Each gardener wants to plant flowers so that they are pleasing the eye from early spring until late autumn when breaking up their personal plot. Therefore, buying seeds or seedlings, the owners try to choose such varieties that could be planted before the cold in the soil, and with the onset of fine spring days wait for cheerful green shoots.
Rainbow colors
Let's find out which flowers can be planted before winter. First, daisies and primroses are very unpretentious. True, for them, as well as for other autumn seedlings, it is important that the soil does not turn out to be too wet. And it would be good for the earth to freeze, otherwise the seeds or seedlings will begin to germinate at the first thaw, and then, when the frost strikes again, it will simply die or be damaged. Generally, if we talk about which flowers can be planted before winter, most plants do not tolerate temperature drops below -30 very well. This must be taken into account when breaking garden beds. But we will continue the list. Secondly, chamomiles are taking root very well, various. After frosts, sow them boldly: they sprout well with the warming up of the earth, they bloom perfectly. Thirdly, some other flowers that can be planted before winter are phloxes and marigolds, petunias and majors. The viola is also growing well. True, it requires special warming in cold weather, and rooting is desirable for it to occur as early as during a fine autumn. Well, the "star" flowers - asters. They also sit down closer to the end of November and early December. And from above it is possible to secure it from freezing, having covered with grass. Another tip: deciding which flowers can be planted before winter, pay attention to the terrain. If there is a lot of snow in the winter, then during the period of thawing or spring rains, seeds can run off from the slopes along with spring water. So try to break the flower beds on level ground. And from the plants of annuals, do not forget about another very beautiful and uncomplicated flower - calendula (marigold). Plus delphinium, cornflowers. 
Choosing which flowers to plant before winter, you should take care of the preparation of the soil. We have already made some comments on this. It should also be noted that in the selection of landing sites, the owner estimates whether there will be a shadow in the summer, preferably scattered, or the earth will be open to all the scorching rays of the sun. Of course, the latter can not be allowed. And the seeds, of course, pour into the ground thicker - they will not, alas, ascend. And when the snow melts, you need to cover the beds with a transparent film. Otherwise, the birds of your crops necessarily peck! There appeared sprouts - everything, feathered predators are not terrible, remove the “camouflage”! But we will continue the story of how to arrange flowers. 
Planting for the winter requires that, at the end of September, the land be dug up and receive its share of fertilizers. Then grooves - beds are made. They are filled with seeds, a mixture of compost, peat, sand and humus through the cold frost. And until spring! If the flowers have grown too thick, they can be thinned and planted. It concerns lupine, bells, gypsophila. The landing itself is better let it be done in mid-October or a little later.
The end of October in temperate latitudes marks the end of the garden season.
What can you do at the cottage in late October and early November?
"Never mind!" - Most people will answer.
And they will be wrong ...
Right now it is possible and necessary to sow many flowers in the garden (and not only flowers!).
First, this way in the spring you will save valuable time.
Secondly, podzimnye crops will bloom much earlier than spring.
Thirdly, many plants (whose seeds require cold) when sown in April-May simply will not grow.
When and how to sow before winter?
The best time for underwintering of crops is with the establishment of stable autumn colds.
In many regions, this period falls on the end of October and the beginning of November.
Although autumn crops can be done later, until the emergence of permanent snow cover. As a rule, at this time the top layer of the earth already freezes over. For seeds it is not at all scary, but it can significantly complicate the preparation of the soil in the garden for sowing. Therefore, try to make a seed bed early or prepare furrows in the flower garden (before the ground freezes). And also in advance, stock up the substrate with which you will sprinkle the seeds sown.
How often and how deep should the seed be sown?
It is better to sow a little more often and less deeply in autumn than when sown in spring, because the germination of such seeds in spring may be slightly lower. The onset of autumn cold will not allow the seeds sown to germinate ahead of time.
Since the topsoil can become significantly compacted over the winter, it can be difficult for seeds to spring through the crust in spring. That is why it is better to sprinkle the seeds sown in autumn with a thin layer of peat or humus.
Watering the autumn crops is completely unnecessary and even harmful (an unexpected warming of the weather in the fall can cause premature germination of seeds). And in the spring of these seeds is enough moisture from the melted snow.
