Today, people pay great attention to landscape design. This applies equally to full-fledged companies that are engaged in the design of recreation areas, parks and alleys, and ordinary people who want to create some kind of miracle on their site near the house. That is why incredibly beautiful plants, elegant figurines and special planting and plant care techniques are very popular today. One of them is the bosquet.
Definition
Bosquet is a direction of landscape design. It is represented by certain plants planted with some geometric shape. In fact, the form does not have much significance, the main requirement here is that this figure be closed. In parks and in large areas, you can find bosquets in the form of complex geometric shapes or whole mazes.
It is clear that the bosquet means splendor and grandeur. That is why it looks best in a large space. However, this does not mean that it can not be done at home or in front of the house. This task is quite realistic, but you will have to limit yourself to simpler forms and lower plants. It is worth noting here that a square bosquet is the most popular option. In addition, the bosquet is ideal for zoning your site. With the help of clearly planted plants, you can creatively design the beds, enclose a corner for children or designate a recreation area for adults.
Origin
In general, a bosquet is an invention of French designers. This element of landscape design was especially popular in the XVI-XVIII centuries. Specialists then took a very responsible approach to the design of any park. They believed that parks should be designed in the same way as cities - with their streets, squares and avenues. Given the characteristic appearance and the effect created, many experts of that time assumed that the bosquet is architecture in the full sense. That is why this phenomenon gained very great popularity in those days and continues to maintain it even in our time.
Classification
Given the fact that a bosquet is created using different plants, it can be used to achieve a variety of effects. There is a certain classification of this phenomenon. In terms of appearance, two types of bosquet are distinguished:
Bosquet Grove
An ideal place for bosquet groves are flat and spacious tracts of land that are well lit by the sun. The last condition must be observed both from an aesthetic point of view and from a practical one. The thing is that plants need to get enough sunlight for proper growth, and abundant lighting will also facilitate the process of cutting trees.
It is very important to choose the right plants. The most popular options for groves are hornbeam, birch and linden. Selected trees must be planted in even lines with the same interval between each other. Once the trees begin to grow fully in a new place, you can begin to form their crown in the shape of a cube. To achieve maximum effect, tree trimming should be done regularly. If everything is done correctly, then the individual green cubes of adult trees after a while form a single whole.
In the end, do not forget that tree trunks would do well to whitewash. In this step, a certain dualism is also traced: the same whitewash height emphasizes geometric shapes, and the whitewash itself protects the trees from sunburn.
Bosquet cabinet
The essence of this type of bosquet becomes clear from its name. The thing is that such "cabinets" are fenced areas. Very often they are made in order to provide themselves with a cozy corner, where one could relax from the outside world in peace and quiet. From another point of view, such bosquets can be used for receiving guests, since the even walls of the bosquet give the impression of an open-air room.
As for the walls themselves, their height is usually about 2 meters, and the thickness can reach 60 cm. It is understandable that not every plant will fit these parameters. That is why the most popular plants for creating a bosquet cabinet are:
- thuja western;
- yew average;
- field maple;
- beech forest;
- common barberry;
- Tatar honeysuckle;
- clematis;
- girl's grapes.
Horticulture specialists should have noticed that creepers, conifers and deciduous plants are presented above, this emphasizes the universality of such a thing as a bosquet cabinet. Now you know for sure what can be made of bosquet beds in your garden.
It’s worth immediately to understand that the creation of such “cabinets” is a rather long and painstaking work. After you have selected and planted the plants, you need to take care of them and wait about 3 years in order to start forming the walls. Separately, it is worth noting that Tatar honeysuckle has the highest growth rate. If you can’t wait to enjoy the bosquet in your garden, then you need to choose this plant.
An additional incentive to pay attention to the “cabinets” is the situation when you do not know what to make the beds of bosquet from. The above plants can very noticeably help you in fencing certain areas of your garden. That is why you can meet many people who call bosquet beds with a green fence.
Proper care
Many now understand that basketball means a lot of care and effort. That is why it is worth paying special attention to caring for plants. Roughly speaking, all care can be limited to watering and cutting plants. If everything is quite simple with watering, and the basic requirements depend only on which plant you made the bosquet from, then you can and should tell in more detail about bush cutting.
In order to achieve the most correct geometric shape of your plantings, you need to use special pegs that are placed at the corners of the geometric shape. Then, between these pegs, a rope is pulled along the upper and lower boundaries of the future wall. After that, the cutting process becomes very simple - you need to cut everything that goes beyond the boundaries of the ropes.
Particular attention should be paid to the top of your wall, since even the smallest protruding branches will significantly spoil the impression of the entire bosquet. As a result, you should get a real work of art in the field of landscape design.
Conclusion
So, in landscape design, a bosquet is a real find. With it, even the simplest park can be turned into a tourist attraction. Moreover, a bosquet can help you make your own summer cottage incredibly cozy, where you will relax your body and soul, and where you don’t want to leave.