- Learn how to grow Shasta daisies
- Types of lilies: 8 beautiful choices
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cultivation rules + selection of the best varieties
It is difficult to imagine a garden without tall, flowering plants, which either attract our attention with the perfection of color and shape, or remain invisible, acting as a background for other flower arrangements.
Tall flowers for the garden, creating bright accents, give the site dynamism and completeness. In order for high perennials to bring individual originality to the landscape design of the site, it is desirable to take into account the characteristics of these representatives of the plant world when choosing plants.
Often tall flowering plants are called giant flowers. The reason for this is their gigantic growth, which can vary in the range of 1-2.5 meters or more.
This feature should be taken into account when choosing a place for a plant: due to their high growth, such flowers can successfully decorate any unsightly areas
Although most of the plants of this group are not particularly picky about the soil, they still show the greatest decorative effect on deep and rich soils. Among the tall representatives of the plant world, shade-tolerant specimens are practically not found.
Since the vegetation processes in tall plants determine the flowering period, which begins in the second half of summer and can last throughout autumn, these flowers especially need a sufficient amount of moisture.
Features of the structure of the tap root system allow the flower to extract moisture from deeper soil layers when the top layer of soil dries up
Successfully endure short-term drought tall perennial flowers that have a tap root, for example: tuberous gooseberry, small astrantia, panicled gypsophila, elecampane tall, heart-leaved katran, mordovnik, beautiful telekia, mullein, rhubarb.
A selection of the most unpretentious flowers for the garden will also be useful: https://diz-cafe.com/ozelenenie/neprixotlivye-cvety-dlya-sada.html
Plants more demanding on the level of soil moisture have a fibrous root system. These include: large-headed cornflower, wrinkled mallow, lamellar astilbodies, New Belgian aster, makley, meadowsweet, geleniums, aconites, goldenrods.
Despite their apparent simplicity, these garden perennials, quickly mastering the space in the garden, become its bright decoration. Sun-loving exotic lupins, brought to us from North America, are very popular not only due to the variety of beautiful forms.
These plants are very useful because they have nodules on their roots that contain bacteria that are able to produce nitrogen directly from the air.
Lupins
It is difficult to take your eyes off the snow-white, cream and even pink clouds of meadowsweet flowers
This perennial, reaching up to 1.5 in height, also has an unusually beautiful pinnately dissected foliage of rich green and golden hues. The shade-tolerant moisture-loving handsome meadowsweet is effective both as a tapeworm plant and in group plantings against the backdrop of a pond or lawn.
Tall powerful delphinium flower stalks dotted with a scattering of miniature candles of the most incredible shades also look gorgeous
An unpretentious perennial in care can grow in one place up to 10 years. It is ideal for creating a so-called "lazy" garden. Groups of delphiniums combined from varieties with contrasting colors look interesting. The delphinium can also grow in semi-shaded areas in the garden, but it shows beauty in full force only in the sun.
Delicate spikelets of volzhanka or buzulnik inflorescences, reaching up to 2 meters in height, please with flowering throughout the summer
These tall flowers, favored by many gardeners, prefer shady areas.
What other perennials are suitable for dark areas of the garden, you can find out from the material: https://diz-cafe.com/ozelenenie/tenelubivye-mnogoletniki-dlya-sada.html
A picky perennial often used as a beautiful living screen to mask unsightly corners of a plot. Buzulnik looks most impressive in the neighborhood of gaillardia, hosta, bergenia, rogersia, rudbeckia, lungwort.
No one will be left indifferent by an elegant foxglove, outwardly resembling a tall bell, striking those around with its defiant beauty
A rosette of fairly large elliptical foxglove leaves is crowned with a spiky inflorescence adorned with many funnel flowers in a wide range of shades from white and cream to golden brown and purple.
The perennial feels great in shady areas. Digitalis is in perfect harmony with honeysuckle, rhodonedrons, aquilegia and hostas.
More about the rules for planting and growing foxglove: https://diz-cafe.com/rastenija/naperstyanka-posadka-i-uxod.html
Soaring at a height of two or three meters, the "lavender mist" surrounded by a greenish cloud of openwork leaves, created by a tall basil, amazes with its splendor
A profusely flowering perennial that shows itself in all its glory in lightly shaded areas on moist, rich soils. The plant itself is quite tall, but thanks to the large curtains of inflorescences, bordered by graceful dissected foliage, it seems light and airy.
