Dry summers are a big problem for most plants. They do not always survive the sun successfully, so you have to either save them by providing shade, or replace them with drought-resistant flowers. Flower beds consisting of such varieties can easily tolerate even the most high temperatures, pleasing lush flowering Location on.
Drought-tolerant plants have gained the most popularity because many of them are perennial ground covers of flowers, herbs and shrubs. By the way, they are used not only for personal plot - unpretentious plants suitable for maintaining a neat appearance of cemetery plots. Flowerbeds in sunny areas will be decorated with many perennials, due to their unpretentiousness to the conditions. Drought-tolerant flowers are abundant, so all that remains is to arrange them and enjoy the blooms.
Peony - despite the fact that it blooms at the end of spring, it will decorate the garden with neat green foliage throughout the summer. Moreover, he is a record holder for longevity and rarely needs a transplant. Hosta is an ornamental plant whose flowers look like bells. The richness of colors and expressive leaves will decorate any flower bed.
Echinacea, with its large, fleshy stems and flowers, will easily take root in any soil with any light. Echinacea blooms in summer and autumn and is tall. Echinacea's drought-resistant stems will add beauty to your garden, even outside of flowering season.
Garden chamomile will not create any problems during growth, but will delight you with large white flowers. Keep in mind that by autumn it will begin to multiply, so if you don’t want chamomile to dominate, take care of the rhizome of the flower. Perennial ground cover flowers are suitable for sunny places. They form a beautiful pillow on the ground, delighting not only with beautiful flowers, but also with succulent leaves.
Stone rose - looks like rosettes with short, plump leaves of rich green or dark purple. In mid-summer, a stem with a large flower at the end rises from the rosette. Its flowers will decorate the cemetery if you do not have time to care for the plants.
Carnation has many varieties and colors. After it fades, you should trim the stems and then you will get neat bluish bushes. Yaskolka - actively grows both above and below the ground. Its leaves are gray or silver in color, and it blooms with white star-shaped flowers.
Sedum is the king of flower carpets. Ground cover flowers are, in principle, characterized by abundant growth, but Sedum is the leader in terms of the area it occupies. There are no places where it would not take root. It blooms with an abundance of pink, yellow, and white flowers that last all summer. It can be planted in a cemetery to form a beautiful cushion.
Heuchera - also forms rosettes of leaves, and they have different colors: There are green, gray, even red shades. Heuchera reaches a height of 30 cm, and during flowering up to 60 cm.
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Drought-tolerant grasses
There are quite a few grasses that meet the requirements of dry areas. Drought-resistant groundcover grasses will decorate not only flower beds, but also the dining table, which increases their value. In addition, you can sow the cemetery with herbs, creating a neat and well-groomed appearance.
Thyme - in addition to its strong aroma, it has beautiful lilac flowers. But when planting it in the garden, be careful - all the surrounding bumblebees and bees will gather to taste its pollen. Cypress spurge is a short herb with sharp needle-like leaves. It blooms twice - at the end of spring and summer. There are so many flowers that each bush turns into a fluffy ball.
Gray fescue attracts attention with its sharp, bluish-green leaves. It is often compared to a sea urchin due to its obvious similarities. Plant it in the front rows and renew it every 4 years for a long-lasting carpet. The advantage of Fescue is that it does not grow and continues to grow even in winter. Fescue ground cover bushes will give cemetery plots a neat appearance.
Decorative trees and shrubs
Drought-resistant shrubs are a real salvation for places where there is no shade, but there is a lot of scorching sunlight. Ground cover shrubs are less common than grasses or flowers. But on the other hand, they create lush hedges (which can be used to limit a plot in a cemetery).
Gaillardia - comes from the Asteraceae family. This bush with wide branches up to 70 cm in height blooms with large bright flowers. Alpine aster is a shrub that blooms with small, colorful flowers in June. Hydrangea is a shrub that blooms in mid-summer until late autumn. It is readily planted in cemeteries because it is evergreen and has beautiful flowers.
Forsythia is a tree and shrub that blooms with bright yellow flowers in early spring. Jasmine, mock orange - a spreading bush with large white flowers that spread a thick aroma. It is unpretentious in terms of growing places, but requires good watering.
Yarrow is another representative of the Astrov family. It grows in bushes up to 70 cm in height, blooms with flat flowers of white, yellow or red. Garden juniper is a tree-like shrub with needle-like or scaly leaves and bluish-gray fruits. After rain, it spreads a thick aroma, so if you want to achieve a variety of smells in the garden, water the juniper from time to time or bring wet branches into the house.
