The arrival of spring is always associated with the onset of warmth, birdsong, greenery and, of course, the appearance of the first flowers. Beautiful spring flowers delight the eye with their bright colors, impress with their diversity and inspire productive work any gardener. From the first month they fill houses, flower beds and gardens with colors.
Flowering time
As you know, all plants, even wild ones, require a certain comfort for optimal implementation.
Some survive only in sunlight, others only in the shade, some require constant humidity, others gradually disappear in water. Therefore, each type of plant, depending on its characteristics, produces due to certain factors. The first spring flowers grow depending on the following factors:
Types of plants blooming in spring
There are many varieties of spring flowers, which allows these green creatures to delight every gardener. warm time year.They differ in appearance, variety, color, smell, size, period and place of growth and others characteristic features, attracting the attention of primrose lovers with different tastes and interests.
Snowdrop and scilla
Snowdrops are one of the very first spring plants to bloom. It is not difficult to guess why it has such a name, because its flowers can appear literally from under the snow. Snowdrop is a bulbous flower with white bell-shaped inflorescences. Able to reproduce both by seeds and with the help of daughter bulbs. The plant blooms for about a month and is not afraid of frost and temperature changes., but blooms only two years after planting.
Scilla or scylla is often confused with snowdrop due to its external resemblance and similar growth characteristics. But Scylla flowers, unlike galanthus, are blue or blue in color. Scilla can decorate a grass lawn, a flower bed, and even a room.
Crocus has earned the love of gardeners for its impressive beauty and diversity. They can bloom not only in spring, but also in autumn. Different varieties of this stunted The petals are characterized by their shapes and their colors: blue, white, yellow, purple. Saffron propagation occurs by corms and children, which are planted in August, September or October, and in June they are dug up and transferred indoors. Plants that bloom in spring are planted in nutritious soil in a sunny area in September. Crocuses bloom a little longer than a week, early or mid-April.
Lilies of the valley are another irreplaceable spring flower in the garden. These are unpretentious perennial lily plants with white bell-shaped inflorescences, wide leaves and stems of approximately 25 cm.
Flowering period - late May or early June. Lilies of the valley are planted from early September to October, preferably under trees or bushes, as they are shade-loving (but without sunlight there will be no flowers). It is better to choose neutral, organic and moist soil for this plant. Flowers grow rapidly, which can lead to crowding out other species.
Tulip and daffodil
Tulips are very common spring flowers with a huge number of varieties that vary in color, size, flowering period and more.
These are bulbous perennials from 10 cm to a meter in height. They are planted in mid-September, but some gardeners claim that this can be done in the spring. Sandy loamy, dug up soil is suitable for this. Dutch tulips are well popular, hallmark which is a large red flower. By planting different varieties of tulips together, you can get a spectacular, bright flower garden. They will look good on the lawn too.
Narcissus, like most spring flowers, are unpretentious bulbous plants. It attracts attention with its unusual inflorescence and pleasant smell. Daffodils are distinguished by their rapid reproduction (six children can grow from one bulb in a year). Favorable time planting - end of August - September. It’s worth choosing a sunny place for them., although these plants are not afraid of moisture. White or yellow narcissus flowers bloom for two weeks in April. They are well suited for decorating borders or solo flower beds
Pansies and violets
Pansies are very often used for garden landscaping. These are herbaceous annual or biennial plants from 15-30 centimeters, with violet-shaped flowers. Large-flowered and low-growing varieties are known.
Most often grown seedling method. Sowing seeds should be done in early July in order to get seedlings by autumn. IN open ground Pansies are planted at the end of September, although planting in early spring is possible. Viola demands good fertile soil to produce higher quality inflorescences. The plant blooms in early spring and withers by mid-summer.
Blue violet flowers are also early spring plants. They often become favorites of gardeners, as they are very beautiful, compact, grow in the garden and in the room, and also emit a pleasant aroma. These herbaceous plants have many varieties:
- graceful violet;
- Manchurian;
- moth;
- motley and others.
