For the majority of our fellow citizens, a suburban plot has ceased to be a means of survival. Indeed, it is much easier to buy the same vegetables in the nearest supermarket. The dacha is increasingly used as a vacation spot. After office work, I really want to have a holiday, finding myself in a world of landscape delights, beautiful plants and fragrant flowers! However, flower beds in the country were welcomed at all times. There was always a place for gladioli, peonies, hollyhocks, golden balls, tulips and snapdragons. An elegant flower garden, laid out at the porch or in the front garden, seems to greet the owner of the house and his guests, inviting them to leave their worries at the door, immerse themselves in a great mood and fully relax!

The flower garden, located directly in front of the entrance to the house, plays the role of a kind of business card. And the first impression they receive depends on how well he presents the property to the guests. Therefore, it is very important to decide what kind of flower garden we are going to create in front of the house. After all, each type has its own characteristics that need to be taken into account.

Option #1 – flowerbed like blooming geometry

The flowerbed is characterized by a strict geometric shape: oval, rhombus, circle, rectangle. The choice of location is also characteristic of flower beds. They are placed on a hill so that all the flowering plants can be clearly seen. An example of a flower bed would be a round flower garden, in which plants are placed in rings.

A flowerbed in one form or another is present in the implementation of any landscape style. It is universal. You can imagine a beautiful garden without many elements, but you can’t do it without a flower bed.

The height of plants can be uniform or decrease as you move from the center of the composition to its periphery. In such conditions, each flower will be clearly visible. The height of the plants is not the only emphasis that is used when creating a flower bed. Color is often used for the same purpose. The area is very decorated with a round flowerbed, the plants in which are arranged in rays from the center to the edges.

Option #2 – long ridge beds

If you need to disguise a small defect in the building or decorate that part of the building that for some reason you don’t like, it’s hard to come up with something better than a discount. These flower beds can decorate featureless garden paths; the flower beds can be placed along fences or parallel to the foundation of the cottage.

The rabatka can be located along the wall of the building, hiding behind its flowering all its shortcomings, which may be invisible to outsiders, but irritate the owners so much

Usually, flowers of the same type, in the same color scheme, are used for discounts. But the designer’s imagination may suggest another move. For example, you can create a discount in all the colors of the rainbow, alternating them with stripes of the same width. Plants planted in a checkerboard pattern look great.

Option #3 – very different borders

The final element of complex compositions can be a border. Located along paths, along the perimeter of flower beds or a flower garden as a whole, a border is always in place. However, as an independent flower garden it looks no worse. To do this, you need low plants that do not grow above 25 cm. Not only the usual hawthorn, but also bright petunias, various marigolds, as well as other flowers growing in bushes or herbaceous plants are used as border plants.

Armeria can play the role of a border, but can become an integral element of a flower garden. A very attractive and at the same time unpretentious plant

Option #4 – a community of plants on a mixborder

Rows of a wide variety of plants, which are collected in a mixborder, have one quality in common: they get along well with each other. Not to encroach on the living space of another, not to strangle a neighbor and not to fight for water and sunlight - these are the main qualities of the flowers and bushes that make up one.

Such a flower garden can rightfully be called the pearl of any garden. It can be placed in front of the house, and the bench will come in handy: you can sit and admire

Option #5 – a piece of natural landscape “rock garden”

The alpine slide or rock garden is at the peak of popularity today and enjoys increased attention from both gardeners and landscape designers. Even palace complexes today use rock gardens. In addition to real alpine plants, when creating them, those that only superficially resemble mountain ones are also used.

Of course, a rock garden is a flower garden that you need to tinker with. Who said it would be easy? But the result is worth the effort

Choosing the right location

In order to correctly plan exactly how to lay out the selected flower garden in front of the house, you should make a sketch on paper. It would be better if it was in color for clarity. Then you can not only correctly plan the space allocated for this purpose, but also calculate the need for planting material and fertilizers that will be needed to make the idea a reality.

It should be noted that when planning a site for a flower garden, you need to provide for all the nuances of its subsequent care. For example, it is better not to plan plantings that are too wide so that each crop can be easily reached. Typically, plantings should not be wider than 2.5 m.

Agree that this placement of the flower garden allows you to decorate absolutely any home. A romantic mood, a surge of strength and emotions in such a home is guaranteed

The choice of a place opposite the house or near it is natural, although it does not exclude the possibility of planting several flower beds in different parts of the garden. There are wonderful places for this purpose along paths, on the shores of reservoirs or in the gazebo area. It is important that the specific location is determined already at the planning stage.

Based on the existing experience of such plantings, we can suggest that the gardener plan a flowerbed with some reserve of territory “for growth”. Usually, with a positive result, there is a desire to complement an existing flower garden and transform it. After all, the visual result, as a rule, exceeds the plans. To give your wildest dreams the opportunity to come true, the territory set aside in reserve will come in handy.

What planting material do you prefer?

The crops that will become the basis of the flower garden should be selected taking into account the illumination of the site and its soil. Different plants have their own preferences that need to be taken into account. For example, the most important things for tulips are soil fertility and sunlight. There is a place next to them. And, crocuses and lilies of the valley will feel great in the shade of buildings or trees. Daffodils look good next to perennials, phlox and peonies.

To ensure constant flowering of the flowerbed, it is necessary to choose the right plants. The group should include not only spring primroses and perennial plants, but also sowing annuals, which can be changed if necessary

If the flower garden does not consist of only one type of flower, planting groups will have to be compiled taking into account their soil and light requirements. It is important that the plants in the group do not turn out to be antagonists leading continuous battles. Otherwise, the defeated flower will look sick and will still have to be replaced. Not only flowers, but also decorative herbaceous plants with attractively colored leaves will be an excellent decoration for any flower bed.

When dreaming about how to make a truly beautiful flower garden, we always imagine the intended area in bloom from early spring until late autumn. This means that our collection should include spring primroses along with annual seed plants and perennials, which will form the backbone of the planting. Replacing each other, different cultures will create. And this is exactly what we are striving for.

Practical planting work

Planting work must begin by transferring the existing sketch to real soil. At this point, we need to not only clearly understand how we are going to decorate the flower garden near the house, but also have all the planting material on hand along with fertilizers, as well as a supply of fertile soil. Using pegs and twine, we mark the boundaries of the future flower garden.

