How to create on your site in a conifer garden

They are good in and of themselves, and in the company of other "green neighbors".



Want to trust them with a major role in the design of the suburban area — read our tips.

 

 

Write a conifer garden For the implementation of such exciting ideas need conifers of different types, shapes, heights and even shades. It is the variety of textures will allow to play interesting garden effects and to fully Express their own imagination.
 



If the site is located on a slope, it can be turned into a giant Alpine slide. This top-down "pull" a garden path connecting any two objects — a house, a gazebo, a deck or a cozy bench.



Want to make it bulk – use gravel or fine gravel, securing the sides with wooden blocks, treated with an antiseptic. Like to jump on the stairs, pitch stairs from tiles of natural stone. On both sides of this symbolic boundaries in a random order place the gems by grouping large boulders and stones of smaller size.

Important: the Foundation this time not necessary, because conifers — not "Alpine" and do not require boarding "training".

Preparing a "disposition", planted between the stones of various conifers, placing them so that taller plants do not overshadow the "kids". When deciding on the selection of candidates, give preference to compact and slownoralusin forms of ephedra. Representatives of a miniature creeping plant forms so that over time they "rippling" over the rocks, forming beautiful cascades.

Free spacesthat remain after all the planting, over mulch with pebbles, gravel or shredded bark.

Decorative stone of the "Sea-harbour" (by kekkilä) — ideal for decorations and mulch. Reliably protects the surface from weeds, and the soil from drying out.

Tip: to the garden always looked neat and didn't cause much trouble under the filling be sure to lay the geotextile, to prevent the emergence of weeds. Keep in mind that this "garden" will require quite a lot of plants, but, believe me, the result is worth it. We recommend you to pay attention to juniper (flake, Chinese, Cossack and sylvestris), spruce (prickly, glaucous, Konica and "bird's nest"), arborvitae (Western and globulus), pine mountain, cypress gorokhovoy, yew berry.

Important: do not forget that in the spring "prickly Pets" need to be protected from bright sunlight.

Korean fir "Silverlock" ("BEST") is a dwarf variety of Korean fir, which is a special decorative effect is called "Silver curls", — has excellent resistance to frost, likes full sun and partial shade, but does not tolerate severe winter winds.



A great addition to the "pine garden" will be the ceramic figures and the dumping of decorative bark, but that's about flowering plants it is better to forget this "interior" they just will not fit.



 
The only exception is small "Islands" of spring bulbs that will enliven the landscape in the beginning of the season. Conifers work very well with the hosts (in the foreground) and guiherme (center photo):



 

 

Possible options Garden "fancy" direct participants which will be conifers, can be very diverse. For example, a picturesque hedge of arborvitae, which perfectly cope with the role of the garden walls and will help effectively to stress separate areas of the site.



From miniature conifers can make a border for a garden path leading from the house to the gazebo or deck, and creeping varieties of coniferous plants, Alpine garden. Besides the "main characters" you'll need stones, gravel and flowering "Alpine" — to create color accents.



"Playing" with different kinds of pine trees, create a miniature Heather garden. It will be based on heathers and Erica, but coniferous accents play a role. Adorable forest area compose directly on the lawn or in the middle of the paved area, hiding it in a specially shielded module. For these purposes, you will need spruce or pine placed in the center of the composition, and the beautiful "carpet" of wild lilies of the valley — a worthy backdrop for "green hedgehog".

Wanted exotic — arrange the plot a mushroom plantation! For example, the area for cultivation of oyster mushrooms can be very decorative, if you decorate it with driftwood, wild Lily of the valley and planting pine trees. And for a miniature Alpine landscape will take several of the mountain pine trees of different heights. Combine with bushes of Spiraea and Japanese erikli and make the filling of white pebbles. Another option is to combine junipers and arborvitae and decorate the composition of large boulders.



 

 

Caring all the rules of All the coniferous plants are very unpleasant andwiredrive and do not need hyperopic. So good. From time to time they must be fed, the intense heat to water and very rarely crop.



 

 

Feeding the First time in the season – early spring by melting snow to make a specific, targeted fertilizer. If the soil in your area is too poor, this procedure can be repeated also in June.

 

Watering watering must be Abundant in early spring and during the season in the extreme heat and drought.

 

Cropping With a strong thickening of the crown, for the formation of a "designer" silhouette or simply to provoke "increased woolliness".
Shielded from the sun frost cute "thorn" is not terrible, far more dangerous to their health strong sun and drying wind, which provoke almost complete "burnout" of pine needles.



And not every plant is able to survive this attack. That is why the farm gardener must be special shelters to make which will not be easy. This is the usual covers of spunbond or lutrasil in the form of bags with a drawstring at the bottom, but made under the specific size of the plant.



Before you decorate a green "fuzzies" in the spacious "kaftans", next to each plant a stake,"growth" slightly higher than the ephedra. This is necessary in order to cover, proviso the attacker under the weight of snow, broke the fragile elite. To shelter low globose conifers use cucumber arc set a criss-cross pattern over the crown.



Important: the common and blue spruce, pine and larch need shelter only for the first three years after planting. Remove the protective "dome" can only be when the snow finally melted.

Text: Olga Voronova.
Photo: A. Lysikov.

 

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