The Use Of Pine, Spruce, Junipers In The Landscape Of Gardens - 2

2024 Author: Sebastian Paterson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:47

Conifers next to pines

The best neighbors to pines are all the same conifers. Any garden center will offer you a huge assortment of plants, and the list of conifers is extremely large today. Here you can find a variety of decorative spruces and varietal pines that everyone loves. Pinus cembra, Pinus strobus and Pinus silvestris cultivar Watereri are distinguished by their special, "increased fluffiness". One of the new varieties of Scots pine, whose name is translated as Winter gold (Pinus sylwestris Wintergold), has a completely unusual yellow color for this breed. Korean fir is distinguished by its excellent properties, in addition to the fluffy green of its needles, it delights the eye with a considerable number of purple-blue cones. Korean fir grows relatively slowly. This plant also has many varieties, such as the yellowish Aurea,blue-silver Silberlocke and Compacta. The Korean fir variety Oberon has an absolutely fantastic view, the young growth of which has a spherical shape. In the West, an original coniferous plant with an unusual name is widely used - pseudo-slug. A variety of pseudo-sugi with bluish needles Glauca is no worse than the usual blue forms of spruce spruce. For successful growth, it needs good lighting of the tops and side shading: as experienced gardeners say, it must grow "in a fur coat." The pine area is generally theoretically suitable for this plant. Dwarf forms of conifers are very popular - everyone loves "babies". Low-growing varieties of common spruce are well known to owners of country houses. These plants form dense and flat cushions with well-defined layers. Their height rarely exceeds 50-70 cm. Excess snow should be shaken off the spruce in winter in order to reduce the load on the "spruce feet". Mountain pine is widely known - the leader in popularity among small pines. It is used in rockeries, mixborders and as a solitary (solo) plant. Twisted pine (Pinus contorta) is also good - it grows no higher in our climate. Already at a relatively young age, at the time of flowering, it is decorated with fantastically elegant cones. You can successfully use this plant on a rocky hill, which God himself ordered to arrange on a site of a pine forest, as they say. Canadian hemlock, Kole form (Tsuga canadensis Сole) at 20 years old with a crown diameter of about 1 m reaches no more than 15 cm in height and is considered one of the best forms for mini-gardens. Her relative, Gracilis Olenburg, also enjoys enduring popularity.known in culture since 1862. Already being almost an "old woman", at the age of 75, the plant reaches no more than 2 m. The semicircular crown of this plant with dark green needles and drooping ends of the shoots is good. Do not forget about cypress trees, their fluffy branches with drooping needles of bluish-gray color are unusually beautiful. Junipers will take root very well under the pines - they will look great on the slope, strengthening it. For this purpose, old tested varieties of juniper of the middle Pfitzeriana and Pfitzeriana Glauka (Juniperus chinensis Pfitzeriana Aurea, Juniperus chinensis Pfitzeriana Glauca) with golden and bluish-gray needles are suitable. Over time, they will grow and create a contrasting pattern in color. On an area where giant pine trees grow, garden styles such as Dutch or French are unlikely to be appropriate,with their love of symmetry and sheared forms. It is much more appropriate to give preference to the landscape or natural style (nature garden), where plants grow in relative freedom. By planting decorative conifers under the crowns of adult trees, you can create living compositions, for example, plant the spherical forms of western thuja so that they give the impression of fluffy balls rolling down the mountain. However, there are so many options that it makes no sense to give advice - listen to yourself and do everything as you think will be more appropriate. However, before planting plants for permanent residence, arrange them in containers in the places where you are going to plant, and "try on beginners" to the overall picture of the garden. It is much more appropriate to give preference to the landscape or natural style (nature garden), where plants grow in relative freedom. By planting decorative conifers under the crowns of adult trees, you can create living compositions, for example, plant the spherical forms of western thuja so that they give the impression of fluffy balls rolling down the mountain. However, there are so many options that it makes no sense to give advice - listen to yourself and do everything as you think will be more appropriate. However, before planting plants for permanent residence, arrange them in containers in the places where you are going to plant, and "try on beginners" to the overall picture of the garden. It is much more appropriate to give preference to the landscape or natural style (nature garden), where plants grow in relative freedom. By planting decorative conifers under the crowns of adult trees, you can create living compositions, for example, plant the spherical forms of western thuja so that they give the impression of fluffy balls rolling down the mountain. However, there are so many options that it makes no sense to give advice - listen to yourself and do everything as you think will be more appropriate. However, before planting plants for permanent residence, arrange them in containers in the places where you are going to plant, and "try on beginners" to the overall picture of the garden. You can create living compositions, for example, plant the spherical forms of western thuja so that they give the impression of fluffy balls rolling down the mountain. However, there are so many options that it makes no sense to give advice - listen to yourself and do everything as you think will be more appropriate. However, before planting plants for permanent residence, arrange them in containers in the places where you are going to plant, and "try on beginners" to the overall picture of the garden. You can create living compositions, for example, plant the spherical forms of western thuja so that they give the impression of fluffy balls rolling down the mountain. However, there are so many options that it makes no sense to give advice - listen to yourself and do everything as you think will be more appropriate. However, before planting plants for permanent residence, arrange them in containers in the places where you are going to plant, and "try on beginners" to the overall picture of the garden. However, before planting plants for permanent residence, arrange them in containers in the places where you are going to plant, and "try on beginners" to the overall picture of the garden. However, before planting plants for permanent residence, arrange them in containers in the places where you are going to plant, and "try on beginners" to the overall picture of the garden.