When creating a flower garden, you can use not only plant seeds, but also seedlings ready for planting. This method, by the way, is more attractive because the result of the work is visible almost immediately

If the soil of the intended area has not been dug up, the fertile layer should be removed by 20 cm. Fertile soil should be poured onto the bottom of the resulting pit. The removed soil must be thoroughly sifted, removing weed rhizomes, pebbles, glass and other debris. After that, fertilizers are added to it, poured into place and moistened. If you are building a ridge, you need to add gravel to the bottom of the flower bed for drainage.

The flowerbed should be planted from the center, moving towards the edges. Otherwise, some of the seedlings or seeds may be damaged or trampled. The elongated flower bed is filled sequentially. Move from planting one row of seeds or plants to the next. It is better not to place flowers in a bunch. A distance of 30-60 cm can be considered optimal.

At the end of the work, the border is planted, after which you can compare the result with the plan. It is recommended to pay special attention to fencing, figured decorations and other decorative excesses that so diversify not only the flower garden, but also our life in the country.

Proper care of a ready-made flower garden

Planting a flower garden is just the beginning. To make it look the way you dreamed of, you must remember to care for the plants. Periodic watering is an important part of care. The first time you need to water the plants is when they are planted in the soil. The next watering will only be a few weeks later. It is important to take actual weather conditions into account. The plants should sprout soon. Now in addition to watering there will be added the need to loosen the soil and remove.

Careful care of the flower garden will allow your work not to be in vain. And the knowledge that you made all this beauty with your own hands will give you the opportunity to believe in your own ability to create, which is already a lot

Autumn is coming and the last plants are fading. Annual flowers should be removed from the flowerbed. Perennial flowers are trimmed, leaving the roots in the ground, and covered with light material. You can show foresight and use pegs to mark the locations of the plants that make up the flower garden. Then in the spring it will be easier to restore the planting. It will be necessary to examine the plants and remove or replant some of them. Affected or dead shoots should not be left to rot naturally. It's better to remove them.

If you take care of your flower garden, carefully caring for its constituent crops, you will have a wonderful island of romance that you can rightfully be proud of and admire.

Owners of suburban areas do not count on the help of landscape designers, but prefer to independently create a creative fairy-tale garden, which is unthinkable without flowers. If you are planning to build flower beds with your own hands in the courtyard of a private house, photos and descriptions will help you choose the type, shape, material, place for picturesque flower beds, and give you ideas for their design. Take ready-made solutions as a basis, add your own ideas and create an oasis that blooms all summer.

Choosing a place for a flower bed in the yard

When planning to plant a flower garden in front of the house or a flower bed in the garden, you need to carefully choose the place where the planned flower arrangement will be located.

Floral yard design

What influences the choice of location for a flower garden

When choosing a place for a garden masterpiece in a private yard, you need to consider the following factors:

• Microclimate - the amount of sunlight, humidity or dryness of the soil, its acidity, fertility. This will help you outline the idea of ​​a flower garden and choose the right plants for it.
• The presence of a background for the composition, its material, color, texture. Based on the characteristics of the background, you can choose the color palette of the plants to be planted, mentally mark the border, consider whether it is worth making it rigid, and decide on the type of fencing.
• Viewpoint. This is the place from which you will most often glance at your property. This could be an entrance gate or a seating area.

Choosing a suitable location is very important

Considering that giving people beauty and pleasant emotions is the main purpose of any flower garden, you should start choosing a location based on the vantage point. To do this, you need to analyze which places in your yard you visit most often, and place the blooming decor opposite such places. If you prefer to spend most of your time in the house, sitting with a book by the window, a flower bed under the window is the most acceptable option.

Island of waters window

The best places for a flower garden in the local area

It’s good when space for a flower garden is left at the stage of building a house. But in a private yard the choice is limited: paths, buildings, a platform or a garage for a car occupy a significant area. However, you can almost always find a piece of free land to plant ornamental plants. When deciding how best to place a flower bed in front of the house, you need to remember the following:

1. Most flowers are sun-loving - the best area for such will be the area in front of the southern wall of the building. However, some of them cannot tolerate prolonged insolation, then areas near the western or eastern wall of the house will be more suitable.
2. Flowers for the most part do not like wind or drafts - flower beds should be located on the leeward side of the building if possible.
3. Many flowers do not tolerate stagnant moisture in the soil - low areas near the house are not for them.
4. Excess moisture, dangerous for the root system, can also form if rainwater flowing from the roof falls in the immediate vicinity of the flower garden. Needless to say, it is completely unacceptable if it pours onto the plantings.

Location in front of the house

Returning to the concept of a viewpoint, we can conclude that a good place and a wonderful backdrop for an elegant flower bed at the front of the house is the green lawn in the front garden.

No one coming to the house or passing by the yard will be left indifferent by the modest fence of the front garden, along which climbing roses are planted.

The location of the flower bed near the porch of the house can be called successful. A virtuoso gardener will be able to create a creative carpet composition here, where the flowers will form the inscription: “Welcome.” But for your first experiments, you can choose simpler options by looking at the photo below.

If paving slabs or concrete reign in the garden, and there is no free land left for a flower bed near the entrance to the house, containers will help out.

Successful areas for flower beds on a personal plot

For flower beds in the courtyard of a private house, you can find many suitable places, based on the above requirements, taking into account the viewpoint. The main role of the flower garden here remains to decorate the landscape and create a positive mood for the owners. Thus, flower beds near the gazebo or in the recreation area will provide an opportunity to enjoy the beauty and aroma of flowers while drinking tea or having fun outdoor gatherings with guests.

Other options for placing flower beds are also good. A flower bed along a garden path made of any material will enliven, decorate it, and make a walk through the garden extremely pleasant. A blooming oasis at the intersection of paths in the garden will certainly make you pause and admire the natural harmony.

An alpine hill will perfectly complement a landscape with a boring slope, on which it is difficult to place your favorite beds.

However, in the courtyard of a private house, another purpose of a flower garden also appears: it can level out or hide some defects in the area, buildings, and emphasize the functionality of a particular area. For example, a flowerbed in front of a fence will distract attention from an unassuming fence, while climbing or tall plants in the form of a hedge can completely hide it from view. But if the fence is beautiful in itself, flowers will add grace to it.

