Flower beds give the finished look to landscaping of garden, the site, house adjoining territory. Even on small plot of land it is possible to create effective bed, pleasant the magnificent furniture, brightness of paints and greens of foliage.
Instruction
1. When choosing the place for creation of bed consider the overview and illumination of the territory. Effectively the flower beds located on sunny side look. Plant shade-loving plants on lawns under trees and along North sides of houses. That flowers have not lost the charm, do not disseminate them through all site, and choose several suitable platforms for creation of geometrically outlined beds. Vertical flower beds are suitable for front gardens near the house, on crossings of paths, on entrance to garden. Decorate short flights of stairs, terraces and the territory along garden paths with irregular seasonal beds.
2. Define form of future flower bed, considering features of landscape. Try to choose such geometry of bed that it corresponded to the general design of the territory. If necessary designate borders. It can be done by means of borders, natural stones, grid, grid, wooden paling and billets of wood.
3. Pave the way for planting of flowers. From that place where the bed is planned, remove weeds together with roots, by means of shovel skim the turf. Add sand to heavy clay soil, and easy mix with stone powder (betonity) or clay. Enrich the earth with nutrients. For this purpose bring manure, compost and mineral fertilizers. Well mix the earth, spill warm water and loosen with pitchfork or shovel. Now the soil is ready to planting of flowers.
4. Choose plants for your bed. Treat this step very seriously, the periods of blossoming are usually rather short. That the bed remained bright long time, pick up plants with different time and duration of blossoming. Arrange high and undersized plants so that small flowers have appeared in the foreground, and extended – along fences and walls. Do not try to land as much as possible different types on one bed and consider that the adjoining flowers have to have similar requirements to the habitat. That the bed looked not only bright, but also harmonious, choose the coloring combining with each other. Observe intervals between plants, do not put them too closely.
5. Take care of flowers on your bed: in due time delete weeds, cut off the dried-out inflorescences and leaves. Water as required the soil and irrigate the top furniture of flower bed by means of the spray. You make fertilizing by mineral fertilizers once a month.