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We want our suburban area to look attractive, be it a vast plot with a luxurious mansion or a small cottage that we visit only on weekends. If there is no gardener, and we ourselves, for one reason or another, cannot devote much time to caring for plants, flowers perennials For the garden, unpretentious long-flowering ones can be an excellent solution. They grow in one place for a long time, require a minimum of attention, bloom beautifully and delight us throughout the season. Of course, you should not think that unpretentious perennials do not need care at all - immediately after planting, any plant requires attention and care.But if you have chosen a suitable place for them, in just a couple of weeks everything will come down to rare watering and fertilizing. True, it happens that the most unpretentious flowers have one care requirement that must be strictly fulfilled. In this article we will look at just such undemanding long-flowering perennial flowers, learn about their characteristics, look at photos with names - this will help you choose exactly those plants that are needed on your site.
Growing unpretentious perennials
In order for perennials to bloom for a long time, not get sick and require minimal care, you need to know their needs and plant them exactly where they will feel best. After all, if you plant an unpretentious plant that prefers sunny places in the shade, and moisture-loving ones where the soil receives virtually no moisture, you can’t expect either long-term flowering or high decorativeness from them.
Requirements for growing conditions
Perennials are divided in relation to light into:
- Light-loving plants, for example, bulbous plants, rudbeckias, daylilies;
- Shade-tolerant, for example, aquilegia, primrose, astilbe;
- Shade-loving ones, for example, lilies of the valley, wood sorrel, rogeria.
Flowers may require soil:
- Less fertile, for example, irises, poppies;
- Moderately fertile, for example, delphiniums, lupins;
- Highly fertile, for example, astilbe, peonies.
Perennial moisture requirements:
- Moisture-loving ones, for example, aquilegias, hosts;
- Moderately moist soils are needed phlox, astilbem;
- Dry-loving ones, for example, gypsophila, echinacea.
Accommodation requirements
Only by correctly placing unpretentious, long-flowering perennials can we expect that caring for them will not be burdensome, and the flowers will live up to their reputation as trouble-free. Otherwise, we will get wasting, weak plants that require constant attention instead of unpretentious garden flowers.
Correctly place perennials in flower beds and flowers are not so difficult, you just need to know what growing conditions they need, and plant flowers with similar requirements nearby.
Remember that every most capricious perennial grows somewhere absolutely without problems and can even be considered malicious weed. Usually these are his native places. In order for the flower not to create problems, it is necessary to create an environment for it that is as similar to natural as possible. Hence we conclude: the most unpretentious perennials will be those whose original forms grow in the neighborhood or in places with similar conditions.
Assortment of unpretentious flowering perennials
There are thousands of species of flowering perennials, many of them grow successfully here, you can always choose those that will remain decorative for a long time without causing problems. We will help you understand the abundance of names and choose suitable flowers for your site.
Flowering, unpretentious perennials for sunny places
In well-lit areas, the largest number of species and varieties of flowering perennials can grow. Many of them are absolutely not demanding, but look very attractive.
Tall flowers
Planting tall unpretentious perennials It must be taken into account that almost all of them begin to bloom in the second half, and sometimes even at the end of summer. But you can expect buds to appear from them until frost.
Astilbe
Astilbe is one of the longest flowering perennials. Flowering begins, depending on the species, from June to August and lasts about 10 weeks. Interestingly, astilbe flowers look attractive after flowering; they do not need to be pruned until winter. This unpretentious perennial grows up to one and a half meters, has very beautiful leaves, and tolerates any conditions. It is suitable for sun and partial shade; additional watering is required only in the driest summers.
Volzhanka
An unpretentious perennial that can grow in the shade and in the sun, and is also quite frost-resistant. Although Volzhanka is moisture-loving, it tolerates drought well and requires additional watering only in the driest summers. It grows up to 1.5-2.0 meters, flowers appear in June-July, it looks decorative regardless of flowering.
This perennial fits perfectly into group compositions, can be used as a tapeworm, and is suitable for planting close to water.
Poskonnik
Some types of window sill grow more than two meters. It is absolutely not demanding on soil, prefers sunny places, but can grow in partial shade and even in the shade. But it is quite moisture-loving, so during a long dry period it will require watering. Its flowering begins quite late - at the end of summer, but lasts almost until frost, and the faded inflorescences do not lose their decorative effect and can be used as dried flowers.
The sill will look great in the background of a flower bed or even as a tapeworm (single focal plant).
Willow sunflower
This herbaceous, unpretentious perennial can reach three meters! True, it usually grows up to 2.5 m, and if it is pruned in time, it will produce many side shoots and bloom more profusely in August-September. Its flowers are collected in heads with a diameter of 5-7 cm. For successful growing season it needs a sunny place.
Rudbeckia
Rudbeckia is also called the dream of a busy summer resident. She requires absolutely no care - just give her a lot of light. These easy-to-flower flowering perennials have yellow, attractive single or double flowers in a variety of sizes and in many varieties.
Medium size flowers
Sun lovers beautiful flowering perennials medium-sized ones are most often found in our flower beds. Many of them are absolutely not whimsical, and they have no equal in the beauty of their flowers.
Irises
Irises are amazing perennials with many varieties. Among them there are very moisture-loving flowers that grow directly in the water, and there are drought-resistant flowers that do not require watering even in the hottest summer. Flowers appear if the plant is under the scorching sun or slightly shaded, last a long time, the time of their appearance depends on the type and variety.
Daylilies
An excellent unpretentious flowering perennial for sunny locations. Blooms for many weeks in summer. Each flower lives for one day, but there are quite a lot of them on long peduncles. There are many garden forms of varying habit and color.If you cut off the wilted flower stalks in time and feed the plant a little, the daylily will tirelessly throw out more and more arrows. Now there are remontant varieties, the flowers on which appear until frost.