Container landscaping

Conifers - "Lilliputians" do not have to be immediately planted in the ground: they can be used for the first time as potting plants, taking advantage of their low growth rates. Everyone knows the advantages of container gardening: first of all, mobility. Today the container is here, tomorrow there, and the day after tomorrow, with the onset of severe frosts, it moves to a closed room with low temperatures (no more than + 5-8 ° C), or they are recommended to be dug into the ground and covered with spruce branches or foliage from above. For container cultivation, dwarf junipers (J. squmata Blue star, Js Blue carpet, J. horizontalis Blue chip, Golden carpet), blue spruce Picea glauca of Laurin, Alberta Globe and even Conica varieties are recommended, although it grows somewhat faster than others. Looks good in fir containers:slow-growing Korean fir (Abies koreana) and balsamic fir varieties Nana. Dwarf mountain pine Pinus mugo varieties Mopsi, thuja western varieties Danica will delight lovers of such compositions with a spherical crown shape. Caring for a container with an artificial coniferous forest consists in regular and frequent watering of the plants in the summer, because fluctuations in soil moisture in containers are more pronounced.

This magical juniper

Junipers will look great on the slope, for example, strengthening the shore of an artificial reservoir. For this purpose, old tested varieties of juniper of the middle Pfitzeriana and Pfitzeriana Glauka (Juniperus chinensis Pfitzeriana Aurea, Juniperus chinensis Pfitzeriana Glauca) with golden and bluish-gray needles are suitable. Over time, they will grow and create a contrasting pattern in color. If site conditions permit, plant Juniperus scopulorum Skyrocket, Blue Arrow, Spring Bang, Wichita Blue rock juniper hedges. To make the fence dense, plant at least three pieces per meter, and, most importantly, choose the largest, adult plants for this purpose, because young specimens in our climate will not be able to form, over time, the characteristic dense candle-shaped crown. In a relatively short and cool summer, these plants will lay internodes that are too long, and the forming crown will be too loose and "decay". But a high-quality hedge made of such junipers (they will reach at least three meters in height) will delight and surprise you and your neighbors.

Heather family

A very good option for a pine plot is the cultivation of a heather garden. Calluna vulgaris is the Latin name for common heather. The plant belongs to the heather family - Ericaceae. The family has earned its name because of the property of heather twigs to break easily: translated from Greek, the verb ereike means "to break". Most of the species in the family are shrubs or shrubs. The most common planting option for these plants is to imitate the natural moorlands that still cover significant areas in Scotland, Poland, Germany, the Baltics and Belarus. In this case, heather's companions in the garden area become its classic natural companions - eriks, junipers, pines and other plants. The habitats of heathers in nature can be forests and steppes,and swamps, and the sea coast, and the tundra, but wherever they grow, the soil under them will always be depleted. It is very important to mention this, since the main feature of agrotechnical care for varietal heathers is built precisely taking into account their habit of living on soils with a nitrogen deficiency. The most important adaptation of plants of this family was their "cohabitation" (symbiosis) with fungi in the form of mycorrhiza. Mushroom filaments closely entwine the roots of heather, supplying them with nitrogen and other nutrients from the humus. Plants that do not have mycorrhiza die, despite the most careful care. Therefore, everyone who wants the wild heather purchased or brought from the forest to take root in the garden should take a walk in the neighboring forest for mycorrhiza. If you do not find Calluna vulgaris in the forest, do not worry:you can collect land among the thickets of its close relatives, such as blueberries or wild rosemary. Another defining moment when landing is lighting. Heathers are light-requiring, and this must be taken into account when planting. The soil mixture is prepared from turf, sand and peat. Don't forget to add the mycorrhiza brought from the forest! The best time of the year to plant heather is spring and early summer; the second option is late August or early September. Mulching is also an important agricultural technique when growing heather, and if you want to "aggravate" the decorative effect of planting, you can use colored mulching material, for example, dyed pine bark. You can combine heathers with any representatives of the same family, which include junipers; erika of various grades; decorative cranberry,as well as rhododendrons. When choosing the latter, you should think about how they will look together in an adult and flowering state, for example, varieties of rhododendrons with large flowers will overshadow the discreet beauty of heathers and look somewhat out of place. Heathers are very well combined with conifers, it is advisable to choose low-growing mountain pines, such as Gnome, Pumillio, Mugus or Lilliput. Selling varietal blueberries and blueberries are probably quite expensive for a person of average income, but growing them is a real pleasure for any gardener. Large flowers and especially ripe berries the size of cherries are still a curiosity among our gardeners. But these plants are also from the heather family and will grow well in a pine forest! Well, all that remains is to wish good health and 33 pines,and their wonderful owners, who did not raise their hand against the forest beauties. Successful neighbors from the world of plants to your pines, and to you - the joy of the observed beauty and abundant harvests!