Autumn flowers in the garden

Flower beds that bloom throughout the season are the dream of every gardener, which is not difficult at all to come true, you just need to know which flowers bloom when. In this article you will find information about autumn flowers that must grow in the flower garden.

It is worth noting that autumn flowers bloom until frost. Therefore, in order to prolong the bright “life” of plants in the flower garden, you need to plant flowers blooming in autumn. Autumn flowers are: heather, chrysanthemums, asters, zinnias, dahlias, anemones, marigolds, autumn crocus, rudbeckia, gladioli, alysium, rose.

Heather – autumn flowers

Heather is a ground cover autumn flower. Landscape designers love this plant and advise planting heather along garden paths, on alpine slides, in borders, against the background of dwarf conifers. Just choose varieties with different flower colors and leaves.

There is a legend about heather: “Heather is the only plant that agreed, at the request of God, to grow on bare rocky hills blown by the wind, as a reward for which it was endowed with endurance, unpretentiousness, pleasant aroma, and fascinating charm. And to this day, where heather grows, nothing else grows – large areas covered by heather are usually called heather wastelands.” By the way, it was heather that gave the name to the month of September in the Ukrainian calendar.

Marigolds – autumn flowers

Marigolds (Tagetes) are annual and perennial autumn flowers. In its natural environment, it grows in South and Central America, marigolds are still found in the wild. In China, marigolds are called the “flower of ten thousand years” – a symbol of longevity. Marigolds came to Europe in the XVI century. and were the first foreign flowers that appeared in our area. Thanks to many years of work of breeders, today there are about 40 species of marigolds.

Bright shades of colors: from light yellow to dark orange decorate courtyards, gardens and parks from spring to late autumn.

Asters – autumn flowers

Asters will bring great color to your garden in autumn, they are a great change to summer flowers that are about to bloom. The height of the plant ranges from 10 to 50 centimeters, depending on the species. You can find Asters in almost any garden. They have many uses, both in group and in single plantings of borders, ridges, rockeries or as decorations for balconies and terraces.

Dahlia – autumn flowers

Dahlia (lat. Dahlia is a perennial, most beautiful and long-flowering plant in the garden. This flower is from the Asteraceae family. A genus of dahlias, represented by the widest palette of colors and a variety of flower shapes and sizes. Dahlia blooms from July until frost.

In order for the dahlia to have a bright color and bloom with the largest flowers possible, you need to know when to plant dahlia tubers.

Zinnia – autumn flowers

Zinnia (zinnia) is an annual plant that pleases us with a variety of colors and decorates our flower beds in autumn. HER beautiful flowers can be any color, from white to dark purple, they look beautiful in group plantings in flower beds, and go well with many other flowers.

A wonderful property of zinnia (zinnia) is lush flowering, the more flowers you pick, the more of them will grow on the bush. This flower is easy to care for, so buy seeds or seedlings and paint your flower beds with different colors.

Autumn anemones

Anemones are spring and autumn. Autumn anemones are large perennial shrubs with massive roots. Flowering, respectively, occurs in late summer – early autumn. Autumn anemones include: Japanese, hybrid and crown. The crown anemone blooms twice – in June and autumn. Hybrid anemone is a tall variety, growing above half a meter. The flowers are simple, the color differs depending on the variety.

The Japanese anemone is also a rather tall species with double or semi-double pink flowers.

Autumn crocus

Autumn flowers crocuses are bulbous plants that bloom in autumn. The flowers of autumn crocuses are most often blue-purple in color. They bloom in September-October. They grow in full sun or semi-shade. The duration of flowering is from 10 to 15 days, depending on the variety.

Rudbeckia – autumn flowers

The rudbeckia plant (lat. Rudbeckia) belongs to the genus of herbaceous annuals, belongs to autumn flowers.

Alyssum – autumn flowers

Alyssum– can safely be called an autumn flower, a fragrant ground cover annual that blooms in white, pink, purple color, which will bloom from spring until frost.