Living plants look expressive against the background of buildings - it’s a good idea to designate any building in the courtyard of a private house with at least a small flowering composition. For example, an esthete car owner will be pleased to take his “iron horse” out to a tidy area near the garage, decorated with a bright flower bed, and a mini-flower bed in a tire hanging on the wall of the building will be evidence that a car lives in it.

Many private yards have a structure called a septic tank. A small flower bed in a container, which can be rearranged if necessary, will help decorate its nondescript lid.

What kind of flower beds can there be?

Having figured out which places in the courtyard of a private house are suitable for creating flower beds, you need to decide on the type, shape, and materials for their arrangement.

Type and shape of flower beds on the site

Flowerbeds can be very different in appearance and shape. It is worth mentioning here what is the difference between the first and the second: novice “garden designers” often do not imagine this, considering these terms to be synonyms. In fact, a flowerbed is usually called a flowering composition that has rigid boundaries of a regular geometric shape, slightly raised above the level of the surrounding ground.

A regular flower bed requires constant care

Experts distinguish two types:

• Regular. They are characterized by a selection of low specimens that bloom at the same time, strict, clear lines of the floral design. To ensure this, careful constant care of the plantings is required, which is beyond the capabilities of a novice gardener.
• Irregular. They are more often found on individual farmsteads and dachas. They are usually filled with long-flowering plants of the same variety, or various species with staggered flowering periods, thereby ensuring a decorative composition throughout the season.

Similar scales are good for a spacious yard

There are many varieties of flower beds, differing in size and shape. When choosing the parameters of a blooming island, you should focus on the general style and size of your property. Obviously, in a yard with a small area, an excessively large flower bed will look out of place.

As for the shape, it is better for beginners to opt for simple geometry. After looking at a few photos, you can make sure that flower beds are round, square, rectangular, and indeed any simple configuration can look great.

Corner flower beds deserve special attention, as they fit perfectly into the space between the house and the garage, between the porch and the wall of the building, and so on.

High flower beds allow you to successfully decorate your yard while occupying a small area. The highlight of the garden or local area can be a structure made of gabions.

Common types of flower beds

A flower garden is a more general concept that also includes other types:

• mixborders,
• discounts,
• flower borders,
• rockeries,
• alpine slides.

Compositions with shrubs

Mixborders. These are compositions of arbitrary shape, which can contain any types of plants, including trees, shrubs, vines, annuals, perennials with different flowering periods and colors. They can decorate almost any corner of the yard, the main thing is to choose the right composition of species.

Discounts. Long flower beds in the form of a strip from half to one and a half meters wide, where up to 3-4 types of ornamental plants are planted in even rows. In fact, they are not much different from regular rectangular flower beds; they look good in spacious areas among green lawns.

Flower borders. Narrow (up to half a meter) ribbons of low-growing flowers, often of one type. They are usually used as edging of other flower beds, and as a frame for paths in the garden.

Rockeries, alpine slides. These spectacular free-form rocky gardens, recreating a mesmerizing mountain landscape in miniature, can be laid out where capricious specimens will not take root. When decorating private homes, undemanding conifers, annuals and perennials, and ground covers are used.

When you start landscaping your yard for the first time, you should practice creating flower beds of simple geometric shapes and borders from unpretentious plants with your own hands. Having mastered the skills and having artistic inclinations, you can, if desired, move on to creating magnificent, fancy flower beds, like the masters make.

Material for making impressive flower beds

Even in private courtyards, flower beds that do not have a fence, or are fenced in with whatever is at hand, can look too unassuming and unfinished. Having chosen the look and shape for your creation, you should think about a worthy frame for it. Perhaps it will be the already mentioned flower border or specially made flower bed structures made of stone, brick, and other materials.

With even a little construction skills, making such structures is quite simple. But for some, a simpler task will be to arrange wooden flower beds in the yard. Depending on the style, this option can be very practical. The charming compositions in the photo below convince of this.

Stone border

If wicker weaving is your favorite hobby, making such a cute “basket” will not be difficult.

It is not difficult to build a structure from concrete blocks, turning the gray, dull material into an elegant flower garden near the house in a private yard.

Often, owners of dachas and garden plots use strips of old slate. This approach can also be welcomed, but it should be remembered that cuts of sheets of this material are quite dangerous, so it is better to build slate side walls into a wooden frame, as in the photo below.

If we are talking about available materials, we cannot ignore flower beds made from tires, which at one time became popular due to their cheap cost and the ability to use scraps. It cannot be said that a tire painted in a flashy bright color, laid on a lawn and filled with flowers, looks aesthetically pleasing. But if you use your imagination, you can make quite decent and original frames for flowers from waste material.

Another example of using scrap materials for a creative flower garden is old barrels. The cost is zero, and the view is inimitable.

Making flower beds and flower beds near the house with your own hands

Having decided on the type, shape and size of the future blooming oasis, all that remains is to properly arrange the flower bed in the place chosen for this. However, it is too early to rush there with a shovel and rake. There is still some preparatory work to be done: design development, selection of planting material, soil preparation.

The beginning of the beginning - planning

Any gardener, looking at the luxurious flowering islands in the parks in the photo or in reality, “tryes” them on for his own home. But thoughtlessly transferring landscaping elements into a private yard can result in disappointment if you don’t know how to plan a flower garden in front of the house or in another suitable place. To begin with, this should be done on paper approximately in this order:

1. Draw a scale sketch of the location where the colorful island will be located.
2. Draw contours on the sketch, also observing the scale.
3. Determine which buildings or plantings will become the background, what their color and texture are.
4. Indicate the areas where soloist plants and complementary specimens will be planted.
5. Outline the color scheme of these zones, taking into account the compatibility of colors.

This is how a plan is drawn

In order for a composition created with your own hands to look harmonious and surprise everyone with its perfection, it is useful to familiarize yourself with the basics of color. Colors and their combinations not only satisfy people’s aesthetic needs, but also have a psycho-emotional, even therapeutic effect on others. They can invigorate, calm, give a state of serenity or cause unconscious irritation and aggressiveness.

