Flower garden of phlox and daylilies. A spectacular combination with catnip

Daylily – perennial, practically ideal option for landscaping summer cottage or garden area due to the combination of decorativeness, attractiveness and ease of maintenance. A long flowering period, a wide range of colors, beautiful leaves, shade tolerance and ease of cultivation - all this makes it one of the most popular garden plants.

A universal plant for landscape design

Using daylily in landscape design practically unlimited - they are equally organic in gardens of any style: from oriental to country, from modern to landscape, from regular to nostalgic. These are universal plants; the role of daylilies in the garden can be very diverse - they look great both as single plants (solitaria) and in mixed flower beds ( mixborders). These are universal plants for landscaping:

• low-growing daylilies in landscape design are actively used for decoration alpine slides And rockeries
• A common and effective purpose of daylily is to create ribbon frames and borders (hedges). For this purpose, varieties are selected that have a dense structure and do not produce root branches. In this case, it is recommended to combine different varieties (for example, according to flowering time), the main thing is that they have approximately the same height of greenery, but the structure and size of the flowers, the height of the peduncles may differ

• The choice of place of daylily in the composition depends on several factors. Planted in the foreground dwarf varieties, in the middle - medium-sized, in the background - tall. Richly colored and dark varieties are planted no further than the optical middle of the flower bed (group) - in the background they will reduce the space and make the composition flat. Light varieties are better suited for the background
• low-growing daylilies are actively used for decoration alpine slides and rockeries

• the best companions of daylilies in flower arrangements will become dahlias, loosestrife, reed grass, switchgrass, kniphofia, catnip, speedwell, crocosmia
• yellow, brown-bronze and orange varieties will harmoniously combine with agapanthus - the composition will be bright, contrasting and beautiful

• varieties Matador and Grand Opera will look impressive against the background of crocosmia - red flowers with expressive yellow elements will become the dominant element flower beds

• daylilies and purple flowers go well with Amethyst phlox
• near a gazebo, bench or swing good to plant Siloam Double Classic is an incredibly fragrant daylily with pink flowers, the aromatic characteristics of which are not inferior to other “fragrant” flowers
• daylilies go well with bulbous plants: tulips, delphiniums, hosts, hyacinths, irises, crocuses, astilbe. In this case, bulbous plants are planted in the foreground - this will help protect the bulbs from overheating, and the flowerbeds themselves will be bright, but unobtrusive
• A common and effective purpose of daylily is to create ribbon frames and borders (hedges). For this purpose, varieties are selected that have a dense clump structure and do not produce root branches. In this case, it is recommended to combine different varieties (for example, according to flowering time), the main thing is that they have approximately the same height of greenery, but the structure and size of the flowers, the height of the peduncles may differ

All daylilies (both tall and short) grow well as a container, tub or potted crop; the main thing is to choose a container large size for the normal development of a powerful rhizome. They can decorate balconies, terraces, front gardens, garden areas and recreation areas. They feel great in

Daylilies in landscape design are designed to form bright areas. They do not blend into the overall color scheme. Their purpose is to attract attention with their huge beautiful flowers, which also have a pleasant aroma. Only large and bright dahlias can compete with them.

The main advantages of daylilies are their beauty and unpretentiousness to growing conditions.

Lilies and their features

Representatives of the lily family have a wide distribution area, but they are more concentrated in the tropics and subtropics. In conditions temperate climate they grow predominantly in broad-leaved or coniferous-deciduous forests. In the mountains, they are part of the alpine meadows, complementing with their splendor the floral diversity concentrated in a narrow strip between the forest and rocks with glaciers. Despite this prevalence, under natural conditions, representatives of the lily family can only be found in the northern hemisphere.

In total, there are 19 genera and 610 species of lilies on the planet. Most of them are herbs, a smaller part are shrubs and trees. Almost all representatives of this family have a special decorative effect.

Lily flowers are usually large and regular in shape, although there is also slight asymmetry when the flower is more developed in one direction. Lilies survive well in a variety of, sometimes harsh, conditions, mainly due to the development of the underground part of the plant. The underground shoot has the form of a rhizome, bulb and corm. Due to water and nutrients, stored in underground shoots, lilies can survive dry or cold periods, and also grow and bloom earlier than other plants. The latter property allows them to successfully compete with other species for pollinators and sun, especially if they grow under the canopy of a deciduous forest.

Lily plants are convenient, first of all, due to the presence of underground shoots. Bulbs and rhizomes in a dormant state can be stored all winter. Planted in spring, they allow the plant to quickly grow roots and thus avoid long period adaptation. For the same reason, lilies are able to quickly develop strong above-ground shoots and big flower.