Ground cover shrubs include horizontal cotoneaster. This evergreen shrub spreads along the ground, grows quickly and rarely grows above 50 cm. Mountain pine is a tree or shrub with brown-gray bark, dark green needles and small, beautiful gray-brown cones. Whether it's a flowerbed or a graveyard, plants that can handle the heat will add freshness to any area, even if you don't have a designer's eye.
Anyone, even a not very experienced gardener, can have a beautiful and colorful plot. And even if it is not possible to provide daily watering and they need to be planted in an open, dry area, it does not matter. Let's look at some drought-tolerant plants as examples for planting in a sunny flower bed that will bloom, delight with lush greenery and create coziness in your garden.
Drought-tolerant grasses
When designing a sunny flower bed, you should pay attention to which will help complement your flower garden with lush greenery and give it volume.
Examples of such drought-resistant plants:- tortuous meadow grass- forms hummocks of thin blades of bright green grass. It is not picky, tolerates frost well and is excellent for planting in an open area;
- gray tonong- a low, drought-resistant grass of green-gray color, which explains its name. It takes root well in sunny areas and does not require any specific care;
- reed canary grass- grows well in both sunny and shady areas. His main feature- leaves white;
- - an excellent plant that absolutely does not need watering and loves sunny places. There are many varieties of tenacious, which differ in a variety of colors.
- In April-May you can plant cornflowers. They prefer sunny places and are unpretentious to soil. These perennials must be planted at a distance of at least 30 cm, otherwise the plants will shade each other. Cornflower does not require special care after planting and is resistant to pests and diseases. To keep your sunny flowerbed looking neat, you need to remove flowers that have faded.
Did you know? Cornflowers are perennials that are widely used in classical medicine. Included in antiseptics and drugs for the treatment of diseases of the eyes, liver and biliary tract. IN folk medicine inflorescences are used to make various tinctures, which help in cosmetology and even gynecology.
- A sunny mood in your flowerbed will create doronicum. While other plants are just gaining strength, and the bulbous ones have already faded, Doronicum will delight you from May to June. More than 40 species of this plant are known. The flower adapts perfectly to any conditions, so a sunny flower bed is perfect for planting it. When caring, you need to take into account that the plant has a shallow root system, and carefully weed and loosen the soil so as not to damage the perennial.
- Lush and bright, which are also planted during this period, are not only unpretentious, but also bloom twice: in June-July and August-September. You can plant them either one at a time or in groups of 2-3 plants, in which case in a couple of years you will get powerful Root system This plant is very strong and goes to a depth of 1 meter. It should be borne in mind that the seeds of this perennial are poisonous and it is necessary to cut off the flower stalks in time. But the stems of faded lupine will be wonderful for your flower bed.
- The list of flowers that are perfect for an open sunny flower bed includes small petal, blooming throughout the summer. This plant is deservedly preferred by novice gardeners and designers. After all, when choosing this perennial, you get fluffy green bushes that also bloom profusely. The small petal is a frost-resistant, not capricious and sun-loving perennial.
- You can also plant it at the end of May. This herbaceous plant with bright flowers there are about 90 species, there are both erect and hanging. The plant does not require special care, but during flowering it is advisable to provide moderate watering. And, of course, to maintain the well-groomed appearance of your flower bed, you should remove dried flower stalks.
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It comes in many colors and is perfect for a sunny flower bed. In addition to the abundance of colors, it also has a pleasant aroma. All varieties of carnations go well with other plants in the flowerbed and are not fussy about their surroundings.
Sun-loving flowers for a flower bed
There are a lot of plants in nature that we can plant in a sunny flowerbed. And when looking for drought-resistant flowers for a flower bed, we advise you to pay attention to those that do not need to be sown every year. Another advantage in favor of perennials is the fact that they are quite unpretentious and do not require special care.
The name "succulent" comes from the Latin word succulentus, which means "succulent", and indeed, the presence of voluminous, succulent stems or leaves is the most characteristic feature the external appearance of these representatives of the flora. Succulents are perennial plants of arid places (xerophytes), capable of not only creating reserve reserves of moisture in the tissues of vegetative organs, but, most importantly, using these reserves economically during periods of drought, without losing viability even when the soil dries out so much that the root system of the plant unable to extract a single drop of water from it. The vitality of succulents is simply amazing! To this day, some peoples of the Middle East have preserved the custom, dating back to the times of Ancient Assyria, of decorating the entrance to the house by hanging a rosette of real aloe (Aloe vera) above it. This succulent plant, which has become a symbol of patience and endurance, lives without soil or water for years and even manages to bloom! And about another succulent - the prickly pear cactus - the famous botanist Luther Burbank wrote: “I have seen them (cacti) growing on the floor, behind the kitchen stove, in the pockets of winter coats, placed on the desk and in other inappropriate places.”
