At any summer cottage, beautifully decorated flower beds play an important role. But sometimes situations arise when flower beds do not please the owners and require correction.
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Signs of an ugly flower garden that needs to be changed
The loss of decorativeness of flower beds can be due to several reasons:
- not satisfied with the combination of shades of planted plants;
- due to the excessive growth of perennials, the flower garden has lost the clarity of its contours;
- unaesthetic empty areas appeared on the flower bed;
- plants develop poorly, do not form lush greenery, do not please with abundant flowering.
The need to make changes to an already created flower garden may appear for other reasons. Do not completely remove the flower bed right away. You can put it in order without resorting to serious alterations, but using simple and affordable methods.
1. Correcting borders
Throughout the growing season, it is easy to tidy up the contours of the flower garden. If the old fence has lost its aesthetic appearance, then it is removed. The soil is dug around the perimeter. You can make a groove and install a new decorative fence using bricks, wood blocks, ceramic tiles, or even plastic bottles. The framing of plantings with an earthen roller looks good.
2. Shape change
Sometimes flower beds do not fit into the surrounding landscape due to their configuration. When making changes, remove excess flower beds or add missing parts. Usually, narrow elongated borders of stunted plants are created along the paths. In open places, the configuration of flower beds can be varied.
3. Weeding
Sometimes it is possible to quickly return decorativeness to the flower bed, simply by removing overgrown weeds from it. This procedure is carried out carefully, trying not to damage the flowering plants. After weeding, all the charm of multi-colored buds blossoming against the backdrop of greenery appears.
4. Adding missing accents
The flower garden may require changes if the tonality of the plants planted on it does not please. In this case, annuals are picked up in the spring, on which the buds appear gradually, providing a beautiful multicolored carpet until late autumn.
5. Top dressing
Noticing insufficient plant growth, their poor development, dull greenery, poor bud formation, it is necessary to feed. A special ready-made mixture is selected, which includes not only potassium, phosphorus, nitrogen, but also the most important minerals. You can use mullein infusion. The mineral complex combined with ash works well.
6. Filling bald spots
Having identified ugly empty spaces in the flowerbed in the midst of flowering in the summer, you need to fill them. Plants of suitable height and color with a developed root system are planted. You can even put flowers in pots on bald spots, which are buried for camouflage in the ground.
7. Creation of rockery
The original decor allows you to add beautiful large stones to a flower bed with perennials. They are laid in places where voids have formed. The result is a charming corner that attracts with its unusual decor.
8. Mulching
Decorating the soil surface helps to get an incredibly attractive effect even on a neglected or not very well-groomed flower garden. Crushed tree bark, openwork wood shavings or sawdust are used as mulch. Increasingly, pebbles painted in colors suitable for the general style appear on flower beds.
9. Decorative elements
Vivid details give even a modest landscape an amazing accent. The flower garden can be refined with a small fountain. A small sculpture that you can do yourself will add charm. If you can find a snag of an unusual shape in the forest, then after removing the excess and polishing it will perfectly decorate the flower bed.
10. Removing excess
When perennials are grown on flower beds, their excessive growth is often observed. This is manifested in the sloppy general appearance of the landings. It is important to systematically tidy up the flower bed by removing excess vegetation.
Its complete aesthetic image depends on the decor of the flower garden. With the timely correction of the noticed shortcomings, the flower bed becomes a real decoration of the landscape.
Do you know how to fix an ugly flower garden?
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