How to update a flower bed in the country? Told in video

one Choose plants that match each other visually

A flower bed can be formed according to different visual principles. For example, collect plants of the same shade or similar colors. So, for a flower bed in pink tones, lavender, phloxes, peonies, tenacity are suitable. You can play on contrasts and plant varieties that are opposite in color, say, blue iris and yellow daffodil.

Another idea is a combination of the shape of inflorescences: umbrella, paniculate, spike-shaped, and so on.

2 And flowers with a similar type of care

So that caring for a flower garden is not too laborious, choose varieties that are similar in type of care. For example, by the frequency of watering, fertilizing or weeding. For example, an unpretentious hosta will look great next to a fern or astilba, all these plants are very tenacious and do not require special care.

3 Consider the location of the flower garden

Depending on where the flower bed you want to update is located, the choice of varieties will be different. For example, shade-loving plants cannot be planted in a sunny meadow, they will simply die under the direct rays of the sun. The same goes for shady areas. Combine varieties according to their preferences.

For example, lavender, echinacea, nemophila are suitable for a sunny flower bed. And astilba, hydrangea, primrose will ideally fit into a shady place.

four Combine crops by flowering time

Say, if you want to form a continuously blooming flower bed, complement it with varieties that bloom one after another. And if your goal is to create a flower garden with plants of the same flowering period, select new seedlings in accordance with this.

For example, carnation, wild onion, iris, lily, peony bloom in June. Following them, pansies, marigolds, hydrangeas, petunias, and roses begin to bloom in July. And in August, gladioli, modest asters, marigolds and dahlias bloom.

5 Choose varieties of the same life cycle

In order not to have to regularly update the flower garden, plant perennial and annual varieties separately. In this case, a perennial flower bed will delight you for many years, and you can refresh an annual one every year.

To complement the perennial flower garden, choose crocuses, daffodils, lilies of the valley, irises, hostas. Sunflowers, immortelle, some types of asters, marigolds, zinnias are suitable for an annual flower bed.

6 Determine the shape and boundaries of the new flower bed

Before filling the flower bed with new plants, determine its future shape and boundaries. It is important that the flower garden looks neat when the seedlings grow up. Form and define the borders of the flower bed with a decorative border or other garden accessories. So it will be easier for you not to go beyond the boundaries and create the desired shape.

7 Treat existing plants

When updating a flower bed, attention should also be paid to those plants that are already planted on it. They must be checked for the presence of the sick and weak, and if necessary removed. If this is not done, they can infect other flowers, and new young plants that have not yet taken root in the flower bed will be especially at risk. In addition, the flowers need to be cleaned of old leaves and unnecessary shoots, weeds removed and seedlings fed.