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A beautiful flower garden is a must-have for every summer cottage. In addition to performing a decorative function, flowers are able to attract insects to the site, which are so necessary for the pollination of fruit trees and vegetable crops. Seeds of the required flowers can be purchased separately, or can be purchased in a ready-made combination. These prefabricated sets of flower seeds include a mixture of low perennials "Flower cocktail", which will be discussed in this article.
Mix characteristics
The Flower Cocktail is a specially formulated blend of low perennial flowers, ideal for flower beds and lawn beds. The height of each flower that is part of the "Flower Cocktail" will not exceed 30 centimeters. All flowers included in this mixture have different shapes and colors. In addition, they have a fairly long flowering period, which covers almost the entire summer.
Based on the photographs from the packaging of perennial seeds, as well as on the feedback from gardeners, we have compiled an approximate list of flowers that are part of the "Flower Cocktail" mixture.
Decorative bow
Decorative bow or allium is one of the most unpretentious and spectacular perennial flowers. Some of its species can even be eaten.
Allium looks very impressive during flowering, which lasts from late spring to late July. At this time, the decorative bow releases a long stem upward, on which a spherical umbellate inflorescence is located. But even after the end of flowering, the decorative function of this onion relative does not disappear. Its inflorescences dry up and become like large dandelions. Maybe that's why the decorative bow attracts all the kids.
Primrose
This perennial undersized flower belongs to the most beautiful representatives of the Primroses family. In addition, primrose is among the earliest perennials. The flowering period of primrose begins in early spring and ends at the end of summer. In total, just over 500 species of these stunted perennials are known, some of which are listed in the Red Book.
In addition to early and abundant flowering, primrose has a number of distinctive advantages:
- winter hardiness;
- rapid reproduction both by seeds and vegetatively;
- ease of growing and care;
- decorative foliage.
The primrose looks great not only in rabatki and borders, but also on the alpine slides.
Smolevka
This short perennial flower belongs to the Carnation family. The resin got its name due to its resinous, sticky stems, which creep a little on the ground. On the territory of Russia, about 150 species of resins can grow, while there are more than 500 of them.
A single resin looks rather inconspicuous due to the small size of the flowers. But the multiple resinous plants that form a carpet on the ground look very impressive during flowering. Smolens bloom for quite a long time from May to early autumn. At the same time, its distinctive feature is night flowering.
Smelevka is not only a very beautiful flower, but also very useful.Since ancient times, it has been used to treat nervous disorders and inflammatory processes.
Phlox subulate
The subulate phlox is a creeping ground cover plant with a height of 16 to 18 centimeters. This phlox got its name because of the narrow, pointed leaf plate, similar to small "awning".
During the season, the subulate phlox blooms twice:
- from May to early June;
- from August to September.
The varied color scheme of this perennial flower includes pink, white, purple and other colors. The subulate phlox is very undemanding to care for, which makes it one of the best flowers for beginner gardeners.
Growing recommendations
A mixture of low-growing perennial flowers "Flower Cocktail" can be grown in two ways:
- through seedlings at the end of April.
- sowing seeds in the ground in early May.
In either case, the seeds of perennial flowers are carefully scattered over the surface of the earth and lightly sprinkled. The first seedlings of perennials will begin to appear 2 weeks after planting. When young shoots of flowers get stronger, they need to dive. If the seedlings of perennials were planted immediately in a permanent place, then they need to be thinned out, so that between the plants there is from 15 to 20 centimeters.
Perennials should be watered sparingly as the topsoil dries out. Also, several times per season, you can feed perennials with any organic or mineral fertilizer.
I bloomed from this bag of Pansies and white Smolevka. Nothing to do with the picture on the package. We could not recognize one plant (it did not bloom) Let's see what happens this year.