The characteristic, easily recognizable appearance of succulents - cacti, aloe ("agegave"), agaves, milkweeds and various crassulas - can mislead non-specialists, who often consider them all cacti, since they have long been firmly established on our windowsills. However, a certain commonality of traits is nothing more than a stamp imposed by a similar way of life on plants that are completely unrelated to each other and grow in nature in different parts Sveta. Of course, now hedges made of cacti can be found in both Africa and Australia, but these plants were brought there by humans. The deserts of the Central and South America. South Africa- home to a variety of, sometimes surprisingly cacti-like, euphorbias belonging to the euphorbia family, and aloe - plants similar to agaves, but belonging to the lily family. And representatives of the extensive Crassulaceae family are true cosmopolitans, growing in nature in Africa, South America, and Eurasia. These are only the most widely known succulents, but in general, botanists currently refer to this environmental group about 10 thousand plant species belonging to no less than 40 different families.
All succulents are inhabitants of arid places, but not every desert or semi-desert on Earth can boast of a rich collection of them. The fact is that the survival strategy chosen by these plants is undoubtedly extremely effective, but only in certain conditions. Succulents are absent from the so-called cold temperate deserts because their succulent tissues do not tolerate the prolonged winter cold typical of these desert climates. Succulents also give in to the extremely harsh living conditions in those hot deserts, where rainfall is tantamount to a miracle, which can be expected for years and even decades. The true kingdoms of succulents are California's Sonoran Desert and South Africa's Karoo Desert. These subtropical deserts never experience frost, and the dry seasons of the year are regularly followed by relatively wet ones, when the land is hit by short but torrential downpours. The main task of plants living in such places is to collect water as quickly and efficiently as possible, before it has time to evaporate under the hot rays of the sun. Therefore, succulents have a highly branched root system, forming a dense network a few centimeters from the soil surface, which allows the roots to absorb moisture literally at the moment of precipitation.
A fundamentally different method of obtaining moisture is used by tillandsias, which grow in the foggy Atacama Desert, which stretches along west coast South America. Despite the proximity of the ocean, this desert is rightfully considered one of the driest places on Earth: in some of its areas the annual precipitation is only 1-3 mm, which actually means complete absence rains. But every night the coastal areas of this strange desert are shrouded in thick, milky, dank fogs creeping in from the sea, which are the only source moisture for the plants and animals living there. Tillandsias are devoid of roots, which are useless in such conditions, but the surface of their leaves is densely covered with silvery adsorbent scales that absorb atmospheric moisture, for which they received the name succulent atmospherics.
Succulents store the collected water for future use in a special tissue - aquiferous parenchyma, consisting of thin-walled cells containing very large vacuoles filled with cell sap. In leaf succulents, this tissue is most developed in the leaves, and in stem succulents - in the stems. After several good showers, succulents absorb so much water that their weight increases tenfold. Large, barrel-like cacti of the genus Ferreros can store 1-3 tons of water, which is enough for them to live comfortably for a whole year. The surface of cacti, like other succulents, is usually furrowed with deep folds: under the pressure of moisture they are smoothed out, which allows the plant to rapidly increase its volume while avoiding damage to the outer coverings.
No matter how difficult it is to obtain water in the desert, this task still seems ridiculously simple compared to the need to preserve it for a long time in conditions of heat and dry air. But succulents coped brilliantly with this problem. The cell sap contained in the vacuoles of the aquiferous parenchyma of succulents is not just water solution mineral salts and organic substances necessary for plant life. By its physicochemical nature it is colloidal solution, in which water is bound by mucous substances (pectins) that prevent its evaporation. It is very easy to verify this by dropping a drop of aloe juice onto the glass and, for comparison, for example, a drop of cabbage juice: by the time cabbage juice completely evaporate, a drop of aloe juice will only slightly decrease in volume.
