Perennial flowers for Siberia: description and selection criteria, growing rules

When selecting perennial flowers for cultivation in Siberia, first of all, they pay attention to the resistance of the plant to frost. Cultures must have a powerful root system and be unpretentious to the scarce northern soils. Despite the difficult climatic conditions of Siberia, there is a fairly extensive selection of perennials that have been cultivated for years in this region. The main thing is to properly prepare the plants for the cold season and provide competent care.

Features of growing perennial flowers in Siberia

If earlier Siberian gardeners limited themselves to growing annual flowers on their plots, today, thanks to the work of breeders, it has become possible to plant perennial representatives in the garden.Before deciding on suitable crops, they study the criteria that flowers must meet:

Strong roots that can easily overwinter in the ground.
Return spring frost resistance.
Short growing season and flowering.
Ability to resist fungal diseases.

Suitable perennials for northern regions

In the list of flowers suitable for Siberia, there are both undersized and tall representatives. Skillfully combining cultures of different heights, the gardener creates an attractive flower bed on his site.

Chrysanthemum

In the group of Korean chrysanthemums suitable for growing in Siberia, there are plants with different flowering periods, height, petal color. The flowers themselves are both tubular and reed in shape. Conventionally, all chrysanthemums can be divided into small-flowered (up to 10 cm) and large-flowered (over 10 cm in diameter).Their height ranges from 30 cm to 1 meter.

Among the most popular varieties are:

Malchish-Kibalchish. It belongs to curb varieties, its height does not exceed 30 cm, and the diameter of the bush is about 55-60 cm. Lush bushes are covered with non-double inflorescences of a pinkish-lilac hue. The variety blooms in the last days of July and pleases with a decorative appearance for a month.
Amber. A dense bush of a variety stretches to a height of up to 50 cm. It is characterized by double inflorescences up to 7 cm in diameter, of a bright yellow hue.
Orange sunset. A tall representative of the Korean chrysanthemum. The plant has a height of about 75 cm, double inflorescences of a red-brown color.

Pulsatilla (sleep-grass)

The plant belongs to the Ranunculaceae family, the natural habitat is the countries of Northern Europe and America.In many regions, the flower is listed in the Red Book. In height, the culture does not exceed 20 cm and is characterized by a powerful vertical rhizome that can easily withstand the frosty Siberian winters.

First, flower buds appear from the ground, and only after them leaves. Buds after blooming resemble bells in shape, a little later they look like stars. The petals are slightly pubescent, painted in blue or purple. Experienced gardeners recommend growing lumbago from seeds at home for seedlings and subsequent transfer to open ground.

Kandyk Siberian

The birthplace of the plant is considered to be Southern Siberia and Mongolia, the culture belongs to the Bulb family. It does not exceed 35 cm in height, the green leaf plates of the Siberian kandyk are covered with red-brown spots. The flowers of the plant are drooping, about 6-7 cm in diameter. According to the description, the buds of the culture resemble cyclamen. One of the earliest representatives, blooming in the gardens of Siberian gardeners 20-25 days after the snow melts.The flowering period lasts about 2 weeks.

Rudbeckia

Representative of the Astrov family, found naturally on the prairies of North America. It is characterized by simple or branched shoots with a height of 50 cm to 2 meters. The leaf plates are oval or ovoid in shape and 5 to 15 cm long. The diameter of the rudbeckia baskets is about 15 cm, the color of which is mostly yellow. The plant is mainly grown by sowing seeds for seedlings, but the method of dividing the rhizome of an adult flower is also used.

Hyacinths

Hyacinths belong to the Asparagus family and belong to the earliest spring flowers. A variety of shades allows you to create harmonious compositions in the flower beds - there are representatives with a pink, yellow, blue, red tint. Hyacinths are among the most capricious plants that require a special soil composition. Flowers react negatively to excess moisture and lack of proper lighting.