Ways to accelerate flowering
It is noticed that planting flowers under the winter accelerates the beginning of their flowering for 1-3 weeks.
But there is another way to "deceive" nature. To do this, install metal arcs over the ridge, and in the spring (as soon as the snow melts) cover the ridge with a film. Thus, flowering will begin another 1-2 weeks earlier!
By the way, this is how you can avoid the tedious growing of seedlings of flowers, which in the spring takes all our window sills.
For example, if you decide to grow a popular one-year-old aster in this way, then you will get stronger plants when under-wintering your crops. They will be less susceptible to diseases and will bloom earlier or at the same time as those asters that were sown for seedlings in March.
By the way, the resistance of the plants sown in autumn to adverse weather conditions (spring frosts and lack of moisture) and to diseases is another advantage of autumn crops.
Autumn crops annuals
Surely more than once you found in spring the shoots of marigolds that appeared in the most inappropriate places, kosmey, laureates, and others that you grew up last year.
In general, almost any flowers can multiply by self-sowing. But only with sufficiently cold-resistant plants the tender shoots do not die from spring frosts.
So, what of the Letnikov can be sown before winter?
Here is just a short list of popular annual flowers: alissum, gypsophila, godetium, iberis, kosmeya, laureate, nigella, escholzia and some others.
It is better to sow most of these flowers, who do not like transplantation, immediately to a permanent place in a flower bed. If the spring shoots are too frequent, they can be thinned out. But it is better to sow the aster on the garden and in the spring to cover the crops with film.
Autumn crops of perennials
If during the wintering of annuals, time is generally won, then the reasons for the autumn sowing of many others are quite different.
The fact is that for many species of perennials, seed germination requires stratification. Therefore, such seeds for germination need to stay for some time at low temperatures. When spring crops can be achieved by placing the soaked seeds for 1-3 months in the fridge. But it is much easier to sow seeds with a hard shell before winter.
Here is a short list of perennial plants that require cold stratification:, aquilegia, winter-hardy, and others.
Many species of perennials germinate quite successfully when sown in spring. But to get stronger plants, it is still preferable to do it in the fall. For example, here are some plants that can be sown in the fall and spring: gaillardia, doronicum, Carpathian and peachy bluebells, lihnis, lupine, chamomile, obriet, small-scalestone, arabis, etc.
As practice shows, almost all perennials are much better developed when it is underwinter seeding. By the way, most of them usually bloom only in the second year. However, having sown perennials for the winter, and having covered the film in the spring, you can often receive flowers by the end of the first summer!
Autumn crops of garden crops
Although the main characters of this article are flowers, it was unfair not to say at least a few words about garden plants. Moreover, to arrange a little aesthetic and every gardener is quite capable!
So - the seeds of very many vegetable crops sown under winter make it possible to get a harvest 1-2 weeks earlier than from those sown in mid-April. And if we consider that we usually only take care of the garden during the May holidays, then the harvest from the under-winter crops will turn out just super early!
What of vegetable crops can be sown before winter?
First of all, the ripening greens - dill and salad. Much earlier when autumn sowing, parsley and celery will sprout.
Some experts even recommend sowing carrots under the winter (but this is for experiment lovers).
But what has been checked for centuries is the autumn planting of garlic. Strictly speaking, it was better to do it in early October (but, as a last resort, you can do it at the very end). But in order for the garlic to take root before the cold, cover the garden bed with dry leaves or peat.
You can plant on the winter and onion sets - just do it better a little deeper than in spring.
Other benefits of under-winter seeding
Perhaps all of the above reasons could not convince you of the need for underwintering.
But there is another very significant advantage. The fact is that autumn is the best time for sowing seeds, the shelf life of which ends this year. As well as those seeds whose quality you doubt. This, of course, is about frost-resistant species of plants.
Why does it make sense to sow "suspicious" seeds in the garden before winter?
First, in the conditions of dry air of a warm apartment, they will lose germination much faster, and in the spring they can be safely thrown away.
