Fantasy flower lovers are truly endless. Of several species of plants they create a unique fragrant flower beds, which are covered with flowers almost all the warm season.
It is quite natural that the majority of flowering plants long pleasing surrounding your holiday a special kind. But most gardeners dream of making their bed was the most colorful and decorative with the first warm denechki spring until late autumn.
Fulfill the dream of a - should set up a bed continuous flowering, that is for the whole season. However, such a flower bed - a serious matter and requires a responsible approach and informed decisions. That is, will have to strive a little.
Nuances of creating flower beds of continuous flowering
The first thing to do - is to determine the location, shape and area of the future flower bed. Beds can be round, rectangular or irregular shape, can be divided into small flower beds along the tracks.
The second important thing - should estimate their financial capabilities, ie, how much money is not a pity to allocate to create a flower garden.
We must remember that a ground cover composition and flower beds, consisting of annual plants, are the most expensive. Flower beds of perennials will cost much cheaper, although someone may seem not so bright and unusual.
Determine the answer to these questions, then you need to draw a diagram of the future flower bed, considering criteria such as the lighting space, the composition of the soil and the proximity of other plants.
Planning for future planting
To bed was beautiful and pleasing to the frost gorgeous flowers, an assortment of plants should be large. More expressive flower garden will be, if to consider in a flowerbed large color spots, consisting of plants of the same color.
For example, white chamomile pions, and large or raspberry phlox and noble lily. Singly planted flowers will not allow the integrity of the composition - a flower bed will "scrape" your eyes and look chaotic.
The second important point: Plants from the same period of flowering should be grouped in one place. Their distribution across the flowerbed shattering the track again.
Rational thing to do flower garden of perennial plants, which should be complemented with colorful annuals each year.
Spring-flowering perennials, suitable for flower beds - a bulbous (daffodils, hyacinths, crocus, muskariki) or roots and tubers anemone, hellebore, marigold.
Plants blooming in summer. Their list is very extensive - phlox, unsurpassed daylilies, lilies, garden geraniums, delphiniums, peonies.
And, of course, a flower garden can do without bells and lupine. Showy accent colors continuous beds will be annuals such as marigold, petunia, snapdragonand zinnias.
But the fall-blooming perennials should be given special attention. Queens beds will asters and chrysanthemums. A decorative cabbage, colchicum and stonecrops will be pleasing to the eye almost until frost.
But what about the winter? Coniferous shrubs and garden sculptures will help revive your favorite flowerbed, even in winter.
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