Combination and proximity of colors

Nature itself suggests good combinations of shades: if you grow pansies, take a closer look at them - this is where the color scheme is clearly presented!

For the first experiments, it is worth remembering the following:

• Cool shades (green, purple, dark blue) are good for creating a general background.
• Dominant plants should be distinguished by warm tones (red, yellow, orange), which attract the eye.
• Contrasting combinations evoke a surge of strength, and smooth play of tones calms you down.
• Monotony, dullness, as well as excessive variegation, do not suit a flower garden.

Pansies - color in nature

Miscalculations when planning flower beds

When thinking about the design of a flowerbed in the courtyard of a private house for decoration with your own hands, you need to try to avoid common mistakes. The main mistakes when planning plantings:

• The choice of location for a flower garden is based only on the consideration that it should cover an unsightly area, without taking into account the nature of the soil and microclimate in this area.
• Excessively large flower bed sizes. This makes it out of place in a small yard and makes it much more difficult to care for the plantings located in the center of the composition.
• Forming a flower bed in the tree trunk. This is the sin of owners of small areas who strive to make maximum use of space. The soil under fruit trees is practically unsuitable for beautifully flowering plants. As an option, you can consider building a small rock garden in such a place.
• Too crowded plantings, without taking into account the upcoming growth. When placing your green friends, you need to focus on the size of adult plants. This is doubly important for perennials: they grow over two or even three seasons.
• A thoughtless, impulsive approach to the selection of seedlings. It is unwise to purchase copies that simply attracted attention. When deciding what to plant in a flowerbed, it is necessary to evaluate whether the “new residents” will combine with the plants already established in the courtyard of a private house, and whether the growing conditions here are suitable for newcomers. You also need to remember that there are antagonistic plants. For example, a rose with its wonderful aroma will not please a carnation as its neighbor.

Video: Mistakes when designing flower beds with your own hands

The nuances of selecting and planting plants in a flower garden

It is better to make the basis of the flower arrangement in a flower bed from beautiful perennials, placing the tallest or most beautiful specimens in the center (in the background in a one-way view) - they are called dominant or soloists. Annuals planted annually will make an effective addition. When selecting and planting flowers, you should adhere to the intended plan, diagram and follow a few more rules:

1. When forming a flower bed in the yard, plant the plants in increasing order from the perimeter to the center.
2. Choose species and varieties that match in color, have similar requirements for growing conditions, and get along well with each other.
3. Consider the decorative period so that when some specimens fade, the buds of their neighbors begin to open. In this way, continuous flowering is organized. Another option would be to plant plants that bloom all summer.
4. Pay attention to the decorative qualities of the leaves so that they continue to decorate your creation after flowering has finished.
5. If possible, do not include varieties that require staking or support.
6. Maintain optimal planting density. If plants are planted densely around the perimeter and sparsely planted in the center, this adds to the attractiveness.

Central flower bed

It is impossible to immediately master all the subtleties of composing flowering compositions. For example, developing the correct patterns for flower beds near the house and on the plot requires knowledge and certain experience. If you don’t have any, you shouldn’t be sad: you can see some options for simple schemes in the photo.

Composition of annuals

Do flower gardens need decorations?

Admiring the blooming result of their labors, some people think about how to further decorate the flowerbed and make it even more beautiful. It's important not to overdo it here. If you make the right flower arrangement, build a beautiful fence in harmony with it from natural or improvised materials, this will be enough. You can also install garden lanterns so that the flowers are mysteriously illuminated in the evening, decorating the yard.

In some cases, if there are free areas of soil between the plants, it is a good idea to fill them with wood chips, screenings, and fine gravel. But it’s worth arguing about garden figurines. They can be very different, but try not to offend your green friends by being next to colorful bad taste.

From all that has been said, the obvious conclusion is that amateur garden design is not an easy task. And yet, beautifully decorating a flower bed near the house with your own hands is within the power of almost everyone. Show enthusiasm, charge yourself with positivity, turn on your imagination, punctually follow the necessary recommendations - the result will be a unique flowering island in your yard.

And if you cannot rely on your own knowledge, creativity, sense of proportion, then the best way out is to entrust your yard to specialists.

It’s hard to imagine a garden without flowers. Flower beds decorate landscape design, thereby hiding its shortcomings and emphasizing its main advantages. That is why flower beds should occupy an honorable and most prominent place on the site. In order for DIY flower beds to look beautiful in any weather, you need to take into account and observe many important nuances. There are four general rules to help create an attractive flower garden.

1. Plants that are taller should always be planted closer to the center.
2. Color combinations should be in harmony.
3. It is better to plant flowers sparsely in the center, but densely along the edges.
4. When designing, it is better to avoid complex patterns; beauty is in simplicity.

By observing these simple nuances, you can very easily give the area freshness and uniqueness. You don't have to choose only colors that go together. Contrasting flowers will look good in one composition. Most try to create flower beds that match all the buildings on the site.

A variant of a mixborder in the shade, the main tone is set by hostas and coleus.

What should you pay attention to before designing any flower bed?

Before you start creating beautiful flower beds, you need to remember the correct soil, lighting, and humidity. In most cases it depends on the type of flowers planted. There are certain guidelines that need to be followed.

Lighting should be optimal for all types of flowers planted, so that the plants are exposed to direct sunlight for at least seven hours a day. All plants must be light-loving.

Determine the type and acidity of the soil. For better growth and flowering, the acidity and type can be slightly adjusted or completely changed. To give it better aeration, you can add compost and sand. Use chalk to improve the acidified type. We must not forget about mineral and organic fertilizers. Add them to any type of substrate.

Water should not stagnate in the soil. Especially applies to melt water. If you do not follow a simple rule, putrefactive processes will arise in the tubers, rhizomes, and bulbs of perennial plants. In addition to putrefactive processes, root respiration of flowers will become difficult or, in the worst case, stop completely.

What types of flower beds exist near the house?

Several flower beds can be placed on one plot, regardless of its size. All of them can be made in different styles. In this case, it is necessary to take into account their sizes. There is a rule of the golden ratio, which states that their dimensional ratio should be 3:5:8.

