One of popular elements of landscaping is the garden arch. It is used for ornament or differentiation of the homestead territory. Most often arches are decorated trudging with flowers and plants.
Types of garden arches and councils for their installation
The garden arch most often represents design from two vertical support with arc-shaped, direct or triangular crossbeam.
Usually arches do of tree, metal, plastic, stone or the mixed materials.
In support form the garden designs can be made in look:
- arches;
- pergolas (volume arch from the repeating elements connected among themselves);
- lanes (wood framed structure);
- assemblies of irregular shape.
The garden arch can be made independently or to get already ready in specialized shop. During the choosing or production of arch it is necessary to consider number of important points.
In height the construction has to be about two meters or above that under it with ease there could pass person of high growth. The arch is higher, the vozdushny more gracefully it looks.
In width the arch has to be not less than 1.2 - 1.5 meters. It is necessary in order that climbers did not create effect of neglect that can occur in narrow construction.
The framework has to be strong and that is important esthetic. The beautiful arch pleases not only during blossoming season of the plants curling on it, but also in cold season.
One more moment: the arch has to fit into the general design of garden and to serve as its addition and ornament, but not to look as foreign design.
Besides the arch zones the territory, carries out option of lamp poles and is the vacation spot.
This design can be established before entrance to garden or just before gate, inviting to pass on the territory. The pergola can be established over path in garden that it formed natural tunnel of one part of the site in another.
As for material of which do arches, the metal design is the strongest and reliable. However it has one serious shortcoming – susceptibility of corrosion therefore support need to be processed special structure against rust.
The tree will also be suitable for production of garden arch. It is for this purpose better to take bar or the raw wood. It is less durable, but design more eco-friendly and pleasant to eye.
Simpler and budgetary option – arch from plastic. It easily is established, is not subject to corrosion and wreckers.
The concrete, laid-out by stone or tile platform can serve as the base for garden arch. The simplest option of the base – normal soil.
Plants for garden arch
For decoration of garden arch great option are climbers.
The curling perennials (pletisty rose, honeysuckle, grapes, clematis, the Chinese magnolia vine) will make your arch the main decoration of garden.
Also the arch can be decorated with such annual plants as hop, sweet pea, ivy, the curling nasturtium.
It is possible to decorate arches as the blossoming plants, and "vyyuna" with magnificent greens and decorative fruits. By means of arches, lanes or pergolas the plants are given the desirable form, decorating garden with original compositions.
It is important to select the plants suitable to your weather conditions. For example, in cold season some grades of the trudging roses are recommended to be covered.
Pletisty roses are classical option for decoration of garden arches. Their undoubted pluses – beauty of flowers, simple leaving, the long period of blossoming and resistance to droughty weather. It is just necessary to plant bush in the basis of arch and over time to direct and tie long stalks to design. Wooden arches are suitable for roses better, gentle stalks can seriously suffer from contact with metal.
The ivy is ideal for those who love the gazebos twined greens, but do not want to spend time for care for plants. He is very unpretentious, differs in smart dense green cover, but has one shortcoming – slow growth.
Grapes - the most widespread culture which is put as climber. It is possible to use different grades of grapes, but for decoration of arch maiden grapes will become the ideal decision. It is enough to put of him at edge of arch, and over time it "will independently scramble" on design. He is very unpretentious in leaving, has magnificent foliage which especially beautifully looks in the fall.
If your dream – the bright blossoming garden arch, stop the choice on clematises. Their bright large flowers look really magically, and the period of blossoming is equal to 4-5 months. However they are quite whimsical and demand thorough leaving.
On what option you would not stop, the garden arch is excellent ornament which will be made by your site cozy and beautiful.