Let's look at the world through pink … flowers. Or at least let's create this pink world in our garden. Pink is the color of romantics, it gives hope and joy, adjusts to spiritual harmony with the outside world, calms, creates a feeling of comfort
In order for the grapes to grow and bear fruit in our northern orchards, they must be winter-, frost- and disease-resistant; the fruits must ripen in a short summer. These and many other qualities were transferred to their species and hybrids by Amur grapes
In early spring, when the remnants of snow are still lying, small lilac flowers of the liverwort - blue copses - are already making their way through the rags of last year's foliage. Her little blue eyes appear on the forest edges. This is a lively hello to spring - its most vigorous omen
The height of the peduncle of the "middle peasants" varies within 41 - 70 cm. For comparison, I can say that the height of the peduncle of tall bearded irises reaches one meter, and the height of dwarf irises is less than 40 cm
About 60 species of tulips grow on the territory of Russia. They are very diverse in the structure and color of the flower, in the height of the plant. Flowers are goblet and lily-like, simple and double, monochromatic and variegated, up to 13 cm long and up to 15 cm in diameter
Residents of Tsarskoye Selo and its guests watch with great pleasure how from year to year the floral decoration of our unique old parks becomes more elegant, sophisticated and romantic, visually transferring us to the brilliant 18th century - the century of the reign of Russian empresses - Elizabeth Petrovna and Ekaterina Alekseevna
The Russian willow is a low, up to 8 meters, tree often bent to the ground. It is distinguished by a lush crown of weeping branches, densely covered with long silvery-green slightly curled leaves along the edges. Morozov is not afraid, not demanding of soils
Sometimes it is necessary to move already fruiting trees to a new location. On a plot with a small area, this happens often, since, in an effort to use the area more efficiently, we often plant trees too close to each other, and then they have to be planted
The planting hole should be deep enough so that the top of the earthen coma is 3 cm below soil level. The width of the pit should be sufficient so that a clod of earth is surrounded on all sides by a layer of planting mixture 7-10 cm thick
Now there are such a huge number of species and varieties of willows that you can pick up plants from creeping forms to twenty-meter trees, with spherical and weeping crowns, green, silvery, spotted leaves, for any conditions, any size
It is very easy to create a holiday feeling in the garden from spring to autumn. It is necessary to plant balsams, viols, coleus, catharanthus, primroses, Drummond phlox, petunias in the flower garden. The main advantage of these flowers is decorativeness throughout the summer
Let's put together a small flower garden based on phlox. We will select other plants based on the requirements for phlox to growing conditions, so that they are also comfortable. Phlox are moisture-loving, demanding on soil fertility and lighting
Beautiful garden: hopes and disappointmentsCompleted landscape work in the country. The grass began to sprout on the lawns. I walk around the site, and my mood is getting worse and worse. Where are those tall hedges that designers have been talking about for so long?
The collection of "Northern Flora" has more than 500 species of perennial ornamental plants. Its peculiarity is that it is built according to the varietal principle. Nadezhda Fyodorovna collects all its varieties around each plant
Souls calm and thoughts are free flow …"Beauty will save the world" is an old, good saying, it has not lost its force today. Indeed, we so want to bring beauty, harmony and tranquility into our very hectic life. I really love my dacha. I
Types of decorative and floral designIn landscape design, various types of flower arrangements are common: lawns, flower beds, single plantings, rabatki, groups, borders, mixborders, massifs, green fences, vertical gardening, rocky hills. Each of these types of decoration has its own purpose and features when creating flower arrangements
Finally, an endless series of works related to the construction of a summer house, laying septic tanks and pipes, digging pits for various structures necessary for life in a house has been completed. Paths and drains are made. An alpine slide was created and planted. Trees and shrubs are planted. You can feel the youth of the plants, but the site already looks beautiful, well-groomed, pleasing to the eye and gratifying pride. But how long is it? What's next?
