The Alpine hill – one of trends of landscaping which will effectively recover the seasonal dacha. The main thing in its arrangement is to observe style canons, to competently pick up the place and vegetation for so bright element of country decor. Of course, it is possible to address the professional designer, however the Alpine hill made with own hands will please your look much more.
Instruction
1. Pick up the successful place for the Alpine hill. It is important to think over approaches to it in advance, the provision of footpaths and transitions and also to consider the fact that it has to be looked through well at a short distance. East direction and well lit site will become ideal option of its arrangement. The indispensable condition of competent forming of future composition is observance of minimum heights of the hill – not less than a meter, otherwise at you it will turn out rock arias, but not rock garden.
2. Think over hill basis – roughness of relief and arrangement of stones. The last have to differ in the form. And various colors have ideal option when pebbles belong to different types of rocks. They can be bought easily, or to gather somewhere. However it is necessary to know that granite oxidizes the soil, and limestone has negative impact on growth of plants. Optimal variant – sandstone.
3. Start direct laying of stones. It is necessary to begin with the largest. Lay them on hill perimeter, having unrolled the wide party down. In rock garden it is necessary to fill up drainage that water in it did not stand. As drainage layer have well proved beaten brick, haydite, bank sand.
4. Fill the earth in rock garden from above of drainage to the level of stones. Carefully stamp everything and water it is abundant water.
5. Lay out the following number of stones. Continue to stack them to the very top of the Alpine hill. There is no accurate scheme therefore safely show imagination, having given to rock garden any outlines. The main thing that it reminded the real mountain and had quite natural appearance.
6. Make so-called "pockets" - it is the sites on the hill filled with the earth. In them there will also be plants. For this purpose take stones and lay out them on perimeter of the small site on the hill, and then cover with earth.
7. Land in plant "pockets". That the hill was really Alpine, but not just decorative, give preference to wild-growing plants. They look quite naturally, and once again emphasize beauty of stone. It is abundant the blossoming plants, on the contrary, will hide appearance of the hill. Dwarfish coniferous trees, sedums, junipers, edelweiss, the Carpathian hand bell, decorative wormwood, lavender, the Alpine forget-me-not will be ideal.
8. Water the hill after landing of plants. Besides, will be useful to bring small amount of fertilizers. The Alpine hill made with own hands is ready! It was necessary only to look after it competently. Abundant watering, regular loosening of soil and cleaning of weeds is at first recommended.