Small flowers: description and photo

It happens that we do not know what are called small flowers, although we use them to decorate beds and rooms. Plants with such colors perform several functions. Sometimes they have beautiful leaves, and flowers are perceived as a small addition to them. Also, small flowers shade in the bouquet the beauty of large, giving them lightness and charm. They are grown in a room and on a flower bed, ampel plants are planted on the street, decorating with them streets of cities, parks and squares.

Small flowers in the garden

In early spring, small flowers bloom first. They are called: primroses or ephemerals. The second name they received for the fact that soon after flowering, the above-ground part disappears. In the ground there is a bulb, which next year will please with flowers again. The names of small flowers: snowdrops, Hionodoxes, white flowers, Pushkinia, sparse (blue snowdrop), two-leafed woodlands. They please everyone who sees them, because they testify to the coming of spring. These plants do not require special care. Periodically, they need to be planted, so that the bushes do not become very dense. Otherwise, they will cease to bloom, and then completely disappear.

After the primroses have faded, other plants appear that have small flowers. Blossomed Muscari, pleasing with delicate blue bells, collected in dense inflorescences. Another name for the flower is mouse hyacinth. In the shape of the inflorescence, it actually resembles a hyacinth, only the flowers are much smaller. It reproduces by dividing a bush or a self-sowing one. Bushes grow rapidly, the number of peduncles increases. From these flowers, borders are created for large-flowered tulips, narcissuses, blooming at the same time. Flowers are blue with a white border, purple, white. Dried stems with fruits are used to create winter bouquets.

Zhivuchka

A little later, there is a dub, or zhivyachka. She can settle herself in the garden, quickly sprawling, mastering new territories. Flowers are purple, similar in shape to the lion's pharynx. The leaves are dark green, with a purple hue. The flower justifies its name. If you do not follow the territory of its habitat, the vita can spread to the whole site. This applies not only to wild-growing plants, but also to varietal plants. The area on which the livewire grows does not need to be weeded, because the weeds can not break through the dense cover.

Decorative varieties differ mainly in the color of the leaves. It can be marbled, crimson or green with white spots. Excess mustache must be removed periodically, so as not to miss the plant beyond the allotted area.

Gypsophila

One of the most famous plants with small flowers is gypsophila. It has long been used successfully to form bouquets, complementing beautiful large flowers. Grow gypsophila paniculate and elegant.

The height of the hippocampal shrub is up to 1 meter. Stem is branchy, knobby. The bush is sparse, delicate. Leaves are narrow, grayish in color, growing near the root. Small white flowers are collected in the inflorescence of the panicle. It begins to bloom in June, and ends in August.

In addition to the usual bouquets of fresh flowers, gypsophila butterflies are used to create various winter compositions.

Grow it and in the flower beds. Special grades have been created for this purpose. There are plants with pink flowers. In addition to simple, there are species with terry and semimarve flowers. There are flowers and low, up to 40 cm.

Gypsophila graceful grows to a height of 50 cm. The bush has the shape of a ball. In the wild, it grows in the Caucasus.

Anafalis

Anaphalis is a perennial garden plant with small white flowers. Small flowers, the photos of which are presented below, are touched by their tenderness.

The stem is straight, its height reaches 30-70 cm. It blossoms from July to late autumn. Anaphalis is characterized by high frost resistance, therefore it is not necessary to cover it for the winter. It grows well on sandy soils of neutral acidity. He prefers partial shade.

Anafalis is used to create winter compositions, grow on flower beds, curbs. Method of reproduction - through seedlings. Seeds are sown in early spring in a greenhouse. After the threat of recurrent frosts passes, they land on a flower bed.

Braglia

Brallia is an annual planting plant 5-30 cm in height. The flowers are small, odorless, varied in color. They can be white, blue, orange and purple. It grows on solar plots, on loamy and sandy loam soils of a neutral acid reaction. Does not tolerate waterlogging. Blooms from July to autumn, until the first frosts.

Use broughall for planting in flowerpots, grow on flowerbeds and curbs. When growing in flowerpots, you need to ensure that the clod of earth does not dry out. This can lead to the death of the plant.

Angelonia

Angelonia is a perennial plant. But in view of the fact that it does not tolerate even small frosts, it is usually grown as an annual one. You can dig an angel for the winter and store it in the cellar until spring.

The height of the straight stem is from 5 to 30 cm. Small flowers of angelonia can have a variety of colors - blue, white, pink, purple. Blooms all summer.

