For registration of sites use different options of flower beds: miksborder, rock arias, jobs, borders. The most popular decision - beds of various form. They not only give to landscape completeness, but also facilitate care for plants.
Beds and flower beds: about difference of concepts
Some beginning gardeners consider that flower bed and bed – synonyms. However it not so, bed – one of types of flower beds. It is especially popular in city gardening, in private gardens meets less often. The main signs – accurately outlined contours and protection (plastic border, beaten brick, concrete curb, wooden chocks or low grid). The protection has to be combined with the general registration of landscape. For example, shod grids or stones of the correct form will be suitable for garden in Old English style, fence bed in patio with brick or ceramic plates. Near the classical rural house the fence from chocks or small wattle fence organically looks.
Usually the surface of bed is slightly raised above the ground. The form can be any – round, oval, triangular. Most often for registration annual plants or seasonal flowers (tulips, narcissuses, roses) are used. Sometimes by means of multi-colored plants the interesting drawing is created: concentric circles, strips, spirals. Beds can be located on lawn, the space around them is frequent pave, asphalt or gravel.
Types of flower beds
All flower beds (including beds) are divided into regular and irregular. The first – bright sign of park gardening. All plants planted in such flower bed blossom at the same time, sometimes they alternate with dekorativnolistvenny forms. Correctly issued regular flower beds have to keep decorative effect as long as possible, ideally continuous blossoming continues all season.
Irregular landings do not submit to such strict canons. Here it is possible to meet the flowers blossoming in the early spring, in the summer and in the fall, the plants over time losing decorative effect mask higher or branchy copies.
Flower beds divide also in form of landings and the place of their placement. In private gardens the jobs bordering paths are very popular. The job can consist of annual plants or perennials, tiny and tall plants are suitable for it. Usually several species of flowers in in the harmony gamma are chosen. The miksborder has more free appearance. It is similar to job, but for registration use more wide choice of plants. Very beautifully the combination of flowers, dekorativnolistvenny plants and herbs looks.
In separate category it is possible to take out borders. It is the narrow strip from plants bordering beds, beds, lawns, miksborder. Any undersized plants with magnificent greens will be suitable for creation of such color strips: awl-shaped phloxes, hoy, salviya, petunias.
Original option for garden – rock arias. It is the composition uniting large stones and various plants: flowers, herbs, undersized bushes and even dwarfish trees, deciduous or coniferous. Some rock arias imitate natural landscape – hills with ledges, stony taluses. It is possible to include in composition also reservoirs: small ponds, streams and even mini-falls.