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Flowers are the most popular inhabitants of suburban areas. There are a lot of options for arranging flower beds. The basis of the flower garden are decorative flowering perennials and annuals, sometimes supplemented by shrubs and even trees. A flower bed is a type of flower garden, so it should be considered separately.
Types of flower beds:
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Flower bed is a collection of plants planted directly into the ground, the design of the flower bed is slightly raised above the ground and is most often fenced with a curb. The flower bed has a geometric shape and the plants are planted in it in the form of an ornament.
Options for arranging a flower bed:
- A multi-tiered or vertical flower bed is one of the most popular landscape design objects. Suburban residents are increasingly organizing such flower beds at their dacha. Flowers for this flower bed are chosen completely different. You can plant such a flower garden with plants of the same color, both completely and in tiers, or you can use different shades, thereby creating a bright picturesque cloud. The color of the flower bed can be any, but the size of the plants should be selected. For harmony, flowers with large inflorescences are planted in the lower tier, and in subsequent ones with smaller ones. A multi-tiered flower bed can be built using boxes of different sizes without a bottom, installed in a certain way one on one. For the lower tier, moisture-loving plants are chosen, since water flows down from above, and light-loving plants from above, which tolerate drought well.
- Raised flower bed - a flower garden located at a certain height from the ground, from about 15 cm and above. Such a flower bed is fenced with walls made of stone, brick or wood. A drainage system is organized inside such a structure. Plants for a raised flower bed are chosen frost-resistant, since their roots are above the soil level and can freeze. The construction of this flower bed is an excellent option for those who have poor quality soil on the site, the container for the flower bed can be filled with any other soil.
- Flowerpots in flowerpots will be a good option for a small area. Such flower beds can be arranged in any corner of the garden, they are very convenient and mobile. Flowerbeds in containers or flowerpots can be moved from place to place, installed on a patio, on a veranda, or suspended from gazebos. Also, such flower beds, if necessary, you can transfer the room. Plants in flowerpots should be additionally watered and a drainage system should be organized.
Also, flower beds can be equipped in combination with small architectural forms, fountains and other landscape design objects.
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Alpine slide (rock garden) - a type of flower garden that imitates a mountain landscape. For such a flower garden, plants are chosen that are characteristic of a mountain climate, but a modern alpine slide can consist of any plants. A rock garden is usually built on a hill or hill. The center of such a flower garden is a boulder-stone, around which the composition is built.
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Mixborder - an elongated flower garden, usually broken along paths or a fence. Long-flowering plants are chosen for such a flower garden, shrubs and trees are also used.
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Decorative vegetable garden - aesthetically planted cultivated plants. These types of flower beds are an excellent option for small areas. It is a combination of beauty and benefit. Well-groomed, beautifully planted beds are not only a source of fresh vegetables, but also become an interesting decorative element on the site.
• For the happy owners of a pond in the country, an interesting option will be
floating flower garden or "island flower bed". This type of flower garden is beautiful because, drifting along the water surface, it is viewed from different angles of the site and adds uniqueness to the reservoir. Also, such a flower garden can be made static by securing it with an anchor. Floating flower beds do not require careful maintenance, they can receive moisture and nutrients from the water, being at the same time a natural biofilter.
• Also, the varieties of the flower garden include
rockery. Basically, it consists of stones of various sizes, colors and shapes, but plants are also present in it. In most cases, these are low-growing creeping plants that are planted between stones or in the form of a carpet, as a basis for rockeries.
A flower garden is a universal object of landscape design. There are a lot of options for its construction and there is no limit to the imagination of summer residents. The above-mentioned flower beds and flower beds are just a starting point and basis for creating wonderful art objects in the country.
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