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Lilies in garden design

Landscape design uses a variety of plants with a wide range of properties. However, some of them are of interest only to individual hobbyists, while others can be found in almost every garden. The last category includes plants of the lily family. They combine striking beauty and unpretentiousness; their maintenance does not require much labor or material costs.

When forming areas with lilies in the garden, you need to adhere to the following rules:

1. Despite the unpretentiousness of lilies, they should be classified as shade-tolerant, but not shade-loving plants. In full shade lily plant becomes thin, stretches out, lies down. In this case, its flowers are small in size or absent altogether. For the full development of lilies, you need at least 6-7 hours of daylight.
2. Flowers with different colors require different lighting modes. Dark flowers (dark red, dark purple, dark blue, etc.) are best placed in light shade. In bright sunshine, spots may appear on the surface of the leaves, and the flowers will fade, losing color saturation.
3. Varieties with light colors They can be planted anywhere, but it is preferable to place them in the sun, where they can show all their splendor.
4. The flowering of lilies directly depends on air temperature. Typically, the bud opens well at a temperature of +18° C. At lower temperatures, winds and cold rains, the buds may not open, so it is better to place these plants in well-warmed areas, for example, on insolated slopes.

IN lately among lovers of using lilies in garden design Red daylily (or daylily) became popular. This is a relatively small plant belonging to the daylily subfamily.

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Daylilies in the garden

Krasodnevs grow in the Far East in the zone of broad-leaved and coniferous-deciduous forests.

In undisturbed forests they bloom on the edges, clearings, and southern slopes with sparse stands. If the forest is destroyed by logging, fires, grazing, or trampling, then you can find areas of meadows completely covered with flowering redworts, other lilies, cereals, low-growing wormwood, wintergreen, and a variety of forest and meadow grasses.

This ecological mobility of the red day allows it to be classified as a predominantly forest species, but capable of forming meadow communities. However, if fires, haymaking and grazing continue in the place of the destroyed forest, then the redwood will not be able to exist in such conditions and will disappear.

The conclusion follows from this: redwood must be classified as an edge species, that is, a species associated with the forest, but living on its edge or in “windows” (small clearings formed as a result of the death of one or several trees).

When placing a red flower in the garden, it is necessary to take into account its dual nature. He needs sun, but not hot sun. It is best to accommodate this guest with Far East where part of the day will be illuminated bright sun, and at other times it will be slightly shaded by a tree, bush, or other taller grasses. Krasnodnev is good for decorating clearings between trees, forming a flower strip along bushes, etc.

The undoubted advantage of this plant is its unpretentiousness. In its homeland, it is able to exist in the range from -40° to +40° C. However, it must winter in loose soil and under the cover of snow. It has a detrimental effect on him. strong winds in frost and hard soil. Droughts are no less destructive in hard soil with a small amount of organic matter.

When planting daylilies, their requirements for environmental parameters should be taken into account. If the garden is in a temperate climatic zone, then you need to first of all take care of the soil. It is best to prepare a bed for daylilies as follows:

1. It is necessary to dig a trench with a depth of 30 to 50 cm. All dug soil must be placed nearby (it will still be needed).
2. Place a layer of dry or freshly harvested grass at the bottom of the trench. Grass can be replaced with leaves, straw and even sawdust. The latter is undesirable, but acceptable. Sawdust takes longer to decompose than other organic matter, but it performs the role of soil loosening agent well.
3. Place cow dung or humus on a layer of plant residues. If the manure is fresh, it needs to be mixed with the soil and only then laid. Fresh manure contains too much ammonia, which will negatively affect plant roots if they pass through pieces of clean manure.
4. Apply some complex mineral fertilizers.
5. Cover the trench with previously removed soil.

If you wish, you can form a garden bed or make an area planted with krasodnevna, part of the lawn, or a clearing between the trees. In any case, this plant will flourish in such soil for a long time. Organic matter in the lower layers will allow maintaining optimal humidity in summer and temperature in winter. This effect stable conditions can be strengthened with a layer of fallen leaves or dry grass on the soil between daylily specimens. This way it will be possible to create those natural conditions, in which this species feels best.

Krasodnev is firmly embedded in the culture. Its popularity leads to the emergence different varieties and hybrids. This is, of course, a good thing, since increasing the variety of shapes leads to a wider choice. However hybrid variety- this is a deviation from the usual natural adaptation to environmental conditions. Most often, hybrids are more capricious and unviable. Wild redwort does not require special wintering conditions, even in severe winters. The main condition for it is a warm and long summer. However, all deviations from the natural state of the species require special care, including providing conditions for wintering.