Violets reproduce by seeds or by dividing clumps. In the first case, the seeds are covered with soil and kept in a dark, cool place until germination, a month later they are planted, after which (in June or before winter) they are planted in pots or in the garden. Violets also make a wonderful decoration for flower beds or borders.
In April or May, the garden of many flower lovers is filled with elegance by the evergreen primrose - hellebore. It is a rhizomatous perennial with flowers in white, peach, red or other shades. It does not tolerate excessive moisture and direct sunlight. As the name suggests, the plant is frost resistant. Reproduction often occurs by division, sometimes by seeds.
If you plant daisies in September, then by May you can provide garden paths or borders an unusual star-shaped ornament that will delight you every year thanks to self-seeding.
Daisy seeds can also be sown along with grasses in your lawn. Different varieties These plants produce white, pink, and red basket colors. They love light, watering and are unpretentious to the soil.
Primrose is a bright bell-shaped primrose up to 30 centimeters tall. It will perfectly highlight unremarkable shrubs or trees.
In addition, it will be a pleasant addition to food, since its leaves at the beginning of flowering are quite edible and healthy. But for this, the soil for primrose must be supplied with sand, ash and rotted compost, and during the flowering period it must be watered regularly. The flower is propagated by dividing the bush or by seeds. It is planted in early June in a place in partial shade. Primrose blooms quite long and profusely. Sometimes it tries to bloom once again a year - in the fall.
Perennial bulbous hyacinths are tall plant with a stem of 30 centimeters, at the top of which inflorescences in the shape of a cylinder are collected. The color of the flowers is quite diverse, depending on the variety. These can be white, pink, blue shades. Hyacinth accepts turf and leafy, neutral soils. Planting takes place in September. Hyacinths - capricious plants, they do not tolerate frost, direct sun rays and waterlogging. They begin to bloom in early May and last for about 25 days. These flowers grow like open ground, and in room conditions.
Every gardener who is looking forward to the fruits of his labor will certainly decorate his garden with several types of early flowers so that they become the heralds of spring and delight him until summer.
When the snow begins to melt in the fields and forests, the time for the first spring flowers comes. We call them by the general word "primroses". Many of them bloom in some European latitudes as early as February - even in places where snow is now rarely seen :) They are also interesting to us because they can also be found in the wild in our cultivated vegetable gardens. To help summer residents I will show you a few photos.
Primroses - this is the name of a whole family of plants, the representative of which is Common primrose, or common primrose (lat. Primula vulgaris).
Another primrose:
Spring primrose, or medicinal primrose, or true primrose, or spring primrose (lat. Prímula veris). Photo: Wikipedia
In some regions, any first spring flowers are called "snowdrops", but according to botanical nomenclature, a "correct" snowdrop looks like this:
Snowdrop, or Galanthus (lat. Galánthus). There are several species of this plant that are poisonous. In the photo - Galanthus nivalis. Photo: Wikipedia
Chionodoxa is one of the first to bloom, which is sometimes confused with Siberian scilla.
Chionodoxa; Snowman; Snow beauty. Photo: www.weerkust.ru
Siberian blueberry (lat. Scilla siberica). Photo: Wikipedia
In some regions, scilla is called liverwort.
Noble liverwort (Hepatica nobilis), or coppice. Poisonous plant. The white flowers next to it are the oak anemone (lat. Anemone nemorosa). When working with it, you also need to be careful, as with all ranunculaceae.
And this is another anemone.
Anemone ranunculoides, or Anemone ranunculoides. Poisonous plant!
It is sometimes confused with another plant from the same family, called spring flower, but if you look closely, the differences are visible to the naked eye.
Winter Erantis, or Wintering Vesennik, Eranthis hyemalis (see also title photo)
It's bloomed lungwort (Pulmonaria).
And this is blooming Corydalis (lat.Corýdalis).
This is what it looks like in bloom:
Corydalis are also considered poisonous. Photo: www.vespabellicosus2008.narod.ru
Goose onion (lat. Gagea)
Common coltsfoot (lat.Tussilago farfara). The leaves of this plant appear later than the flowers. Photo: www.vespabellicosus2008.narod.ru
IN wildlife you can find both crocus and muscari ( mouse hyacinth).
