How to distribute shrubs and flowers near the thuja. What plants are combined with conifers

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 help 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 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 the roses or just close the empty space. 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 the root system grows rapidly in thuja, and it 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, perhaps, 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.- it contributes further development 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 roses and thuja along the fence.

First of all, the rule applies that coniferous trees 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 thujas 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 planting, 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, 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 host 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:

1. Volumetric plants are planted in the background;
2. Tall plants;
3. Plants without lush foliage.

Source - landas.ru

Planted flowering perennials in front of the thuja 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?

Evergreen spruce looks impressive at any time of the year. Decorative, fairly simple care, a variety of shades, crown shapes and varieties, attractiveness in both single and group plantings - all this attracts designers. And, of course, what new year holidays without a fluffy beauty - a glauca planted near the house will perfectly cope with the role Christmas tree, you can often find a photo where a street tree becomes the center of a New Year's celebration.

There is a prejudice that ate is not a place near the house, some even call it a "graveyard" tree. In addition, it is generally accepted that spruce is a female tree, and if it is planted near the house, then it “survives” men. In fact, the spruce symbol is perennial and immortal life. Among the Slavs, spruces were protected from evil spirits, and that is why they were planted in a cemetery - it was believed that low, spreading branches “seal” evil spirits in the ground. So, spruces planted in a row near the house can be considered a reliable protection from evil forces.

Norway spruce and its varieties

Norway spruce is a “native” inhabitant of our forests, it is a slender tree with a dense pyramidal crown that can grow up to 50 m. It prefers fertile, loamy sandy loamy, slightly moist (but without stagnant water) soils. It does not tolerate smoke and gas pollution, so common spruce is rarely planted in the city, suburban areas are more suitable for it.

Serbian spruce - or Bulgarian spruce, more attractive than Norway spruce - it has more decorative, bluish-green needles and purple-brown cones. But the main thing is that it perfectly adapts to the polluted city air. Spruce Serbian shade-tolerant, can grow on calcareous and acidic soils. This is one of the fastest growing species, it is distinguished by a narrow cone-shaped (less often - columnar) crown.

Of the other popular types of spruce, we note:

Akron - grows in a bush or in the form of an irregular cone. Growth is average, up to 8 cm in height and 10 cm in width, but at the same time, an adult acrone rarely grows above 3-4 m, a ten-year-old specimen usually does not exceed 1.5 m. Young needles are bright green, but over time very gets very dark. Branches - hanging, arched, raised. Akron acquires a special decorative effect with the appearance of cones that grow at the ends of shoots in in large numbers and having a very spectacular, rich burgundy or bright red (depending on the level of illumination) tint in the spring

inverse - a spruce with a weeping crown, if you do not initially fix the trunk on a support, does not grow above 0.5 meters, the branches will spread along the ground, annually adding 25-40 cm in length. 6-7 meters high

nidiformis - refers to dwarf species. Adult nidiformis does not grow above 1 m, while the crown (with densely spaced branches, spherical or nest-shaped) can be up to 2 m in diameter. Shoots - bright green color, annual growth - 3-5 cm. It is actively used for mass plantings in groups or creating borders, and in rock gardens

Karelian - another dwarf species of spruce, does not grow above 1 m, the crown is cushion-shaped, up to 1.5 meters in diameter. Photophilous, but tolerates partial shade well. Karel perfectly adapts to the conditions of the city

Blue spruce: queen of conifers

Blue spruce (another name is prickly spruce) and derived varieties are most often found in landscape gardening. A tree with a cone-shaped crown, can reach a height of up to 40 m. In nature, it grows along the banks of rivers and streams, planting is carried out in well-moistened places, but the water should not stagnate. Limey and dry soils are not suitable. Preferably - well-lit places, it develops well in the shade, but the color of the needles and its density may be partially lost. It adapts well to urban conditions, easily tolerates gas pollution.

But at the same time, young prickly spruce will require attention - care consists, first of all, in regular watering (and even spraying) in the summer. For the winter, it is better to tie the branches to the trunk - the snow accumulating on dense needles can simply break them. In winter, prickly spruce can get burned (especially problematic in the southern direction) due to bright sunlight, so it is better to wrap a young seedling with cotton cloth (non-woven fabric).

Thanks to active breeding, prickly spruce has many varieties, the most popular are:

glauca (Glauca) - or gray-gray, with a cone-shaped, very dense crown, with bluish-blue needles, it is distinguished by more flexible, less prickly and denser growing needles. The older the tree, the richer the color of the needles becomes. Glauka grows faster than prickly spruce, in a year it can “stretch” up to 1.5 meters. Shade-tolerant, well withstands shaping and shearing, therefore it is often used to obtain hedges

globoza (Glauca globosa) - a miniature form of Glauka, belongs to dwarfs, grows slowly (annual growth is not more than 10 cm), not growing above 2 m. The crown is spherical or irregular, may have several trunks at once. Globoza attracts with its needles - very bright, blue in color, easily tolerates pruning

prickly spruce hupsi - has the most brightly colored needles, a festive silver-blue, very saturated shade. Sometimes it may even seem that hupsi is just artificial, her needles are so bright. The variety is fast-growing (can reach a height of 11-15 m), not demanding on the soil, light-loving.

