The beautiful bed created by the hands cannot but be pleasing to the eye. If you wish to make such bed which would serve long time on the seasonal dacha, I advise to look narrowly at such strong materials as stones or bricks.
Before starting creation of bed, it is necessary to be defined for what plants you will do this bed what form and also whether at it there will be any decorative elements. Choosing stones, it is necessary to consider their structure as granite, for example, increases acidity of the soil, limestone - lowers therefore during creation of bed it is necessary to use granite minimum (garden plants prefer the subacidic soil). Dolomite, slate, basalt, etc. will be ideal for garden. You should not lose sight also of style of future composition. There are only five types of registration of beds of stones:
Rock arias. Composition basis - the massive stones located groups. As addition and giving of form to bed small stones are used. Most often rock arias build on open solar places and place in it exclusively thermophilic plants loving direct sunshine.
Alpine hill. This composition represents the small hill. During creation of this bed the main thing is to reach the maximum naturalness. Indispensable condition of the Alpine hill - presence at ready bed of small bushes.
Slope terrace. The composition consisting of several high thresholds set with bright colors and grass is called slope terrace. For its construction use, generally chipped stones.
Japanese garden. For creation of these compositions big stones, the majority of which is planted with moss, are used. Them have under kroner of trees, bushes in certain order, between them fill up free space with pebble.
Bed with border of stone. This composition - the most widespread composition among gardeners as is simple performed by. Everything that is required, it to lay out from stones (it is possible to use any) circle, rectangle or any closed figure to cover its space with earth and to plant any flowers at will.
How to lay out bed of stones
For creation of bed you will need flat wide stones about one size, shovel and fine gravel. First of all decide on form and the size of future bed and dig out trench of the necessary form about 10 centimeters in depth.
Further fill up this trench with gravel and start bed vykladyvaniye flat stones in chessboard order.
Continue to spread until reach the desirable height of bed. Stones if desired can be fastened among themselves with glue.