A simple and beautiful flower bed. Patterns of continuous flowering beds of perennials

It’s rare that a summer cottage, and even more so a garden, does without flower beds. Flowers give us considerable aesthetic pleasure; they delight us with their presence and, attracting our eyes, make us admire them. That is why flowers are permanent residents of garden plots. And they are grown, as a rule, not chaotically, but in flower beds, in beautifully decorated flower beds. At the same time, they are selected according to color, crop varieties and many other factors. And to make flower beds from annuals, the diagrams of which you will find in the article, yourself, you do not need to have the skills of a landscape designer. The main thing is to calculate everything correctly before starting work and become familiar with the basic rules for creating flower beds.

Flowerbeds of annuals - diagrams

Before you start creating a flower garden on your site, you should familiarize yourself with the basic rules for carrying out the work. They will make it easier to understand the process of arranging flower beds and will allow you to do them not only quickly, but also in the best possible way.

1. Never rush. This rule is especially relevant for newcomers to the world of gardening who recently bought a cottage or garden. The fact is that in one season you are unlikely to have time to qualitatively and beautifully arrange all the planned territories. It is best to tackle the most important problems at the beginning of developing a dacha plot and at the same time equip a small, modest flowerbed. Over time, you will be able to cover other areas and plant them with flowers selected according to the color scheme and characteristics of the growing season.

Before you go to the store for seeds, think about what you want your flower garden to look like. Remember that only a flowerbed that meets all your wishes can become a source of pride, which should first be reflected on paper in the form of a diagram.

In accordance with the scheme and climatic conditions, select annual flowers that will perfectly match in color and requirements for growing conditions. But beginners should not immediately get involved with capricious cultures. It’s better to start by practicing creating flower beds from unpretentious varieties.

Remember that the foundation of a flower bed is the plants that cover the soil. They will cover not only the brown soil, but also the stems of taller flowers. In addition, they are excellent soil protectors from moisture evaporation and growing weeds.

You shouldn’t plant plants one at a time – they always look much better in groups. But too many crops are bad, as it will be inconvenient for them to grow.

When drawing up a diagram, remember that any flower garden should have its own zest. This could be some kind of central decorative bush, beautifully arranged perennials, annuals that are somehow different from the bulk of the flowers surrounding them and stand out against their background.

On a note! Despite the fact that many gardeners choose perennial crops to create flower beds, annuals also do not go out of fashion. They are often unpretentious, easy to grow, and allow you to create completely new and unique compositions every year. In addition, they are very beautiful and bloom with rich, bright flowers, which is their main advantage.

Rules for choosing planting material and location

One of the first tasks of a gardener when arranging a flower bed is choosing its location. The flowering period will largely depend on this. The place where the flower bed is located should be well lit. It is also worth thinking about the convenience of watering - flowers need regular supplies of water. You should not place the flowerbed behind the house away from a barrel of water or an irrigation system. It makes no sense to plant a flowerbed where no one will see it - flowers were created by nature in order to admire them. So let the flowerbed be in a visible place - at the exit from the house or outside the window, at the entrance to the house.

A few more words about the choice of planting material. Be sure to consider color, flowering period, and height. Any flower bed should bloom for as long as possible, and the correct selection of flowers according to their flowering time will help prolong the flower beauty - that is, when the flowering period of some ends, others will replace them.

Flower beds can be different in shape and height. And each type has its own unwritten design rules. For example, when creating three-tiered flower beds, the tallest plants should be located in the center or in the background. Along the edges there will be lower crops, which will act as a kind of frame. Between these two tiers there will be a second one, which sets the main background for the flower garden.

The number of flowers is calculated approximately like this: central flowers - several pieces or a small patch of fairly tall plants. Crops with an average height are planted in quantities twice as large as the main ones. And the shortest ones will have a population three times greater than that of the main flowers.

The main function of such a structure is, of course, decorative - a mill on the site pleases the eye and creates an atmosphere of comfort. It is also used to decorate gardens and flower beds in the Old Russian or European style (depending on the appearance of the object itself). Read more in .

It is best not to take more than 3 types of flowers and not create complex compositions when arranging your first flowerbed. In this case, care will be simple and pleasant.

Types of flower beds

Flowerbeds can have completely different shapes and sizes - it all depends on your wishes and capabilities. They are round and square, figured, triangular.

There are three main ways to form flower beds.

1. Uniform carpet. Typically, this type uses plants of only one species or similar in size but with different petal colors. Such a flowerbed is easy to care for, and it looks very impressive.
2. Multi-tiered flower bed. It is created by combining flowers of different heights, but the lowest crops will always be in front. It can be round, corner, wall. Such plantings are more difficult to maintain.
3. Flower borders. These are flower beds created along garden paths. They are unpretentious and are usually created from one or two types of plants.

There are also very unusual flower beds that can complement any elements of a summer cottage - for example, decorate the area around a pond, or have the shape of an animal.

Choosing colors

An important aspect when drawing up a flower bed scheme is the color of plant buds. At the initial stage, it is better to use only 2-3 contrasting shades, and later move on to more complex color transitions and combinations. But even a beginner should understand that color has a significant impact on a person’s psycho-emotional state, so you should choose plants that produce flowers with the shade of petals that you like.

Table. Colors and their influence on humans.

