How to plant trees and shrubs in pergola

How to plant trees and shrubs in pergola

Pergola – the easy construction invented in ancient times by Romans. It is simple support with columns and overlappings, it is installed separately on the site or about house wall. Undoubtedly, it needs to be decorated with climbers, flowerpots or coniferous cultures.

The pergola has no roof, this construction will not protect from rain, but will become the wonderful place for family lunches and privacy. For gardening of this air design choose lianas, ampelous plants, hvoynik and even bushes. 

Flowerpots and cachepot with ampelous plants

As soon as the pergola is constructed, it needs to be decorated at once. But lianas grow rather slowly therefore in the beginning it is possible to improve construction flowerpots with ampelous plants. Saturated dark green color will provide ivy, holorofitum and cissus, plants with brown and white streaks will become also fine choice: zabrina, singonium, scindapsus. And if you want the gazebo to be decorated by magnificent flowers, choose to Hui, surfiniya, geranium, alissum. On South sides of pergola it will be comfortable to rhipsalis, succulents and decorative sedums.

Annual plants for decoration of pergola

For gardening of pergola it is possible to choose also annual plants, but they will please only in the spring, in the summer and in the fall and as soon as there comes cold weather, flowers will die. But thanks to them it is possible to create unique abundance of flowers, shades and smells. Annual plants quickly grow, and in several weeks the pergola will be decorated with magnificent greens. Decorative haricot, nasturtium will be suitable for ornament kobeya, ipomeya, dolikhos. 

Long-term climbers

The best jewelry for pergola, than clematis, kampsis and pletisty roses, it is difficult to think up. The clematis is loved by many flower growers, this liana quickly grows, and its escapes reach 10 meters. But it is better to choose unpretentious and frost-resistant grades. Pletisty roses demand moderate watering, love sunshine and quickly grow, braiding support. Kampsis concedes to rose and clematis in number of grades and variety of shades of inflorescences. But behind it difficult leaving is not required, it is enough to water and cover roots from the sun.

Near pergola it is possible to plant bushes: laurels, myrtle, box, zhester, filbert and euonymus. To enjoy pleasant and unostentatious aromas, having a rest in pergola, choose jasmine, lilac, barberry or rose. The festive look will turn out thanks to hawthorn, veygela, silverweed, hydrangea and forzition. Some gardeners decorate designs with raspberry, felt cherry, cornel, blackberry, dwarfish prolific trees. 

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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