Each gardener - a professional or an amateur - wants to have a flower bed on his plot, which is not a sin to show off to friends and relatives. You can use the services of a professional designer. However, with imagination and theoretical knowledge, everyone is able to create a masterpiece, while spending a minimum of effort.
First you need to determine the type of plants that you want to see in your flowerbed. You can study the catalog of companies specializing in the sale of plants, collect information on what flowers grow on flower beds at celebrities.
What grows on the flowerbed? The photos presented in the article reflect the variety of plants for the design of flower beds. It is also necessary to take into account their types, depending on the needs for lighting and moisture.
Plant classification
Plants are:
- shady. Such plants can decorate the flowerbed behind the house or in the shade of a tree. It can be bushes of fern, comfrey or periwinkle;
- shade-tolerant - not requiring significant lighting. Suitable in lowlands and places where the sun does not penetrate: lilies of the valley, daisies, nasturtium;
- photophilous - need well-lit areas, thermophilic. The photophilous type that grows on the flowerbed includes petunias, forget-me-nots, dahlias;
- hygrophilous. Abundant watering is required to maintain viability. Plants such as peonies, a leotard, rudbeckia, it is better to plant in partial shade, where the earth will not dry;
- drought tolerant - suitable for planting on dry land or gardeners who can not spend much time on watering. Such plants include phlox, stonecrops, verbena.
Color shades ...
To determine the color scheme, it is better to sketch on a piece of paper. So it will be clear where and what is growing. On the flowerbed, pronounced color accents of red, yellow, orange are emphasized by a background of warmer, more moderate tones of purple, blue, green - this is a classic landscape design.
To create a harmony of color and proportionality, it also matters which flowers grow on the flower beds: monochrome or varied in appearance and the same in shade.
... plant shape and life cycle
It is important to harmonize the flowerbed in the shape of plants. Large-leaved plants and flowers with small buds, bushes with round and elongated, thin leaves get along well in the neighborhood. Red polygon and purple phlox are a great combination. It is important to remember: plants, flowers, shrubs and everything that grows on the flowerbed should be in harmony, complement and be a holistic picture, and not be a heap of diverse fauna.
Regular flower beds provide for the simultaneous opening of buds and flowering. In flower beds of an irregular appearance, it is important to combine flowers blooming one after another. Such flower beds will delight their owners with a riot of colors from early spring to late autumn.
Flowerbed on the windowsill
Many people, for lack of a summer cottage, want to have a mini-front garden or a mini flower garden in their apartment, which, with careful courting, can please their owners with beauty and freshness year-round. The idea of a flower bed on a windowsill is not new.
Among all types of domestic flowers, the dwarf rose is especially popular, which grows on the windowsill. And in the summer flowerbed you can see these beautiful flowers.
Features of creating a home flowerbed using a dwarf rose:
• in the autumn, dig out flowers that are at rest and move them into the house, to keep the earthen coma intact;
• transplant flowers into pots or boxes;
• Do not cut dried buds. This will be a sign for the flower to begin a new cycle;
• treat the plant with fungicides and insecticides to kill harmful insects;
• the use of lamps will make plants resistant to diseases and increase the flowering rate.
Lighting, ventilation and successive periods of darkness and light will allow you to grow a flower garden on the windowsill, not inferior to a professionally created rose garden.
Recently, among lovers of flower beds on the windowsill, a combination of house plants and dwarf trees has gained particular popularity. In such compositions,
dwarf trees are shaded by small-leaved plants such as ivy, tradescantia, and chlorophytum.
In conclusion, beginning gardeners can be advised to choose unpretentious and simple plants, and dilute the color scheme of buds with greens, which will allow you to keep the flowerbed in proper form before the flowers bloom.