Crocus (lat. Crocus)
Viper onion, or Mouse hyacinth, or Muscari (lat. Muscári). Photo: Wikipedia
Shot (lat. Pulsatilla) blooms later, in some regions it is called "sleep grass". Common lumbago is a poisonous plant.
Beautiful flower carpets are created by different types of tenacious and clarets, which also bloom a little later than the very first flowers.
Creeping tenacious (Ajuga reptans L.), or oak tree. Photo: www.files.school-collection.edu.ru
Purple lily (lat.Lamium purpureum). yellow flower next to her - clean guy, which is sometimes confused with marigold.
Spring clear, or spring buttercup (lat. Ficaria verna).
And the marigold looks like this and is very, very rare in our gardens:
Marsh marigold (lat.Caltha palustris). It has only 5 petals; poisonous plant. Photo: Wikipedia
Well, just in case :) Plants that in some latitudes can bloom in January.
Veronica oak (lat. Veronica chamaedrys)
Perennial daisy (lat. Bellis perénnis)
Budra ivy, Budra creeping, (lat. Glechóma hederácea); sometimes called dognip or catnip. The plant has a pleasant aroma, but is also considered poisonous.
I won’t show you the dandelion, everyone seems to know it :) Instead I’ll show you the beautiful violet.
Fragrant violet (lat. Viola odorata). The most fragrant primrose! In some reference books it is considered conditionally poisonous plant *
* "IN modern literature Those plants that produce toxic substances(phytotoxins), even in small quantities, causing death and damage to humans and animals. However, this definition contains a certain measure of convention." (B.N. Orlov, D.B. Gelashvili, A.K. Ibragimov. Poisonous animals and plants of the USSR). Most researchers divide such plants into highly poisonous, poisonous and conditionally poisonous.
Even the most lush bouquets do not leave such an impression as primroses timidly emerging from under the snow, marking the end of winter. These delicate plants are the very first to please the eye, and therefore are perceived especially brightly. The most famous of them are snowdrops, but the first spring flowers, photos and names of which are well known to many gardeners and owners summer cottages, are far from limited to them.
Early spring flowers
In some regions, the first early flowering plants bloom their petals at the end of winter, but the main period in which they delight the eye with their delicate buds is in April and May. Representatives of the flora such as snowdrop, scilla, hellebore and erantis bloom in late February or early March, when the last snow has not yet melted and the sun is barely warm. Others, such as lungwort, bloom in April-May with the onset of the first fine days.
When it comes to March flowers, the first thing that comes to mind is the snowdrop. Even a child is familiar with this plant with its delicate bell-like flowers. white. Another name for snowdrop is galanthus. This perennial, which exists underground most of the time and only blooms on the surface for a short (no more than a month) breeding period. After this, the aboveground part dies off, but the snowdrop itself continues to live and blooms again next year.
In total, there are 18 varieties of flowers in the world, 12 of which grow in the territory former USSR. In addition, there are two natural hybrids of these plants . By modern classification, the following types are distinguished:
Another early spring flower with a telling name- hellebore. In the south it opens its buds at the end of February, but in Europe it most often begins to bloom around Easter, which is why there it is sometimes called the “Rose of Christ”. Like the snowdrop, it is a perennial bulbous plant, most of the time existing underground. It is able to bloom under the snow and calmly tolerate frosts down to -6°C.
Hellebores are the most different colors : burgundy, peach, yellowish-green, pink, white, red. Hybrids with a bright purple color with a greenish tint are especially popular among gardeners.
Another March plant that is not afraid of late snowfalls is the spring flower, also known as erantis. It has bright, sunny-golden flowers that stand out against the background of white snow, through which they often grow along with bronze-green leaves. Often it is erantis that blooms first in the spring, ahead of even snowdrops.
These plants bloom for two weeks. It is best to plant them in groups in combination with other bulbous perennials - this way their small single flowers will look much more impressive. In nature, spring flowers grow under trees or shrubs that shed their leaves for the winter, fertilizing and enriching the earth. It prefers to grow in partial shade wet soil and does not tolerate drought or stagnant water.