Muscari

Like hyacinths, muscari belongs to bulbous plants, so growing a flower in a Siberian climate presents certain difficulties. For Siberia, varieties are selected that begin to bloom in June, others simply cannot withstand the cold spring and die. The main color of the inflorescences is blue in various shades and white.

Moisture-permeable soil is required for growing muscari, but the plant is not so demanding on sunlight and develops even in partial shade.

Sedum

Representative of the Crassulaceae family, unpretentious succulent, popularly known as hernia grass. It grows in the form of a shrub or semi-shrub with fleshy alternately arranged leaf plates of various sizes and colors. The first flowers are observed on stonecrop in late summer or early autumn. These are inflorescences having a racemose or corymbose shape with flowers of various colors.

Phloxes

Representatives of the Cyanotic family are distinguished not only by their high decorative qualities, but also by their unpretentiousness to growing conditions - lighting, soil types. In addition, they have increased frost resistance, so these flowers occupy a leading position among Siberian gardeners. Most often, paniculate phloxes are preferred for giving, the first flowers appear on them in the last days of summer. The flowering period continues until the end of September.

The bushes grow from 40 cm to 1 meter in height, and the shades of fragrant inflorescences are lilac, pink and dark purple.

Doronicum

Doronikum belongs to the Compositae family and is popular among gardeners due to its unpretentiousness and decorative qualities. The leaf plates of the plant are alternately arranged, and the shape of the inflorescences-baskets is broadly bell-shaped or hemispherical.The color of the flowers is yellow, they resemble chamomile. Doronicum is grown from seeds at home, and when stable warm weather is established, they are transferred to flower beds.

Clematis

Not every type of clematis is suitable for harsh Siberian conditions as a perennial plant. Especially for this region, burning clematis, considered a long-liver, was bred. With good care and strong support in one place, the plant can bloom up to 15 years. It has an oval-shaped dark green leaf. The flowering period begins in early July and ends in August. A sunny area is sure to be selected for cultivation, because burning clematis develops poorly in the shade.

Asters

For planting bush asters, an open sunny area is selected. A variety of colors (pink, white, red, purple) allows you to create flower beds only from these plants.The most popular varieties for Siberia are Dick Ballard and Beechwood Revel, Blue Danube and Mount Everest. They bloom in August and continue to delight with colors until the first significant cold snap.

Lilies

Suitable for the harsh Siberian regions are considered hybrids derived from Asiatic lilies. Such plants have a thin and straight stem, on which several peduncles are formed. The leaf plates of the culture are glossy on top, dense and narrow. In height, Asian hybrids develop from 30 centimeters to one and a half meters.

Plants can be both monochromatic and combine several shades. The most popular are: London, America, Lollipop.

Astilbe

Astilba looks like a shrub with straight and strong stems. They are densely covered with leaves. Plant height varies from 15 cm to 2 meters.Leaf plates have a jagged edge and a dark green bright shade. At the time of flowering, about 2-3 peduncles are formed on one stem. Inflorescences drooping, paniculate or pyramidal. The flowering period depends on the particular variety, but its duration is approximately the same for everyone - no more than 35 days. For cultivation, a place is selected in the shade, as the astilba does not tolerate open sunlight.

Anemone (anemone)

Herbaceous plant, not exceeding 35 cm in height. Anemone stems are thin, have a brown color. Deciduous rosettes are located along their entire length. The leaf plates have a carved edge, a light green tint and an elongated shape. The shade of inflorescences is white, pink, red, blue - this parameter depends on the selected variety. The most popular representatives are Blue Shades, Admiral, Pink Star.

Care instructions

The peculiarities of the climate of the north of Russia leave their mark on the holding of agrotechnical activities:

Irrigation is carried out infrequently, trying not to flood the plants.
Spruce varieties are periodically planted to avoid crushing flowers.
Bulb plants are prepared for wintering more carefully than those with a root system.
Be sure to make top dressing, guided by the instructions for the composition.

If you follow all the rules of care, even in such a harsh region as Siberia, you will be able to grow beautiful and fragrant flowers that decorate the site for more than one year.