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Many summer residents are thinking about how to improve their area with plants. Especially if the dacha is a village courtyard with useful, but unpresentable buildings. Curly ones will come to the rescue annual flowers, which will successfully decorate any shed, picket fence or chain-link mesh. Preference should be given to climbing annuals due to the fact that next year they may be replaced by other plants or the demolition of structures. Unpretentious climbing annuals are loved by connoisseurs of fleeting beauty. They are grown not only in rural areas, but also on city balconies.
The benefits of vertical gardening
Recreation areas made of climbing plants in suburban areas are becoming increasingly popular, occupying the niche of once indispensable vegetable beds. Decorate such corners with climbing flowers for the garden.
Annual plants have a number of advantages:
- Annual vines are easily propagated by sowing in the ground or through self-grown seedlings;
- Economical - seeds of climbing annual flowers are much cheaper than seedlings of perennials;
- Fast-growing - climbing annual plants, sprouting from seeds in the spring, can weave around an unsightly outbuilding or fence in a few weeks of summer.Climbing flowers will serve as an original screen on the balcony of a high-rise building;
- Creepers are a convenient material for landscape design: in a short time they can be used to create interesting compositions by placing annual climbing flowers near trellises, arches, pergolas, walls, fences;
- Uniqueness of compositional solutions: plantings are varied every year, creating new multi-colored living pictures from other climbing annuals;
- They give aesthetic pleasure: all annual vines create harmonious green verticals with a lush carpet of leaves, and then the show is complemented by a floral riot of colors.
For some gardeners, the short life span of climbing annuals may seem like a disadvantage, as well as working with them: seedlings, weeding, watering. But the man-made beauty of climbing plants is rewarding.
Why are supports needed?
Climbing annuals for the garden are chosen to create cozy shady corners in open areas, comfortable gazebos. You need to know that not all annual vines can climb vertically on their own. Some climbing plants will need support. A green flowering carpet will be laid wherever it is directed. A curtain of annual climbing plants will soon cover the unassuming support.
Climbing flowers climb upward in two ways.
- Some, like various types of ornamental beans and sweet peas, cling to supports with the help of tendrils;
- Ipomoea and bindweed twine their stems around a support.
Soft nets and wires are suitable for the first climbing plants. Accordingly, for other annual vines it is necessary to arrange thin, rigid stands to which the stems of climbing plants must be tied.
Creating supports
The supports serve as a kind of launching pad for climbing flowers. Annuals immediately begin to grow rapidly and climb upward if they find support.
- When establishing support, it must be taken into account that some climbing plants can rise up to 3 m in height or even more under favorable growth conditions;
- On wooden buildings, nails are driven in and a mesh with large cells, ordinary fishing line or strong threads are pulled;
- For climbing flowers planted in open space, you need to build a trellis, place a metal mesh on strong posts, and stretch wire or twine to a fixed crossbar;
- Craftsmen make pyramidal structures from willow;
- They build arches, pergolas, and install metal trellises.
Varieties of flowering annual vines
For guaranteed flowering, as well as ease of care, preference should be given to unpretentious, acclimatized climbing annuals. Their flowering vines are graceful and picturesque.
morning glory
This is the most common annual climbing plant. Morning glory forms light screens of graceful, heart-shaped leaves of a rich dark green color. Spectacular gramophone flowers, 5-8 cm in diameter, open early in the morning. On a hot sunny day, morning glory fades until 12-13 o'clock. In cloudy weather, the flowers last until the evening.
The most common colors of bindweed are shades of purple and pink. These climbing annual flowers are self-seeding.
Ipomoea species with blue and rich crimson coloring of large flowers in our conditions have difficulty producing ripened seeds. They must be purchased every year.
Morning glory is sown in cups and then planted in a permanent place. Common varieties of bindweed with purple and light pink flowers are sown directly into the soil when the ground has warmed. Both types of annual climbing plants should be planted in sunny areas; they bloom poorly in the shade. Not suitable for delicate climbing flowers and a place blown by winds. In hot, dry weather, these climbing annuals require watering.
