Coniferous flower bed
The main conifers in the compositions of the garden are not tall conifers (pines, spruces, firs), but their compact and undersized forms. Coniferous compositions are perfectly combined with shrubs (rhododendrons, erics, heathers, barberries, spireas, evergreen boxwoods), herbaceous perennials (hostas, ferns, cereals). When creating a flower bed, it is necessary to plant ground cover plants in the foreground (creeping tenacious, styloid phlox, sedum, thyme, bryozoan, etc.). Spring bright colors will bring bulbous (crocuses, muscari, undersized tulips). It is very important to think over the layout of plants. Groups must be created according to the principle of contrast of form and color. For example, columnar forms are well emphasized by spherical, densely bushy and creeping forms, with different type, texture and color of needles. The needle needles of junipers, firs and pines go well with the scaly needles of thuja. When selecting plants, their maximum height should be clarified. Coniferous compositions can only be composed of slow-growing and dwarf varietal forms.
12 options for coniferous flower beds
1. Thuja western "Holmstrup"
2. Juniper average "Old Gold"
3. Pine mountain "Mops"
4. Coastal juniper "Schlager"
2.
2. Juniper rock "Skyrocket" molded
3. Juniper scaly "Meyeri" molded
4. Pine mountain "Mops"
5. Juniper horizontal "Blue Chip"
6. Lying juniper "Nana"
3.
1. Dense-flowered pine "Umbraculiefera"
2. Pine mountain "Mops"
3. Juniper horizontal "Green Carpet"
4. ground cover perennials"Bryozoan or stonecrop"
4.
1. Common juniper "Suecica"
2. Common juniper "Horstman"
3. Thuja western "Rheingold"
4. Mountain pine "Mops" on trunk
5. Juniper "Mint Julep"
6. Juniper scaly "Blue Star"
7. Thuja western "Danica"
8. Horizontal juniper "Wiltonii"
5.
1. Virginian juniper "Grey Owl" molded
2. Juniper horizontal "Andorra Compact"
3. Juniper horizontal "Prince of Wales"
6.
1. Juniper rock "Skyrocket"
2. Norway spruce "Inversa"
3. Lilac "Meyeri" on the trunk
5. Canadian spruce "Echiniformis"
6. Pine mountain "Mops"
7. Thunberg barberry "Bonanza Gold"
7.
1. Thuja western "Holmstrup"
3. Pine mountain "Mops"
4. Juniper average "Old Gold"
5. Juniper Cossack "Tamariscifolia"
6. Ground cover perennials "Bryozoan or stonecrop"
8.
1. Thuja western "Smaragd"
2. Japanese larch "Stiff Weeper"
3. Barberry thunberg "Red Chief"
4. Thuja orientalis "Aurea Nana"
5. Pine mountain "Mops"
6. Juniper average "Old Gold"
7. Juniper Cossack "Blaue Donau"
8. Juniper horizontal "Prince of Wales"
9. Juniper horizontal "Blue Chip"
9.
1. Rocky juniper "Blue Arrow"
2. Thuja western "Holmstrup"
3. Thuja western "Europe Gold"
4. Barberry thunberg "Red Chief"
5. Thuja western "Globosa"
6. Juniper average "Gold Star"
7. Japanese spirea "Little Princess"
8. Juniper horizontal "Blue Chip"
9. Juniper horizontal "Prince of Wales"
10. Morrow's sedge (or similar grasses)
10.
1. Prickly spruce "Hoopsii"
2. Juniper Chinese "Blaauw"
3. Thuja orientalis "Aurea Nana"
4. Juniperus average "Pfitzeriana"
5. Coastal juniper "Schlager"
6. Norway spruce "Little Gem"
11.
1. Canadian spruce "Conica"
2. Juniper horizontal "Blue Chip"
3. Lying juniper "Nana"
12.
1. Thuja western "Holmstrup"
2. Barberry thunberg "Red Chief"
3. Miscanthus Chinese "Zebrinus"
4. Pine mountain "Mops"
5. Juniper average "Old Gold"
6. Juniper Cossack "Tamariscifolia"
7. Morrow's sedge (or similar grasses)
8. Ground cover perennials "Bryozoan or stonecrop"
decor element
In nature, adult conifers discard big shadow. Therefore, for ornamental gardening, they were specially bred undersized varieties, only 3-4 meters high. They fit well into the landscape of the site. The background is a lawn and an alpine slide. If the size of your site allows you to plant large-sized trees, remember: cedar and pine should not be planted next to firs and Christmas trees. Larch generally does not like either one or the other. Thuja does not grow well next to spruce. Plant coniferous trees you need either alleys, or small homogeneous groups, or in the form of a hedge. An excellent addition to the composition of coniferous plants are stones - both large boulders and small fraction stones (marble chips, pebbles). They diversify the color scheme, help change the proportions of the composition. An excellent material for decoration is the bark of conifers. In addition, the bark is an excellent mulching material that protects the soil from moisture loss, improves its structure and prevents the growth of weeds.