Combining plantings, taking into account the decorative features of each plant, you can create chic multi-tiered plant compositions that fit perfectly into a garden of any style.
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Tall perennial flowers grow in almost all front gardens and suburban areas. By purchasing a mixture of tall perennials "Flower Carnival", you can create a corner of amazing beauty.
Such plants attract with their unusual appearance and the ability to create unique compositionsAdvantages of growing tall perennials
Growing flower seedlings annually, especially in large numbers, is inconvenient. That is why gardeners prefer to plant perennials.
What is their advantage:
- for several years the flowers grow by themselves, they do not need to be replanted;
- in winter the root system does not freeze;
- perennials do not require special care;
- big money savings on buying seeds;
- the decorative effect of the flowers lasts all season;
- the ability to create beautiful flower beds by combining plants of different heights in flowerbeds.
Important! By picking up perennials that bloom non-simultaneously, you can get a blooming garden from spring to late autumn.
Many gardeners pay attention to the mixture of tall perennials "Flower Carnival", which includes:
- rudbeckia;
- delphinium;
- catchment area or aquilegia;
- chamomile;
- echinacea;
- yarrow;
- lupins;
- digitalis.
Almost all tall flowers are undemanding, growing up to 60-120 cm.
Spring tall perennials
Plants begin to develop in front gardens and yards in spring. Among them are many tall garden perennials that delight the eye with flowers or beautiful leaves.
Digitalis purple
This ornamental tall flower can be seen in many garden areas. It is most often grown as a biennial plant through seedlings.
The tall perennial got its name from the shape of the flower, reminiscent of a sewing deviceWarning! The beauty of a tall foxglove fascinates, but it is not recommended to plant it if there are small children, as the plant is poisonous.
Height - about 1-2 m, bushes grow up to 60 cm wide. The leaves can be oval or lanceolate, depending on the variety. Flowers in the form of drooping bells on a tall spike-shaped inflorescence. Regardless of the color, purple spots of various sizes are located on the lower petals.
Flower buds, approx. 6-8 cm long, maybe:
- white;
- yellow;
- cream;
- purple;
- raspberry;
- pink.
Flowering - late May or early June. Terms depend on the climatic conditions of the region.
You can grow in the shade, as long as the soil is fertile.
Important! When the seeds are formed, the foxglove dies off, so you need to plant the bushes in the background of the flower bed.
Popular ornamental flower varieties:
- Alba. The height of the peduncles is up to 1.5 m. The buds are snow-white.
- Apricot. A plant about 1 m high. Apricot-pink flowers.
- Camelot. The colors of tall foxglove can be pink, purple, cream.
Darmer's corymb
This tall perennial flower (pictured below) is interesting because the flowers shoot out when the ground is bare. They are an inflorescence in the form of a shield with a pale pink color. Leaf blades of tall darmer appear after flowering has ended. They look decorative, as they attract attention with unusual sizes (up to 1 m), lush greenery and wavy edges.
The height of the petioles is up to 1.5 m. The leaves are arranged so tightly that a funnel forms in the center, into which water collects during rains.
Tall perennials that bloom all summer
Among the perennials that continue to bloom in the summer, there are many tall plants with bright colors of buds. Caring for them is not difficult, but the site will be fragrant.
Vasilistniki
These tall perennials belong to the Buttercup family. Inflorescences are small with many stamens. Grows best in partial shade.
Tall cornflowers allow you to create different flower arrangementsPopular varieties are:
- Album. Basil with white buds, inflorescence height over 1.5 m.
- Hewitt's Double. Tall variety with double flowers of delicate lilac color.
- Basil of Chelidon. Perennial about 2.5 m high with pale lilac flowers. Propagated by seeds and rhizomes.
Rudbeckia dissected
This tall perennial with yellow flowers used to be found in almost every yard. Then the plant was gradually replaced by modern horticultural crops.
Now the cultivation of rudbeckia is resumed.
The height of the bush is up to 2 m, it takes more than 90 cm in diameter. The inflorescences are represented by baskets, the diameter of which is 7-10 cm. The color palette is diverse. There are baskets of plain or multi-colored, simple or terry.