Angelonia prefers to grow on loam and sandy loam soils of neutral acidity. He likes moderate watering. Cultivate it on sunny areas. They are used for planting in pots, grown on flowerbeds, curbs.

Gutchinzia Alpine

Guchinziya Alpine - a perennial creeping plant 5-30 cm high. The flowers are small, white. Valued for early flowering, which begins in April and lasts until June. Frost-resistant, does not require shelter for the winter.

Can grow on sandy loam soils of a neutral and acidic reaction. He loves the sunlight, but it grows well in the penumbra. Requires moderate watering.

Landed guchinziyu in rock gardens and curbs. When propagating by seeds, they are sown directly into the soil.

Arnails saxifrage

Arendse's saxifrage is one of the most beautiful species of this plant. Its small but beautiful flowers adorn the alpine hills and flower beds. The saxifrage is a very unpretentious plant. It can settle and grow successfully on stony slopes, in gorges. The higher it grows, the brighter the coloring of flowers and leaves. The plant itself refers to bryophyte-like turf hybrids. It is frost-resistant, undemanding to the conditions of growth.

Created varieties of saxifrage Arendsa with a variety of colors petals. They can be white ("White carpet"), purple ("Purple carpet"), pink, carmine-red. The flowers rise high above the turf, leaving only thin brown stems in the middle. Peduncles should be removed after the flowers on them have faded. This contributes to long flowering. These plants multiply with small flowers by seeds, by dividing a bush or cuttings.

Seeds are sown in a box in March. The soil must be loose, drained, contain peat, sand and deciduous soil, humus. It is impossible to wet the soil in the dishes, where the saxifrage grows. After three weeks, the plants are ready to dive.

Propagating with saxifrage cuttings, they are placed under the glass in boxes installed in the shade. The temperature there should be about 22 degrees. Maintain a high humidity, as necessary, watering the soil.

Bushes are shared in early spring or autumn. Plant saxifrage on the shaded areas. If you plant it on a sunny site, you will need to provide the plant with daily watering.

Small indoor flowers

Among houseplants there are also small-flowered plants. Why are they grown by flower growers, because they do not attract such attention as large-flowered? Plants that have small flowers are distinguished by something else. Usually these are beautiful leaves.

Various begonias are valued by horticulturists. Flowers are small and unattractive, but the leaves are beautiful. But there are among begonias and those that are valued for their flowering.

Begonia, evergreen

Begonia blooms rapidly growing, its beautiful rounded green or reddish leaves and small flowers collected in the inflorescence, decorate the plant year-round.

Recently, it has been used in landscape design to decorate flower beds and flower beds. Begonia is an ever-flowering - shrub up to 40 cm tall. The stems are juicy, brittle. Flowers are simple, semi-double or terry. Color white, pink or red.

Begonia blooming flowers do not require special care. Can grow on any soil. Summer requires a lot of moisture. In winter, it is watered less, it is monitored that the earth does not dry out. In late autumn, the plant needs to be illuminated with a fluorescent lamp, extending the light-day. The temperature in the room in winter should be at least 14 degrees, in the summer around 20. Likes the increased humidity. Begonia blooms badly tolerates cold on the windowsill, so in winter it needs to be moved away from the window.

Feed the plant all year round with mineral fertilizers of low concentration. The Begonia reproduces an ever-flowering apical cuttings, rooted in water. Young plants are planted in light soil from soddy land, humus, sand, peat.

You can grow begonias that are ever flowering from seeds. Small seeds of flowers are sown directly to the surface, without immersing them in the ground. Sprinkle and cover with glass or a film. After the seedling has three leaves, he is transplanted into a pot.

Rowleanus

There is a flower among small plants with small leaves of the original form. This is a raccoon (senietio) variety of roulaneus. Its threadlike stems hang down. They are covered with small globular leaflets up to 1 cm in diameter. Rouleanus inflorescences are the same size as the leaves, white.

Most often, the rouleanus is used as an ampel plant, but can be planted in a large bowl along with a high bush. Then it spreads over the surface of the soil, covering it.

Like any succulent, the ragwort needs to be watered carefully. It does not require a lot of water in the summer. In winter, watering is limited even more. Ensure that the soil in the pot is not completely dry. The temperature is lowered to 7 degrees Celsius.

The plant is poisonous. The use of separate parts will not lead to a rapid lethal outcome, but with the constant ingress of succulent poison into the body, it can cause cirrhosis or liver cancer. All parts of this cute, at first glance, plant are poisonous.