On long winter evenings, we plan and draw planting patterns, says FORUMHOUSE user LidiiaS. Today we will talk about how users of our portal create compositions from conifers.
Going to the nursery in the spring and buying all the seedlings you like is a common but worst option. It is necessary to start creating a composition with a detailed study of the place on the site and drawing up a plan.
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At a minimum, draw a planting plan yourself, taking into account the habit of the plant, the requirements for soil and lighting.
Designers usually recommend not being limited to the plan, but also photographing the place of the future coniferous group from all points from which you will admire it. Look at the photos until you understand what kind of picture you want to see there.
The tallest trees are planted in the background so that they do not block the view of those that are lower.
The height of the plants should increase as they move away from the viewer.
The composition will be fully perceived at a distance equal to two of its heights. Usually this distance is sown with a lawn, and this combination allows you to kill one more rabbit: against the background of the lawn, any Christmas tree looks more advantageous.
If we are talking about all-round viewing groups that can be viewed from all sides, then the largest tree is placed in the center, in the second and subsequent rows the height of trees and bushes should decrease proportionally. The point is that they do not close, but emphasize decorative qualities each other. Therefore, each subsequent row should be at least half as low as the previous one.
Many conifers grow slowly, and sometimes the composition of the composition with spruce in the garden reaches the peak of decorativeness only after ten years. You can plant Christmas trees and thujas closer to each other, and after a few years, partially cut down those that will interfere. And you can plant very small "more spacious" and patiently wait until they turn into the beauty and pride of the site. Waiting is brightened up by planting arrays of perennials, roses and so on. Until the tree skeleton grows up, they will fill the space and delight your eye with flowering and texture. The first or second way to choose - depends on the nature of the owner of the garden.
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That is, it is completely optional, having planted the little ones at once at great distances from each other, all the time before they grow, sigh over a half-empty space.
This composition with spruce on the site will reach the peak of decorativeness in a few years.
When planting conifers in a composition, it is necessary to take into account their future sizes, so that they do not have to crowd further, close up with crowns.
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For plants of one tier - at a distance equal to the sum of their radii in an adult (at least 10 years, and for trees large sizes- 20-30 years) condition.
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Type in the search engine the size (habitus) of thuja Smaragd, for example. We look at the width of the plant, divide it in half and get the distance from the center of the planting hole to the edge of the crown. We measure half the width of the next seedling from this point - this will be the center of the planting hole number two.
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Just don't overdo it or it will look like this. The bottom picture is only planted conifers, the top one is five years later.
That is, the crowns of plants in the composition will close, but this should happen "not next year and not at the level of a meter from the ground."
Experts recommend not to forget that color is one of the ways to assemble a group of conifers into one. You should not get too carried away with different colors of needles and different shades of green: “we didn’t draw in childhood,” designers say in such cases.
There is a simple rule: a very small composition (three plants) - two colors, five - a maximum of three is needed, in a large composition, plants are placed in groups of the same color.
Coniferous groups are often diluted not only with perennials, but also with deciduous plants - this gives the garden new colors, evokes new feelings, makes the design of the garden more interesting and multifaceted. What should be the distance of a deciduous bush depends on whether they should fall under the crown of the tree. So, the crowns of spruce and fir reach the ground, which means that the bushes must be planted for the diameter of the crown. Many shrubs in the garden look good when they are practically intertwined with each other. That is, more accurate distances can be calculated after you have completed the first part of the work: decide on a set of crops and varieties and their approximate location.
Ready-made coniferous compositions. Scheme
Here are options for finished compositions with conifers:
Composition of coniferous plants, scheme No. 1.
- Common juniper "Stricta"
- Vesicle viburnum "Darts Gold"
- Derain white "Aurea"
- Juniper rocky (virginsky) "Blue Arrow"
- European larch (falling) "Pendula"
- Soft cuff "Auslese" + Tulips
- Japanese Spiraea "Gold Mound"
- Low-growing yew berry
- Euphorbia cypress.
Unusual growth patterns coniferous shrubs and trees, contrasts of textures and shades of needles - not every gardener wants to arrange such a garden, but he will amaze any viewer. coniferous plants give the garden a sophisticated look, although this is unlikely to interest lovers of bright flowers. In addition to the color of the needles, it plays a big role - in the composition you need to get harmonious combination different habits.
