Parterre, Park, Meadow Lawns - 1

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Lawns are dense, uniform, carefully leveled and resilient stands of one or more sod-forming plant species. In French, gazon means turf. Lawns are an excellent backdrop for a variety of woody, shrub and flowering plants.

The famous Russian specialist in ornamental plant growing F. F. Demyur pointed out that nothing enhances the beauty of plants like a green carpet. It is necessary that the green of the lawn is not varied, or at least that it is composed of the most delicate and most suitable herbs. He emphasized that no matter how beautifully the garden is cleaned, if the lawns do not take up most of the space in it, it never makes the full effect.

Types of lawns:

Parterre lawns

The very name "parterre lawns" is the lawns of ceremonial, clearly represented front viewing places. They are created to decorate the most critical areas in forest parks, parks, gardens and squares.

Parterre lawns require a very careful approach to their creation and need constant care, they are usually arranged in ceremonial, well-observed places. The highest requirements are imposed on the parterre lawn:

• It must be uniform and maintain a high decorative effect throughout the season.
• Weeds are unacceptable on it.

The lawn will look very original, on which you can place various retaining walls, curbs, garden lamps, ponds, alpine slides and much more.

Various compositions of evergreens look especially impressive, first of all, various types of thuja, juniper and other conifers.

Grass stands on parterre lawns must be kept in excellent condition. Single-species crops are better suited to the parterre lawn, rather than grass mixtures. In America, Canada, Finland and Sweden, the decorative qualities of the meadow bluegrass Poapratensis are highly valued. In Europe, they use high-quality seeds of its varieties Baling Opal, Stola, Kompact, Barzan. These grasses form the perfect green carpet of fine, delicate grass that is resistant to mowing, cold and disease.

Good taste, a sense of proportion, understanding of the general harmony, beauty of the ensemble and the predetermined nature of the destination, of course, allow you to avoid unnecessary piles, chaos, disharmony when decorating lawns. If it is necessary to decorate parterre lawns, the total area of flower beds should occupy no more than 20-30% of the area. Ensembles and mosaics should be low and solid. The parterre lawn should evoke a sense of solemn simplicity and at the same time splendor.

Park lawns

Park, landscape gardening or ordinary lawns are the most common type of grass cover in suburban green areas, forest parks, park compositions, inter-block green complexes, squares. They are much more economical than parterre lawns, although they also need good-quality and timely care. These are perennial lawns, usually formed from various grass mixtures. Most of the grass cover in these areas, as well as on private property, is ordinary lawns. They are inferior to parterre lawns in decoration and do not need such careful maintenance. Requirements for such a lawn: it must be resistant to drought, mechanical damage and other adverse factors.

For these purposes, grass varieties are used, a significant proportion of which is Festuca nibra red fescue, which is distinguished by its vitality and wide ecological adaptation. The varieties Tatiana, Cascade, Bingo are very promising. An important component in ordinary garden and park lawns is perennial ryegrass Lolium perenne. This loose-growing fast-growing cereal forms a lawn cover in a short time, due to which its share in the grass mixtures accounts for up to 40%, sometimes in the form of a set of several varieties Entrar, Loretta. For this type of the lawn in a small amount (10-15%) are also used Poa pratensis and Agrostis capillaris Highland.

Often ends in failure to create a lawn coverage in shaded areas. In these conditions, very rare and weak vegetation appears, strongly oppressed by the lack of light. Over time, it turns yellow and almost completely disappears. To maintain the decorativeness of the sod cover in such places, grass mixtures are used, consisting of shade-tolerant species and varieties. Half must be Committee, 10% Vein. It also includes pasture ryegrass Belied - 30%, as well as meadow bluegrass or bent bent - about 10%. Be sure to use sheep's fescue, in particular, its Tirmula variety.… It is undemanding to soil moisture and fertility and withstands some shading. The permissible growth of grass on such lawns is up to 4–6 cm. The grass must be beautiful, green, clean, even and sufficiently uniform.

The advantages of grass mixtures are as follows: different types of herbs in terms of their ecological and biological properties have different requirements for growing conditions, and therefore the natural features of a particular area are used much more widely and fully. A thicker and denser sod is formed, as well as a denser and denser grass cover (herbage). In addition, mixed lawn grass stands are characterized by increased resistance to unfavorable environmental factors, that is, not all components of the grass stand will be adversely affected by strong changes in daily temperatures, prolonged droughts, prolonged flooding or flooding of areas, trampling.

When selecting grasses to create mixed grass standsbiological types of plants should be taken into account. For example, loose shrubs grow better on heavy soils, and under these conditions are considered the leading components of lawn grass mixtures. Loose bush sod-forming grasses form a loose, but evenly growing sod. And dense bush varieties form an excessively dense turf and an uneven hummocky herbage of low decorative qualities. Rhizome grasses (bent grass, creeping wheatgrass) do not create dense, continuous turf and are intended for light soils, where the processes of vegetative renewal are more successful. Rhizome-friable grasses, for example, meadow bluegrass, grow on heavy and light soils. They form fairly uniform, tightly closed grass stands and firm turf.

Meadow lawns

Meadow lawns, as a rule, occupy significant areas on the territory of forest parks, large city parks and form the basis of the so-called meadow parks. Often, these lawns are formed on the basis of the natural meadow vegetation available in a given place through its reconstruction and reclamation.

The purpose and purpose of meadow lawns is to highlight individual colorful lakes, ponds, canals, picturesque groves and curtains.

The assortment of sod-forming plants used to create meadow lawns is extensive and varied. It includes all types of grasses recommended for parterre and park lawns, as well as a number of types of riding grasses and legumes. The grass stand of meadow lawns is complex in composition and structure and is designed for minimal maintenance. That is why such lawns must be natural and natural looking. Meadow lawns play a great aesthetic role, are of great sanitary and hygienic and even economic and economic importance.