Color	Characteristic
Yellow	It is usually preferred by joyful and active people; it is the color of a good mood. And it will give confidence to a shy person. In the garden, this color will be given by lilies, marigolds, calendula, snapdragons, daylilies, cinquefoil, and rudebeckia.
Pink	Improves mood, relieves sad thoughts. Meadowsweet, cosmos, carnation, daisy will give this color in the flowerbed.
Blue	Calms, comforts, relieves stress. Iris, lavender, forget-me-not, delphinium - flowers with blue petals.
Red	The color of energy, strength, optimism, passion. Carnation, primrose, rhododendron will give it to you.
Violet	A color that improves your emotional state and has a positive effect on the functioning of the immune system. These are lilacs, violets, speedwell, pansies, and aster.
Orange	A color that gives self-confidence and lifts your spirits. These are chrysanthemum, marigolds, cinquefoil, and gravilate.

On a note! Variegated flower beds can always be slightly diluted with white flowers. They will add zest to the plantings. And in order to choose colors that combine with each other, use the color wheel.

Selection of types of flowers

Creating a beautiful flower bed is a creative process that can completely absorb any gardener. This is a great way to realize your potential as a creator. By choosing the right plants for your flower beds, you can create a real living work of art on your site.

A huge number of seeds of all kinds of flowering plants are now sold on store shelves. Which ones are best suited for creating flower beds? First of all, focus on the growth and flowering period of plants, as well as the color of their petals.

Table. The most popular types of flower plants for flower beds.

Name	Flowering period	Height, cm
Lobelia	June-September	About 15
Ageratum	July-October	15-70
Iberis	June-October	Up to 40
Marigold	June-September	15-100
Nasturtium	June-October	Creeping up to 400, bush 50
Petunia	June-mid October	15-80
Zinnia	June-October	20-70

Also, low-growing annuals include: dwarf begonia, viola, lobularia, dwarf aster; for tall ones: lupine, peony, astilbe.

Prices for annual seeds

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Flower schemes

To make it easier to navigate when creating your own scheme, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with several simple but beautiful ready-made options.

Table. Flower bed schemes.

Scheme, photo	Description
	1 – annual stock roses of three colors (white, red, yellow); 2 – decorative sunflower; 3 – Spanish poppy; 5 – cardinal lobelia; 6, 7, 8 – bell, catnip; 10 – sedum. The remaining flowers can be selected in accordance with the color indicated in the diagram.
	Flowerbed cake: 1 – low red flowers; 2 – white or silver flowers; 3 – medium-sized plants with red flowers; 4 and 5 – high background crops.
	Round flowerbed: 1 – cannas; 2 – begonia; 3 – petunia; 4 – snapdragon; 5 – marigolds; 6 – alyssum; 7 – ageratum; 8 – pyrethrum.
	1 – amaranth; 2 – zinnia; 3 – garden quinoa; 4 – chard; 5 – basil; 6 – nasturtium.

Flowerbed of bulbous plants - diagram

We create a flower garden with our own hands

Let's look at the creation of a flower bed step by step using the example of such a wonderful flowering corner.

Step 1. Create an exact diagram of the future flower garden in accordance with your capabilities and wishes. Don’t just try to design large flower beds - it’s better to make one small and neat than a large one that you won’t have enough strength for. The best option to start with is a flowerbed with 25-30 plants.

Step 2. Choose a sunny place on your summer cottage. Step back about 1 m from the fence. To prevent the sun from damaging the plants, place the flower bed on the eastern side of the fence or buildings. Mark the border of the flower bed.

Step 3. Remove all debris from the site, dig up the soil, and apply fertilizer if necessary. Weed out all the weeds.

Step 4. Level the surface of the soil, break up the earthen clods.

Step 5. Buy or use your own grown ones. Plant tall crops in the far corner, then medium-sized crops, and place low-growing crops along the edge of the flowerbed. In this case, holes for all flowers can be dug in advance.

On a note! Be sure to consider the size of an adult plant when planting. It is important that over time the flowers do not press on each other, but there are no large gaps between them.

Step 6. Take good care of the flowerbed - regularly water the flowers, remove wilted ones, and fertilize them.

This way you can arrange a corner flowerbed on your site. With a round one you will have to work harder. The fact is that its edges must form a perfectly smooth circle, otherwise it will appear crooked. But achieving an excellent result is quite simple: a stick is dug into the center of the flower bed, and a rope equal to the radius of the flower bed is tied to it. Moving the rope in a circle, outline the boundaries of the flowerbed with sand. And so that the plants “fall” into place, you can make a preliminary sketch inside the circle with sand, outlining where the holes for each flower will be marked.

Gardeners whose plots do not allow them to set up a whole garden can get out of the situation by creating flower borders along the edges of the paths. They look very beautiful, especially if they are made from flowers of the same type.

When creating a flower arrangement in your garden or dacha, you should take into account many landscape tricks and think through the design of a flower bed or flower garden down to the smallest detail. If the mixborder is adjacent to a house or hedge, then you need to focus on selecting plants for a one-way view. If it is possible to approach the flower garden from all sides, then you should select crops for the all-round view flower bed, taking into account the principles of opposition and similarity.

