2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Recently, elements such as mixborders have become popular in landscape design. These components of the garden are interesting mixed flower beds, including annual and perennial types of plant and flower crops with different formats
Mixborders are not only eye-catching, but also easy to use. Even a novice gardener can create them. Nevertheless, before starting the design of such a flower garden, you should still pay attention to the features and rules for the selection of flower crops, as well as the scheme for planting them.
What are mixborders?
An English mixborder is a traditional flower garden characterized by restraint and severity. In these types of mixborders, you cannot find bright and lush colors. Most often, green, white and pastel pink crops are planted in them. Plants in the English mixborder tend to have neatly shaped, elongated leaves. Thus, daisies and roses are ideal in this case.
Meadow mixborder is soft and close to natural nature. It resembles natural grasslands in the wild. Therefore, flower compositions here also do not differ in brightness, and poppies, bells, daisies and other wildflowers serve as plants for planting. Ornamental cereals usually complement the picture.
The garden mixborder performs two functions at once. It not only looks beautiful and attractive, but also benefits the site. Therefore, in such a mixborder, vegetable crops are placed in the form of parsley, mint, cauliflower and others. The rustic mixborder also has similar features. But in this case, the plants must be exactly those that grow in a certain region in natural conditions. Thus, the components of such a mixborder are mallow, viburnum, currant bushes.
Mixborder palette
The most important factor in creating it is the color scheme. A composition made of flowers should not look too chaotic here. Variegation is also inappropriate in such an element. Therefore, only a maximum of five plant species can participate in one mixborder. In the modern world, there are only three main types of mixborders in relation to color.
The main condition for creating a monochrome mixborder is the use of different shades, but the main color should be the same. As a result, the element acquires both a delicate and picturesque look, filling the garden with airiness and lightness. It can also show the beauty of the shape and size of crops. However, there is one rule here that must be followed when choosing such a flower garden. In monochrome mixborders, you cannot use too light shades as the main color. In sunlight, such tones look dull and faded.
A contrasting mixborder includes about a couple of primary colors and their shades. This technique looks great in compact miniature flower arrangements. You should not use a similar effect in spacious mixborders, since in this case the lack of taste and unnecessary stiffness will stand out. In addition, small plants should not be used in such flower beds.
Polychrome mixborders are the most common. They involve about three to four colors, which are usually representatives of the same family. The most important thing here is the observance of proportions, since thirty percent of the flower garden should consist of bright and variegated crops, and the remaining seventy are represented by calm and peaceful shades.
How to choose a place for a mixborder?
It is not possible to place mixborders in any area of the garden plot. For example, such flower beds should not be installed in too moist soil. It is also not recommended to create mixborders in bright, sunny areas where scorching rays fall. But too shaded areas will also not be favorable conditions. It is best to choose an area with moderate illumination in the form of a small slope or an area along the walls of the house. Mixborders are also often installed along the paths and paths of the garden.
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