The shape of the water-storing parts of the plant is also of great importance: in most succulents it tends to be spherical, which, as is known, makes it possible to enclose the largest volume in the surface of a minimum area. Flat leaves, having a huge evaporating surface, in such a situation would look like extreme waste. Therefore, in leaf succulents they are round, but in stem succulents they are often completely absent or appear only in conditions good hydration. In cacti, the leaves are transformed into spines, which morphologically represent petioles of leaves that have lost the leaf blade in the process of evolution. In the absence of leaves, the function of photosynthesis is completely transferred to the green stem of the plant.
Another universal way to protect fabrics from drying out is a thick skin, the water resistance of which is enhanced by a waxy coating, which is very characteristic of many types of succulent plants.
However, no matter how reliable protection from evaporation, it cannot be absolute for the simple reason that every living plant needs gas exchange with environment. As is known, the basis of plant life is the process of photosynthesis, as a result of which chloroplasts from carbon dioxide and water under the influence of energy sunlight are formed organic compounds and oxygen. In addition, every plant respires, consuming oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide. And both of these processes are inevitably accompanied by the loss of water vapor through open stomata, which occurs most intensely during hot daytime hours. At first glance, it may seem that it is impossible to reduce these losses, but succulents managed to do this too! As it turned out, these plants are characterized by a special type of metabolism, first discovered in representatives of the Crassulaceae family. Its essence lies in the fact that succulents open their stomata and absorb carbon dioxide at night, storing it in the vacuoles of cells in the form of organic acids. During the day, the stomata are closed, and photosynthesis occurs with the participation of carbon dioxide formed during the breakdown of these acids. Carbon dioxide, released during plant respiration, is also not wasted, but is stored in tissues so that later it can also be included in the process of photosynthesis. Only due to this improved type of metabolism, succulents use on average 30 times less water than other plants.
Such a metabolism also has its disadvantages. Because of this, succulents have a very low growth rate, and, in addition, the reduction in the volume of water evaporation through the stomata is fraught with the danger of overheating, especially since most succulents grow in open places under direct scorching rays of the sun. Therefore, it is not surprising that among succulents there are plants whose tissues can withstand heat above 50°C, and in one type of prickly pear, the temperature of the external tissues was recorded at 65°C - this is the highest limit, after which the process of protein destruction begins. But still, there are few such “extreme” people even among this group of plants, and most of them strive to protect themselves from overheating and sunburn. That is why the waxy coating of succulents usually has a grayish or bluish color, which reflects the sun’s rays well, and the covers of some of them “tan” in the sun, acquiring a red or purple tint. The thick spines and hairs of cacti not only reliably protect their owners from the encroachments of numerous animals hungry for the juicy pulp of the stems, but also shade the living tissues of the plant. The ribbed shape of the stems also ensures that part of their surface is always in the shade.
Representatives of the aizoonaceae family solve the problem of protection from sunburn in a very unique way. This family includes, for example, lithops, whose fleshy leaves are so similar in shape and color to pebbles that they can be noticed among a scattering of rubble only when flowers with a large elegant corolla, consisting of many narrow bright petals, bloom on them. Because of their perfect camouflage, lithops are widely known under the figurative name “living stones,” but they also have another, no less apt name: “window plants.” The point is that in natural conditions Lithops, in order to avoid unnecessary loss of moisture, are almost completely immersed in the soil, above which the flattened upper parts of their leaves barely rise. The tissue containing chlorophyll is located deep in the leaf and is covered on top not only by a dense cuticle, but also by a layer of transparent cells containing a supply of moisture. The sun's rays, falling almost vertically on the plant, are scattered, pass through this “window” and do not damage photosynthetic tissues. Interestingly, Lithops has an extremely simple but effective automatic system regulation bandwidth"window". When a plant experiences a lack of moisture, the salts contained in the cell sap crystallize and the “window” becomes cloudy.
Thanks to the original appearance and unpretentiousness, succulents have long become a favorite object of breeding and collecting. And scientists who study the morphology and physiology of plants find in them an inexhaustible source of knowledge about the capabilities of living nature to adapt to the most seemingly inappropriate conditions of existence.
Signs of plants in dry places. The leaves are small in size, often narrow; There is pubescence, a waxy coating; Some plants, such as aloe and agave, have soft and succulent leaves (they store water); Small number of stomata.
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Then I realized how strong flowers are
They are like tenderness, like love, like children -
Stronger than evil, stronger than anything in the world,
Stronger than death and stronger than war.
