Each summer resident seeks to transform his site. Take the rainwater barrel, for example. It stands in a prominent place, and this place is always damp and unkempt. But it could be different! There are many plants that will willingly bloom in a "wet flowerbed" around such a barrel
If you come to the cottage just to relax, then a meadow lawn will suit you. You can't even call it a lawn - just a meadow with flowers. The dignity of a meadow lawn - it blooms all year round, its decorative effect is natural, and its care is easy
Each color has its beginning. Red has masculine, blue - feminine. Yellow - the transition from masculine to feminine. Green is a balance between light and darkness. Let's look at the role of color combinations in creating a harmonious garden
All sedums can be divided into two groups - not demanding on the soil and growing on sandy loam, and demanding - loving loam. The former include forms that form "carpets" pressed to the ground, and the latter are tall forms, as a rule, abundantly blooming
Both knowledge and experience are required to create a composition under the crowns of coniferous trees. And you need to start with a basic group of species, and over time, you will have your own unique set of plants for such a garden, as well as their unusual combinations
When planning your garden, consider how to entice birds and helpful winged friends. Rest assured that the labor of creating a garden with nectar-rich plants that bloom wildly in summer and produce brightly colored fruits in autumn and winter will pay off
Bells are used in any mixed plantings, since by their appearance they bring a piece of touching simplicity to any composition. Tall varieties are planted in the center of a flower bed or rabatka. Others, for example, Carpathian ones - look great under the crown of trees
By varying the combinations of various leaf textures, plant sizes, color schemes, beautiful compositions are created. The strong contrast gives the garden a touch of originality. By achieving a pleasant contrast, you get a spectacular floral arrangement
Sometimes gardeners, having received a plot, cut off all mature trees. What for? A shady spot under the trees can be a good resting place. Here you can create a spectacular flower garden that will become the centerpiece of your garden design
Flower beds are the most expensive and time consuming of all forms of landscaping. They are placed in the most prominent places, guided by a number of rules. The size of the flower garden should be proportional to the size of the landscaped area, structures and residential building
The front garden is perhaps the most ancient type of ceremonial landscaping of the estate in Russia. In the gardens, the space in front of the residential building has always been distinguished by deliberate splendor. Here lawns, flower beds, clipped hedges were placed
It is not an easy task to beautifully arrange a flower garden with different varieties of paniculate phlox. We will solve it with the following input: the length of the flower garden is 5 m, the width is 1.5-2 m. Simultaneous flowering in July-August is desirable. The main characters of the flower garden should be phloxes
The genus Driopteris includes about 150 terrestrial, mainly forest species. One of the most beautiful forest ferns is the male fern. Thick rhizome is clad with wide soft scales and remnants of leaf petioles
The spruce genus has about 45 species, and they all grow in our northern hemisphere. Half of these species grow in China. Of all this variety, two types are most often found on our plots - this is common spruce and prickly spruce - people call its bluish form "blue spruce". This is justified by both decorativeness and climatic resistance
The beauty of conifers is striking especially in winter. Certain types of thuja, cypress, spruce, yew and juniper are especially suitable for creating impenetrable green walls. They can be easily shaped to the desired shape
Thuja is a genus of the cypress family, represented by trees 12-18 m high, and shrubs of various heights. Leaves are scaly, in young plants - acicular. It is thuja of western North American origin and its numerous garden forms that are widespread in our zone. Frost resistance, resistance to strong winds, resistance to the smoky atmosphere of cities makes this type of thuja very attractive in landscaping
From time to time, woody plants are rejuvenated. Irga needs rejuvenation, shedding foliage barberry, hazel, sucker, hibiscus, kolkhvizia, privet, honeysuckle, chubushnik, spirea, lilac, viburnum, weigela and others
Conifers next to pinesThe 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
They look spectacular in rock gardens in groups and singly: due to the short stature and beautiful color of the needles, the Virginia Kobold juniper with bluish needle -like needles on top and green on the bottom gained great popularity ; juniper horizontal Wiltonii with small silvery-bluish needles
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Evergreen deciduous trees are often used for living fences. They form an impenetrable wall throughout the year; the straight line of such a fence gives the impression of being well-groomed, and the dark greens form a contrasting background against which other crops look good
