Bright annual without watering and feeding. Blooming until frost. I fell in love
Fiery fireworks, fellow flower growers! Let the 2020 summer cottage season is over, we are already waiting for the next one. And when, if not in a dank autumn, to dream about what our garden will be like next year.
Do you want your plot and flower beds to be painted with bright and surprisingly unpretentious flowers? Let me introduce you to the fun and elegant rudbeckia. In addition to the mischievous look, which does not leave the owners and guests of the site indifferent, the ornamental plant is absolutely undemanding to the soil and care. Ideal for the "Lazy" gardener! Now I will show everything and tell you in detail.
Of greatest interest to the grower are the varieties of rudbeckia in the form of bright and large daisies. Each of them is a warm and bright sun: the plant is characterized by yellow, orange, red and burgundy petals. In some varieties, a contrasting rim around a dark "eye" looks impressive against their background:
Rudbeckia varieties differ in height from 15 cm to 1 m. To create a "lazy" flower garden, as bright as possible with a minimum of maintenance, I advise you to choose high options. The fiery cloud of rudbeckia in the garden will not go unnoticed. These are flowers - which can and love to attract attention.
I am so amused by the appearance of the plant that to myself I call it by my code name "Chamomile-Mischievous".
How you can use rudbeckia in your garden
There are many options! Each grower will find the role of the rudbeckia, in which the flower is best suited to the task. transforming the garden in a positive way.
- The easiest option is to plant the rudbeckia in separate heaps. Despite its simplicity, such a monoclumba will not look boring. On the contrary!
- A row of bright rudbeckia will be a wonderful decor for fences and walls of agricultural buildings.
- The plant will no doubt color any prefab flower bed, giving it a mischievous look. It should only be taken into account that because of its unique "catchiness", granted by nature and breeders, rudbeckia is able to outshine its neighbors. Comrade, it is better to plant rudbeckia next to neutral plants.
For example, rudbeckia looks great with conifers, its sister - echinacea, ground cover plants. With the help of bright chamomile, you can mask the stems of a peony that faded in early summer.
The delights of growing rudbeckia
Gold and crimson rudbeckia is the dream of flower growers who want to see an elegant plot without effort, comrades:
- The plant can be sown seeds directly into the ground. Suitable weather in central Russia is set in mid-May. For those who wish to see flowering 2-3 weeks earlier, it is recommended to plant seedlings. But rudbeckia, sown directly into the ground, will decorate the garden in early July.
Have you planted rudbeckia? How are your impressions? Let us know in the comments!
- Landing does not require special soil preparation and dressing. Rudbeckia grows well without fertilization and seems to benefit from it. The only caveat - before planting, you still need to weed and loosen the soil. But where without it?
- Rudbeckia grows well in open areas under the sun. In the shade, of course, it also blooms, but not so abundantly. Due to the lack of sunlight, the bushes may seem sparse.
- Another good news - rudbeckia does not need to be watered regularly. The plant is drought tolerant. But, if the hot and dry weather lasts for a long time, you will have to take pity and still collect a watering can.
I solemnly declare: rudbeckia is the maximum result with the minimum of effort. Bright, elegant, unpretentious. I sow every year!