Secondly, podzimny sowing will allow to see in early spring whether shoots appeared. And if there are no inputs, then, without wasting time on determining the germination of old seeds, you can sow new ones.
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Autumn came with a unique variety of colors, a train of bright yellow and purple leaves is dragging on the ground, it would seem that the long-awaited rest has come for gardeners and gardeners. But the long-term experience of gardeners suggests that this is not the time to relax - you need to have time to prepare the seeds and the soil for subwinter seeding. The flowerbeds of experienced gardeners who know which flowers to sow before winter, from early spring are full of bright hues of various colors, because underwinter sowing involves earlier shoots.
Many gardeners prefer under-winter planting, because this method has high chances to grow strong, enduring crops. Painstaking work in the autumn is justified in the spring, when the cornflowers, chrysanthemums, marigolds, carnations, bells and many other garden dwellers decorating flowerbeds will grow.
The advantages of sowing seeds for the winter:
- Seeds germinate in a familiar, natural habitat, reproduction occurs autonomously from human effort.
- Grown plants are endowed with endurance, they are not afraid of frost and less prone to disease. Healthy and deep roots are endowed with the ability to feed moisture deep underground, so dry weather and weeds are not in such flowers.
- Earlier flowering.
- In the spring, you can not worry about the seedlings, additional space is made on the window sills for non-frost-resistant crops.
- Flowers that are sown before winter germinate without human participation, you can not worry about sufficient warming of the earth.
- Natural selection - stronger seeds germinate, and flowers grow stronger and healthier.
- With the help of natural selection, growing flowers in such a way from year to year, one can achieve an improved one’s own variety.
- The absence of pests in the initial stages of growth.
When to sow seeds in open ground
Sowing seeds for the winter should be carried out only with the onset of stable frosts. If you hurry and plant earlier, the seeds can germinate and die in the cold. The optimal time for landing is at the end of October. In some regions with a warm climate, thaw is likely even in late autumn, and it is better to postpone planting in mid-November. It is necessary that the open ground is frozen to 4 degrees, and the temperature of the air during the day falls below 0 degrees.
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How to sow the seeds before winter
Sub-winter sowing of seeds can be carried out in a school - a special bed where all comfortable conditions for the development of plants are created. Sowing in the tank is also widespread, to prevent the plant from being washed away with melt water.
Sowing seeds in shkuku
The bed should be located on the southern elevated space. The optimum height of the school is 20 cm. With such bed sizes, the possibility of washing out plants with melt water is excluded, and the soil warms up faster. The soil begins to prepare long before sowing from mid-September. The soil is deeply loosened, make complex fertilizers, enriched with minerals, potassium, phosphorus. Coarse-grained river sand with humus is added to clay soils, then the ground is leveled, compacted and grooved. The wells should differ in depth according to the size of the seed. Small seeds are sown to a depth of 1 cm, medium - 2 cm, large - 4 cm. Shkolku covered with foil, since snow can fall out before sowing seeds. Seeds must be dried before sowing.
In late October - early November, you can begin to sow. To do this, remove the film and put the seeds in several pieces in the hole. Large seeds are placed in smaller quantities in each well, small in large. It is necessary to prepare a soil mixture in advance. To do this, mix the humus, peat and sand. The wells are filled with the prepared substrate. Gather fallen leaves, dried grass and cover the ground for insulation. No need to water.
In the spring, when the snow melts, the mulch is removed and the seedlings wait. When two true leaves of the plant appear, it is necessary to thin out as much as possible. After half a month, when the flowers get stronger, you need to remove the interfering shoots again. When weeding it is recommended to carefully loosen the ground near the flowers, without touching the roots.
Sowing seeds in the tank
Before starting work in the garden, they stock up suitable pots, prepare a soil mixture, coarse and fine sand, markings with the name of flowers, drainage.
Suitable tanks for winter sowing:
- Pots should be small 7-10 cm.
- Be sure to have drainage holes.
- Tare for sowing should not easily bend, so as not to damage the root color system, it is better to choose plastic or wooden cups with dense walls.
For podzimnogo seeding is recommended to use a special substrate. It should be loose enough for small roots to germinate and not allow moisture and air to pass through. To obtain a soil mixture mixed in three parts of peat and sand and one part of the earth. Before planting, moisten the substrate slightly.
