My lushly blooming flowerbed in autumn: without asters, gladioli and marigolds

To ensure your flowerbeds are a joy to behold all summer long, choose plants whose blooming period begins in early June and ends in September-October. There aren't many such flowers available; gardeners typically select plants with varying blooming periods, mixing annuals with perennials. However, there are seven unique flowers that, if planted in your garden, will ensure a profuse blooming flowerbed until late autumn.

Pansies

These delicate, vibrant violets can be a garden highlight all summer long, as they come in varieties that bloom at different times. Considering the vast number of hybrid varieties available, each offering a stunning variety of colors, violas alone can create beautiful compositions for any flowerbed.

The most striking representative of this violet is the two-year-old viola, distinguished by large flowers that delight the eye all summer long, beginning in early June. It propagates easily by self-seeding. Seedlings are planted early in the spring and transferred to the flowerbed in May. This strengthens the violet's roots and begins blooming in early June.

Phloxes

An excellent choice for northern regions, it easily tolerates frost. This low-growing groundcover, forming a dense carpet of color, is used to enhance other garden plants. It looks great with tall plantings of bushy perennials. The plant is easy to grow, blooming profusely all summer in both sun and shaded areas, and is undemanding regarding soil.

Arabis

A vibrant groundcover that can enhance any garden space. Flowering begins in late spring, accompanied by a delicate fragrance that attracts bees. Bushes grow up to 30 cm. Soil Arabis It is not demanding, but prefers sandy, loose soil.

It propagates easily by seeds, which are sown directly into the ground before frost, or for seedlings in April. It's perfect for rock gardens and looks beautiful in mixed borders. It begins flowering in late spring, and blooms longer in partial shade. If the planting is too dense, simply divide the bush into sections and relocate it.

Digitalis

This perennial is renowned for its rich colors and blooms profusely from June to early September. It reaches 1.5 meters in height and is covered with asymmetrical bell-shaped flowers. It grows well from seed and looks beautiful in a group with low-growing plants with dense, lush foliage.

The plant is undemanding, tolerates drought well, and is frost-hardy. Seedlings are planted in late March, after a week of soaking. They are transplanted into the ground in late May.

Nemophila

This beautiful groundcover annual will grace any corner of the garden. Flowers appear in June and last throughout the season. Nemophila is undemanding about soil conditions and can grow in poor soil, but it looks much more lush in loose, fertile soils. It prefers partial shade and moisture. To help the plantings withstand drought, water frequently and cover the bushes with mulch to cool the roots.

Peculiarities:

• requires watering only during periods of drought,
• loosening and weeding - constantly.

To ensure longer flowering, you need to pick off faded buds.

Dimorphotheca

This charming plant, similar to the common daisy, has larger rosettes of varying shades and blooms from June until September. Its low maintenance and beautiful appearance attracts all gardeners and country house owners. The bushes typically do not grow taller than 60 cm.

Peculiarities:

1. It likes fertile, loose soil and well-lit areas of the garden.
2. In extreme heat it needs to be shaded to prevent flowering.
3. It doesn't tolerate waterlogged soil. It's wind-resistant, so it can be planted on hillsides and in drafty areas.
4. Dimorphotheca warns of approaching rain by closing its sepals. This protects its pollen from being washed away.

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Zinnia

Hardy, tenacious, and undemanding, zinnias retain each bloom for over a month, even when cut and placed in a vase. They adorn the garden in summer and fall with their bright, juicy buds. A vigorous plant with a sturdy stem, they can grow up to a meter tall. They look stunning in flowerbeds, on balconies, and in rock gardens.

All these flowers, properly planted according to soil requirements and flowering periods, can decorate a garden all summer long, right into fall. Mass plantings beautifully combine tall plants in the center with low-growing ones, surrounded by groundcover that forms a carpet.