Quite often, when landscaping and landscaping personal plots , raised flower beds made of stones are used. This element of garden design is especially relevant in the design of flat areas. With the help of such flower beds, the relief can be visually made convex without creating artificial slopes and terraces.
Flower beds made of stone with their own hands, made on the garden plot, have several advantages. So, if the soil is heavy, then they will improve drainage, and if alkaline, they will help create acidic conditions. Such structures are better viewed in the garden and attract everyone's attention. In them, with great success, you can grow low plants with small flowers or, conversely, large and bright flowers, which are the pride of the garden.
It is much easier to look after a raised flowerbed, since you do not have to bend very low. When constructing a flowerbed of stone with your own hands, its width and height can be made so that it is convenient for people with limited mobility and the elderly to work with it. Plants planted in it usually have more free space, so they feel much better.
Most often, such flower beds rise above the ground by 1 m. If you plan to create a tall and large area building, then it should be installed on the foundation. So, how to make a flower bed of stones in your garden plot?
It’s not at all difficult to build it, so it’s not necessary to turn to professionals for help. First you need to choose a place for the future structure, mark on the site of its border and decide what height it will be. For construction, natural and artificial stone are usually used. Natural stones are best suited. They look very decorative and fit perfectly into the design of any garden.
Such material is very durable. The only difficulty is that the stones have a non-rectangular shape, so making masonry from them is inconvenient.
When creating flowerbeds from stone with your own hands, it is recommended to fill the ground in between the stones. First of all, the largest boulders are laid along the contour drawn on the ground. At the same time, they need to be deepened a little in the ground so that they do not stagger. After adding soil, proceed to the second row. If the stones are fastened with a solution, then holes should be made below for drainage of water.
Depending on the types of plants that are planned to be planted in such a flower bed, a soil mixture of the desired composition is poured. The soil layer is leveled and left so that the earth is a little shrunk. Then you can start planting the plants. In this case, you need to carefully monitor that the earth is below the height of the walls. After planting, the soil surface should be mulched with fine gravel or broken stone. This will serve as an additional decoration of the flowerbed and reduce the excessive evaporation of moisture, which will beneficially affect the plants.
Flower beds made of stone with your own hands can be built in large sizes and plant dwarf species of coniferous plants and shrubs in them. Between the stones youngsters, sedums, Carpathian bell, thyme and other unpretentious drought-resistant plants will look wonderful.
In such flower beds you need to plant frost-resistant plants, as in winter the soil freezes strongly. In addition, in the summer the earth dries faster in them than in the low ones, therefore it is necessary to water the plants often and abundantly.
A built flowerbed with your own hands made of stones on the garden site will serve as its original decoration and will appeal to the most fastidious gardeners and lovers of the beautiful.