Early and late spring flowers

When the solar energy starts to suffice to melt the snow cover - it means spring has come. And then on the first thawed patches the early spring flowers begin to timidly unfold. These "messengers of spring" are small and some of them are difficult to even distinguish against the background of snow. But they are worth it to take a worthy place in any garden and make it colorful in February or March.

And these plants, of course, are ordinary snowdrops. These spring flowers can blossom under favorable conditions even in January. Peduncles of snowdrops have a height of about 15 centimeters. And the top of this peduncle is decorated with a single white flowing flower. It's difficult to notice them on their own. Therefore, snowdrops are best planted in groups along pedestrian areas. They are unpretentious and can take care of themselves for many years.

There are also spring flowers like crocuses. They begin to get out from under the snow and bloom even when other plants are only going to "wake up". Crocuses refer to ephemeroids, that is, to such plants, which only for a short time are shown on the surface of the earth. This occurs at a time when the most favorable conditions for the life of these flowers occur in nature. There are several varieties of crocuses, and they can bloom for 3 to 7 days. This allows you to create from them a variety of color combinations.

Any flowerbed in early spring will also be decorated with muscari. These spring flowers refer to perennial onion plants, and they are often found in the wild. Therefore, it is quite easy to grow muscari. Now there are about 30 species of this plant and the most common species is the Armenian musk. It looks like a bunch of bright blue balls, which are kept on a thin stalk. And it blooms in late April or early May. Planting muscari best in sunny places, although in the shade they grow well, too. They do not like only the stagnation of moisture near the roots. And for the alpine hill, muscari will be ideal plants.

Any garden will also be decorated with hellebore - an evergreen shrub. He has a height of up to 40 centimeters and likes penumbra. In European countries with a warmer climate, it grows and blossoms even in winter. When the temperature falls below zero, it "temporarily freezes", and when the street is at a plus temperature, the hellebore again continues to grow. But in our region the climate is more severe and this shrub "wakes up" already in early spring. Spring flowers hellebore black can be cream, white or pinkish color. They have a diameter of 6-7 centimeters and the petals on them are quite stiff. They do not fall even when the seeds are already fastened, and stay on the bushes until the middle of summer.

Even for shrubs that fit into the design of any garden, forcing belongs. It begins to bloom at a time when most other shrubs and trees are just starting to turn green. Blossoming forsis is like a golden cloud, and flowers appear on it earlier than foliage. In the summer, this shrub has large leaves of beautiful green color. And in the autumn, the foliage of many species of forcing takes bright yellow-violet tones and lasts for a very long time on the branches.

Also a real gift of spring is a tulip. There are many kinds of this flower that will decorate the garden immediately after the snow comes down and to the very beginning of summer. And about the variety of color, size and shape of tulips, even talking is not worth it. They add flowerbeds of elegance, and sometimes chamberiness. Still not bad look such spring flowers in the garden, like daffodils. They love to grow many gardeners, since daffodils are simply irreplaceable in gardening, they are suitable for winter forcing and for bouquets. Narcissus does not have such a variety of colors and forms as tulips, but they attract the aroma of their flowers, as well as their grace. And on the scale of cultivation, these flowers are among the top three "leaders" along with roses and chrysanthemums.