Krasnoday is best suited for creating a “wild” landscape, where everything grows as if by itself. This controlled wildness has its own charm. Good partners for daylilies can be irises, especially dark shades, grasses that form drooping panicles, and daisies that emphasize the charm of spontaneous processes.

When buying new daylilies for garden design, we don’t always think about what colors this plant goes with (photo). But when the bush grows, it becomes clear that this plant is much more complex than we imagined. Its leaves and shape, height and “assertiveness” of the entire bush are not always appropriate in one place or another. How to avoid landscape kinks?

Features of daylily

When planting daylilies, you need to take into account a number of nuances:

• There are no low-growing daylilies. All varieties and hybrids have a height of at least 50 cm, some reach a height of 150 cm;
• The daylily leaf is decorative even without flowers;
• The plant feels great both in bright sun and in openwork shade, although it will not bloom so profusely in a shady area;
• The darker the color of the inflorescences, the brighter the area needed for planting.

Considering these features and planning daylilies in landscape design, you should understand that they have no place in the foreground. However, only those varieties that do not differ can be planted too far beautiful flower. But those whose flowers have ruffles, rims, borders, variegated inclusions, plant them where there will be an opportunity to examine the beauty that nature and the skill of the breeder have awarded them.

Playing in contrast

If you plant Siberian iris in the background, the height of which reaches up to a meter, and blue flowers attract the eye from afar, then give the foreground to the daylily. Choose the variety “Yellow Giant” or “Golden Chimes” (golden chimes). These yellow-gold daylilies will pair flawlessly with blue irises. The composition will bloom at the same time and will delight you for 1.5 - 2 months.

You can choose not only the contrast of colors, but also the contrast of foliage. If daylilies with their delicate, long foliage are planted in the background, then the foreground can be given to beautiful hostas. The variety range of hostas is simply limitless. Having chosen the pair they liked, they for many years will decorate a corner of the flower garden.

Fashionable monochrome

Monochrome flower beds have become very popular lately. The color range of daylilies is very diverse, from white to dark purple. That is why, having selected a variety, you can fearlessly introduce it into any flower garden.

Daylily is a very flexible crop, and just from this one plant you can create a “playing flowerbed.” For example: we plant the center with white daylily of the “Gentel Shepherd” variety. Around this bush we plant the “Dream Legacy” variety, the flowers of which are white, but have a large, bright crimson center. Around these plantings we plant the “Double Red Royal” variety with crimson, rich flowers. Such a flowerbed will be simply charming during flowering.

You can also play with other varieties by selecting color scheme and tones gradually moving from weak to rich, or vice versa.

Combination of incongruous

Having planted daylily as a solitary plant, you need to think about its surroundings. Looking at the daylily, your taste and intuition will tell you which flowers it goes with and which it doesn’t. A very beautiful composition with daylily and astilbe. The shape of the leaves, stems and flowers is so different that it would seem that these plants do not combine, but looking at blooming flower bed One has to marvel at the beauty of these two plants and their overall ensemble.

Plant daylilies at the base of the clematis. Blue clematis and yellow daylily, hot pink and muted, crimson and crimson with white trim. You can choose a great variety of such combinations and all of them will be an impeccable decoration for your flower garden.

It’s good for the daylily and at the foot climbing rose. The plant will protect the roots of the rose from excessive drying, which in turn will keep company and “ennoble” even simple varieties.

A wonderful composition is obtained by combining daylily and sedum. The daylily rises triumphantly, and lush sedum inflorescences support its delicate leaves.

Daylilies planted in one row along a fence or building look very beautiful both during flowering and simply leafy. There is no need for a variety of varieties, just one is enough.

Heuchera looks great at the “legs” of the daylily. However, when planting this composition, it is necessary to take into account that the daylily should be with south side from heuchera. It will cover its miniature neighbor from the scorching sun, and she, in turn, will decorate it during the rest period.

Daylilies and shrubs are well suited. They are combined with barberry, weigela, and tamarisk. Playing on the contrast of foliage, wonderful pictures are created, both during the flowering period and in the autumn garden.

The variety of species and varieties of this plant allows you to create the most imaginative areas. Phlox in the garden can be both a background and a central accent in any flower bed. How you can use phlox flowers in the garden is described in detail on this page. Look at examples of how you can use phlox in garden design in the photo, which illustrates different options:

In the article you can find tips on selecting species depending on the area in which the flower garden will be planted. In the landscape design of various garden plots, tall and creeping, perennial and annual species Phlox. By applying the knowledge gained, you can independently create a magnificent look that complements the overall design of the site. Look at the photo of phloxes in the garden various types them and use:

Using phlox flowers in garden design (with photo)

Phloxes with classic green and variegated foliage can be safely planted in one composition - there simply cannot be any unsuccessful options. But sometimes masterpieces emerge.