When choosing conifers, it is important to know and take into account their growth rate and the expected size of an adult specimen. Many conifers cut well, so they are easy to form in the form of pyramids, columns, balls, even spirals.
Composition of coniferous plants in blue tones
Most large plant This coniferous composition is Scotch pine of the Waterery variety, 2-2.5 m high and in diameter, with stiff and short bluish-gray needles. In front of her is a specimen of a slow-growing, very frost-resistant Korean cedar pine of the Silveray variety, pyramidal in shape. Its long needles have a silver-blue hue. In the corner of the composition are three junipers of the Cossack variety Tamariscifolia, low-growing fast-growing shrubs with horizontally arranged branches, with needle-shaped needles of a bluish hue. To the left of them are two slow-growing dwarf hemlock varieties Jeddeloh with spirally arranged branches and a funnel-shaped depression in the center of the bush.
The composition contains several dwarf thujas of the western two varieties - spherical Globosa with green needles and "egg-shaped" Selena with light green needles. The space between the coniferous plants is covered with a layer of decorative mulch from spruce cones milled in a blender about 10 cm thick. The coniferous composition does not require any maintenance. If in a few years the Cossack junipers grow excessively, they should be shortened.
1 - western thuja (Thuja occidentalis), grade Globosa;
2 - western thuja (Thuja occidentalis), variety Selena;
3 - Korean cedar pine (Pinus koraiensis), cultivar Silveray;
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5 - Cossack juniper (Juniperus sabina), variety Tamariscifolia;
6 - Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris), cultivar Waterery
Some gardeners who are not familiar with the modern range of conifers consider them boring, "winter and summer in one color." Over the past decades, there has been a real revolution in the selection of conifers, now the variety of varieties in terms of crown size and shape, color and texture of needles is simply amazing. Columns and balls, cones, cushion-shaped, weeping and creeping species and varieties of conifers different sizes, textures and colors - the choice is incredible.
is a great opportunity to showcase your collection of rarities. The choice of certain coniferous plants depends both on environmental conditions and on the idea of composition. Spruce, fir, microbiota, and some junipers grow well in partial shade. For sunny place light-loving coniferous species are perfect, these are, for example, pine varieties, blue firs and junipers. A properly “designed” garden of conifers will never seem monotonous.
Growing features
Spring. Hemlock branches can sometimes freeze a little or dry out: in the spring they must be carefully removed to the living part of the shoot. If necessary, update or add a layer of decorative mulch, this will have to be done every 2-3 years, in order to avoid dampening, the root neck is never covered with mulch. Spherical conifers retain their shape well at a young age, sometimes with age, some of them shoot separate elongated shoots that break out of a clear geometric shape, they must be cut in early spring.
Pines have a special shoot growth biology. Young shoots-candles appear at the end of May and grow rapidly, at first the shoots are still without needles, it will develop later. If you need to limit the size of the pine or make the crown denser, pinch these candles while they are still soft and green. In this case, the plant will be well formed, the shoots will mature by winter and form a normal growth for the next year.
Summer. At the beginning of summer, cones appear on the cedar pine. Juniper Cossack variety Tamariscifolia grows very quickly, after a few years pruning will be needed to keep it within the framework. At the end of spring or at the beginning of summer, pruning is done with pruning shears of powerful outstretched shoots that have outgrown the area allocated to them.
Autumn. The needles of the thuja Globosa, green in summer, turn brown or become gray- green color. It is advisable to shake off wet and heavy snow from it so that the branches do not break. If there is no such possibility or desire, a harness against snowfall and snowfall is needed, especially where there are snowy winters with heavy snowfalls.
Winter. The silhouettes of many conifers are especially visible in winter. It is conifers that create the structure of the garden in winter and give it color; at this time of the year, their shape and color are especially visible and important.
Thuja western (Thuja occidentalis), grade Globosa
Height and diameter 1 m
The shape of the crown is round, green needles in summer, turning brown in autumn.
Decorative all year round
Canadian hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), cultivar Jeddeloh_
Height 50 cm, diameter 100 cm
Spiral branches, funnel-shaped depression in the center of the bush. Decorative all year round
Thuja western (Thuja occidentalis), grade Selena
Height 80, diameter 50 cm
Spherical shape, light green, almost pistachio, needles. Decorative all year round
Korean cedar pine (Pinus koraiensis), grade Silveray
Height 1.5 m
Long silvery blue needles
Decorative all year round
Cossack juniper (Juniperus sabina), cultivar Tamariscifolia
Height 40-50 cm
Horizontally arranged branches, needle-shaped needles with a bluish tint. Decorative all year round
Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris), cultivar Waterery
Height and diameter 2-2.5 m
Stiff and short bluish-gray needles
Decorative all year round
Spruce prickly Hoopsi dense crown broad pyramidal shape, it is a very showy and elegant plant with bright bluish-white, stiff and sharp needles. The height of an adult tree is 3-4 m, diameter is 3 m, annual growth is up to 30 cm.