In general, there are several types of flower beds:

1. . As stated above, the flower garden is made in compliance with the main rules, tall flowers are planted in the center and sparsely, and low ones are densely planted along the edges. The colors are in harmony with each other. She looks like this
   
2. Curb. These are placed on the sides of the paths. Their color does not have to be monochromatic. Usually the color is selected depending on the landscape design or individual preferences of the owners.
   
3. Monoclumba. Views like these prove that beauty lies in simplicity. A pleasant solid color can either stand out from other colors or harmonize with them.
   
4. Flowerpot. They have become very popular due to the fact that they can be moved to different parts of the garden. They look beautiful almost anywhere.
   
5. Regular. It is ideal for a large area with a small pond or fountain.
   
6. . Ideal for decorating a fence or home. This design shows all the creative nature of the residents.
   
7. . A clear stripe of various colors in a strict, often geometric, thoughtful form.
   
8. Vertical. Such compositions can stand in the middle of the site or serve as a fence.
   
9. Group. They combine completely different plants that are not similar to each other. If you follow the above rule that large plants should be in the center, then such plantings will decorate absolutely any area.
   

When choosing one type or another, consider first of all where the flowers will grow. Near the house, borders are most often planted or flowerpots are installed. And the vertical one will look best on the wall of the building. There are frequent cases of combination of two types. For example, curb and group. It looks especially attractive if the color varies.

How to make a flower bed?

The composition should be higher than the rest of the landscape. Make it simply from soil or using various materials. For example, to create flower beds they use materials such as:

• natural stone;
• wooden boards;
• logs;
• bricks, fortan.

Using stone, they can create any pattern for a flower garden. Before you begin, draw or find diagrams of beautiful flower beds, then use them as a guide. Even a woman can easily cope with such work, because it does not require complex installation work.

When the shape and dimensions have been chosen, you need to lay out a small fence made of stones of the required height around the perimeter. The stones should fit very tightly against each other. Secure them for durability of the structure with cement mortar. Inside, remove a small layer of soil, up to about 15 centimeters. Fill the hole with sand, gravel or crushed stone. Now fill the stone building with soil and plant the plants.

Here are examples of how to beautifully decorate a flower garden using stone.

A flower bed made of wooden boards will fit perfectly if there is a wooden house on the site or all selected boards need to be sanded. Afterwards, you must first cover them with sealant, then with varnish. Having chosen the desired shape, you need to drive pegs into the ground, and then install planks around the perimeter. The composition is created from the pegs themselves. To do this, they are simply driven into the ground close to each other.

Many people still have materials after construction, which raises the question of how to make flower bed made of logs? Making such a flower garden is quite easy if you follow all the steps and rules. The diameter of the logs should be approximately the same. The logs that will be at the bottom need to be cut lengthwise into ½ diameter. Then you need to prepare the material to increase the height of the walls. The next sequence of actions is as follows:

1. On one side, make a groove that is exactly equal to half the diameter.
2. Make notches on both sides to connect the logs into crowns.
3. At the site of the future flower bed, you need to remove about 15 cm of soil.
4. Fill the hole with crushed stone.
5. After preparation, the logs themselves must be treated with a special protective sealant. Lay the bottom logs first, and those with grooves across the top.

Brick compositions will look good on any land. In skillful hands, flower beds turn out to be both perfectly straight and curved.

Brick buildings must be installed on a solid concrete foundation. And if you plan to connect it to the walls of the house, then be sure to install waterproofing so as not to damage the wall.

So, when the surface of the base has dried well, start laying bricks. On the bottom row, leave a few seams unfilled. Because it is necessary to provide drainage holes. When laying, periodically check how level the walls are.

Borders for flower beds

A clear line of the flower bed near the house is half the success. In the photo gallery below there are a lot of possible options. Wooden: from the remains of beams, from bent tree trunks, woven from branches, miniature likenesses - the stone is generally very beautiful, you can create the likeness of a stone stream along the flowerbed, use both huge boulders and small pebbles. Also used: bricks of different types, concrete, an impeccable line along it looks very beautiful, and an original border made of decorative cabbage.

The simplest ways to beautifully decorate a flower bed near your home

Many people don’t know how to beautifully decorate a flowerbed without making an effort or using a lot of material. There are several easiest ways.

1. Use an earthen mound to create a small hill
2. Flower beds should not blend into the ground.
3. Then shape the area using a ruler or string.
4. Now plant the plants.

To prevent the flower garden from becoming overgrown with other plants, weeds or grass from the city, it must be fenced off.

To fence it off, pour gravel along the edges and place heavy stones on top. Compositions that are fenced with a small stone border look very aesthetically pleasing.

Another simple way to decorate a flower bed: place flower pots on top of each other to hold them together, secure with glue.

The monoflower is considered one of the simplest. It adds style and elegance to the space. One type of flower needs to be planted on a small hill, fenced with stones.

With such simple flower beds you can plant the entire plot. The main thing is to fence them off from each other with crushed stone, stone chips, and small cobblestones.

About creating a flower bed from summer trees in the video

What could be simpler than a flowerbed of summer trees? This is not a long-term project, even if some mistakes are made, they can be easily corrected next year. About creating a flower bed from summer trees, as well as many other recommendations:

Decorating a flower garden in front of a country house with your own hands is not a difficult task if you approach the matter correctly. Fragrant flowers, planted with taste, will transform the appearance of the garden and make it more cozy. By showing your imagination, you can make a unique flower garden on your site.

Landscape Design Basics

You can study landscape design at higher educational institutions or master the skills of decorating a garden yourself. To create a unique atmosphere on the site, you need to consider several general rules:

• Choose a style for the flower garden: rustic, romantic, Japanese, Mediterranean;
• Inspect the garden plot, determine the type of soil;
• Think over zones. On the plan, mark out a recreation area, a flower corner, and architectural forms for the site;
• Mark out garden paths. They should be easy to move;
• Determining the color scheme of the garden. Selection of building form and color of material, paths;
• A selection of flowers and trees for the garden. The choice of plant variety must be made taking into account the climatic characteristics of the area and soil type.

Flower garden in front of the house

There are many directions in landscape design. Designing a decorative yard flower garden is considered the most popular. A flowerbed in front of the house, decorated with taste, changes the appearance of the entire garden area, makes the area lively, and gives it a complete appearance.