For three years, all members of our family have participated in the transformation of this corner of the dacha. Over time, a wonderful, in my opinion and in the opinion of my neighbors, front garden appeared, which I call the now fashionable word "patio"
Creating a lawn in peat soils, how to deal with drying out of a lawn in a peat bog and with weeds on it"Dear editors! I read Vladimir Stepanov's articles about lawns with great interest. I would really like to ask him as a specialist a few questions that are caused by the condition of the lawn in our country house
Stories of new plant species for St. Petersburg and RussiaStudying the history of the appearance of gardens in St. Petersburg, Tsarskoe Selo, you involuntarily immerse yourself in the activities of Peter I, unfamiliar to most of us, as an organizer and creator, a zealous owner of the first gardens
Types of decorative and floral designIt is better to arrange narrow ridges with one type of plant. Floral stripes of roses, peonies, asters, host, bells, salvia, dahlia are also good. There are many combinations of different plants. The surface of the double-sided ridges is made slightly raised towards the center
You can start right from the entrance to the site. Craftsmen can transform a wicket or gate with a wooden sculpture. Here you can meet "guardians of the place" in the form of stylized birds, horse heads, forestry and even mermaids on the bank of a small pond
If you sow buckwheat as a cover crop in the aisles of the garden under apple trees, between bushes of black and red currants, in flower beds, near paths as an ornamental plant, it will delight you with a white and pink carpet right down to the snow
A brief overview and characteristics of the most frequently used evergreen herbaceous plants in landscape design in the North-West region: tenacious, heuchera, iberis, aubrieta, saxifrage, cat's paw, lungwort, young, euphorbia, fescue, sedum
What Plants to Choose for a Northern Garden - Plants with an open and closed root systemSo it's time to think about planting material. Spring, sunshine, buds on trees swelled and leaves began to bloom, early forsythia and weigella flowers threw out …But how did they winter? W
I was especially interested in flowers, which I can't grow. This is a fragrant violet, dream-herb, gentian and the like. Many times I tried unsuccessfully to achieve the shoots of these lovely flowers, sometimes I succeeded, but the success was not fixed
OUR "GARDEN OF WATER"Our garden is located on the Karelian Isthmus. There are low places in it - this is a former swamp with a 1.5 meter layer of peat. Moreover, they make up most of the garden area. But there is also a sandy mountain
Several years ago I bought a black elderberry seedling from an amateur gardener. He called it "heart berry". Bearing in mind the healing properties of the plant, the gardener, without suspecting it, got to the point: the elder has won my heart. Don't ask why. Love for a particular plant is as difficult to explain as love itself. This feeling is irrational. Over the years, my unaccountable love for the elder did not pass, but only strengthened, enriched by the knowledge of this beautifu
Not all rhododendron species do well on our plots. But some of them are unpretentious, and one of them is the Canadian rhododendron. It is native to the wetlands of North America, and can grow in waterlogged areas, which are not uncommon in our country
How to create a beautiful garden using natural stonesThe Yakovlev family won the most prestigious competition of the year "Gardener-2005", announced by the Russian Union of Gardeners. Their plot in the Pavlovskoye-1 horticultural non-profit partnership (Pushkinsky district of St
The art of building gardens has been known to man since ancient times. Throughout all the epochs of civilizations, whatever the fashion and tastes of society dictated, the hands of creators-gardeners created gardens and parks, the fame of which has reached our time
Country style, or, in other words, "rustic" - the most free and democratic option of the whole variety of landscape solutions. This is a garden for those who like large, bright flowers in flower beds, flowering fruit trees, elegant vegetable beds, simple garden furniture, natural materials of garden paths
I had several tasks: to create a flower garden that would please the eye all summer; creating a multi-tiered composition; a selection of plants that will thrive in difficult climates
These lilies grow well on light, humus-rich soil with a slightly acidic reaction, moreover, covered with some kind of ground cover. Therefore, organic matter and lime are applied at least a year before planting. The bulbs are planted in September on the ridges
New non-standard solutions in garden designTime-tested traditional plant compositions and perfected over the centuries variants of small architectural forms for the garden enjoy unchanged success all over the world. However, neglecting the search for new solutions in the design of gardens is as foolish as refusing to write new poetry, citing the great poetic heritage of mankind
It is not easy to create any flower garden so that it is beautiful and harmonious, so something is being transplanted all the time: either there is not enough color, or the shape of the leaves does not harmonize with the neighboring plant, then suddenly somewhere an empty space was formed after the flowering of bulbous
I really love my garden. My husband and I have been engaged in its creation and annual improvement for eleven years. But in the past summer everything turned out so that even hands dropped, well, just a disaster! Half of all beauty was destroyed by snails
What could be more charming than an openwork cloud of greenery, decorated with multi-colored light daisies. Previously, such a cloud could be seen from the train windows near every road warden's house. Yes, and in the gardens they loved the cosmeya for her tenderness and unassuming
If you grow potatoes on the site, then it cannot be compared with a store one. The same can be said for all other cultures. But the greatest joy is brought to me by our garden, where flowers occupy a significant place
North wind gardenIn every gardening there are wonderful gardens, houses, amazing things created by human hands, on which the gaze rests and the soul rejoices.And this is not always your garden. For yourself, your beloved, your garden or vegetable garden is still very good: you put your strength, soul into it, you live next to it, and it is your favorite one