A 360-degree composition is a group of plants viewed from different angles. Typically in gardens there are groups of herbaceous perennials located on the lawn. But more original solutions are also possible. For example, a composition built in a paving opening or a group of aquatic plants in a garden pond is very interesting. Even a small flower garden in a terracotta container, if it is skillfully composed, can be considered a composition with an all-round view.

Each flower arrangement in the garden has its own characteristics. So, when planning to set up a flower bed or group on the lawn, think about how in the future it will be convenient for you to mow the grass around the perimeter of the group. In flower beds located in paving openings, low, “padded” plants should overlap the boundaries of the cut window. Garden compositions of perennials grown around the perimeter of the pond should not greatly crush the water surface. The best effect is produced by harmonious compositions proportionate to the area of ​​the reservoir, reflected in the water. But despite all the subtleties, the method of constructing a circular composition remains the same. After all, the laws of visual perception are constant and do not depend in any way on the “genre” of the composition.

When landscaping a flower garden with your own hands, keep in mind that by opening the center and shifting all the plantings to the periphery of the site, you visually enlarge the garden. But such gardens are not always interesting. The composition of the all-round view significantly increases the content of the garden, although it makes it visually smaller.

On this page you will learn how to make a flower garden in your garden not only beautiful, but also original.

How to make a beautiful flower garden in the garden: planning

When planning a flower bed with an all-round view in the garden, you should take into account the style and location. The background of the circular composition changes depending on the point of view. This could be an apple orchard, your home, or a neighbor's house.

Stylizing a garden composition so that it fits into any environment is extremely difficult. At the same time, it is also impossible not to take into account what is located around: the composition will be divorced from reality, integrity will be lost.

So, a rock garden laid out in the middle of the lawn, and even against the backdrop of English mixed borders, looks at least strange.

What is the cause of visual discomfort? The rock garden is a clear stylization, an attempt to imitate a piece of alpine nature. But a stylized composition cannot exist on its own, without context.

The environment in which a flower garden with an all-round view is built in the garden affects not only its style, but also the choice of location.

For example, you don’t like your neighbor’s house. So why create a composition against its background? Trying to cover up an unsightly view? Unfortunately, it's unlikely to work. Most likely, you will not block the neighbor's house, but, on the contrary, will draw attention to it, since you will constantly look at it, admiring your composition.

Most often, the problem is solved by slightly shifting the composition. Please note: to distract from an unpleasant sight, a person simply turns away.

These photos show flower beds and flower beds in the garden landscape design, created according to the principle of opposition and similarity:

Surprisingly, some unknown force forces many people to place all-round viewing compositions directly in the geometric center of the lawn, pond, or site. Know that this is only justified when the garden has a regular layout. But in most cases, we do not strive to contrast our garden with nature, but, on the contrary, we try to model certain natural communities.

When composing a garden composition of flowers, centering looks unnatural, since something like this cannot be found in nature. Try moving the group relative to the center and you will see how the picture comes to life.

Do-it-yourself landscape design: dimensions of a flower bed or flower garden

When a place has been found for a flower arrangement in the garden, created with your own hands, you need to decide on its size. The height and width cannot be too large, otherwise the composition cannot be appreciated as a whole. On the other hand, a composition that is too small on a spacious lawn looks comical. As you can see, both options are dangerous.

• Width. Unlike a mixborder, the all-round view composition is built in such a way that it is perceived holistically. Since we see the composition from different points - from the porch, from the gazebo, and from the path - we need to make some calculations. From each view point of the flower bed in the garden of a private house, using a square, build 30-degree angles towards the intended location of the group. The intersection of the corners forms an area that will become the approximate width of the composition. Of course, you can deviate a little from the sizes. But just a little, not significantly.
• Height. It is necessary that the tall elements not only fall into the vertical angle of view, but also have a little “air” at the edges - a strip of lawn in front of the composition, a piece of sky above. This is only possible if the decorative group is removed from the viewpoint at a distance equal to at least 2-2.5 times its height. Theoretically, to calculate the height of the tallest element in the composition, you need to measure the distance from the viewpoint to the intended location and divide it by 2 or 2.5. But in this case, everything is more complicated, since there are several viewpoints.

Look how beautiful the landscape flower beds are in these photos:

Your task is to build a composition that will look good from all sides. Therefore, we proceed as follows. First, select the farthest view point. Knowing the width of the composition, we calculate the height of the main element (core). To make the flower garden in the garden beautiful, we select subordinate elements to the core. We do this based on the laws of proportionation and color, as well as taking into account the nature of seasonal changes in plants. A little later we will talk about these laws in more detail.

Then we move to another point. If the distance to the composition is the same, there is no problem. But when it is significantly smaller, we do not see the entire group, but only its part (either lower or upper). For example, if the main element of a composition of garden plants is, then from the first point the cone is visible, and from the second - only the green background of the needles.

It is against this background that we will build a new group. That is, we will again select the main and subordinate elements, taking into account all the conditions.

The main thing is not to spoil what was done before, that is, not to build a new garden composition with your own hands, but to harmoniously complement an existing one. Next, we go through the remaining viewpoints and proceed in the same way.

The structure of a garden flower arrangement of perennial plants

The design and structure of the flower bed in the garden depends on the chosen style. The all-round decorative group can be designed in a landscape or regular style. Landscape compositions are more common in gardens.

