The most hardy flower bulbs
If you are a novice gardener, you want to start decorating the landscape of your site with live greenery, grow flowers using flower bulbs, but are afraid to ruin the harvest, consider three important factors:
More hardy and unpretentious, eye-pleasing plantings - this is more time and effort saved on landscaping the garden.
Richly textured perennials, including foliage, bark, flowers and berries, are ideal for both decoration and use.
A varied mix of trees, shrubs, perennials and vines is the key to creating an attractive design that can be enjoyed all year round.
This decorative perennial is unique for its rare combination of exoticism and adaptability to the climate of the middle zone. It has not only powerful bulbs, but also strong peduncles, unpretentious, grows well in the sun and moderately moist soil.
Eukomis is similar to pineapple in its barrel-shaped appearance with star-shaped flowers, shiny leaf blades and a tuft of leaves on top. It goes well with coniferous perennials, gerberas, lobelia, heuchera and alissum, complements and revives the rock garden.
Lily of the valley.
These romantic forest flowers are listed in the Red Book, as they are endangered. However, the lily of the valley can boast of a hardy, weather and pest resistant bulb.
These plants have a sweet aroma, delicate bell flowers and bright red fruits in summer. Loves a shady and damp place in the garden. Remember that lily of the valley is a poisonous plant.
Cyclamen.
The hardy cyclamen flower bulb will help grow cyclamen and decorate your garden with it in late fall, when little else is blooming. This forest plant is unpretentious, therefore it grows well in the shade, perhaps under a tree, and goes well with such companions as snowdrop and primrose.
Narcissus.
Blooming daffodils are a welcome sight in early spring! Daffodils grow easily in the sun or light shade, filling the garden with their beautiful tube-shaped flowers. Some varieties have a wonderful aroma. The strong, hardy daffodil flower bulb will help to germinate and take root easily, and the daffodil is also good and durable as a bouquet of freshly cut flowers.
Hyacinth.
A great addition to any garden is the vibrant purple-blue flowers and their heady scent in spring. The hardy tuber allows you to plant hyacinths in open ground. These plants prefer well-drained fertile soil and sunshine, as they are native to the Eastern Mediterranean (from southern Turkey to Palestine).
Snowdrop.
Who doesn't like snowdrops? This is the most joyful confirmation of the coming of spring! Delicate perennials will remain in your garden year after year. The hardy snowdrop flower bulbs thrive in moist soil, divide them up and share them with your gardener friends.
Nerine Bowden (spider lily).
This spectacular and the most cold-resistant plant of the amaryllis family with a strong tuber allows nerina bowden to bloom for a long time in autumn, when there are few bright spots in the garden. Pink or crimson fireworks of inflorescences, intricately curved wavy petals make it look like a lily.
Grows best in dry and sunny places in warm, well-drained soil, likes moderate humidity. Poisonous!
Lily flower bulbs
One of the most beautiful exotic flowers with a huge variety of varieties, colors and shapes, with a powerful heady aroma. Planting lilies will require a sunny, draft-free area with well-drained, loose soil rich in humus.
The cold-resistant, hardy flower bulb allows the lily to be planted in autumn and early spring. Lilies are poisonous and very dangerous to cats.
Tulip.
Bright and cheerful perennials, tulips are one of the most popular garden flowers. Varietal tulips can be painted in several different color shades, with many variations in combinations.
The flowers themselves differ in the size of the bud and in their shapes - goblet, fringed, oval, cupped, star-shaped and much more. Thanks to the hardy bulb, the tulip is planted in the fall.
It grows well in a sunny place protected from the winds, on well-drained sandy loam soil enriched with humus.
Liatris (deer tongue, funny feathers).
This delicate plant will beautify any garden! Spectacular inflorescences-candles of a bright gamut in various combinations, the peduncle is covered with small flowers with thin long fluffs. It can grow up to 2 m.
The hardy flower bulbs of Liatrisa are distinguished by coumarin, a natural aroma with a sweet scent, with hints of freshly cut hay, pine and vanilla. Grows well in the shade and in the sun, likes well-drained fertile land. This perennial survives winter in the ground with the help of frost-resistant corms.
Liatris is combined with neighbors such as verbena, armeria, brunner, gypsophila, phlox, etc. Freshly cut flowers are kept in a bouquet for up to 10 days. In winter bouquets, dry inflorescences are just as good. Liatris is rich in nectar, so we adore butterflies and bees.