Sedum prominent
This unpretentious perennial drought- and frost-resistant succulent is not only one of the favorites of the low-maintenance garden, but is also very beautiful from spring to late autumn. The flowers of this plant remain decorative for a very long time. Back in July, it throws out greenish shields of buds, they open and enter full flowering; they usually appear at the end of summer and look decorative until late autumn. It can be left unwatered even in the driest summers, but it is winter-hardy.
Peony
Old varieties bred on the basis of the milky peony are surprisingly unpretentious. These are exactly the flowers that delighted our grandmothers with colorful fragrant caps for several weeks. The peony blooms in late spring - early summer, remains decorative after flowering, and grows both in full sun and in partial shade. If it has a couple of hours of sun in the morning, this perennial will bloom successfully in the shade.
Interestingly, the darker the place where the peony grows, the longer its flowering lasts.
Phloxes
Often these perennial unpretentious flowers were inherited from our grandmothers or great-grandmothers, but they still find a corner on the plot for themselves. They have survived the ups and downs of the popularity of phlox, but have remained thanks to their unpretentiousness and long-term abundant flowering. They bloom successfully in the sun, in partial shade, tolerate heavy watering and drought, and winter without shelter in the temperate zone.
Echinacea
Excellent unpretentious highly decorative drought-resistant perennial for sunny places. Depending on the variety, it can have different colors and sizes.
Low flowering perennials
Not a single plot can do without low-growing perennial unpretentious flowers.
Garden geranium
This perennial usually blooms in May-June, but remains decorative until late autumn, and some species even become leafy under the snow. Flowers can be white, pink, purple, red. This is one of the most drought-resistant perennials.
Dianthus
This unpretentious perennial usually blooms from late June to October. Its flowers can be white, red, pink, or bicolor. The leaves are long and narrow and often have a bluish color. It feels good in the sun, in partial shade, and the carnation does not require watering.
Tenacious
An unpretentious survivor grows on any soil and with any watering. In late spring - early summer it blooms with white, blue or pink flowers collected in a long inflorescence. The flowers are quite attractive and last a long time. The tenacious fish remains very attractive throughout the entire season and winters well.
Shade-tolerant and shade-loving flowers
Range growing in the shade and the penumbra of perennials is much lower than that of sun-loving ones; moreover, decorative deciduous plants predominate here. But it is also impossible to say that there are few unpretentious flowers among them.
Tall flowers
For some reason, tall perennials blooming in the shade always get a lot of attention - choose a good place for them.
Buzulnik toothed
This powerful, unpretentious perennial grows well in partial shade and reaches a height of one and a half meters. Plant it in good soil in a regularly moistened place, and there will be no problems with it, and yellow, orange and coffee flowers will delight you throughout the summer.
Loosestrife
You can believe that this perennial will not go unnoticed. If you have a swampy or constantly damp shady place on your site, loosestrife or weeping grass is ideal. Otherwise, he will not be unpretentious. It blooms in July-August with purple flowers collected in a spike.
Kupena
An unpretentious shade-tolerant perennial that can reach a height of one and a half meters. A close relative of the lily of the valley, just as hardy, beautiful and aggressive. Prefers moist soils.
Medium size flowers
The most popular of perennials growing in the shade. They are appropriate everywhere in shady areas, and in large areas, vast tracts of wood without them will look dull and boring.
Aquilegia
This long-flowering perennial is called columbine. If varietal flowers of this genus can simply be called not too picky, then species plants require absolutely no care. Despite their second name, they are often content with the moisture they receive from the rain. Peak flowering occurs in May-June.
Bruner
This unpretentious inhabitant of partial shade can only suffer from severe drought. Plant a perennial in an empty space in the shade, and in a few years it will fill the entire space.Moreover, it will not require any feeding or care, and in May modest, but very cute blue or dark blue flowers will appear. It is great that brunera grows well in clay soils - the choice of plants for them is small.
Khosta
Although this beautiful, unpretentious perennial is decorative and deciduous, its flowers cannot be called inconspicuous or modest. Depending on the species and variety, the hosta blooms from July to the end of September - beginning of October with lily-like flowers of white, blue or lilac, collected on a high peduncle. Hosta needs two things for successful growth - a shady place and moisture, although flowers with green leaves usually take significant liberties in these matters.
Low flowering perennials
Low-growing perennials, preferring shade, usually bloom in spring, but often bloom again in autumn.
Barnock
This unpretentious ground cover perennial It will feel great even in deep shade, but for long-term abundant flowering it needs at least a little sun. It prefers damp places, but will also withstand drought, but will only slow down its growth.
Bells
Bluebells are shade-tolerant and naturally grow under the canopy of trees in groves and on forest edges. Depending on the species, they can be of different sizes, winter well and do not require care, just water them occasionally.
Lily of the valley
Lily of the valley is one of the most unpretentious perennials. It usually blooms in May, for quite a long time.What he needs is a damp, shady place, he will take the rest himself - and clear the place for himself from his neighbors and reproduce on his own.
Fragrant violet
A very unpretentious tiny perennial with blue or light blue flowers. It blooms in April-May, again in late summer - early autumn. There are species with white flowers. It reproduces by self-sowing and creeping rhizomes, quickly colonizing a large area. What’s great is that it doesn’t interfere with other plants.
Conclusion
With the right choice of planting site, many perennials do not require much care and can be called unpretentious. It is we who try to fit them into the design and plant them in inappropriate conditions. If you don’t have the time or desire to devote a lot of time to your flower beds, just explore the possibilities of the site and choose the right assortment of perennials.