When designing flower beds and flower beds in the garden, keep in mind that a regular composition has a concentric structure. The main element is placed in the center. Shrubs and/or perennials are planted at different distances from it, maintaining symmetry.

The flower garden elements in such a garden composition have strict geometric contours. Plants with picturesque crown shapes are used extremely rarely.

But the composition may not produce the desired effect if it is in the wrong environment. Imagine a lawn surrounded by picturesque groups of shrubs and flower beds of perennials. Agree, a regular group located in the center of such a lawn looks comical.

Among the smooth lines of mixborders, a landscape-type composition looks much better. Such a group is not located in the geometric center of the lawn. In addition, its main element is also not centered.

The best flower beds in landscape design, created by yourself, are shown in the photo:

Landscape design tricks: principles of creating a flower garden in the garden (with photos)

Regardless of what composition - regular or landscape - you decide to create, the principles do not change. There are only two of them. They are called differently: either the principles of contrast and nuance, or the methods of opposition and similarity. Taking these landscape tricks into account, when creating a flower bed in the garden, in both cases a comparative analysis of the elements used in the composition is carried out.

Working on the principle of contrast (opposition), we choose plants that are sharply different from each other. Plants selected according to the principle of nuance (similarity) also have differences, but these differences are stepwise and insignificant.

By the characteristics being compared, we mean the size of plants, their color, shape and texture of the crown surface. By contrasting the characteristics (vertical - horizontal, dark - light, pyramidal - spherical), we get contrast. Stepwise change (rich green - light green - salad; small ball on a high stem - medium ball on a medium stem - large ball on the ground) gives nuanced combinations.

It is worth noting that not all characteristics can be compared in both cases. For example, contrast in shape is often used, but contrast in size is a utopian matter. And vice versa, it is quite difficult to imagine a nuance in form, but a nuance in size - please.

How to design a flower garden in the garden, selecting plants based on the principle of contrast? This is quite easy to do. But keep in mind, this is a very strong move. Using it, it is easy to go too far, that is, to create an unnecessarily tense composition. Why is there no tension in nature? Because we don't see contrasts. This doesn't mean they don't exist. In addition, natural contrasts are extremely expressive. Imagine the water surface of a pond and the vertical lines of weeping willow branches, coastal reeds and rounded leaves of water lilies.

The same goes for sharp color contrasts. Sometimes they cause a storm of emotions. In the short term this is not bad. For example, in a bouquet for a loved one, color intensity is appropriate.

As can be seen in the photo, in a garden composition or flower garden a sharp color contrast is possible only if certain conditions are met:

For example, a short contemplation of contrasting flowers blooming at the same time is pleasant. But not everyone can tolerate the combination of blue-black Ottawa with lemon-yellow Thunberg barberry ‘Aigea’, which “pleasers” from spring to autumn.

If the site already has a similar beautiful garden composition and you don’t want to part with it, you can reduce the contrast with the help of silver, white-variegated or abundantly blooming white flowers. There are now a lot of similar plants, both herbaceous and woody.

The method of contrast or nuance also applies to the relationship of a composition to its surroundings. For example, a group of vertical conifers against the background of a squat “Finnish” house made of timber (contrast in shape). Or a circular nuanced composition of blue-violet plants against the background of a yellow fence (contrast in color).

Nuanced relationships can be built in a similar way. But many are afraid that in this case the composition will merge with the surroundings, that is, it will not be perceived independently. This is what forces gardeners to move the group away from place-bound objects and place it almost in the center of the open space. This line of thinking is wrong.

There is a rule for constructing a composition that says: if parts that are similar in color, texture, shape and size are placed at a close distance, they will merge into the whole. It turns out that in order for the group to blend with the environment, you need to build a composition from the same plants that are in the environment. But, as you understand, this rarely happens.

These photos show flower arrangements in the garden, created taking into account all the principles:

Building a beautiful garden composition of flowers with your own hands (with photo)

When creating flower beds and flower beds in landscape design with your own hands, after choosing a method of working with plants, they begin to build a composition. Regardless of what composition you have in mind, landscape or regular, nuanced or contrasting, the hierarchy of elements must be clearly observed in it: the main one - subordinates of the first order - subordinates of the second order and so on. Moreover, the lower the level, the more elements it contains.

Pay attention to the photo - in a flower garden in a garden there is always one main element, with more subordinates:

The number of components of the lowest level is not even counted. The reverse relationship is impossible for the simple reason that this does not happen in nature.

First, based on the height, location and stylistic image, when decorating a flower bed in the garden, the dominant of the group is chosen. It is very important to choose a plant of the correct shape.

Have you ever seen a plant in nature with a clear vertical contour subordinate to a spreading one? On the contrary - please, otherwise - no. In addition, some plants have a “tired look” (stephanandra, kerria). They are also difficult to imagine as dominant.

These photos show how to design a flower garden in the garden, taking into account all the principles of composition:

Landscape design of a summer cottage: proportions of a flower garden (with photo)

We will assume that you have figured out the number of elements. How to determine the size of a flower bed in a garden created with your own hands? It is clear that the height of the subordinate elements is less than the height of the main one. In this case, the difference in heights cannot be either too large or too small. If the subordinate element differs slightly in height, it will compete with the main one, and if it is larger in volume, it may even dominate, shifting the emphasis in an undesirable direction.