At the end of March, a flower such as scilla or scilla wakes up. The most famous is the Siberian variety - it was called the blue snowdrop. She decorates fields and forests with a bright blue “lake” of flowers not only in Siberia, but throughout Eastern Europe, in parts of Western Asia and North America, as well as in the Caucasus. Its varieties grown in gardens and cottages are far from limited to blue - they can be purple, snow-white and even light pink.
A little later, in April, when the snow has already melted, at least beautiful plants, which are also classified as spring-flowering. April flowers are more varied than March flowers- in addition to late snowdrops and woodlands, they include the following species:
One of the most unpretentious species- muscari, also known as mouse hyacinth or viper bow. The inflorescences of this plant consist of many small bell-shaped flowers and are shaped like bunches of grapes. Their most common color is blue, but white, blue, purple and bicolor varieties are also found. Particularly beautiful are the Armenian muscari with azure flowers decorated with a white border, as well as the soft pink Japanese variety.
These plants multiply very quickly, so getting rid of them will be very problematic if you once planted viper onions on the site.
When you want to experiment with these flowers in garden design, it is better to plant their bulbs in pots or flower beds. Muscari do not bloom for long, like most primroses: only 2-3 weeks, after which the above-ground part of the flower dies.
Other beautiful variety early spring flowers - crocuses. Their buds can be found under the snow in February, but it is in April that most species and hybrids of these plants bloom. They bloom even shorter than most of their relatives: only 5-7 days. The variety of these primroses in Crimea is very beautiful. Photos and names of various plants of this peninsula are given in many reference books: more than a hundred species grow on it flowering plants, including the folded snowdrop, which is found only there.
One of the most recognizable garden plants that blooms in early spring is the primrose. There are many (more than 550) varieties and varieties of this small flower, only a few of which are grown for decorative purposes. Those that emerge in early spring include species such as spring primrose and common primrose, and some of these plants bloom again in the fall.
Representatives of the spring flora are also noteworthy, blooming petals from April to May, one of which is lungwort. At the beginning of its flowering you can observe amazingly beautiful phenomenon: dark blue and pinkish buds are combined in one inflorescence. This is due to the fact that the young flowers of this plant are pink in color, which changes to blue over time. There is a beautiful legend according to which the blue buds are the flowers of Adam, and the pink ones are those of Eve, while the whole plant symbolizes the unity of opposites.
Other related famous legend the flower is a narcissus. The character named after this plant ancient greek mythology he was distinguished by narcissism, vanity, pride and selfishness, which ultimately destroyed him, and at the place of death, according to legend, this flower grew for the first time. Despite such symbolism, narcissus is an unpretentious plant that grows well even on sandy or clay soil and blooms longer in the shade than in the sun. In its different varieties, the height of the stem ranges from 5 cm to 0.5 m, and the most common colors of the buds are yellow and white.
At the end of April, the anemone, nicknamed the anemone for its sensitivity to even the weakest breaths of air, blooms. It does not bloom for long, only 2-3 weeks. Depending on the species, there are a variety of colors of these flowers: white, pale blue, yellow, red and white, purple-pink. The crown anemone is especially beautiful with bright, large flowers, as if they came out of a fairy-tale picture. But since in nature this plant variety grows in warm regions, in the garden she will need special care for the winter.
Most primroses are bulbous ephemeroids. When asked what herbaceous plant blooms first, the answer comes already in May: this is coltsfoot. Latin name This species (Tussilágo) literally means “to drive away coughs” - since ancient times people have valued it for medicinal properties. This is a perennial plant of discreet yellow color, similar in appearance to an ordinary dandelion. It is notable for the fact that the flowers appear on it before the leaves, which grow back after the end of flowering and fruiting.
Other May flowers are also worthy of attention. Their list includes many well-known species, including the following plants:
A plant like a tulip is familiar to almost everyone. Its decorative versions are widely used by gardeners around the world, but there is also a wild forest tulip that blooms much earlier than its cultivated counterparts. In total there are about one hundred varieties of this flower.
Grown varieties of tulips come in the most different forms and colors: terry, fringed, lily-like, all shades of yellow, orange, red and pink, greenish, white, covered with variegated patterns - and this is not a complete list.