To the left of her planted a beautiful thuja western varieties Smaragdc narrow conical crown. Its shoots are green in summer and winter. Between the Hoopsi spruce and the Smaragd arborvitae, four specimens of slow-growing spherical mountain pine Mops with dark green, very short needles were planted. Mountain pine Winter Gold is another dwarf, slow-growing spherical form with excellent needle color, in the Moscow region it turns yellow during the first frosts in September-October and returns to its green color in the first decade of May. Black spruce Nana is unusually graceful, rounded crown with light bluish-green needles does not exceed 50 cm in height. The extremely slowly growing Nana balsam fir has dense dark green needles. Dwarf hemlock JeddelohT Cwe grow extremely slowly.
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2 - prickly spruce (Picea pungens), variety Hoopsi;
3 - mountain pine (Pinus mugo), Winter Gold variety;
4 - balsam fir (Abies balsamea), variety Nana;
5 - Canadian hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), variety Jeddeloh:
6 - mountain pine (Pinus mugo), variety Mops;
7 - western thuja (Thuja occidentalis), grade Smaragd
Any mulch performs a set useful features- prevents the growth of weeds, creates favorable conditions for the growth of roots, worms quickly settle under it, improving the structure of the soil. Not every mulch is decorative, the right one will decorate it very much. appearance coniferous compositions. It is best to use ground bark or wood chips for this purpose, mulch made from crushed spruce and pine cones is especially beautiful. Expressively look as a mulch and whole small cones. Gravel of small fractions looks beautiful as a mulch, if desired, you can use quite exotic materials, for example, glass balls or small fragments.
Growing features
Spring. For some conifers, especially for dwarf pines, regular cleaning of the crown from dry branches, fallen needles is necessary, it is advisable to do this every year or at least every other year. If necessary, they update or add a layer of mulch, this will have to be done every 2-3 years, we do it carefully, without falling asleep the root collars of the plants, which can lead to their decay. At the end of May, numerous young shoots-candles appear near the mountain pines. If you pinch them, the shape of the crown will be even clearer. Some varietal conifers of a clear geometric shape sometimes suddenly give rise to shoots that stand out from the crown, this is easy to correct with a pruner or scissors for cutting shrubs. After the end of spring frosts, the needles of the Winter Gold mountain pine variety change color and turn into delicate light green tones.
Summer. The composition does not require any maintenance. Just admire!
Autumn. Mountain pine of the Winter Gold variety changes color in late autumn and becomes golden yellow, remaining this way until spring.
Winter. Dwarf coniferous plants are under the snow, rise and delight with bright green western thuja Smaragd 2-3 m high and bluish-white prickly spruce Hoopsi.
Black spruce (Picea nigra), grade Nana
Height 50 cm
Rounded crown with light bluish-green needles
Decorative all year round
Balsam fir (Abies balsamea), grade Nana
Height 50 cm, in an adult plant diameter 2 m
Dense dark green needles
Decorative all year round
Prickly spruce (Picea pungens), grade Hoopsi
The height of an adult tree is 3-4 m, diameter is 3 m, annual growth is up to 30 cm.
Dense crown of a wide pyramidal shape with bluish-white, hard and sharp needles
Decorative all year round
Mountain pine (Pinus mugo), cultivar Winter Gold
Height and diameter 1 m
In the Moscow region, the needles turn yellow during the first frosts in September-October and return to their green color in the first decade of May.
Decorative all year round
Canadian hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), cultivar Jeddeloh
Height 50 cm, diameter 100 cm
Spiral branches, funnel-shaped depression in the center of the bush.
Decorative all year round
Mountain Pine (Pinus mugo), cultivar Mops
Spherical shape, height and diameter 1-1.2 m.
Dark green, very short needles. Decorative all year round
Thuja western (Thuja occidentalis), grade Smaragd
Height 2-3 m
Narrow conical crown, green needles
Decorative all year round
Along the blind area of the house, slow-growing dwarf varieties of conifers are planted - Canadian hemlock Jeddeloh, which has the shape of a hemisphere with a funnel-shaped depression in the center; globular mountain pine Mini Mops and western thuja Danica; round elegant black spruce Nana with light bluish-green needles.