As shown in the photo, in the landscape design of a summer cottage, flower beds will be perceived more harmoniously if the ratio of the heights of all elements of the composition approximately corresponds to the proportion of the golden ratio:

• Golden ratio proportion: segment AB is divided by point C in the proportion of the golden ratio if its length (AB) is related to its larger part (AC), as the larger part (AC) is related to its smaller part (CB). The exact digital expression of the proportion is 0.618: 0.382. But, you will agree, it is inconvenient to use the digital expression of proportion. In addition, when working with plants, mathematical precision is not needed. It is better to use a series of Fibonacci numbers, where each subsequent number is obtained by adding the two previous ones (1,2, 3, 5, 8,13, etc.). Starting with 3/5, each fraction in the series (5/8, 8/13, etc.) is a proportion of the golden ratio.

There is another way of proportioning. It is based on the unequal triangle rule. It is especially convenient to use this rule if the composition consists of three main elements. In plan they form an unequal triangle, the long side of which is in front of the observer, and the short side to the left of him.

The height of the elements is regulated: the middle one is the highest, the left one occupies an intermediate position, the right one is the lowest. If there is a need to move the middle-height element to the right, then the length of the sides is changed so that the short one is on the right.

As for the distances between plants, you should focus on the size of the crowns. The crowns of trees and shrubs should not close tightly, unless we are talking about bouquet planting. However, too much distance is bad. To decide on planting, it is necessary, keeping in mind the dimensions of the plants in adulthood, to plot them on the diagram.

How to decorate a flower garden in a dacha garden with your own hands: flower arrangements and their photos

An all-round view composition is not always created from different types of plants. It may well be homogeneous in composition.

In a sense, a group of trees in a bouquet planting can be considered a circular composition. The landing rules are as follows. Several trees of the same species are planted in a large hole or at a close distance (up to 50-60 cm). The type is chosen depending on the size of the group. The size, in turn, is regulated by the area of ​​the site. It could be birch trees, nuts.

Trees will develop differently. Straight trunks of pine trees will shoot up, birch trees will bend in an arched manner, and the nuts will completely spread their trunks away from each other. In this case, the total crown will cover a fairly large area, and the plants will look like one multi-stemmed tree with a lush crown.

When choosing plants for a flower garden created with your own hands in the landscape design of a dacha, first of all, evaluate the environmental conditions of the site. The option when they try to change the conditions due to the requirements of the plants will not work here. In addition, the garden areas intended for planting must be sufficient for the development of both the above-ground part of such a group and its root system.

These photos show the design of flower beds in the garden, consisting of different plants:

Of course, there cannot be such diversity as in the compositions of a one-sided view. There cannot be diversity: all the types that we use must be combined in physiognomic type and style. Although the opportunity to diversify the assortment certainly remains.

Speaking about the assortment, we cannot ignore the issue of perception of certain plants from different distances. There are plants that look impressive from afar, others are only good up close.

Since the view point can be removed from the composition or, on the contrary, approach it almost closely, it is logical to arrange the plants so that their decorative qualities “work” to the maximum.

For example, some varieties, thanks to their bright bark, are very impressive in winter, and in summer they become a neutral background for other species and varieties. An ideal composition can be considered to be one that is consistently decorative and at the same time has changing accents. Most often, accents are colored (flowering dates, seasonal colors).

In a 360-degree composition, as in any other, the growth dynamics and longevity of plants are important. When creating this or that group, we focus on the size of plants in adulthood. And it is right. But it will take some time before the plants reach the designed size. And time plays a decisive role in the fate of a composition. Judge for yourself.

Different plants do not reach the peak of decorativeness at the same time, since they grow at different speeds. Because of this, the picture you painted in your imagination may not work out.

After all, by the time slow-growing plants mature, their fast-growing partners will have already left, having completed their life cycle. Therefore, plants with similar growth rates or different ages are selected for one composition.

What to do while your accent plants are growing? How to compensate for the lack of volume? Best color. This is explained by the peculiarities of visual perception. Bright colors distract the observer's attention from the lack of volume, and light colors make objects visually larger.

You can use fast-growing annuals (amaranth, castor beans), perennials and shrubs. And summer vines (nasturtium, sweet pea, morning glory) are good for entwining the supports. There is no need to make a stationary support. Let it be, for example, made of willow twig. By the time the trees grow, the support will rot, the annuals will change many times, some perennials or fast-growing shrubs will fall out, and you will abandon others yourself.

In winter, the picture can be enlivened with a feeder on a support. If you don’t forget to add cereal, such life will be in full swing around you that you will forget about the problem of lack of volume.

When selecting compensatory plants, it is important to take into account the biology of species that are already growing in a permanent place. Compensatory plantings should not harm the main ones.

So, if you cover the slowly growing Amur velvet with large annuals or perennials, this will even help it: shading will stimulate growth and contribute to the formation of a straight trunk. But a pine seedling cannot be planted in this way.