Other famous garden plants, blooming in late spring - peonies. They are valued by summer residents not only for their flowers, but also for their beautiful lush leaves, and in some varieties even decorative fruits. Varieties of peonies differ in color, color tone, flower structure, height, size, and flowering duration. There are also about 20 wild representatives of these plants, including the Wittmann peony and the evasive peony.
Plants growing on their own are not nearly as bright and lush as man-made varieties, but they are not without their special beauty. Less visually remarkable May flowers include, for example, spring Adonis - a representative of the ranunculaceae family with several stems and large golden-yellow flowers.
It grows in Crimea, the Urals and Western Siberia, is also very rare in Germany and Switzerland, where it is protected as a critically endangered species. Various parts of this plant are widely used in medicine, but you should be very careful with it - like many buttercups, Adonis is poisonous.
Another May plant is dicentra, which is also called “broken heart”. And not just like that - there are many of them pink flowers they really look like hearts. This plant grows up to 80 cm in height, is quite light-loving, but can also grow in the shade - then flowering will last longer, but will begin later and the buds will not be so lush. It usually blooms buds from early May to mid-June, after which it goes dormant, but sometimes it blooms again from August to September. Due to its fragile roots located close to the ground, special care must be taken when replanting the plant.
Thanks to their unpretentiousness, beautiful and delicate primroses, photos, names and descriptions of which are found in many gardening reference books, have become popular in the design of household plots and summer cottages. Due to their short flowering period, you can plant several species in one place at once and enjoy different compositions of these flowers, most of which are not very noticeable individually.
Since the first flowers are mostly ephemeral, after flowering you can immediately replace them with annual flowers - the underground bulbs will have enough watering and fertilizers that the new plants receive. Different types can grow in one place without transplantation for 4-5 to 10 years. These plants reproduce in two ways: by dividing the bulb and by seeds, while specimens grown from seeds will begin to bloom only after 3-4 years. Some species require special care before the onset of cold weather, while others, such as iridodictium, need to be dug up throughout the summer.
Most often, when planting in one area, several varieties of primroses are combined or varieties of the same species of different colors are used. These representatives of the flora look especially beautiful in the design of alpine hills and rockeries, where the contrast between fragile, delicate flowers and strict stones stands out, but they will also serve as a good decoration for an ordinary lawn.
In a meadow, flowerbed or dacha, primroses never cease to please the eye, enlivening the snowy landscape while the rest of nature is still sleeping. These beautiful representatives of the flora have rightfully won the hearts of many gardeners and simply nature lovers, because they are not only beautiful to look at, but also mark the end of winter, which will inevitably be followed by spring, and with it the warmth so necessary for all living beings.
How impatiently we all look forward to spring. How we rejoice at the first warm rays of the sun, the first thawed patches and streams. But the first spring flowers are especially delightful. The appearance of these small but brave harbingers of spring indicates that spring has finally and irrevocably come.
1. Galanthus or snowdrop (Galanthus)
2. Hellebore (Helleborus)
The name speaks for itself. Hellebore blooms in the cold. In its native places (in Transcaucasia) it blooms in winter (late February). Thanks to legend, hellebore is sometimes called the “rose of Christ.” It was first found near the stable where Christ was born, and since then, as if in memory of this event, hellebore blooms in the south in winter.
3. Crocus or saffron (Crocus)
Crocuses are the favorite flowers of gardeners and city landscapers. The crocuses are blooming, which means spring has come. The ancient Greeks considered the crocus the flower of the dawn goddess Aurora, the flower of awakening nature. There is a beautiful legend. In one of spring days On the bank of the river, love happened between the god Zeus and Hera. The warmth of their passion awakened the earth, and the clearing was covered with beautiful white and purple flowers crocuses “Closing your eyes, imagine noble saffron, and then you will see everything: the noble blue of the sky, the mysterious yellow moon, the pink dawn and lilac-red twilight,” this is what they said about crocuses in the Ancient East.
4. Scilla or Scilla
As soon as the snow melts, they appear blue flowers woodlands, which many incorrectly, although deservedly, call “snowdrops”. Most species of woodleaf have bright blue flowers. The clearings of flowering plants in the garden resemble lakes that reflect the clear spring sky.