The second row from the blind area planted specimens of horizontal juniper: it is pressed to the ground, creeping shrub with long branches covered with bluish-green needles. Behind him is a variegated periwinkle, a small, evergreen perennial with long creeping shoots. Its glossy bright green leaves have numerous golden yellow spots. Leathery leaves effectively contrast with the foliage of conifers. Ground cover roses were planted along the front edge of the composition along the path, Cordesa Cubana was used with apricot flowers, blooming throughout the season
Ground cover roses look very harmonious next to conifers. Small needles of various shades of green contrast remarkably in form with the brilliant foliage of periwinkle and roses.
1 - Canadian hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), variety Jeddeloh;
2 - mountain pine (Pinus mugo), variety Mini Mops;
3 - western thuja (Thuja occidentalis), variety Danica;
4 - black spruce (Picea nigra), grade Nana;
5 — periwinkle (Vinca minor), variety Aureovariegata;
6 - juniper horizontal (Juniperus horizontalis);
7 - ground cover rosa, cultivar Cubana
AT last years varieties appeared ground cover roses With long flowering down to frost. These roses are winter-hardy, light cover is enough for them. They have decorative and elegant not only flowers, the overall impression is very pleasant, many of them form a dense carpet of shiny foliage with numerous flowers. Ground cover roses differ in the type of shoot growth and bush height, they can be from 30 cm to 1 m high, they are sprawling, occupying an area of several square meters, or very compact.
Growing features
Spring. If necessary, update the mulch layer, this will have to be done every 2-3 years. For dwarf conifers, especially for pines, regular cleaning of the crown from dry branches, fallen needles is necessary, it is advisable to do this every year or at least every other year. In mountain pines, young shoots-candles appear in large quantities. In principle, pinching for dwarf pines is not an urgent need, they will do without it, but if you want to make the crown denser and the composition perfect, do not reject this operation. Pinch off the pine candles while they are still soft and green, don't worry, the shoots will mature by winter and form a normal growth next year. If you start pinching, then this will need to be done annually.
In May, only after the ground has completely thawed, they remove light cover from ground cover roses and give them nitrogen top dressing. Before planting ground cover roses, perennial weeds must be carefully weeded out, otherwise they will have to be weeded out under thorny shoots; to protect plantings from annual weeds, it is advisable to cover the soil under them with black nonwoven fabric. Ground cover roses are unpretentious, but still need care: like all roses, they need top dressing and protection from pests and diseases.
Summer. It may be necessary to limit the growth of shoots of juniper horizontalus and periwinkle. Rosa Cubana is interesting in its variability of color, its flowers are apricot-pink at first, as they bloom, they lighten and become pale pink. The saturation of pink tones changes, there are yellow, pink and orange flowers on the bush at the same time. The bushes are sprawling, branched, the height and width of the bush is 50-60 cm.
It is necessary to feed roses during budding before flowering, this top dressing is carried out with a complex mineral fertilizer or manure infusion, green fertilizer works well, it is best done from fermented nettles. Be sure to feed roses after the first wave of flowering, this is also done with a complex mineral fertilizer, manure infusion or green fertilizer from fermented nettles.
Autumn. dense needles globular thuja Danica, green and shiny in summer, turns brownish green in late autumn. It is important to feed roses in early September with potash fertilizers, potassium sulfate or potassium magnesia, it is done for better ripening of shoots and preparing bushes for winter. Many varieties of ground cover roses are winter-hardy, but they need to be covered for the winter. Snow - good protection, but there are so-called "black" frosts, while there is no snow yet.
Winter. We are waiting for spring.
Canadian hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), cultivar Jeddeloh
Height 50 cm, diameter 100 cm. Spiral branches, funnel-shaped depression in the center of the bush
Decorative all year round
Black spruce (Picea nigra), grade Nana
Height 50 cm. Rounded crown with light bluish-green needles. Decorative all year round
Small periwinkle (Vinca minor), cultivar Aureovariegata
Height up to 20 cm. Bright green glossy leaves with numerous golden yellow spots, lavender-blue flowers.
Blooms in May-June for 25-30 days, decorative from snow to snow
Mountain Pine (Pinus mugo), Mini Mops variety
Height 0.5 m, diameter 1 m Dark green short needles (up to 2 cm)
Decorative all year round
Thuja western (Thuja occidentalis), variety Danica
Height 0.6 m, crown diameter 1 m Spherical dwarf form
Decorative all year round
Juniper horizontalis (Juniperus horizontalis)
Height 20-30 cm. Pressed to the ground, creeping shrub with long branches densely covered with bluish-green needles. Decorative all year round
Ground cover rose (Ground cover rosa), cultivar Cubana
Bush height 30-40 cm, width 70-90 cm. Dark green glossy foliage; the flowers are apricot-pink at first, then lighten and become pale-pink, on the bush there are yellow, pink and orange flowers at the same time.