Look how original the flower beds in the garden of a private house look in these photos:

Do-it-yourself landscaping at the dacha: surrounding a flower bed in the garden

Finally, let us once again turn to the problem of visual unification of the decorative group with the surroundings. But merging is easy to avoid if you place the group at a distance of at least two of its diameters from the edge of the environment. If the plant composition of the group differs significantly from other plantings, the composition can be placed almost adjacent to a small dividing strip of lawn or paving. Agree, a decorative apple tree will not blend into a background of shrubs, even if they are separated by a narrow strip of lawn.

It’s hard to imagine a garden without flowers. Flower beds decorate landscape design, thereby hiding its shortcomings and emphasizing its main advantages. That is why flower beds should occupy an honorable and most prominent place on the site. In order for DIY flower beds to look beautiful in any weather, you need to take into account and observe many important nuances. There are four general rules to help create an attractive flower garden.

1. Plants that are taller should always be planted closer to the center.
2. Color combinations should be in harmony.
3. It is better to plant flowers sparsely in the center, but densely along the edges.
4. When designing, it is better to avoid complex patterns; beauty is in simplicity.

By observing these simple nuances, you can very easily give the area freshness and uniqueness. You don't have to choose only colors that go together. Contrasting flowers will look good in one composition. Most try to create flower beds that match all the buildings on the site.

A variant of a mixborder in the shade, the main tone is set by hostas and coleus.

What should you pay attention to before designing any flower bed?

Before you start creating beautiful flower beds, you need to remember the correct soil, lighting, and humidity. In most cases it depends on the type of flowers planted. There are certain guidelines that need to be followed.

Lighting should be optimal for all types of flowers planted, so that the plants are exposed to direct sunlight for at least seven hours a day. All plants must be light-loving.

Determine the type and acidity of the soil. For better growth and flowering, the acidity and type can be slightly adjusted or completely changed. To give it better aeration, you can add compost and sand. Use chalk to improve the acidified type. We must not forget about mineral and organic fertilizers. Add them to any type of substrate.

Water should not stagnate in the soil. Especially applies to melt water. If you do not follow a simple rule, putrefactive processes will arise in the tubers, rhizomes, and bulbs of perennial plants. In addition to putrefactive processes, root respiration of flowers will become difficult or, in the worst case, stop completely.

What types of flower beds exist near the house?

Several flower beds can be placed on one plot, regardless of its size. All of them can be made in different styles. In this case, it is necessary to take into account their sizes. There is a rule of the golden ratio, which states that their dimensional ratio should be 3:5:8.

In general, there are several types of flower beds:

1. . As stated above, the flower garden is made in compliance with the main rules, tall flowers are planted in the center and sparsely, and low ones are densely planted along the edges. The colors are in harmony with each other. She looks like this
   
2. Curb. These are placed on the sides of the paths. Their color does not have to be monochromatic. Usually the color is selected depending on the landscape design or individual preferences of the owners.
   
3. Monoclumba. Views like these prove that beauty lies in simplicity. A pleasant solid color can either stand out from other colors or harmonize with them.
   
4. Flowerpot. They have become very popular due to the fact that they can be moved to different parts of the garden. They look beautiful almost anywhere.
   
5. Regular. It is ideal for a large area with a small pond or fountain.
   
6. . Ideal for decorating a fence or home. This design shows all the creative nature of the residents.
   
7. . A clear stripe of various colors in a strict, often geometric, thoughtful form.
   
8. Vertical. Such compositions can stand in the middle of the site or serve as a fence.
   
9. Group. They combine completely different plants that are not similar to each other. If you follow the above rule that large plants should be in the center, then such plantings will decorate absolutely any area.
   

When choosing one type or another, consider first of all where the flowers will grow. Near the house, borders are most often planted or flowerpots are installed. And the vertical one will look best on the wall of the building. There are frequent cases of combination of two types. For example, curb and group. It looks especially attractive if the color varies.

How to make a flower bed?

The composition should be higher than the rest of the landscape. Make it simply from soil or using various materials. For example, to create flower beds they use materials such as:

• natural stone;
• wooden boards;
• logs;
• bricks, fortan.

Using stone, they can create any pattern for a flower garden. Before you begin, draw or find diagrams of beautiful flower beds, then use them as a guide. Even a woman can easily cope with such work, because it does not require complex installation work.

When the shape and dimensions have been chosen, you need to lay out a small fence made of stones of the required height around the perimeter. The stones should fit very tightly against each other. Secure them for durability of the structure with cement mortar. Inside, remove a small layer of soil, up to about 15 centimeters. Fill the hole with sand, gravel or crushed stone. Now fill the stone building with soil and plant the plants.

Here are examples of how to beautifully decorate a flower garden using stone.

A flower bed made of wooden boards will fit perfectly if there is a wooden house on the site or all selected boards need to be sanded. Afterwards, you must first cover them with sealant, then with varnish. Having chosen the desired shape, you need to drive pegs into the ground, and then install planks around the perimeter. The composition is created from the pegs themselves. To do this, they are simply driven into the ground close to each other.

Many people still have materials after construction, which raises the question of how to make flower bed made of logs? Making such a flower garden is quite easy if you follow all the steps and rules. The diameter of the logs should be approximately the same. The logs that will be at the bottom need to be cut lengthwise into ½ diameter. Then you need to prepare the material to increase the height of the walls. The next sequence of actions is as follows:

1. On one side, make a groove that is exactly equal to half the diameter.
2. Make notches on both sides to connect the logs into crowns.
3. At the site of the future flower bed, you need to remove about 15 cm of soil.
4. Fill the hole with crushed stone.
5. After preparation, the logs themselves must be treated with a special protective sealant. Lay the bottom logs first, and those with grooves across the top.

