There are countless variations and approaches to creating a new garden or various beds, one of which relates to the flowering period. In addition to seasonal flowering beds, you can create ones that bloom practically all year round.
How do I create a bed that blooms all year round?
To make a bed bloom all year round, combine plants with different flowering times such as snowdrops, roses and miscanthus. Pay attention to a harmonious color combination and appropriate light and nutrient needs of the plants.
The right selection of plants
So that your bed is in full bloom at any time of the year, you need plants with different flowering times, but also those that bloom for a particularly long time. The latter ensure more harmony in the bed.
You can find complete plant packages and instructions for a bed that blooms all year round in specialist shops or on the Internet (€8.00 on Amazon). With a little skill and planning, you can easily create such a bed yourself. You have wisely chosen a bed that is very easy to care for. However, it is important to coordinate the light and nutrient needs of the individual plants and not to mix up sun- and shade-loving plants.
Suggestions for every season:
- Spring: snowdrops, crocuses, winter aconites, daffodils, tulips, lungwort, hyacinths
- Summer: roses, steppe sage, delphiniums
- Autumn: miscanthus, sedum, cushion aster, sun bride
How do I combine plants with different flowering times?
As far as possible, make sure your bed is planted evenly so that no unsightly “holes” arise. You can avoid such bare spots with a combination of bulbous plants, whose leaves die over the course of the summer, and perennials, which only then become green and large. A few pretty grasses in between have a harmonizing effect and are a beautiful winter decoration for your bed.
Which colors go together?
Even if you like things colorful, you shouldn't put too many different types and colors of plants together in one bed. This quickly appears restless and chaotic. Planting tone-on-tone, i.e. only blue or red flowering perennials, is just one option.
If you limit yourself to two or three colors, then you have almost countless design options. For a romantic garden, perhaps combine pink, light blue and white. On the other hand, strong colors such as yellow, red and bright blue look cheerful.
Tip
Many plants such as roses, delphiniums and steppe sage can be stimulated to form new buds by pruning them after flowering and thus significantly extend the flowering period.