Suitable for open, windy or elevated places, with strong stems and a compact bush. In sunny areas, varieties that are resistant to flower fading and powdery mildew will look especially impressive. When choosing a place to plant variegated phlox, it is important to remember that the original color is fully revealed only if good lighting. However, under the influence of the midday sun, leaf burns are often observed on variegated phloxes, sometimes the leaves even become bent or wrinkled. See how phlox can be used in garden design in the photo, where different options for flower beds are offered:

Phlox in garden landscape design

When using phlox in garden landscape design, it is advisable to give preference to winter-hardy, pest-resistant varieties. As a rule, such varieties grow in old gardens for decades.

All phloxes can be divided into two large groups- landscape and collection. In collectible ones, either the flower fades, or the bush falls apart, or the “legs” are bald. I am not calling for giving up collection varieties; if you like a particular variety, please plant, tie up a bush, shade it. But in reliable flower beds, I recommend using landscape varieties.

The group of landscape phloxes includes both large-flowered and small-flowered varieties. But it is no coincidence that I spent ten years of my life expanding the group of small-flowered varieties. They bloom longer - two, and some even two and a half months. Very resistant to wind, rain and even hail.

I exhibited "Purple Veil" at FlowersExpo in 2012 after hail after hail, and it won the show. Hailstones slip between the flowers, the rain does not spoil the flowers at all.

"Mosaic"

"Smoky Veil"

The “Estate” program came to my selection field. It was raining (and by that time it had been raining for a long time), and it was clearly visible how large-flowered phloxes, which everyone loves so much in our country, and small-flowered ones looked like in terms of decorativeness. The small-flowered ones stood and still stand, while the large-flowered ones have drooping flowers.

"Elixir" is my variety, I don't like it - its flower is more than five and a half centimeters. It will rain, everything will hang. And a variety like “Mosaic” can be used in any flower beds, it blooms for a long time, is elegant, and looks very good.

After prolonged rains with winds, large-flowered phlox require some period for the inflorescence to be restored and new flowers to bloom, because when a large flower leaves the inflorescence, a hole remains there. But for small-flowered species everything is different. If you look inside the inflorescence, many have a lot of buds, and such phloxes withstand bad weather conditions very well.

If you like big flowers

Large-flowered phlox are, of course, very beautiful and can be used in the landscape if they have good shape inflorescences, stable bush, elegant foliage.

"Eskimo"

Large-flowered landscape phloxes do not fall; they can be planted near the porch, along the path, or included in a flower garden with such classic plants as aconites, varietal rudbeckias, monardas, veronicastrum, and burnet.

Large-flowered phloxes will be great near a gazebo with some openwork calimeris, Delavey's cornflower, and use daylilies, bergenia, catnip, and sage in the planting to cover the front part of the bush if the plant is tall.

For example, “Margarita”, which becomes a favorite at all exhibitions, it does not fade and blooms for a very long time. Or a new selection from Anya Kalugina - "Galatea" - a soft salmon warm tone with a beautiful inflorescence.

"Galatea"

Nowadays flower beds with a natural orientation, naturgardens, ecological gardens and flower beds are very popular. They cannot use phloxes with eyes, or those in which a person’s hand is visible. But phloxes of natural appearance are perfect for such flower beds. For example, “Sea Foam” or varieties of the “Veil” or “Caramel” series.

"Bird Sirin" is an excellent variety for natural flower beds, it is so lush, luxurious, grows quickly, and is tenacious. It will be great with something yellow, with cereals, with solidago.

"Veil"

"Strawberry caramel"

"Sea Foam"

"Bird Sirin"

The yellow suns of heliopsis, high scobiosa gigantica (butter-colored inflorescence), astrantia, cereals, monarda, burnet, molinia, iringium, and echinops will look great with phloxes of natural appearance.

One of the classic plants in plantings with phlox is rudbeckia (from the tallest - nitida, to the shortest - fulgida) or echinacea. There are many varieties, you can always combine them by color, choosing shades of colors with transitions from taller plants to shorter ones. Piet Oudolf uses rudbeckia in natural flower beds, the plants in which are not cut off for the winter.

You can make natural white flower beds using small-flowered phlox. They will look very good in combination with white calimeris, alpine knotweed, and various daisies.

