The word of "rock arias" has come from English "fate" - "rock". Rock arias it is quite popular as landscaping element – thanks to simplicity of the device it can be built also near solid mansions, and on the seasonal dacha. In compositions naturally connect beauty of plants and stones.
Sadovyi of rock arias, or the stony hill, on appearance is similar to rock garden: in such compositions elements are plants and stones. They differ from each other in relief arrangement and selection of plants. The rock garden should be placed on natural slope of the site, plants are used only Alpine.
Performance of composition in the English style assumes use of durable coniferous plants. For the European style create compositions from stone which on structure and filling are developed according to midland conditions.
The Japanese style – the emphasis on stones, hills are of granite blocks which are decorated with several bright strokes from plants.
Along with planning of arrangement of stones exterior the rock aria is created thanks to the correct selection of plants. For decoration of flower bed it is possible to choose any plants which, according to creators, will fit into landscape organically. Correctly picked up, they will make flower beds on stones elegant and beautiful at all seasons of the year.
What can be used in the rock aria
Hardly snow descends, crocuses and snowdrops wake up – they paint flower bed various bright shades. After them there comes the turn of blossoming of primroses, undersized tulips. Effectively look in the summer such plants as cat's claw and solntsetsvt, yaskolka, awl-shaped phlox. In environment of stones kamnelomk and pochvopokrovnik, seduma perfectly feel, threshed.
Rock arias in front of the house it is possible to execute from coniferous plants – they not only will effectively look on your site, but also emit essential oils which very favorably influence human health.
For decoration of compositions, small by the size, it is possible to use dwarfish plants: tiny thujas, evergreen junipers, beauties of fir-tree or pyramidal cypresses.
Not to break integrity of flower bed, plants should be selected so that they were similar among themselves in color, the size and form. Around plants the soil should be decorated gravel crumb, it is possible to use plain crushed stone or river pebble.