Brick compositions will look good on any land. In skillful hands, flower beds turn out to be both perfectly straight and curved.

Brick buildings must be installed on a solid concrete foundation. And if you plan to connect it to the walls of the house, then be sure to install waterproofing so as not to damage the wall.

So, when the surface of the base has dried well, start laying bricks. On the bottom row, leave a few seams unfilled. Because it is necessary to provide drainage holes. When laying, periodically check how level the walls are.

Borders for flower beds

A clear line of the flower bed near the house is half the success. In the photo gallery below there are a lot of possible options. Wooden: from the remains of beams, from bent tree trunks, woven from branches, miniature likenesses - the stone is generally very beautiful, you can create the likeness of a stone stream along the flowerbed, use both huge boulders and small pebbles. Also used: bricks of different types, concrete, an impeccable line along it looks very beautiful, and an original border made of decorative cabbage.

The simplest ways to beautifully decorate a flower bed near your home

Many people don’t know how to beautifully decorate a flowerbed without making an effort or using a lot of material. There are several easiest ways.

1. Use an earthen mound to create a small hill
2. Flower beds should not blend into the ground.
3. Then shape the area using a ruler or string.
4. Now plant the plants.

To prevent the flower garden from becoming overgrown with other plants, weeds or grass from the city, it must be fenced off.

To fence it off, pour gravel along the edges and place heavy stones on top. Compositions that are fenced with a small stone border look very aesthetically pleasing.

Another simple way to decorate a flower bed: place flower pots on top of each other to hold them, secure with glue.

The monoflower is considered one of the simplest. It adds style and elegance to the space. One type of flower needs to be planted on a small hill, fenced with stones.

With such simple flower beds you can plant the entire plot. The main thing is to fence them off from each other with crushed stone, stone chips, and small cobblestones.

About creating a flower bed from summer trees in the video

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For the majority of our fellow citizens, a suburban plot has ceased to be a means of survival. Indeed, it is much easier to buy the same vegetables in the nearest supermarket. The dacha is increasingly used as a vacation spot. After office work, I really want to have a holiday, finding myself in a world of landscape delights, beautiful plants and fragrant flowers! However, flower beds in the country were welcomed at all times. There was always a place for gladioli, peonies, hollyhocks, golden balls, tulips and snapdragons. An elegant flower garden, laid out at the porch or in the front garden, seems to greet the owner of the house and his guests, inviting them to leave their worries at the door, immerse themselves in a great mood and fully relax!

The flower garden, located directly in front of the entrance to the house, plays the role of a kind of business card. And the first impression they receive depends on how well he presents the property to the guests. Therefore, it is very important to decide what kind of flower garden we are going to create in front of the house. After all, each type has its own characteristics that need to be taken into account.

Option #1 – flowerbed like blooming geometry

The flowerbed is characterized by a strict geometric shape: oval, rhombus, circle, rectangle. The choice of location is also characteristic of flower beds. They are placed on a hill so that all the flowering plants can be clearly seen. An example of a flower bed would be a round flower garden, in which plants are placed in rings.

A flowerbed in one form or another is present in the implementation of any landscape style. It is universal. You can imagine a beautiful garden without many elements, but you can’t do it without a flower bed.

The height of plants can be uniform or decrease as you move from the center of the composition to its periphery. In such conditions, each flower will be clearly visible. The height of the plants is not the only emphasis that is used when creating a flower bed. Color is often used for the same purpose. The area is very decorated with a round flowerbed, the plants in which are arranged in rays from the center to the edges.

Option #2 – long ridge beds

If you need to disguise a small defect in the building or decorate that part of the building that for some reason you don’t like, it’s hard to come up with something better than a discount. These flower beds can decorate featureless garden paths; the flower beds can be placed along fences or parallel to the foundation of the cottage.

The rabatka can be located along the wall of the building, hiding behind its flowering all its shortcomings, which may be invisible to outsiders, but irritate the owners so much

Usually, flowers of the same type, in the same color scheme, are used for discounts. But the designer’s imagination may suggest another move. For example, you can create a discount in all the colors of the rainbow, alternating them with stripes of the same width. Plants planted in a checkerboard pattern look great.

Option #3 – very different borders

The final element of complex compositions can be a border. Located along paths, along the perimeter of flower beds or a flower garden as a whole, a border is always in place. However, as an independent flower garden it looks no worse. To do this, you need low plants that do not grow above 25 cm. Not only the usual hawthorn, but also bright petunias, various marigolds, as well as other flowers growing in bushes or herbaceous plants are used as border plants.

Armeria can play the role of a border, but can become an integral element of a flower garden. A very attractive and at the same time unpretentious plant

Option #4 – a community of plants on a mixborder

Rows of a wide variety of plants, which are collected in a mixborder, have one quality in common: they get along well with each other. Not to encroach on the living space of another, not to strangle a neighbor and not to fight for water and sunlight - these are the main qualities of the flowers and bushes that make up one.