5. Lungwort (Pulmonaria)
In the inflorescences of this primrose you can see both pink and dark blue flowers.
There is a legend that the dark blue flowers of lungwort are the flowers of Adam, the first man. And the pink ones are the flowers of Eve, the first woman. Two different colors of flowers on one plant symbolize the unity of opposites.
However, even with scientific point This is easily explained. Anthocyanins, plant pigments in plant cells responsible for the color of petals, change color depending on the acidity of the cell sap. As the acidity of the cell sap decreases, anthocyanins turn blue, and with an increase in acidity they turn pink. Newly bloomed flowers have high acidity of cell sap, which is why they are pink. And as the flowers age, the acidity of their juice decreases, so the anthocyanins gradually turn blue.
6. Narcissus
The name of this flower comes from the Greek word “narkao” - to stupefy, to stun, which is probably due to its strong aroma. Many legends are associated with the beautiful daffodil. The Greeks consider it a symbol of cold beauty, narcissism, vanity and selfishness. This is connected with the story of the handsome young man Narcissus and the nymph Echo, who is unrequitedly in love with him. Narcissus, as punishment for neglecting Echo's love, was condemned to love his reflection. According to legend, a narcissus flower grew where the beautiful Greek youth Narcissus, who fell in love with his reflection in the water, died of self-love. In Ancient Persia, poets compared the eyes of their lovers to narcissus flowers. The ancient Romans greeted the victors of battles with yellow daffodils. And now the daffodil is the most beloved flower of the British, to which even the rose is second in popularity in Great Britain.
7. Violet or viola (Viola)
Violet is the favorite flower of the most different nations. Poems and legends are written about her. She is considered a symbol of tenderness, modesty and innocence. There are more than 450 species of violets, distributed throughout to the globe. The earliest of them bloom as soon as the snow melts: Altai, fragrant, hooded, marsh, amazing, tricolor, hill, bringing us joy and spring mood.
8. Anemone or anemone
Anemone or anemone is considered one of the first heralds of spring. After all, many types of anemone, including oak and buttercup, are early spring flowering plants. And the oak anemone is often called “snowdrop” for early flowering and for the snow-white color of its flower. As soon as the snow melts and the buds of the trees begin to swell, this lovely delicate flower space under the forest canopy. The most delicate petals sway from the slightest breath of wind, which is where the name “anemone” comes from.
9. Corydalis (Corydalis)
There are about 320 species of corydalis in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere. These are one of the earliest spring flowers, pleasing to the eye after a long winter. Corydalis growth usually begins under the snow, in March. And in April, very cute tassel inflorescences appear. In the forest in early spring, the lilac islands of corydalis very beautifully dilute the white seas of oak anemone.
10. Marigold (Caltha)
In the forest, not all the snow has melted yet, but along the roadsides in the lowlands, where the melt water flows, bright yellow marsh marigolds are already blooming. It is impossible not to notice these sunny yellow bouquets framed by varnish-shiny leaves against the backdrop of the bare spring earth around. Marigold is indispensable when creating gardens in a landscape style. There are very beautiful garden forms With double flowers pale yellow and white in color.
11. Liverwort (Hepatica)
People call the liverwort “copper” because it does not like open places and grows only in the forest. Blooming liverworts look very elegant; it is impossible to pass by the bright blue lush bouquets. After a long winter, it is especially pleasant to find a bush of flowering liverworts in the forest and saturate your eyes with their touching beauty.
16 Mar 2016
Every gardener is waiting for them, they are the harbingers of spring, blooming already in March, when the sun melts the snow. Don't think that the list of spring flowers is small; there is a wide range of plants that bloom in March and April. By planting several types of early flowers in the garden, your spring garden will be decorated with flowers when the first greenery has not yet appeared on the trees. Buy now planting material You can study spring flowers, their names, photos, and planting rules further.