Decorative all season
Weeping larch with groundcover
In the center of the composition, in terms of a square, European weeping larch on a 2.5 m high trunk. Species larch is a huge tree up to 20 m tall, its dwarf and grafted forms are most often used in gardens. This plant is perfectly sheared, it can be used to form various geometric figures. Conifers are planted in one corner of the square - three horizontal junipers, low creeping shrubs with long branches pressed to the ground.
The other corner is occupied by purple broom, another creeping shrub with a green spreading crown of ascending branches densely covered with trifoliate leaves. It grows rapidly, reaching adult size in 3-4 years. Surprisingly beautiful during flowering, when the branches are densely covered with purple or purple flowers. In the third corner, a curtain of low-grade Belvederc bergenia is planted with small (4-6 cm) leathery leaves and white flowers. Creeping shoots of cotoneaster horizontal, rapidly growing shrub with dark green small leathery leaves, pressed to the ground.
1 - horizontal juniper (Juniperus horizontalis);
2 - cotoneaster horizontal (Cotoneaster horizontalis);
3 - European weeping larch (Larix decidua), variety Pendula;
4 - heart-leaved bergenia (Bergenia cordifolia), Belveder variety;
5 - purple broom (Chamaecytisus purpureus)
In recent years, in landscape design coniferous plants are becoming more and more popular. They are often used to create beautiful compositions and are reliable for various sites. This is due to the excellent combination of conifers with deciduous plants, stones, herbs, flowers, plus a variety of species, differences in shades, shapes and sizes, as well as a unique healing aroma that fills the air, and year-round decorative effect.
Compact coniferous composition in front of the house
Features of creating rockeries from conifers in front of the house
A rockery is a gently sloping garden that uses stones, flowers, shrubs and, in some cases, dwarf trees. The basic principles of creating rockeries in front of the house:
- lack of a clearly defined layering;
- to create a plot drawing, a combination of large stones with gravel bedding is used;
- the basis of the plant composition is conifers, or rather them;
- when choosing plants, preference should be given to the most unpretentious representatives of conifers.
A simple composition of unpretentious conifers
It is customary to distinguish 3 main types of rockeries, depending on the flora characteristic of certain natural areas: European, English Japanese. The first is usually decorated with plants that grow in middle lane . When creating English rockeries, the main emphasis is on the restraint of the composition, the main plants here are cereals, wormwood and some types of coniferous shrubs d. is predominance of stones with minimal vegetation.
English
The landscape is complemented by steppe grasses
European
Composition of conifers in front of the house in the shade of a deciduous tree
Japanese
In this photo, conifers replace mosses, framing a path that imitates a river, but it is not difficult to imagine globular arborvitae in place of mossy islets.
There are other types, but these are the most common, so to speak, classic. If you want to be original, for example, you can create a mobile rockery, which will represent a fragment of a gently sloping garden placed in some kind of container. It can be something like a hollowed out tree or its imitation.
How to choose a place for rockeries with conifers
One of distinctive features gently sloping garden from Alpine slide, is that the first does not require abundant lighting. Therefore, when choosing a place for rockeries, there should not be any particular difficulties. It will harmoniously look near the gazebo or in front of the windows of the house, near the decorative pond.
It is important that the site is flat, even if it is on a slope, there should not be pronounced level differences.
Composition of conifers on the slope.
Level differences, natural or artificial, make it possible to make a waterfall.
On a flat area.
Compositions on a flat area are relatively simple and within the power of beginners.
Coniferous compositions in landscape design
After the place is chosen, you should decide on the plot of the composition and first create a project on paper. Here, too, there are subtleties and nuances.
Firstly, when composing a composition on paper, it is necessary to take into account sizes of stones and plants.
Second, choose the right color palette stones, here designers recommend giving preference to yellow, brown and beige shades.
Gray stones dilute the bright coniferous greenery, adding watercolor to the composition.
Thirdly, most importantly reach natural imitation natural location rock outcroppings on the surface of the earth.
Ephedra can also act as an accent background for a composition of other plants.
Fencing from Verginsky juniper.
Tip - do not allow the predominance of one color.
Coniferous plants can vary quite a lot in color. When creating a composition importance plays the correct formation colors. There are also rules developed over the years:
- For a 3-component composition - there should be 2 colors.
- 5-component - 3 colors.
- A multicomponent composition is created from plants that are combined into groups according to color characteristics.
Three active colors in the composition.
A mistake was made in this composition - the predominance of one shade of green, although a shrub with bright flowers slightly smooths out the impression of monotony.
The organic and carefully thought-out color scheme, as well as the layout of the forms, make this composition almost perfect.
