The rock-garden has come to us from Japan. It symbolizes silence, tranquility, confidence and hardness. Stones are perfectly combined with tree, water, greens of leaves therefore during creation of rock-garden they can be used too. All these components will perfectly add each other.
Before beginning arrangement of rock-garden, it is necessary to outline its borders. It is easy to make it normal rope which will be at each summer resident. The earth is skimmed approximately on 10 cm. The weeds which have remained in the soil need to be removed. The site prepared thus is dimmed by agrofibre. This reception will allow to constrain growth of weeds. On the covered material fill layer of sand and stamp. The following layer will be from crushed stone or pebble. It is also possible to use also pebble gravel.
That the rock-garden had the clear boundary and after rain did not blur in different directions, it is possible to establish low border from flag or other type of stone. When the basis of stony garden is ready, it is possible to start arrangement of boulders and small stones. Here, first of all, it is necessary to be guided by the intuition. After the done work to create additional effects, across all territory of stony garden it is possible to draw stains by means of rake or normal stick. It will create feeling of the movement of water, and stones will seem icebergs here.
If after completion of work on rock-garden it seems to you that here something is missing, it is possible to plant plants. But it is necessary to approach this question very carefully, attentively choosing saplings. Not all plants will be suitable for rock-garden.
First of all, in such garden succulents will perfectly look: cacti, threshed or seduma. Pochvopokrovniki or drought-resistant plants will find the place here too. Even from hvoynik it is possible to ought those which will perfectly fit into overall picture. These are, for example, mountain dwarfish pines, fir-trees, thujas or junipers. Different coloring of needles of these plants will make garden even more interesting. In stony gardens plant small bushes, the blossoming grassy plants which are characteristic of rocky and mountain places. Decorative cereals - some of the most suitable plants for such gardens.
But at arrangement of rock-garden it is important to know what plants has to be on minimum here, otherwise this place will lose the initial plan and will turn into normal garden of plants.