In country flower beds, phlox can be used with garden plants and hollyhocks. By the way, there are a lot of mallows different varieties, and they can be selected very well by color. And change - this year it’s like this, and next year it’s different. Solidago (goldenrod) will fit very well into the country style, and we’ll add tansy here as a background plant.

For classic cottage flower beds - "Waltz". Elegant, goes well with Veronica longifolia, with the unpetted blue in the foreground.

Phloxes in which a person’s hand is visible (“Dear Friend”, “Alexey Lensky”) are combined with classic hybridized plants, these are daisies, annuals, saplings, in the background - aconites, clematis on a support, that is, clearly hybridized plants.

"Waltz"

"Alexey Lensky"

Phloxes in the foreground (even low ones) still need to be planted with something. Low catnip hostas, sages, hyssops, varietal speedwells, and varietal oregano are very good for planting. There are bergenias different heights, they are now available, and you can use any. A classic of the genre is daylily, which is used for planting.

Working with color

I don’t really like dark cherry phlox; they only look good in flower beds during the day. But if you have a “purple and gold” flower garden in mind, then plant brilliant rudbeckia, solidago, taller rudbeckias, saplings, verticals of loosestrife and plant purple phlox there as accents.

All dark phloxes dissolve in the twilight, they are not visible. For example, if we combine “Monomakh’s Cap” with pure white phlox, then in contrast at dusk this dark variety it will be even darker, and in the evening only white will be visible, and instead of the “Monomakh Cap” there will be a visual failure.

"Monomakh's Hat"

"Onega"

"Martin"

"Archangel"

All white, light, soft lilac phloxes are clearly visible at dusk. Groups of light phlox should organize the night space. In the light of the moon they will make your garden look voluminous.

I consider Oksana Kudryavtseva’s pure white variety “Archangel” from St. Petersburg to be ideal, it is not very tall, has strong stems, does not fall apart, is well built, has a beautiful inflorescence.

The Onega variety has neat caps, cleans well, the color is not pure white, slightly pinkish, it will look good next to the Swallow. It’s good to plant them with speedwell or pink loosestrife, a blue grass like sheep and something lilac openwork, for example, cornflower.

Those phloxes that change their tone to blue in the evening look good. pink varieties, the transitions from soft pink salmon to more saturated tones are very good. Phloxes, which change color to blue and blue in the evening, look good on a golden background, for example, Darts gold or Lutea, white derain, golden form.

It is much more difficult to work with smoky varieties. Often their color looks muddy from a distance. "Prince Silver", "Old Man", "Crown" small-flowered "Mr. X" can be used with silver wormwood, cherry-red burnets, cherry monardas, use verticals of loosestrife or speedwell.

"Old Man"

"Crown"

"Prince Silver"

I don’t use varieties with hatching (“Peppermint Twist”) in flower beds, I call it “McDonald’s”, like petunias with stripes, this is all amateurish, it doesn’t look good in a flower bed. The color is not readable from a distance - the stripes blur, blur, everything becomes a dirty shade.

The shape of the inflorescence has its own functions

Varieties with a clearly defined inflorescence shape (“Hermitage Garden”, “Pink Popsicle”) are clearly visible. They are used in accent planting, planted in the flower garden as accents. And it is not necessary to plant them en masse.

"Vasilievsky Island"

"Blue Dwarf"

"Xenia"

"Firefly"

For a mass or border, “Xenia” or “Vasilievsky Island”, “Blue Dwarf”, “Firefly” are suitable. "Vasilievsky Island" is a small, round ball for border or background planting in the foreground.

You can use different phloxes, but small-flowered and large-flowered ones will look bad side by side. It is necessary to highlight some different corners in the garden, where to make compositions separately with large-flowered ones and separately with small-flowered ones.

When you evaluate phloxes

Sometimes it happens like this: they brought a phlox to an exhibition - a huge head on a thick stem. This means that the phlox has been fed. You should not think that it will be the same in your garden. We always have no time, we come to the garden once a week, there is only enough compost for tomatoes. And your phlox will turn into something unintelligible. Don't judge phlox by the thickness of its stem! You can feed anything, but why?

You can lie down with bones, make perfect soil, phlox will be luxurious for a while, but overfed plants lose their stability and become more susceptible to fungal diseases. I believe that the agricultural background should be average.

It is important when the variety has a moderate growth rate. Exactly moderate! Many imported varieties are good only in the second year after division. And then we get a huge bush, thin shoots and three flowers at the top. All the energy was spent on growth, there was none left for flowering. I believe that phloxes should grow for five to six years in one place, but dividing them every two years is not the case.