Landscaping a garden plot is not uncommon implies an alpine slide. Despite its simplicity, it can drastically transform the gardening area. How to design your own rock garden and where it is better to equip? All this in our publication.
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Choosing a place for an alpine slide
So you have planned to create in the area of mini-wildlife area, which is called a rock garden. Before we get down to business, pay attention to the choice of location. Note the following:
- Hill should be viewed from any corner of the garden.
- Place in the rock garden should be well publicized, the presence of tall trees that shade it is not welcome.
- Preferably, the rocky slide was protected from the wind.
- Depending on what style decorated section, a rock garden can consist of a variety of plants.
Landscaping includes many styles of design gardening area, where there are elements of desert landscaping, rocky gardens, bridges, decorative ponds. All of them need to be combined with a rock garden. Write it in your garden - quite a feasible task. If you want to build a pile of his own, you will have to follow step by step diagrams and photos. However, the advantage of self-work is evident - you do not have to draw a landscape architect and pay for his services.
Alpine hill training
As soon as the chosen place for rock garden layout, you can take on his creation. Note that it should not be located near the perennial plants (trees and bushes), because they will soon overshadow the plants that grow on it. It is also important that the site was dry. The high level of the deep waters can be the reason that the life of slides markedly reduced. To lower it suitable drainage system.
Drainage under the alpine hill with their hands (walkthrough)
- The initial step is to dig a pit (a minimum depth of 0.8 m). Its size must match the area of hills. Beforehand you need to partition, set pegs and pull cord. The more reliable drainage, the longer the period of service of the rock garden.
- Excavated hole should be filled with gravel, pebbles, brick fragments (layer to layer). Each of the layers to shed water. Above should stacking mixture of gravel and sand (thickness 5-10 cm). It will also have to pour water and compacted.
- The soil that was removed when digging the pit, must be cleaned from the roots, rocks and debris. Next, it is necessary to lay on top of the drain. Begin laying allowed after the soil will shrink. It is desirable to carry out such work in the fall to the ground during the winter settled in vivo.
- Once the base will shrink, you can install a supporting structure. The intended scheme of building a roller coaster need to shell out massive stones (on the perimeter). To deepen them in the ground to a minimum of 60% by volume. Small items should be arranged so that under the influence of rain, they were not podmytuyu. Between the stones have to save space, which will take ornamentals.
The circuit arrangement of an alpine slide his hands
In the period until the soil shrinks, it is to do charting, to determine the place where will be located the boulders and stones, to pay attention to the choice of plants. Prepare material for future rockeries.
You will need:
- natural stones, in particular pebble;
- coarse sand;
- ornamental plants (flowers, shrubs, small trees);
- sphagnum moss.
Creating rockeries resettlement scheme, keep in mind that its construction is carried out at a height of 1-3 m.
Tip!If the rocky hill is situated at an altitude of more than 1 meter, it is important to provide the core.
for rock rocks choose correctly
For rockeries usually uses natural stones and rock. This can be granite, basalt, sandstone, limestone, rare species which are characterized by small porosity and high strength. But as tuff, limestone and dolomite, the stones of these rocks to create a composition is not suitable. The thing is that they are actively absorb water quickly and lose their original appearance.
When choosing a garden of stones need to pay attention to their shape and color. From those that have a rounded shape and sharp edges should be avoided. Stones of different colors suitable for alpine gardens created in a certain style.
Classic rock garden provides for the use of copies of the same species, but different shapes. Lay them necessary so that the stones in place Ferris had a presentable appearance. If there are items with defects, they should be hidden, it is sufficient to lay them down the damaged areas. They need to be placed in a chaotic manner, so the use of non-natural stone blocks and boulders should be discarded.
Alpine slide his hands selection of plants
Choosing plants should be considering what style you plan to design a roller coaster. Their choice is also influenced by its location. If the site is sunny, it is appropriate to plant the plants on the hill, which are characterized by resistance to drought. For the classical version suitable mini-trees and shrubs, perennial grasses, and flowers. Fill rockeries can be lavender, geranium, lumbago. Rocky hill - ideal for melkolukovichnyh plants planted in groups. It can be crocus, dwarf tulips, grouse, hyacinths.
Flowering melkolukovichnyh plants in the spring. During this period the slide does not yet have the appropriate type, but soon out of the snow one can see the bright chic crocuses. The composition has a presentable appearance, it is important to plant her perennials that bloom in different periods.
Thus the rock garden will captivate your views from spring to autumn. It should also focus on plant height. If they are too tall, it will begin to oppress dwarf plants and adversely affect their development. Vivid copies need to bring to the fore, in the review area. Essential elements of rockeries become mini-trees. Softwood are ideal firs, junipers, pines. Such plants can have different shapes and crown design rockeries fit well.
As an ornamental flowering shrubs suitable rhododendrons, blueberries, cranberries. Most perennials - this saxifrage, daylily, reeds drooping.
Tip! Equipping rockeries, it is necessary to include in the composition of decorative foliage plants that do not lose their ornamental species even without flowers.
How to properly care for the rock garden?
Initially (in the first year) will have to enclose the ground periodically, which washed away as a result of irrigation and rainfall. If there is a need for the construction of the stones need to be strengthened. To such manipulations were performed correctly, should be guided by the photos and videos.
Plant care is reduced to the timely watering, elimination of withered flowers, leaves with defects pruning. During the season, they need to fertilize several times, using the appropriate dressing. By means of nitrogen-based will have to give up because they activate the growth of plants. This phenomenon is undesirable on the hill.
Suitable for watering hose or a special watering. If the stones are unsteady, they need to be strengthened. Do not be amiss to processing plants against pests. If there are those who are faced with illness and treatment can not be, they will have to remove and replace the soil in place, which they previously occupied. At the time of transplant is recommended to treat the plants Appin. The preparation of such a plan will help the plants to go from a state of shock.
Alpine slides in landscape design
Rockery garden - decorative composition which looks beautiful in combination with a pond, a bridge, a lawn. Create a masterpiece on your site is easy. Main -Have at hand diagram, the relevant materials, plants and, of course, a great desire to create and translate into reality his plan.
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