• Bush size;
• Flowering periods;
• Compatibility of plants with each other;
• Flower requirements for soil type, lighting, watering;
• A combination of the general style of the garden with a flower bed.

The flowerbed can be made of any geometric shape (round, oval, square or rectangular) or divided into several compatible parts.

Interesting. When choosing vegetation for the garden, you can choose varieties so that there is an effect of constant flowering of plants.

How to plan a flower garden in front of the house

When planning to plant a flower bed in front of the house, it is important to choose plants that are suitable for the climatic conditions of the region. It is advisable to take into account the characteristics of the soil. Depleted soil can be fertilized using special mineral fertilizers or organic fertilizers.

Rules for creating a flower garden:

• Draw up a design project (scheme) on paper indicating the dimensions, shape of the flower bed and indicate the color scheme;
• For beginning gardeners, it is better to choose perennial, low-maintenance plants. The rose is a beautiful flower, but it requires special care when growing, so less demanding plants are suitable for inexperienced gardeners to start with;
• It is advisable to decorate the flowerbed with spring, summer and autumn flowers. So it will be bright and beautiful for a long time;
• To avoid excessive diversity and tastelessly decorated flower beds, you need to select several shades of colors, combining bright colors with bed tones.

An oval or round flower bed with a total area of ​​1*1.5 m will look harmonious next to the house. The selection of colors and flower sizes depends on preferences. Options for placing flowers in the flower bed in front of the house:

• The central circle is sage, Siberian iris, fassena, catnip;
• Middle circle – tulips, daffodils;
• Third circle – scillas, crocuses, muscari.

Flowers look impressive if you plant low plants from the edges and choose taller ones towards the center.

A flowerbed in the yard transforms the appearance of the garden and fills it with different aromas. There are flowers that reveal their fragrance in the evening, after sunset. Flower options: daylily, peonies, scented violet, paniculate phlox.

Option for organizing a flower bed

You can organize a flower bed by choosing a simple and sophisticated style. Plant lavender with a delightful soothing aroma on the periphery, and place spectacular yellow echinacea in the center.

On a note. When choosing flowers to form a flower bed, you must be guided by the basic rule: tall flowers are planted in the center or in the background.

Flowerbed near a fence or house

If the place of the flower bed is located near the wall of the house or near the fence, then it is necessary to determine the degree of illumination:

• There are many varieties of plants that grow well in partial shade, but it is more difficult to choose shade-loving flowers;
• Since the soil in the shade can be wet for a long time, this point must be taken into account when planting flowers;
• Perennial plants that grow in partial shade: ferns, lilies, sedges, hosts, crows, arizema, Rogersia, mountain weed, martagon.

Composition placement option:

• Plant garden jasmine near the fence or wall of the house. The plant is quite tall and feels comfortable in the shade;
• Digitalis (foxgloves) look good against the background of jasmine. They belong to perennial herbaceous plants, the inflorescence is in the form of a brush, reaches a height of 85 cm. The color of the inflorescences depends on the variety, it can be purple, red, white, yellow. Flowering period 1 month – June;
• After the foxgloves, you can plant lupine in a circle;
• In the foreground, for planting a flower bed near the house, you can choose bergenia and cuff. The cuff blooms throughout the summer, decorating the yard.

On a note. To decorate the garden on the shady side of the site, you can use the design of a flower bed in the yard made of coniferous trees. Firs, decorative spruces, junipers, thujas, and Canadian hemlocks are suitable for creating a composition. Nearby you can plant bushes that do not need sun: elderberry, derain.

Making a flower garden with your own hands

With your own hands you can create a beautiful flower garden near a house in a village or on the site of a multi-storey building. You need to use your imagination, know how to plant flowers correctly, and what mistakes there are when decorating a garden.

DIY flower garden

You can use scrap materials, old items that you have in the household, or visit garden stores that sell interesting things to decorate your garden.

• In the courtyard of a private house, you need to plan a flower garden and see the end result. This makes it easier to select the necessary varieties of flowers, determine the color scheme and decorative elements;
• Most flowers grow well in full sun. If the flower garden is on the north side, the flowers may turn towards the sun. Therefore, for such a flower bed it is better to use perennials (iris, marigolds, zinnias, delphinium);
• It is not advisable to plant flowers close to each other. As they grow, they will fill the empty space and interfere with each other. If necessary, the flower garden should be thinned out;
• Choice of colors by height. Usually all characteristics are indicated on the packaging with flowers. Plants are planted starting from the tallest ones in the center, followed by shorter flowers;
• Wilted flowers should be trimmed promptly. Dry leaves will spoil the whole picture. In addition, this will allow the plant to bloom a few more times;
• In one flowerbed it is necessary to plant different varieties of flowers by type, color, size, but it is desirable that the requirements for cultivation be similar;
• Pay attention to the flowering time. You can arrange flowers that bloom during the day and evening.

On a note. Bulbous flowers are among the first to bloom. The main peak of flowering for many flowers occurs in June-early July.

Flowers can be planted in open ground by seeds, bulbs or ready-made seedlings.

After the flower garden is planted, it needs to be given an aesthetic appearance. To do this, you can use pots from indoor flowers, large and small pebbles, old tires, logs, glass and plastic bottles, bricks. This way you can create a flower garden in several tiers and it is interesting to fence it with a homemade fence.

DIY flowerbed ideas using improvised materials near the house:

• Making a flower bed from car tires. The easiest option is to clean the tires well, paint them in the desired colors, add soil and plant flowers there. Tires can be laid out in a circle or made into a multi-tiered flower bed. You can cut out different shapes from tires, which will add originality to the flower garden at your dacha;
• Pots. Planting flowers in pots allows you to place them as desired and rearrange them if necessary. Flower beds in flowerpots and pots are gaining great popularity because they are easy to care for and there are many options for designing a flower garden. Small pots will become an original decoration for the front porch of a house in the village;
• Wooden logs, boards, hemp. A flower bed carved from a tree or stump looks very harmonious in the garden. If you have small wooden blocks, they will make a beautiful fence for a flower bed;
• Plastic and glass bottles are well suited for fencing a flower garden. You can make a hanging flower garden from plastic bottles. To do this, they are cut, soil is poured into them, flowers are planted and hung on the gazebo, fences;
• Stones, bricks. You can decorate a flower garden with ordinary stones (slate, granite, cobblestones). They are used to lay out different options for fencing or a base for a flower bed.

