The beauty of a flowering flowerbed with rudbeckia is admirable, and the brightness of the colors can turn your head. She brings warm colors to the garden. These are large, elegant and unusually beautiful flowers. The golden ball of a traditional perennial is mesmerizing; it is one of the charming decorations of a modern garden.
The homeland of rudbeckia is North America. Flowers in natural conditions are more common in bright areas of the forest and along river banks. In Europe, a flower was introduced in the XVII century. Its scientific name is Rudbeckia, but more often it is known as
a golden ball flower. A photo
demonstrates all the beauty of this unpretentious, perennial and lush flowering plant. Its inflorescences are rather large and painted in yellow, less often -
purple.Rudbeckia belongs to the Astrov family. There are many annual and perennial plant varieties that distinguish from each other only in size, shape of the bush, as well as flowers. The terry golden ball or rudekia is especially beautiful and popular. It pleases with its wonderful inflorescences from mid-July until the first autumn frosts.
Terry rudbeckia is an unpretentious and frost-resistant plant, but it suffers from a lack of moisture and requires dry watering in dry weather. It is not necessary to dig it up for the winter, it is enough to just spud up with earth before severe colds. It is recommended to cut long branches on which flowers have already faded. The golden ball will bloom more magnificent and abundant.
The plant propagates by seed or by dividing the bush, because it has a highly branched rhizome. It is best to plant rudbeckia in September. You can divide the bushes once every three years. Kemira, a liquid mullein, is used as fertilizer. Rudbeckia is practically not affected by pests and diseases. It is undemanding to soils.
Planting a plant is better in the form of separate large curtains, since it is quite aggressive and in this case will not bother anyone. But if the plant is planted in a timely manner, then its combination in group compositions is allowed.
The reverent romance and warm colors of rudbeckia are especially attractive in mixborders. She is able to revive the shaded corners of the front garden and looks great against the background of dark leaves. It is often formed in groups with blue asters, with Virgin or
New Belgian asters, marigolds, a series of ferulolitous, dark purple
delphinium (Delphinium). Heliopsis is rough, harmoniously pouring into their motley tonality. Golden balls are flowers that seem to bring sun to the garden. Orange and yellow tones of rudbeckia, heliopsis energize, improve mood.
Such an island of wildlife, modeled by hand, sustained in a cheerful range, as if intended to restore strength and relaxation. Numerous inflorescences of heliopsis with various colors, terry or simple rudbeckia for a long time delight the eye with their sunny flowering. They are like bright splashes among the lush greenery of the garden. For a long time their beauty is preserved in bouquets.
Perfection of a natural form and incredible simple beauty distinguish these flowers. It seems that the Golden Ball seeks to give others as much tenderness and positiveness as possible during its flowering.