The very first spring flower - blooms when the last snow still lies in shady places on the ground. Snowdrops are a symbol of the onset of spring; small white bells hang like crystal drops on thin green stems. These look delicate flowers unpretentious. Small galanthus bulbs are planted in August–September; they will take root before frost and will bloom in early spring.
very similar to snowdrop or lily of the valley, only with single white bells. The whiteflower blooms simultaneously with snowdrops and spring flowers, in March-April. Whiteflower bulbs can be planted from July to September. Bury them to a depth of 5 cm in heavy clayey soil, 10 cm in light sandy soil. Snowwhites can be placed under trees or shrubs; in early spring, before the greenery has yet appeared on the branches, the first flowers receive enough sunlight, and in the summer, in the shade, they develop well in fertile, moist soil.
Vesennik or erantis will keep you company snow-white snowdrops. Spring flowers are yellow-golden in color, up to 4 cm in diameter, and like the rays of the sun they will illuminate areas in the garden that are still lifeless after winter. The green, dissected leaves of the spring flower die off in June. Erantis prefers to grow in partial shade under the crowns of tall trees in loose, moist soil; these flowers can be found in forests and meadows in spring. Spring tubers are planted in September October; they are pre-soaked for a couple of hours so that they come to life and have time to take root in the ground until they become stable. subzero temperature. The first sprouts of spring flowers appear when the last remnants of snow still cover the ground. Opened flowers are not afraid of frost.
Flowers of extraordinary beauty, they are also called snow roses, as they are among the first to bloom in the garden. Hellebores remain decorative throughout the season, and large leaves Having overwintered under the snow, they have been greening up the flower garden since early spring. Hellebores grow well in partial shade. Plants do not like transplanting, as they develop a powerful rhizome with cord-like roots extending from it. Reproduction of the flower by dividing the bush is carried out in early spring, before new leaves begin to grow. Hellebore seeds are sown in early autumn, before winter, they will germinate in the spring, and the seedlings will bloom only in the third or fourth year of life.
The snowdrops are followed by the blossoms. The Siberian Scylla requires virtually no care. By planting the bulbs of this plant in August-September, this place will be decorated with blue bells every spring. Scylla reproduces by daughter bulbs and self-sowing, forming lush curtains.
also called saffron. They bloom after snowdrops, flowering continues spring crocuses up to two weeks. Large-flowered varieties of crocuses bloom a little later; the bulb produces one flower. U natural species Crocus flowers have fewer flowers, but one plant can produce several flowers and they bloom earlier. Spring crocus bulbs are planted in late summer - early autumn. These flowers look impressive in groups; in one place several bulbs are placed at a distance of up to 10 cm from each other.
Charming liverwort spring flowers appear immediately after the snow melts. Delicate azure flowers decorate the still lifeless earth after winter for a month. The plant can be propagated by dividing the bush in August. The liverwort feels best in shady places under the canopy of trees in fertile, loose soil.
appear in early April. Various shades blue, purple and yellow flowers decorate spring flower beds. The reticulated iris, unlike other species, has a bulb; it is often called bulbous iris, for the similarity of flower shapes. Iridodictium bulbs are planted in September or October in a sunny location with well-drained soil. The bulbs do not tolerate stagnant water, so it is better to plant them in elevated areas or alpine roller coaster. After flowering and the death of the ground part of the iris bulbs, it is recommended to dig them up and store them warm until autumn, the time of planting.
will decorate the earth in spring green carpet carved leaves and daisy-like flowers, up to 7 cm in diameter, white, blue or pink. Anemone grows like ground cover plant, thanks to the long creeping rhizome. This spring flower will develop well in both sunny and partial shade, with well-drained, nutritious soil. The plant does not like prolonged waterlogging of the soil. Anemone can be propagated by dividing the rhizome in autumn or early spring.
- decorative perennial It pleases the eye not only with large leathery leaves, but also with beautiful inflorescences with small bright pink bells. Bergenia leaves overwinter under the snow; in spring they turn purple. As the weather gets warmer, inflorescences appear from the rosette of leaves in the spring and persist until summer. Badan is decorative all year round, this very easy to grow perennial is propagated by dividing the rhizomes in the spring. Bergenia grows well both in partial shade and in sunny places with sufficient soil moisture.