Flower garden with stone fence

A small flower garden can be organized in an apartment. To do this, you need to select pots, home flowers, decorative materials and create a composition. You can place it on the balcony, on the window, in the area near the entrance.

On a note. When using wooden objects to create a flower garden, it is recommended to cover them with moisture-resistant products for durability.

It is useful for novice gardeners who want to tastefully decorate their plot to learn the nuances which will help you achieve the desired result and avoid many problems:

• Moderate watering. There is no need to flood the flower beds with water. Plants, in addition to moisture, need oxygen. Heavily moist soil prevents air from penetrating into the ground. Plants can die from excessive moisture;
• Winter peace. With the onset of winter, plants do not need watering or fertilizing. At this time, it is not recommended to touch the flowerbed;
• Humidity. On hot days, flowers need to be moistened. Watering and spraying are carried out in the morning or evening hours, when the sun's rays are least active;
• Compliance with growing requirements. Flowers are divided into light-loving, shade-loving and those that grow equally well in any light conditions. This must be taken into account when choosing a place to place a flower garden and when buying flowers;
• Disease and pest control. In order for the flower garden to decorate the garden throughout the season, it is important to regularly inspect the plants for diseases and pests. If you find diseased flowers, start fighting immediately, as it is easier to do this at the initial stage. If the disease spreads, the flower garden may die completely;
• Planting plants in groups according to care requirements. If you choose flowers that are similar in content, it will be easier to care for them. This technique makes the gardener’s work easier;
• Feeding. Perennial plants are most often chosen for flower beds. Over time, the soil becomes depleted and the flowers stop blooming magnificently. The problem can be solved by selecting mineral and organic fertilizers, if they are applied according to the recommendations;
• Garden tools. It is necessary to care for flowers and carry out soil work using special garden tools. Beginners will need to purchase: a watering can, a spatula, spoons and forks for loosening the soil, trellises, supports, ropes, sprayers, fertilizers, special soil;
• Care. Any flower requires certain care, so it is necessary to provide an approach to each type of plant in the flowerbed.

Basic rules and recommendations will help you properly arrange a flower garden in front of a private or apartment building, even if the work is not undertaken by a specialist designer, but by a novice gardener. Lush bright flowers will become the main decoration of the site and will attract attention.

A flowerbed with an interesting design can decorate any garden plot, even if it contains heavy and not very attractive buildings. A flower garden properly filled with various ornamental crops adds bright shades to the appearance of the area.

The simplest house, immersed in a riot of plant colors, seems interesting and not boring. Making a beautiful flowerbed with your own hands is not difficult, but this task requires some preparation: choosing the right location, treating the soil and thinking through the composition.

A flowerbed in front of the house is a common landscaping technique.

Selecting a location

The first stage of planning a flower garden is choosing a location for it. It is especially important to consciously approach this step if the plot is small. There are two aspects to consider in this matter: location in relation to the sun and personal preference.

For the most part, outdoor flowers are sun-loving. In order not to limit yourself in the choice of plants in the future, it is better to immediately select a sunny area for the flowerbed, protected from drafts.

At the same time, due to territorial limitations or individual desires, a flower garden may have to be laid out right under the window, under the wall of the house and in other shaded places. In this case, it will be necessary to select plants that live comfortably in such conditions.

Soil preparation and planting features

It is with the preparation of the soil that one should begin the practical implementation of the plan for decorating a flower garden. During soil cultivation, it is possible to study the composition of the soil and make adjustments to the planned list of plants. The optimal period for this is spring.

High-quality soil is the key to successful “prosperity” of a flower bed

You can make a flowerbed with your own hands, even on not very fertile soil, by taking certain measures. Basic recommendations:

• clay soil will become lighter if you add sand to it;
• Clay and stone flour will help make the soil heavier;
• To improve the characteristics of any type of soil, compost and peat are suitable; these fertilizers increase air exchange and moisture transfer of the soil, positively affecting its fertility.

You can enrich the soil with oxygen and distribute all the added additives so that the soil is homogeneous by digging. It is advisable to use a garden fork for this. The ideal processing depth is 25cm. As a result, the plant root system will receive the most favorable conditions for its development.

It is best to plant perennial plants in the fall. Depending on the species, you should choose a day in the range from early September to mid-October. Autumn planting allows perennials to more easily adapt to cold weather and harden in winter.

When using seedlings in pots (with closed roots), planting can be done throughout the summer months. However, it is important to actively water the plants and protect them from the scorching sun at first.

Rules for arranging a mixborder

Mixborder includes many plants that form in three to five tiers

A flowerbed with plants whose flowering periods follow each other without interruption looks very impressive. With proper care, it will decorate the area with bright colors in spring, summer, late autumn and even winter.

One of the options for clubs with continuous flowering is mixborder. Its peculiarity is the planting of various plants in several rows and tiers, while symmetry is not necessary.

Mixborder is a rather complex engineering and artistic structure that requires thoughtful composition and accurate calculations. Its basis can be flowering perennials, which can be supplemented with herbaceous and small tree species, as well as conifers and plants with decorative foliage. As a rule, at least 5-6 different types are used. With their correct selection, you can create a unique element of landscape design.

The plantings are arranged in 3-4 tiers. In the foreground there should be plants up to 40cm high, in the middle - 40-70cm, in the background - 80-150cm. The stems of the rear tier are covered by the flowers and foliage of the front.

When planning a mixborder, it is very important to take into account the flowering time of plants. Species blooming in the same period should be evenly distributed throughout the area and combined with each other so that the overall picture is harmonious.

In most cases, flowering time is about two weeks. Borderline moments, when some buds wither and others are just beginning to bloom, cannot be avoided. To smooth them out, it is necessary to plant species with beautiful decorative leaves.

Detailed planning will help bring together disparate ideas and take into account all the nuances. It is worth making a calendar of flowering plants, and then drawing on paper a sketch of the future flower bed indicating the names of plant species. The background for a mixborder can be a fence, a house wall, a hedge or a gazebo.

