Serve as the place of strength of gods in the Japanese tradition of scattering of stones. Stones in such places serve as worship subject in traditions of this country that in turn promoted emergence of such concept as "rock-garden".
Basic rules of creation of rock-garden
Rocks, stones, sacred hills are the main heroes of the Japanese epos; stones are spiritualized, allocated with special characteristics. Among boulders well it turns out to clean memory from bad thoughts, to meditate and reflect.
In design of the Japanese stone garden there are rules to which it is necessary to adhere strictly. The basic from them – the rule of arrangement of stones of "essence-isi". In classical Japanese rock-garden there have to be 15 stones and they have to settle down so that from any point one of them was not visible. It is quite difficult to achieve it, but it is necessary. The rock-garden does not need ornament and what - that frame. In it there should not be nothing changing, this garden in itself has unusual hypnotic beauty and force. Stones for the Japanese rock-garden it is also necessary to select special: impressive and monumental, with naturally disappeared surface, moss-grown to strengthen impression of firmness of times.
As most to create rock-garden at the dacha
Considering that the classical Japanese rock-garden is quite difficult for reconstruction, on the seasonal dacha it is possible to create rock arias. This stony garden is quite popular, at the same time is beautiful and it is quite simple to issue it. Any stones will be suitable for its creation. Main rule: they have to be one structure. Depending on landscape, it is possible to use smooth river boulders, limestone, granite, tufa. At the heart of composition there have to be several big and average boulders, it is undesirable to use small stones. Before beginning to create rock arias, it is necessary to draw its plan on paper and to decide on location. For stony garden the looked-through place in garden is chosen ceremonial, well lit and from all directions. In the basis the rock aria it is necessary to remove weeds, to stamp the earth and to mark arrangement of stones. Then in this place it is necessary to remove the earth, to make deepenings and foundation of the stony hill to lay film to avoid germination of weeds. In the beginning large boulders keep within, intervals between them are covered with earth. Then stones give all the best less, the cycle is repeated. The last stage – planting of plants. Seedling for the rock aria needs to be picked up and grown up in advance. Plants should not hide beauty of stone. Creeping decorative and deciduous plants will be more preferable: junipers, kamnelomk, sedums, silverweed. In the basis the rock aria the host can land, bergenia. It is desirable to select plants for blossoming cycle that they replaced each other. Blossoming of primroses: the glade, crocuses, tiny tulips will replace blossoming of the Carpathian hand bells, sedum, plumose carnation; in the fall the relay will be picked up by autumn flowers: asters, autumn crocuses. Carefully thought over, with love the issued stony garden will become decoration of the site for many years, will give good mood and to cause admiration of guests.