Such a flower garden can rightfully be called the pearl of any garden. It can be placed in front of the house, and the bench will come in handy: you can sit and admire

Option #5 – a piece of natural landscape “rock garden”

The alpine slide or rock garden is at the peak of popularity today and enjoys increased attention from both gardeners and landscape designers. Even palace complexes today use rock gardens. In addition to real alpine plants, when creating them, those that only superficially resemble mountain ones are also used.

Of course, a rock garden is a flower garden that you need to tinker with. Who said it would be easy? But the result is worth the effort

Choosing the right location

In order to correctly plan exactly how to lay out the selected flower garden in front of the house, you should make a sketch on paper. It would be better if it was in color for clarity. Then you can not only correctly plan the space allocated for this purpose, but also calculate the need for planting material and fertilizers that will be needed to make the idea a reality.

It should be noted that when planning a site for a flower garden, you need to provide for all the nuances of its subsequent care. For example, it is better not to plan plantings that are too wide so that each crop can be easily reached. Typically, plantings should not be wider than 2.5 m.

Agree that this placement of the flower garden allows you to decorate absolutely any home. A romantic mood, a surge of strength and emotions in such a home is guaranteed

The choice of a place opposite the house or near it is natural, although it does not exclude the possibility of planting several flower beds in different parts of the garden. There are wonderful places for this purpose along paths, on the shores of reservoirs or in the gazebo area. It is important that the specific location is determined already at the planning stage.

Based on the existing experience of such plantings, we can suggest that the gardener plan a flowerbed with some reserve of territory “for growth”. Usually, with a positive result, there is a desire to complement an existing flower garden and transform it. After all, the visual result, as a rule, exceeds the plans. To give your wildest dreams the opportunity to come true, the territory set aside in reserve will come in handy.

What planting material do you prefer?

The crops that will become the basis of the flower garden should be selected taking into account the illumination of the site and its soil. Different plants have their own preferences that need to be taken into account. For example, the most important things for tulips are soil fertility and sunlight. There is a place next to them. And, crocuses and lilies of the valley will feel great in the shade of buildings or trees. Daffodils look good next to perennials, phlox and peonies.

To ensure constant flowering of the flowerbed, it is necessary to choose the right plants. The group should include not only spring primroses and perennial plants, but also sowing annuals, which can be changed if necessary

If the flower garden does not consist of only one type of flower, planting groups will have to be compiled taking into account their soil and light requirements. It is important that the plants in the group do not turn out to be antagonists leading continuous battles. Otherwise, the defeated flower will look sick and will still have to be replaced. Not only flowers, but also decorative herbaceous plants with attractively colored leaves will be an excellent decoration for any flower bed.

When dreaming about how to make a truly beautiful flower garden, we always imagine the intended area in bloom from early spring until late autumn. This means that our collection should include spring primroses along with annual seed plants and perennials, which will form the backbone of the planting. Replacing each other, different cultures will create. And this is exactly what we are striving for.

Practical planting work

Planting work must begin by transferring the existing sketch to real soil. At this point, we need to not only clearly understand how we are going to decorate the flower garden near the house, but also have all the planting material on hand along with fertilizers, as well as a supply of fertile soil. Using pegs and twine, we mark the boundaries of the future flower garden.

When creating a flower garden, you can use not only plant seeds, but also seedlings ready for planting. This method, by the way, is more attractive because the result of the work is visible almost immediately

If the soil of the intended area has not been dug up, the fertile layer should be removed by 20 cm. Fertile soil should be poured onto the bottom of the resulting pit. The removed soil must be thoroughly sifted, removing weed rhizomes, pebbles, glass and other debris. After that, fertilizers are added to it, poured into place and moistened. If you are building a ridge, you need to add gravel to the bottom of the flower bed for drainage.

The flowerbed should be planted from the center, moving towards the edges. Otherwise, some of the seedlings or seeds may be damaged or trampled. The elongated flower bed is filled sequentially. Move from planting one row of seeds or plants to the next. It is better not to place flowers in a bunch. A distance of 30-60 cm can be considered optimal.

At the end of the work, the border is planted, after which you can compare the result with the plan. It is recommended to pay special attention to fencing, figured decorations and other decorative excesses that so diversify not only the flower garden, but also our life in the country.

Proper care of a ready-made flower garden

Planting a flower garden is just the beginning. To make it look the way you dreamed of, you must remember to care for the plants. Periodic watering is an important part of care. The first time you need to water the plants is when they are planted in the soil. The next watering will only be a few weeks later. It is important to take actual weather conditions into account. The plants should sprout soon. Now in addition to watering there will be added the need to loosen the soil and remove.

Careful care of the flower garden will allow your work not to be in vain. And the knowledge that you made all this beauty with your own hands will give you the opportunity to believe in your own ability to create, which is already a lot

Autumn is coming and the last plants are fading. Annual flowers should be removed from the flowerbed. Perennial flowers are trimmed, leaving the roots in the ground, and covered with light material. You can show foresight and use pegs to mark the locations of the plants that make up the flower garden. Then in the spring it will be easier to restore the planting. It will be necessary to examine the plants and remove or replant some of them. Affected or dead shoots should not be left to rot naturally. It's better to remove them.

If you take care of your flower garden, carefully caring for its constituent crops, you will have a wonderful island of romance that you can rightfully be proud of and admire.