Expanded clay, small stones, small pieces of bricks are suitable for drainage. To avoid being entangled in plants, markings are used. They indicate the name of the culture, the date of sowing.
Podzyme sowing flower seeds in pots
Seeding technology in the tank:
- Drainage of 2 cm is poured at the bottom of the container.
- Then you want to pour the soil mixture. Between the substrate and the top of the pot should remain a distance of 2 cm.
- Lightly compacted substrate.
- Lay the seeds. Small seeds can be mixed with sand.
- Pour over containers with content.
After the necessary preparation, you can proceed to the placement of containers in the garden plot. A place for future colors is desirable to choose a well-lit, closed from the wind. Dig pits to a depth of about 30 cm. Drainage is placed at the bottom, and on top of the tank. The edges of the pots should be level with the ground. The space between the containers is covered with dry grass, leaves. Then close the trench mulch pots.
In early spring, after the snow melts, mulch is removed, and when shoots appear, they are thinned out. Planting plants in a permanent place in the flower beds is made in late May - early June, depending on the region.
Subwinter seeding is available to every lover of flowers.
What flowers to sow before winter
Sow under the winter can be both perennial and annual flowers.
As a rule, in the autumn period, many gardeners try to close the season and prepare the garden and the ground in the winter. In fact, work during this period can be done a lot. We propose to consider the flowers that can be planted before winter and the advantages of this method of planting.
What flowers are planted before winter: the advantages of autumn planting
The first and most obvious positive point is hardening of plants. If you sow the seeds in the autumn, they will give high-quality seedlings that will further ensure rapid growth of flowers and resistance to various kinds of diseases. This is a good prevention of problems during the spring frosts. In addition, this method of planting allows the root system to grow healthy and to a deeper level. Now let's take a closer look at what flowers are planted in the winter and features of planting.
- Planting annuals. The most important rule - we sow in the frozen soil. If we neglect this rule, the ground may freeze to the end not to the end and sprouts may grow from seeds during thaws. Plan your plot before planting. Remember that in the spring thaw your water can wash away your crops. Remember and about the lighting area, so that the flowers are not under the scorching sun. Sow seeds should be more dense than in the spring planting. Begin work at the end of September. Dig up the soil, make the necessary fertilizers and make the furrows of the desired size. After freezing the soil contribute seeds. Next, pour the mixture of the following composition: compost, humus, sand and peat. What are the annual flowers planted under the winter: Chinese aster, cornflower, delphinium, bitter iberis, calendula medicinal, kosmeya, laureate, snapdragon, malcolmia seaside, mattiola dvugoraya.
- With perennials things are much easier. Seed germination is much higher, which saves money and time. Planted them better in the period from mid to late October. You need to prepare the land in September by the method already described. After the snow melts, cover your flower bed with a wrap. It is necessary to protect the seeds from birds and spring rains. As soon as the first shoots sprout, remove the film. After the plants release the first few leaves, it's time to plant them. From perennials fit: aconite, alpine aster, buzulnik, gypsophila, bell, lupine, spurge, primrose, ladle.
Is it possible to plant asters before winter?
Absolutely - the answer is yes. For these purposes, use the seed planting method. The most important and important point, how to plant asters before winter: sow as thick as possible. This is done in order to prevent seed germination. In this case, the bloom is likely to come a little earlier than usual. If your seedlings are lost without a loss, they will not be a problem to plant them. And if your seeds come up very rarely, plant new spaces in the spaces with spaces.
Can marigolds be planted before winter?
This plant is very thermophilic and planting before the cold can be a failure. The fact is that the seeds absorb moisture very strongly, and in autumn they can rot, as the temperature drops and the plants lack heat. The only way 
try this method - sow seeds in greenhouse conditions.
When to plant lilies before winter?
If you decide to plant this flower before the cold, you must hurry. The best time when you can plant lilies before winter is September. Plant the bulb immediately after dividing so that it does not have time to dry. If it is not possible to start planting right away, place the bulbs in wet moss or sawdust. When planting, carefully select only healthy scales and bulbs.
