Cheerful and friendly, warm and pleasant - the number of positive qualities of yellow can be enumerated almost endlessly.However, for nature lovers and garden owners it is primarily the color of summer.Related to This time of year, optimism, as well as an impression of abundance and a sense of happiness, are symbolized by the golden flowers of plants such as sunflower and ripening cereals. Reason enough for bright, sunny shades to also appear in our garden.
On the summer discount, yellow appears in all its richness.The golden yellow tones of flowering perennials, e.g.rudbeckia, sunflowers and bivalves.Among the huge perennial sunflowers, as well as those forming dense clumps of slopes and chamomiles, we can also find varieties with slightly pale yellow flowers.
Rudbekia naga (Rudbeckia Laciniata) perfectly complements the contrasting mossy sage (Salvia Nemorosa) (Image: Fotolia.com) |
Daylilies decorate especially many shades. We can admire many different varieties: from creamy white 'Ice Carnival', through lemon 'Berlin Lemon', to orange-yellow 'Invictus'.
However, it is hard not to notice that yellow in large amounts can irritate and tire the eyes.Therefore, the sparkling image of a sunny bed should be softened with calm gray-green tones of perennials with decorative leaves, such asmugwort Artemisia and woolly purgatory Stachys byzantina.
A similar effect is achieved by perennial ornamental grasses: Pennisetum rozplenica, Panicum virgatum, and Molinia arundinacea. You can also try a combination of yellow-flowering perennials with white summer Leucanthemum chrysanthemums or equally delicate wild herbs, such as amines or wild carrots.
Bright colors are very desirable in shaded corners.However, the choice of shade-loving perennials with yellow flowers is very limited.Exceptions are the magnificent Ligularia tongue and the modest and delicate Cambrian Meconopsis cambrica.
From June to September, the dark yellow flowers of this poppy, short-lived perennial brighten up places sheltered by dense shrubs and trees. They are effectively supported by yellow-leaved funk.
A cheerful mood is created in the bed (2.5 x 1.8 meters) by perennials with flowers in various shades of yellow. The arrangement is loosened by clumps of narrow-leaved grass with long, brush-like earsThe sunny procession begins in May with small sun rays, blooming at the edge of the flowerbed. In June they are replaced by slopes and rudbeckie.
The flowerbed is in full bloom in August and September, when beautiful flowers of tall perennial sunflowers join them.The last flowers will decorate the flowerbed in October.
List of plants:
1. Rudbeckia 'Goldquelle' Rudbeckia laciniata, 3 pieces
2. Perennial sunflower ten petals 'Capenoch Star' Helianthus decapetalus, 1 piece
3. Japanese mugwort Pennisetum alopecuroides, 1 item
4. 'Soleil d'Or' Helianthus decapetalus, 1 piece
5. Eastern Pennisetum orientale, 4 pieces
6. Whale slope of 'Grandiflora' Coreopsis verticillata, 4 pieces
7. Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm' Rudbeckia sullivanti, 3 pcs.
8. Nacheczek 'Moonbeam' Coreopsis, 4 plays
9. Posłonek 'Sterntaler' Helianthemum, 5 pieces
10. Posłonek 'Eisbär' Helianthemum, 5 pieces