Today, many people evaluate their garden-vegetable garden not only in terms of harvesting, but also often perceive it as a resting place where you can relax and just have a good time. And with this formulation of the question, it is not surprising that water in the garden, be it a pond, a stream or a swamp, is written quite often
Fences 1-2 meters high can be grown from ordinary boxwood - a shrub that does not shed its glossy leaves for the winter. Once a well-known plant, this plant is great for clipped and free growing living fences
Often, when summer residents are discussing the development of their site, they have a question: is it necessary to develop a design and plan their weave? It would seem, and so it is already obvious, where it is necessary to lay paths, where (to which nearest ditch) to divert water, what and where to plant
Another undoubted advantage of the mesh fence is that it practically does not shade the plants, and this is very important for ensuring their normal development.Most often, the netting netting is fixed in a metal frame made of steel corners
Everyone has their own paradise.For fifteen years now we have been developing our site of 20 acres. Like all other gardeners, summer residents, before our territory was always occupied by a vegetable garden, but now flowers have begun to crowd it
Reliable hedges guarantee privacy and safety for summer residentsFences are serious structures. They must be reliable, safe, provide a quiet privacy, defining the boundary of the site. Their purpose is to protect people and animals, add aesthetics to the garden, improve its microclimate, reduce noise and keep dust from passing vehicles
Brooks and springs in private plots are very rare, and the designer has the task of constructing an artificial water body. This object should naturally fit into the existing natural landscape. The owner of the site is lucky if there is a natural reservoir nearby, then the appearance of a stream is more appropriate, besides, it is much easier to build it
Create a stream using pond film. Create a stream using trays. Create a stream with concrete. Calculation of pump performance for a stream and waterfall
Imagine for a moment the seething water flow or the quiet murmur of a stream, which can give new sensations, new thoughts to a person and breathe life into the static appearance of your personal plot. The moving water on your site will become the center of the landscape composition, since it will be a dynamic and romantic element of the decor of the backyard landscape
After digging the pit, make sure that its bottom is horizontal, tamp the soil at the bottom and sprinkle sand on the soil with a layer of about 3 cm.In no case should you lay a film on the bottom of the pit - it will prevent water from leaving the soil from precipitation and irrigation, and as a result, water will accumulate under the mold, and after it freezes, the ice formed in winter will displace the mold
A rock garden is a special kind of garden in which evergreens are planted
The use of a reservoir as a pool requires a rigid structure that can only be made of concrete. First, a concrete bowl with ideally smooth walls with a thickness of at least 20 cm and a metal mesh frame is built in a dug pit. On top of the concrete bowl, geotextile is laid in the first layer, which protects the film from sharp roots and stones, and then the film
Tracks for vehicles are often made 3 m wide. In case of icing, they are an excellent skating rink, and when the ice melts - a pool. Jokes as a joke, but from day to day it is unpleasant to depend on the vagaries of the weather, and endlessly cleaning the paths is tiresome
A path, improperly planned, incorrectly and at the wrong time, can literally destroy the beautiful view from the window, negatively affect the overall landscape of the site. This warning applies not only to footpaths, but also to vehicle tracks
For many years there was a "blank spot" at our dacha. A complete picture of the area between the gate and the house did not form in the imagination. Initially, there was a funnel in this place from the time of the war. Then, for five years, it was used for storing sand, gravel, boards and other building materials
Service life determines the basisThe paths that serve as access roads to the parking lot and garage, connecting the main buildings on the site, are used with the greatest intensity. The larger the size of the plot, the more its transport lanes look like full-fledged roads
Design principles and material selection depending on the purpose of the trackTransport or footpathsRoads and paths of suburban areas are usually divided into two large groups, respectively, having a utilitarian and decorative purpose. The first group includes paths for which the maximum operational load is planned - the most frequently used by pedestrians and vehicles
The summer season, unfortunately, has already ended, and the impressions from it are very lively and colorful. For those whose life is connected with plants, it is always interesting to see new places with unfamiliar flora or to look closely at the already familiar ones, discovering something unusual in them
Experience in creating paths in the country from home-made tilesOh, these roads and paths … When we took the site - it was a real forest with trees up to 30 meters high. After grubbing, it turned out that there was no earth, only one clay, and the holes from the roots were immediately filled with water. A