Morning glory quamoclite
Ipomoea quamoclite is native to Mexico. The climbing plant is vaguely similar in flowers; the leaves of this annual are graceful and feathery. The flowers are small, up to 1-2 cm in diameter, red, pink and white.
Seeds of the annual morning glory quamoclite are sown in separate containers in March, with the expectation that the seedlings will be planted in May. Plant carefully, protecting the delicate roots, in a sunny place.
There is morning glory quamoclite lobed with drop flowers in spicate inflorescences. A limited number of amateur gardeners are engaged in breeding this climbing annual plant.
Sweet pea
A delicate, low annual plant with fragrant clusters of flowers of different colors: white, red, chocolate, all shades of pink and lilac, even purple. Flowering of sweet peas lasts for 4 months. The climbing plant begins to bloom from the end of May. Flowers appear until September, when frosts arrive.
The annual sweet pea is not afraid of frost; the seeds are sown directly into the soil, but choose a sunny place without strong winds. Flowers are from 3 to 8 cm in diameter. If faded flowers are removed, flowering will be more abundant. The seeds ripen, you can grow your favorite climbing plant every year. The soil for flowers should be nutritious and moist.
Fire red beans
Looking through photos of climbing annual flowers for the garden, one cannot help but notice the spectacular vines of fire beans or Turkish beans. These are different names for the same climbing plant with bright scarlet inflorescences and large trilobed leaves. The liana can grow more than 3 m. If the seeds are sown early, red beans bloom from June, and flowering continues until autumn.
They are soaked and cooked like regular garden beans. Young pods of Turkish beans should not be eaten; their fibers are too hard.
The seeds of the climbing plant are sown in May. They need to be soaked for a day in a growth stimulator. The holes are made at a distance of 50 cm. The annual climbing plant loves moist, fertile soil and a sunny area.
Dolichos
This vine also has another name - hyacinth beans. There is another option: climbing lilac. The climbing plant captivates with its color and unique grace of graceful purple-white inflorescences from July to September. The resulting dark purple beans will also serve as a unique decoration.
Large seeds are planted in the spring at a distance of 50 cm and soaked for a day before planting. The climbing annual prefers sunny and wind-protected places and fertile soil. Grows up to 1.5-3 m.The leaves of the vine are large, colorful, and form a luxurious carpet on vertical surfaces. The plant blooms profusely with a pleasant aroma. The seeds have time to ripen. These are dark brown or black beans with a white scar. In the homeland of the annual plant, in North Africa, they are eaten.
Kobeya
The beautifully flowering kobei vine is grown as seedlings, which must be cared for from February. The climbing annual blooms from the end of July, is picky about soil, and likes regular watering. Bell flowers are green at first, then turn purple and emit a delicate honey scent. The liana grows up to 3 m in a warm place. The plant doesn't like shade. The climbing annual is fixed with the help of tendrils extending from the leaves.
Foreign nasturtium
This climbing plant is related to the usual nasturtiums with rounded leaves. But foreign nasturtium is a vine with five-lobed leaves and fringed flowers of an original structure. The annual grows up to 3 m and is grown as seedlings. The seeds are soaked for a day in a growth stimulator and planted in separate pots. Shoots may be rare. The climbing plant blooms profusely in the sunny side and drapes the walls well. In autumn, seeds are collected for propagation.
Unusual plants for decoration
Practical housewives often use beautiful and healthy climbing annuals for green screens: green beans, cucumbers, zucchini, melotria rough. Modern varieties of green beans successfully play the role of decoration, thanks to their multi-colored elongated pods. The fruits of annuals are green, yellow, crimson, purple and violet.
Hobbyists also grow curly ones that are quite rare and difficult to care for. beautifully flowering annual plants: dark red rhodochiton, rough blueberry, azarina, thunbergia and others.
Creepers with spectacular flowering are a brilliant sign of a garden where plants are loved and cared for with care.