Flowering periods

What flowers can be planted on different tiers of mixborders in the yard, taking into account the flowering period? In the last plan it is worth placing tall plant species that bloom in the last weeks of summer and autumn. We are talking about chrysanthemums (Indian and Korean), hybrid delphinium, sunflower, irises (Siberian and garden), peony, perennial lupine, echinacea, astilbe (Thunberg and hybrid), paniculum phlox, aquilegia, asparagus, mullein, hybrid helenium, oriental poppy , aconite and others.

The central strip of the flowerbed should be decorated with medium-sized plants, the flowers of which bloom from late June to early August. These include lilies and daylilies of various varieties, low dahlias, astilbes (Japanese and Arendsa), phlox and so on.

In front of them on the first tier can grow low species that bloom in the spring, including: hare's ears, pansies, forget-me-nots, primroses, arabises, creeping gypsophila, coreopsis, phlox, alpine aster, sedum and others. It is worth considering that some plants bloom twice during the summer, for example, daisies, lupins, delphiniums, primroses.

Flowers on a mixborder should bloom alternately

Options for mixborders

When thinking about how to arrange a mixborder near the house, it is advisable to look at photos of flower beds. You don’t have to copy them completely, you just need to learn some decorating techniques.

Mixborder No. 1:

• back row - in the center - a beautiful white hellebore, on the sides of it - asters, on the edges - hollyhocks;
• middle row - lush roses, irises and daffodils;
• the first row is a pretty carnation.

Mixborder No. 2 (design suitable for location near a fence):

• back row - morning glory and clematis climbing along the support;
• middle row - blue delphinium and echinacea;
• front row - urban lily of the valley.

Option for planting plants in a mixborder

Flower beds in front of the house and under the window

In front of the house, an oval or round flowerbed with an area of ​​1x1.5 m will look very good. What plants to choose so that immediately after leaving the room you will be immersed in wonderful aromas and bright colors? It all depends on individual taste preferences. For example, you can place a large plant in the center - phlox, rose bush, peony, and from it “spread” circles of smaller flowers:

• first circle (from the center) – Siberian irises, fassena catnip and sage;
• second - daffodils, tulips;
• third - crocuses, muscari, scillas.

The flower garden in front of the house is always nearby

When arranging a flowerbed with your own hands in front of a window in a private courtyard, you should take into account not only the appearance of the flowers, but also their aromas. In the summer, when the sun sets and the coolness of the night falls, it is incredibly pleasant to inhale delicate aromas that acquire a special richness. One of the possible options is to place low plants (up to 20cm) around the perimeter of the flowerbed, increasing their height as they move towards the center, where there may be flowers reaching 40-70cm in length. The optimal set is fragrant violet, paniculate phlox, daylily, peonies.

Another way to organize a flower bed in front of a window is simple and elegant. You can plant lavender with a soothing aroma on the periphery, and bright yellow echinacea in the center.

Tall flowers should be planted in the center or in the background of the flowerbed.

In the shade by the fence

When planning a flower bed in the shade near a fence or wall of a private house, it is worth finding out in advance whether there is always no sun in this place. The fact is that there are more breeds that tolerate partial shade well than those that do not like sunlight at all. The second important point is soil moisture. Some plants are suitable for dry soil in the shade, and others for wet soil. Perennial species that do not need sun include sedges, lilies, hosts, crows, mountain weeds, ferns, Rogers, martagons, arizema and others.

You can create a composition like this. Plant a tall mock orange near the fence. Foxglove flowers will look great against the background of mock orange. Their pink calyxes are collected in an inflorescence in the form of a brush up to 85 cm long. Foxglove grows for two years and can reach 150cm in height; it blooms between June and July.

Next, it is worth placing several small groups of perennial lupine. It has very distinctive finger-shaped foliage on elongated petioles, but the pale yellow flowers look unattractive when withered. They should be planted behind other plants in the depths.

The sun's rays in the shade will be replaced by the narrow curved leaves of the Golden Zebra daylily, which are decorated with stripes of yellow and green. The buds of the plant are also yellow. Unfortunately, they are not very beautiful; they can be removed immediately.

Shade-loving plants are planted in places with limited light.

In the foreground you should plant the cuff in the company of bergenia. The latter has leathery, lacquered, dark green, large leaves that go well with the drooping, rounded foliage of the mantle. Its flowers are pale, yellow-green in color, they are collected in small inflorescences of a vague shape. Mantle blooms all summer.

Another way to design a flowerbed in the shade is to use conifers, including fir, spruce, some types of juniper, thuja, and Canadian hemlock. They can be supplemented with deciduous shrubs that do not need sun. These include hawthorn, derain, elderberry and others.

A flowerbed of conifers is an excellent option for a private house, in which, unlike a summer cottage, people live permanently. This element of landscape design will decorate the area all year round. You can find ideas for decoration by looking at the photo.

Complex composition

When decorating a fence or wall over a large area, you can create a complex plant combination consisting of five stripes of trees and bushes. The rocks should be placed symmetrically, adjusting the density and quantity in accordance with the area of ​​the site.

A flowerbed of conifers - an uninhabited island on the lawn

Subsequence:

• the first (distant) line is the middle juniper in the center, on the sides of it with a 1m indentation are the western Holmstrup thujas, then the Tenberg barberries and rock junipers;
• the second is horizontal juniper Blue Chip;
• the third - opposite the thuja from the first line - Europe Gold thuja, the rest of the space - Japanese spirea;
• fourth - western thuja Globos and juniper Prince of Wales;
• fifth - the same plants as in the fourth line, as well as Morrowa sedge and similar cereal species.

Compact options

If it is necessary to delimit the area, you can make a cascading hedge of conifers, consisting of two rows. It will decorate and improve even a small area. Subsequence:

• behind – prickly spruce and Chinese juniper;
• in front - oriental thuja, medium and coastal juniper, low-growing spruce.

A few conifers near the house will provide a unique aroma

If there is a small free area, it is worth organizing a compact green flower bed with a pine aroma. It will require only three types of plants - coastal juniper, western thuja and mountain pine. Pine and thuja can be located in the center, framed by juniper bushes.