When creating compositions from coniferous trees and shrubs, it is necessary to take into account the distance from the place from which it will most often be viewed. It must be equal to or greater than two heights of the entire composition. For conifers, many designers consider the best backdrop. It is preferable to arrange compositions on the eastern or western side of the site.
A well-thought-out coniferous composition and a well-groomed lawn are made for each other.
An important role is played by the compatibility of various plants. Well visually conifers are combined with roses. But it should be borne in mind that the former oxidize the soil, and for the latter this is undesirable. Therefore, additional costs will be required to maintain the soil in the proper form.
So that over time the composition does not lose its attractiveness and does not become like wild thickets, when selecting plants, one should take into account their height when they grow, as well as the shape and size of the crown.
Among the most popular and sought after conifers are:
- Tall:
- (up to 5 m);
- El Hupsi (up to 15 m);
- Skyrocket - juniper (up to 3 m);
- Watereri - Scotch pine;
- Pinkus Silvestris - pine (up to 40 m).
- medium height- enjoy special love from landscape designers:
- yew berry;
- Konika - spruce;
- yew golden.
- creeping and undersized:
- Tiny Tim - western thuja;
- Mini Pug and Hampi - mountain pines;
- Lombers - spruce ordinary.
If the area of the site allows, then it can be divided into separate zones, which can be not only a decoration of the garden, but also its fence. True, in order to form the latter, you will have to wait a certain time.
Decoration of the recreation area.
Compositions from conifers in the country
You can create compositions from coniferous plants on small summer cottages. Here it is necessary to take into account the general landscape of the area and its area. As practice shows, small rockeries with an area of 3.5 m2 or mobile compositions will be the most optimal for them.
Ephedra as a border near the house.
On a small dacha
Dramatic composition with conifers in the backyard, compact, but quite difficult to implement.
Composition only from conifers
When creating them, it is very important proper preparation soil for planting and strengthening the site from soil subsidence under the weight of stones and gravel. this is done in several stages. At the first, markup is made, then a layer of soil is removed and a small pit is dug. Usually the depth does not exceed 30 cm.
In the process of preparing a place for a coniferous composition.
At the second stage, the selected soil is thoroughly cleaned of roots, weeds, the soil is strengthened with geotextiles and the earth is returned to its place. If it is planned to use, then in these places drainage is made from a compacted mixture of sand and fine gravel or expanded clay.
Large stones are buried about half or one third into the ground; for stability, you can put smaller stones under them or add gravel. Designers recommend focusing the entire composition in one direction. final stage is abundant watering. At this stage, it is desirable to prevent soil erosion.
To make it convenient to take care of the composition, it is necessary to provide comfortable and functional tracks. Alternatively, they can be made from wooden saw cuts or flat stones. Such a path will also become an additional decoration of the garden.
Coniferous compositions along the path.
Care coniferous compositions is not difficult, but requires knowledge of some rules and their strict observance.
- Regular weed removal.
- Periodic pinching and pruning.
- Regular fertilization, starting from the 3-4th year.
- Moderate loosening of the soil.
- Shelter for the winter of plants with spruce branches.
- In strong summer heat, it is advisable to protect the conifers from direct sun rays setting up awnings.
Schemes of coniferous compositions
The garden looks especially advantageous, because when the rose beds fade, coniferous trees complete the picture and the garden remains forever green. Properly selected crown of trees, growth and shape of conifers give the garden a special charm. With the help of coniferous trees, it is possible to create any design suitable for buildings on the site.
Which conifers go best with roses?
It is believed that the combination with is ideal, since it does not interfere with the development of the root system of the rose and does not extinguish the rose, allowing it to gain strength and bloom every year.
Roses develop well with vertical conifers. These include: and also. The main thing is that the thuja do not give growth in breadth, since in this case they cover the rose bushes. From well suited varieties: Blue Arrow, Moonglow, Sky rocket.
Fig. 1 Only roses and conifers, no other plants, the composition, in the opinion of the site's editors, is magnificent, nothing superfluous (photo from wcb.ru)
Fig. 2 Variant diluted with deciduous trees, shrubs and annuals (photo from wcb.ru)
For planting, you need to choose less aggressive conifers so that over time they do not displace rose bushes. Aggressive conifers and junipers are: Blue Alps, Blue Carpet, Gray Owl, Blue Danuba.
Before landing, be sure to outline the goal of what you want to get from the composition, highlight roses or just close empty place . From this it is necessary to build on which of the conifers to choose for landing on the site: spherical or growing up.
The compatibility of roses and thuja - is such a neighborhood possible?
Tui can be planted next to roses, but at a distance of one and a half meters, since thuja grows rapidly root system, and she can destroy the rose. If the rose has been growing on the site for more than five years, then you can safely plant thuja, since the root system of the rose is already stable and nothing will interfere with it.