Kirimize Jane
Flowers are a decoration for the yard, but they require a thoughtful approach from the gardener both to the arrangement of flower beds and edgings, and to the combination of plants. In many cases, due to weather conditions, there is no sufficient quantity moisture, and we, always busy and in a hurry, do not have the opportunity to water the flower beds enough times. Not every plant is able to fully survive in such extreme conditions. But there is a way out, and this way out is drought-resistant plants.
Drought-resistant flowers, herbs and ornamental shrubs thrive even on soils with minimal moisture content and are not at all happy with soil saturated with moisture. If there is too much moisture, drought-resistant plants can become sick or even die.
Of course, site drainage can come to the rescue here. This is a troublesome and costly matter, but without it there is no way. The topic of drainage is the topic of a separate article.
Annuals
The ease of caring for annuals, their ability to add new colors to the flower garden every year, the most amazing forms and their inexhaustible variety have and will continue to attract flower growers.
Among flowering annuals, we can recommend for drought-resistant garden plants such as:
- Zinnia– an annual flowering plant with a height of 30 to 90 cm. The leaves are located opposite each other, the stem and leaves are rigidly pubescent. It blooms in temperate latitudes from June to frost, the inflorescence is a basket, there are a wide variety of shades, the seeds have time to ripen and do not lose their germination for 2-4 years. Based on two types of zinnias - graceful and narrow-leaved, many varieties have now been bred for growing in flower beds.
- Rudbeckia- annual or perennial flowering plant. The leaves are oval below, lanceolate above. The flower is a basket with tubular and reed flowers. Tubular flowers form a tubercle brown color, characteristic of this species. The flowers are daisy-like, usually yellow or orange color. The seeds are tetrahedral, small.
- Cosmos- a tall flowering plant imported from South America. The leaves are twice pinnately dissected, giving the plant an openwork appearance. The flowers are large, on long bare stems, the color ranges from white or pale pink to purple. The seeds ripen very well and reproduce by self-sowing.
- Decorative types sunflower (Helianthus annuus) – annual tall plant, up to 2.5 m. The leaves are heart-shaped, arranged alternately. The stem and leaves are rigidly pubescent, the flower is a basket with dark tubular flowers and yellow petal flowers. The seeds are wedge-shaped, smooth, slightly pubescent.
- Decorative poppy (Papaver rhoeas) – an annual plant that has many varieties with varied colors. This light-loving plant is planted in separate group plantings on a lawn or flower bed, as well as in a group of different varieties.
Rudbeckia 
Cosmea 
Decorative poppy
Ground cover plants
These drought-tolerant perennials are low-growing, up to a maximum of 35 cm, and very attractive. Forming dense, growing clumps, they are perfect for alpine hills and rocky gardens. They tolerate bright sun very well. Light, low-moisture soils suit them best. The list of sun-loving perennials can be long:
- Juvenile (Sempervivum): cobwebby, hybrid, roofing, offspring - they all form dense rosettes of purple or green color. In summer, large flowers of pinkish, yellowish, red colors look impressive against this background.
- Sedums (Sedum)- amazing variety of shapes and colors. The leaves are yellowish, green, purple. The flowers are crimson, orange, yellow, pink. They bloom from June to August and form extensive thickets.
- Carnation (Dianthus), well, what would we do without her? Carnation is grassy and gray, with simple or double flowers of stunningly beautiful colors - from white-pink to raspberry-red.
- Arabis- a low creeping plant with rooting stems. Can be annual or perennial. The leaves are pubescent, the flowers are white, yellow or pink, double or not, in inflorescences on a stalk. The fruit is a pod.
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Arabis
- Rock alyssum (Alyssum saxatile)- a plant of the steppe hills and mountains of Siberia. A small herbaceous shrub with woody shoots. The leaves are ovoid, heavily pubescent, with a gray tint. The flowers are yellow and form a raceme. It requires calcium-rich soil.
- Saxifraga (Saxifraga) – perennial with a well-developed root system. The flowers look like a star and form inflorescences. The leaves are thick, with a glossy, leathery sheen, and exude lime along the leaf margins. Thickets of saxifrage form turf covers.
- Phlox subulata- a plant with recumbent shoots and prickly sharp leaves, forming evergreen turf coverings. It blooms very profusely, flowers of various shades. Grows well on rocky soils, hills and mountainous surfaces.
- Tomentosum (Cerastium tomentosum)- a herbaceous plant up to 30 cm tall, with white flowers collected in corymbose inflorescences. The leaves are silver-green and have a pubescent edge. Lives in mountainous and hilly areas.
