Beautiful, bright and unpretentious: which annual is ideal for the garden

01.02.2023 16:34

The last days of winter are a good time to start selecting annual flowers that will decorate your flower beds in the summer.

An expert of the online publication "Belnovosti", agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh named a plant that will please both when sown directly into the ground and when grown through seedlings.

Among its other advantages, undoubtedly, are beauty and unpretentiousness.

By the way, the abundant flowering of the plant continues until the frosts.

Maybe you've guessed who we're talking about? This is the annual Drummond phlox, which has many varieties with a variety of flower colors.

Phloxes
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You can choose phloxes of white, yellow, various shades of pink, red, raspberry, salmon, violet. Two-colored ones with a red or white eye are also available.

Drummond phlox bushes are usually short – their height ranges from 20 to 50 cm (depending on the variety).

When planting a plant on your site, make sure that it gets a sunny spot with loamy or sandy loam soil.

Elena Shimanovskaya Author: Elena Shimanovskaya Editor of Internet resources