Photo source - www.thegracefulgardener.com
According to information from the rosebook.ru forum, it is not recommended to plant asparagus with roses, as it depresses the root system and the roses become invisible. And also, according to the notes of a forum user, the planted squash inhibits growth, and when it is dug up, the rose began to grow. Not recommended plant cloves and other cereals, lilies.
Members of the forum agreed that the rose loves freedom and it is best to grow it separately from everything.
How beautiful to plant thuja on the site
Thuja is unpretentious and practically grows in any conditions: in well-lit places or partial shade, but does not like very dark and northern places. For growing a fence, they use the Columna variety, arborvitae grow into a beautiful hedge.
To create a beautiful hedge, you should find out in advance how much the selected variety grows up and in breadth, planting depends on it, so that even for several years the hedge remains beautiful.
To create a hedge, the smaragd variety is also excellent. The distance when planting each plant is 70 cm. Planted from the fence should be a meter or a half meters. For three years, the thuja grows into a tall, beautiful hedge. Thuja western emerald, has a regular - cone-shaped crown, reaches up to 4-6 meters in height and up to 1.80 in width. This thuja is always evergreen. Grows in any soil, best in full sun. The soil must be moist and fertile. Already fertilized seedlings are planted in the ground. Hardy and frost-resistant. Good quality of this variety - it does not turn yellow.
Thuja is suitable for planting along with roses. But we must take into account the rule of building an ensemble. If three elements are involved in the landing, then the ensemble should combine no more than two colors. So, the constructed composition will look organic. If there are more colors, then the elements are combined into groups of three copies with the same colors.
The use of roses and conifers in landscape design is possible, but a large area should be allocated for this. Due to the extensive root system of both plants, they are planted at a distance of at least one and a half meters.- this contributes to the further development of plants. It is recommended to plant thujas in a semi-shaded area, and roses in lighter and ceremonial places. A rose will not look advantageous if it is planted in the shade.
Is it possible to plant roses between thujas along the fence?
Photo source - davesgarden.com, rose variety - "Iceberg". An example of a very beautiful successful combination of roses and thujas along the fence.
First of all, the rule applies that conifers should be planted at a distance of 1.5 meters from the fence, since when they grow, they can damage the installed fence. The development of a composition where arborvitae and roses are the soloists looks very beautiful, but requires constant care. Plants should be pruned in a timely manner and monitor their growth.
When landing, thujas are planted closer to the fence (albeit at an acceptable distance), since they create the main hedge, and roses are planted at a distance of one and a half meters in another trench. For planting, it is desirable to use ready-made, proven seedlings. The next rule is timely watering so that the root system is established and does not dry out. When composing the composition, you can plant it, although in both of our examples varieties of climbing roses are used and they are planted in the background.
Photo from the site zs-z.ru. They let you over the fence climbing rose, a thuja is planted at a distance of a meter and a hosta is planted below, which completes and sets off the composition.
In general, there are no obstacles to plant roses with thujas along the fence, but keep in mind: the proximity of these plants will require a lot of space. And pay attention to the height of the fence. It is no coincidence that in both our examples it is very high.
Flowerbeds of roses and conifers: schemes
In order to plant a coniferous flower bed in landscape design, use this composition:
- A flower bed with a lawn or a flower bed in the form of a slide is taken as a basis;
- Decor can be stones or bark;
- Low-growing varieties of conifers are considered priority;
Source - dacha-vprok.ru
- On the first composition variety Globosa;
- Number two is Selena;
- In the center, number three is a cedar pine;
- Number four is Tsuga Canadensis;
- At number five, junipers, the Tamariscifolia variety, are planted;
- Number six, they plant a pine, Pinus sylvestris variety.
Scheme from the site dacha-vprok.ru
How to create a mixborder?
A mixborder is the creation of a flower bed in groups, where each group of plants smoothly flows into another. The flowerbed consists of three stages:
- Volumetric plants are planted in the background;
- Tall plants;
- Plants without lush foliage.
Source - landas.ru
planted blooming perennials in front of the thuja, they will look especially advantageous, at the very bottom of the composition, a creeping thuja or horizontal juniper is planted.
Flower bed with roses and conifers (scheme):
Rice. from idei-dlja-dachi.com
In this composition, juniper will emphasize the roses and highlight them against the background of the entire flower bed. Sage helps to look favorably light varieties of roses. In case the sage grows, it is possible to form it in any shape. Hosta, planted along the edge of the flower bed, complements the created composition.
The best neighbors for roses
The material presented in the video is quite controversial. Do the cultures proposed by the authors really look good with roses? And does everyone like such a thicket garden?