- Mesembryanthemum- an annual or biennial creeping or creeping succulent up to 15 cm high. The flowers resemble daisies and open at noon. Vitrified cells in the form of dew drops are visible on the top of the stems.
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Mesembryanthemum
Perennials
The list of drought-resistant perennials can be continued. Unpretentious and hardy, they feel great in the sun and grow well between the stones of alpine hills and rockeries:
- Wormwood (Artemisia)- a perennial herbaceous semi-shrub plant with a tart, bitter aroma of shoots. The leaves are green to silver-gray, dissected. Flowers are in racemose or paniculate inflorescences, the fruit is an achene.
- Euphorbia (Euphorbia)- a perennial herbaceous or shrubby plant. In addition to seeds, it reproduces by root shoots. All representatives have a milky juice on the cut, which is very poisonous. The flowers are single or collected in rosettes, the inflorescence is surrounded by some kind of glass.
- Yarrow (Achillea) –perennial plant with baskets with many flowers, it would be more correct to say “milliflora”. Widely used in folk medicine, stems up to 50 cm high. Yarrow extracts sulfur from the soil and distributes it throughout the area.
- Lavender– has a wonderful aroma; its purple thickets can beautifully decorate garden paths.
- Daylily (Hemerocallis)- a plant with tall arrows, at the ends of which there are flowers - has great diversity and is completely unpretentious.
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Spurge 
Lavender
Drought-tolerant grasses
Designing a flower garden without herbs and grains cannot be considered complete. From decorative drought-resistant grasses you can plant:
- Byzantine Chistina (Stachys byzantina)- a bluish-green plant with fluffy leaves.
- Elimus– another name is grate. An unpretentious herbaceous plant, usually propagated by shoots from the rhizome. The inflorescence forms a panicle, reminiscent of an ear of rye or wheat, and is stored dried on the stem for a long time.
- Gray fescue (Festuca glauca)- a perennial plant up to half a meter tall. The rhizomes are creeping, the inflorescences form panicles with spikelets, the fruit is a caryopsis. The leaves are lanceolate and can range from green to silver in color.
- Phalaroides- a perennial grass up to 120 cm high with striped linear leaves. It blooms with spikelets collected in panicles. The leaves don't droop even from severe frosts. Usually, with the help of vegetative shoots from the rhizome, it grows very strongly and can become a difficult weed.
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Elimus 
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These herbs will add charm to your flower garden, giving it sophistication and attractiveness.
tall plants
First of all, among tall drought-resistant plants I would like to note decorative bow, mallow. Each of these plants is beautiful in its own way. Double hollyhock flowers captivate your heart with their richness of shades - from burgundy to snow-white. Mallow blooms all summer - from June until almost frost. And these plants grow up to two meters in height.
The decorative onion Allium is not far behind them. Its spherical inflorescences of pink and white shades rise up to one hundred and seventy centimeters.
Yellow is the color of the sun, and for good reason yellow flowers are a symbol of joy and happiness. They bring warmth to every corner of the garden...
Drought-resistant shrubs
It is often very difficult to do without ornamental shrubs when building a landscape. Shrubs are the note that makes the garden truly sound, giving completeness and visual completeness to the landscaping of the territory, on which you have put so much of your strength, your imagination, your desire for beauty.
Cossack juniper (Juniperus sabina) out of competition. Doesn't need additional care, quite steadfastly withstands unfavorable conditions. Attractive, evergreen, one can say about this shrub that if there are charismatic plants, then this is about it. Juniper with its presence brings special charm and beauty to the landscape.
Euonymus (Euonymus)- a beautiful, very bright, even somewhat picturesque shrub. It is difficult to take your eyes off the euonymus surrounded by properly selected low-growing plants. In the summer months, its openwork, dark green foliage attracts, but autumn comes, and the crown of the bush is engulfed in such a riot of colors that you can’t take your eyes off it. Many of its species are quite drought-resistant. This applies to, and others.
A good example of unpretentiousness and drought resistance is barberry (Berberis). Yellow and bright red leaves adorn the long, thorny branches. Barberry loves the sun and feels great under its rays. Details of caring for this shrub can be found here Euonymus
- Carefully consider which plants should grow nearby. Under no circumstances should a drought-resistant plant be planted next to a moisture-loving one. It will be very difficult to organize watering.
- When planting plants, you should establish the correct distance between them. For plants that like to grow too much, root limiters should be used - plant them in containers without a bottom, buried in the ground; the horizontal spread of roots will not be further than expected.
- Such flower beds should be watered rarely, but abundantly.
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