Tall flowers can be planted in an open place or in partial shade, this does not lose their decorative effect. Tall bushes need to be tied up, as the plant can break under the weight of the buds.
Daylily
Tall daylilies have always been popular. After all, it is enough to plant a plant once, so that tall flowers delight the eyes for several years in a row.
Important! Decorativeness is not lost, the bushes become more powerful.
Tall perennial varieties:
- Brown yellow daylily. On peduncles more than 1 m high, bright orange buds bloom.
Flowers love the sun and partial shade.
- Yellow daylily. Inflorescences of bright yellow color are almost 10 cm in diameter. Long narrow leaves gradually droop.
- Lemon yellow daylily. Tall perennial. A powerful peduncle grows up to 120 cm. Abundant blooming of buds begins in mid-July.
- Tall daylily Frans Hals. The petals of this perennial in color are yellow and orange. Such a combination does not occur in nature. The height of the bushes is within 1 m, the flowers in diameter are up to 15 cm.
- Bonanza. The plant throws out a peduncle more than a meter long. The buds are large, distinguished by an unusual color: the corollas are yellow, and the middle is wine-colored.
Tip! A tall perennial should be planted only in a sunny place, otherwise you can not wait for abundant flowering.
Stem - rose (mallow)
People call this tall flower mallow, mallow. The most common varieties are:
- Tall perennial, throws out a peduncle up to 1.
5 m. About 30 large pink buds with a reddish core bloom on it.
- Malva sylvestris L. Leaves are large, dark green. The flowers are medium in size, the petals are light with bright stripes of darker tones. In the middle of the flower, they join, so the white stamens look unique.
Notice! Unfortunately, in the second year, tall stock roses are very often affected by rust.
Monarda
There are more than 20 species of this amazing tall plant from the Lamiaceae family. Perennial rhizomatous, branched. The height of the shoots is 150 cm and above. The leaves are oblong, lanceolate, the edges are with clearly visible teeth.
Inflorescence racemose, fragrant small buds 6-7 cm in diameter. Wide range of shades:
- purple;
- light yellow;
- white;
- red;
- mottled.
Dahlias
It is hard to imagine a summer cottage without tall flowers with huge colorful hats.
There are a lot of varieties of dahlias. Each of them is good in its own way. Plants are propagated by tubers, which are stored in a cool place until spring.
Plants are attractive not only with flowers, but also with large juicy green leaves
Hibiscus hybrid
Thanks to powerful rhizomes, the perennial endures winter. In the Northern regions, it is recommended to cover with mulch. The bush is tall - up to 2.5 m, grows up to 1.5 m wide.
Leaf blades with three lobes, purple stem. Blooms in August until frost.
Large dark pink flowers, up to 18 cm in diameter, resemble a saucer, on which long stamens with yellow anthers stand out brightlyVolzhanka dioecious
This perennial is grown for delicate openwork flowers that look like foam.
Bushes are tall: shoots - up to 2 m, width - up to 1.2 m. Pinnate leaf blades are held on long petioles. The inflorescences of a tall perennial are racemose with small fragrant white buds, on which there are always a lot of bees and butterflies.
Buzulniki
It is simply impossible to look away from golden tall flowers. Plants are distinguished by large carved leaves. Among the most popular varieties are:
- Toothed buzulnik. The height of perennials is 1-1.5, and the width is up to 1 m, so the plantings look like thickets.
- Buzulnik Przewalski. Tall perennial with long inflorescences (up to 2 m) of yellow color.
For tall buzulnik, shaded areas should be allocated
You can even plant in wetlands where nothing grows. The main thing is that the soil is nutritious.
Tall perennials that bloom in autumn
To create continuous flowering in the garden, plant plants that bud in autumn.
Many of them are perennials.
Aconite
Aconite flowers look like a pubescent hood. The color of the buds is very different, maybe even green. Perennials are high - up to 1-3 m. Flowering begins at the end of July. The plant has large leaves with a strong dissection.
Long-stemmed buds, racemes.
Among the representatives of these perennials:
- Aconite. Tall plant in the form of a wide bush. The brushes are long, studded with white hoods with blue stains.
- Curly aconite. This flower has a long twisted stem up to 2 m. With their petioles, the leaves are able to catch on to their neighbors and form thickets. Flowers of lilac or bluish-green color are located on pedicels, emerge from the axils of the leaves.
