What plants can be planted under trees

The question is not idle... Fruit (not only) trees in suburban areas over time will cause problems. Adults developed crown is plenty of shade, active roots are strong draining soil, but all together it is a considerable loss of area of the plot.
 
Here it stands before the owners cottages question: what can you plant under the trees to maximize the use of land, and besides, to give the area a decorative flair?

What is the climate under the canopy Is so tricky, at first glance, feature — climate tree trunks podkrovny district area." Simply put, different trees under their canopy creates a variety of conditions. And to choose plants that you will put an indigenous fruit to the residents of the site, it is important about these features to know. Here are some examples:
  • Apple gives a diffuse shadow that serves as a great natural protection from direct sunlight, leaving the plants enough light for development.
  • Spruce gives extensive very dense shade. Besides, its crown almost does not pass to tree trunks rain water (that is, it's dark and dry!). And coniferous litter, and will acidified the soil.
  • Pine is not practically obscure territory under its canopy, but its fallen needles also significantly acidify the soil.
  • Cherry gives a short loose shadow, but very dry soil.
Options useful tree trunks depending on the plans, plot area, its General style and taste preferences of the owners, row circles can paterniti, planting flowers or used as vegetable beds.

Turf (grassing) The easiest (and, incidentally, quite comfortable and cheap) way — turf soil around the tree. What? Beautiful and profitable.

Besides, the correct tab the unloading of the lawn and take good care of him will bring a huge effect:
  • Improves soil properties
  • Reduced salinisation
  • Trees get rid of chlorosis
  • Improve the quality of the fruit
  • The soil will not dry out
  • The roots should be protected from damage during soil treatment
  • You, moreover, get a wonderful place to stay! To sit on the green grass in the shade on a hot day — it's just a delight!


To plant such a tree trunks lawn?
  • Looks very nice bright green low grass bent grass pobedonosnaya — rich, "rich" and well-groomed.
  • Well suited for turfing white clover, fescue (red, sheep or pratense), Kentucky bluegrass and perennial ryegrass.
 
There is one "but" that you need to know: under the trees on clonal rootstocks soil, not tinned!

Decorating flowers depending on the climate under the canopy, we were talking about at the very beginning, each tree will take root different colors. First, consider the shadow cast crown, and the amount of moisture in the soil.

Examples of plants that can be planted under trees
  • Under the nut
fern, lilies, Hosta, lemon balm, daffodils
  • Under the Apple tree
Crocus, Muscari, daisies, daffodils, forget-me-nots, bells, globe-flower, pasqueflower, lungwort, Pansy, primrose, balsams, marigolds, nasturtium, day lilies and barvinky. You can plant wild garlic in late spring will have a green salad on the table.
  • Under the pear
daisies, primroses, Carpathian Campanula, Phlox Pintails, garganeys and strawberries Bezus, marigolds
  • Under plum
primrose, bulbous perennials, celandine
  • Under a pine tree
wild strawberry, Euphorbia, Saxifraga, Sedum, Scilla, snowdrops, dwarf tulips and daffodils, blueberries and cranberries
  • Under the Linden and the oak
spring melkolukovichnye, horned violet and anemone; in the summer, wild ginger, tiarella, or periwinkle
  • Under the birch
Ajuga, tiarella, wild strawberries, if watered regularly — Badan, Volzhanka, Hosta and Lily

By the way, celandine experienced gardeners recommend planting under each fruit tree as a defense against aphids and ants. It's worth a try)

Tree trunks in the garden Many gardeners are sowing under trees parsley, cilantro, many varieties of lettuce, garlic. Some suggest to put under the trees, the squash and pumpkins, cucumbers and even beetroot. Of course, with small square footage it will be a good way out of the "straitened circumstances", and if you exercise ingenuity — and even the original decoration.
 
But there are several issues that must be taken into consideration:
  • Control of pests and diseases of fruit trees may require the use of chemicals (e.g., fungicides). And under the tree — edible culture. Here it is as the medications in medicine: "use of the drug only if the potential benefits... outweigh the potential risks..." to decide whether to risk it or not, breaking the garden under the tree — a private matter of the cottager.
  • If the crops that we planted in tree trunks circle, have a deep root system, it already competitors for trees! And then it is time to think about how not to harm the tree.
  • Digging the soil under the row garden, you can damage the roots of the tree — then nobody better on these landings will not be exact.
 

Source: www.7dach.ru

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