Shading area in the garden can be a good place for a flower garden, the main thing - to find the right decorative plants. On this subject today, and we'll talk.
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What is a shadow
In the garden area, there are places that are rarely peek of sun rays. In such areas, growers tend to lodge in the afternoon when the sun is most active. Shaded sitting area can be decorated with compositions of ornamental plants and groundcover.
With the establishment of ground cover, it can be difficult, because most of these plants need sufficient light. At this point, there is a lack of moisture, so such conditions are not suitable for all crops.
Nevertheless, the shadow can be different. It all depends on the object that obscures the site. It can be a conifer or deciduous tree, wall construction. The degree of shading affects the height and crown density, the size of the house. It also depends on how close the trees grow. She also affect the size of the house.
illumination Indicator:
- under the canopy of apple, pear, irgi, chokeberry - 5.10%;
- in infrequent planting - 30-60%;
- by separately growing trees 90%.
The degree of illumination can vary throughout the year and the day. If the trees grow densely in the area, in the winter for them will come 80% of sunlight in the spring - 30-50%, in a year - 5%.
Thick, dense shade
In the garden of the old apple trees provide shade, which grow close, irgi bushes, hawthorn, conifers. Often gardeners perplexed about plant selection for sites that are located on the north side of buildings. But even in such difficult conditions, can obtain the original composition of ornamental flowers. In this place will develop fully nard ordinary, Solomon's seal, uvularia, arisaema, tiarella, European Wild Ginger. On the north side of buildings on clay, moderately moist soil will look beautiful flower garden of the following plants:
- Anemone, zimovnika, snowdrops Scilla. their flowering period occurs at the beginning of March.
- Solomon's seal, geranium, luzula, arisaema. They begin to bloom in June.
- Volzhanka, hosts, Astilbe. Bloom during the summer.
- Black cohosh. Bloom in the fall.
To curb this place fit primrose, hosts Carex Siderosticta. From vines appropriate wrestler arcuate.
Almost all types of ferns are equally good feel, like in the shade, and on the illuminated area. However, it was in a shady place and quite moist soil greens looks much fresher and glowing with health. The most beautiful look in damp places planting ostrich fern, Dryopteris and Chistousov.
Plants for flower beds in the dense shade
Areas in the garden that are completely devoid of light, are often empty and vain, because in this place it is possible to organize quite a spectacular flower garden of Ariza, anemones, primroses, hohlatok, zubyanok glandular, hellebore, strausnikov, luzula, simplokarpusov smelly.
In the summer and autumn decoration flower garden can be a periwinkle, wild ginger, Carex Siderosticta, stonecrop pobegonosny, tiarella. Its central part can take Astilbe, Solomon's seal, Chistousov, Dryopteris, geranium, ostrich fern. At the end you can place nard, Volzhanka ordinary wrestler blue, black cohosh, luzula.
bright shadow
This shade trees provide a sparse crown, namely: mountain ash, cherry, plum, buckthorn. These trees have a shallow root system, which means that their tree trunks must dig infrequently.
This location is ideal for borders with plants that exhibit decorative and medicinal properties. The rectangular narrow flower bed may consist of Melissa officinalis, lilies, peppermint klopogona, lupine.
In unconsolidated drained soils thrive daffodils, tulips, lilies, lungwort, daylilies. At this point, we get a nice ground cover form lilies omphalodes spring, woodruff. With regard to the primroses, phlox and Astilbe, such conditions are not suitable for them, because they need moisture.
Penumbra
This shadow is observed in areas where the sun's rays shine either morning or evening, with the east and west sides of buildings, on the fringes. A slight penumbra is considered the most favorable place for different cultures that delight the eye with beautiful blooms.
When choosing plants for flower beds in the shade, it is necessary to take into account the duration of flowering, so the preference is to give perennials.
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