Japanese or hybrid anemone
This garden flower grows well in temperate climates and is highly frost resistant. The plant is fragile, but this does not deter gardeners.
Common features of the Japanese anemone are stems stretching up to 1 m, rich green leaf blades.
Important! Despite the height, the plant does not need support. Since the shoots are strong and powerful.
Buds may have 4-20 petals. In place of the flower, a fruit-nutlet is formed.
Japanese anemone juice, like other members of the Ranunculaceae family, is poisonous and can cause burnsPopular varieties:
- Crispa. Beautiful corrugated leaves have an interesting color: there is a cherry rim around the edges of the lettuce plates. Pink large buds 8 cm in diameter.
- Welwind. High garden perennials (over 1 m) of this variety are covered with white flowers, on which golden stamens are clearly visible.
- Prince Heinrich. The flowers are semi-double large, consist of 10-15 petals. Pink buds are formed at once in several pieces, do not fade for a long time.
Tip! Anemone does not like open areas, feels great in partial shade.
Chinese Miscanthus
The bush grows up to 3 m in height and 1.
2 m in width. It has linear leaf blades, 1.2 m long. the photo is clearly visible) in the form of a pyramid (about 40 cm). They decorate miscanthus in autumn. Best planted in open areas with fertile, well-drained soil.
Long-flowering tall perennials
Particular attention is drawn to tall perennials with long flowering periods. The choice is sufficient, the main thing is to purchase planting material and choose a good place for planting.
Acanthus soft
Acanthus is characterized by high peaks of flowers and carved, glossy foliage. Plants can be planted singly or in groups.
The basal rosette consists of a large number of long leaves, from which the peduncle shoots out many white-pink buds. When they bloom, a lush ear appears above the greenery. Flowering continues for a long time. The fragrance attracts bees and butterflies.
Peduncles rise above the carved greenery, which from afar commemorates a coniferous plantFragrant Brugmansia
Tall perennial (up to 2.
5 m) is especially attractive during flowering. A huge number of white, pink or purple buds bloom on the plant at the same time. They resemble a long funnel, at the end of which large petals are widely spaced. The upturned flowers are up to 30 cm long.
Leaves are dark green, pinnate. The edge of the plate can be smooth or notched. Can be planted in sunny areas or partial shade.
A perennial with beautiful flowers should not be planted in a summer cottage where small children often visit - it is poisonous. It reaches a height of 1-3 m. Phytollac flowers are interesting. They are white at first, then begin to turn red, forming brushes with densely planted inflorescences. Purple-black berries ripen on each of them. It is not recommended to eat, as it can be poisonousJapanese Butterbur
Butterbur remains attractive from spring to autumn thanks to its leaf blades.
They are round in shape, 0.8-1.5 m in diameter. There is pubescence on the underside of the leaf.
Inflorescences consist of small buds, which are not visible because of the wide leaves. Flowering begins early in spring.
Looks original in a composition with the following colors:
- astilba;
- host;
- Volzhanka;
- meadowsweet;
- irises;
- air fern.
Prickly artichoke
The height of the perennial called artichoke, which is in the photo below, is about 2 m, and its width is up to 1.2 m. It is distinguished by its huge carved leaves, the length of which reaches 80 cm Inflorescences in the form of large baskets with sharp spikes. Small purple petals.
It is advisable to pluck ripening baskets in a timely manner, otherwise a beautiful perennial will become a malicious weedTall garden perennials
Perennials are propagated by seeds, division or cuttings.
Planting material must be purchased in specialized stores or from reliable sellers. Otherwise, there will be problems on the site. The fact is that many diseases of flowers, vegetables, trees and shrubs are common.
You should also take care of the planting site in advance, as some perennials do not tolerate interference with the root system.
Rules for making flower beds with tall perennials
As already mentioned, perennials can be planted singly, in groups or in flower arrangements. You need to understand that tall flowers can occupy the center of the flower bed, if it can be approached from all sides.
If space for perennials is allocated along the fence, then they are planted closer to the fence Plants of medium height are planted around
Conclusion
Tall perennial flowers are a real find for gardeners. Indeed, thanks to the bulbs and rhizomes, plants do not require special care. But the garden is fragrant with colorful flowers all season long.