Spruces in landscape design (photo): a variety of options

The choice of a particular type of spruce for planting is largely determined by the size of the site. For large open spaces, common spruce, Serbian spruce or prickly spruce are suitable - tall beauties planted in a group (3-4 plants), they will become the dominant of the site, acting as a counterweight to the volume of the house. For small areas, medium-sized and dwarf specimens are more suitable.

Coniferous flower bed: 12 solutions with diagrams

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). Creating a flower bed foreground it is necessary to plant ground cover plants (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 cast a large shadow. Therefore, for ornamental gardening, undersized varieties were specially bred, 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. Coniferous trees should be planted either in alleys, or in 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 color scheme, will 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.

Flower beds, green lawns, hedges and large single shrubs are the basis of landscape design. But everyone wants to winter period When most plants have faded and lost their leaves, it is important that the landscaped area remains vibrant and attractive. This function is performed by coniferous compositions in landscape design and single evergreens. But some conifers do not get along next door to each other and deciduous trees. To avoid annoying mistakes, professionals share their secrets with lovers of landscaping home gardens.

flower beds and decorative perennials have long been used by gardeners in landscaping urban courtyards and suburban areas. Abroad, they have long abandoned gardens and orchards in favor of neat decorative beds. spicy greens and compact vegetable crops. In the East, for many centuries, the Japanese have been practicing the "rock garden" with sakura, red maple, wild grapes and undersized conifers. The culture of landscaping courtyards and thoughtful landscape design is actively taking root in our country.

Central Russia - natural environment many species of pines, larch, cedars and junipers. A little to the south, Mediterranean cypresses, thuja and other heat-loving evergreen tree-like conifers are perfectly cultivated. Surprisingly, apart from blue firs and some other pyramidal forms of this conifer, no other related plants were used. The exception was the resorts of the Crimea and the North Caucasus, where even in Soviet times parks and alleys decorated rare species evergreen forms.

Today, decorative forms of coniferous plants are increasingly used in landscape design and gardening of household plots. Asian and Mediterranean forms, through the efforts of domestic and Dutch breeders, adapt to our climatic conditions. Although evergreen heat-loving plants are increasingly decorating our plots, many conifers from Italy, Korea and Japan need to powder the roots with sawdust and wrap the crown for the winter, as in the photo.

It is very convenient to acquire cultivated compact forms for landscape design with coniferous compositions through catalogs and a specialized distribution network. Although this is expensive in complex landscaping, it has its advantages:

• a seedling in a pot or tub has a protected root system;
• each plant has a "passport" or brief instructions care;
• if the recommendations for watering and cultivation are followed, 100% rooting of the young conifer is guaranteed.

Attention! If at a retail outlet from a row of identical plants they offer slightly yellowed ones, do not buy - this is the first sign of the seedling dying off! Even when planting in fertile soil and intensive watering, it will not be possible to reanimate it, with rare exceptions. Such material can only be taken free of charge - in addition to a batch of other plants, to be planted somewhere near the edge.

Coniferous composition at their summer cottage

If there is no certainty that the acquired garden forms will take root, in the first year you can hire a professional gardener who will take care of the "young growth". When rooted thujas, juniper and ornamental spruces overwinter and release young, slightly colored twigs in the spring - a signal that the conifers feel great in a new place and do not need careful care.

Advice. Do not forget that any tree-like plant during the period of active growth needs additional watering (especially in dry summers), feeding and wrapping the crown during frosts.

Competent care and thoughtful planting of young evergreen seedlings in landscape design using conifers is a guarantee that the site will be beautiful at any time of the year. The main thing is that they do not shade each other and do not oppress less viable forms with their phytoncides. For example, other conifers do not get along near a single larch or gradually degrade.

Decoration of the cottage with coniferous plants

Landscape design with coniferous plants

It is desirable that the basis of the composition is a single tall or medium-sized plant surrounded by 2-3 coniferous forms of contrasting forms. A green lawn or small gravel is an excellent backdrop for such a planting. It can be supplemented with compact flowering perennials or ornamental fruit-bearing shrubs, which can be adjusted annually by pruning.

Attention! You should not plant large conifers, fast-growing and sprawling forms in the center of the site and under the windows of the building. Otherwise, in 5-6 years they will turn into forest jungle, creating an excessive shadow near a flower bed or front garden.

Several identical conifers should not be planted randomly, it is better to place them along the alley or as a hedge. Compact spruce or similar plants are perfectly combined with weeping hardwoods at an artificial reservoir at the edge of the garden, as in the photo.

Landscape design in coniferous composition

Cottage design with coniferous plants

Cottage design with coniferous plants

Variations of coniferous forms

For the majority of people coniferous plants- these are Christmas trees and pine trees, which are usually decorated on New Year's holidays. They also include Siberian and Lebanese cedars, and what they differ in is not known to the townsfolk. What the branches of larch, arborvitae, cypress or juniper look like - they are at a loss.

This is interesting. Each variety of conifers has its own subspecies, with great variations in the color of the cones or berries, the shape of the crown and the length of the needles. Italian weeping pines are the same pines, but the needles can reach 20-30 cm in length. And there are coniferous forms with large purple buds and small red, rose-like buds. For landscaping arboretums, juniper with blue edible berries is used, and the variety with bright red fruits is poisonous. Young twigs of decorative fir trees can have a light green, golden and blue hue, examples are in the photo.

Coniferous composition at their summer cottage

Decoration of the cottage with coniferous plants

When choosing coniferous compositions in landscape design, it is advisable to become more familiar with the species diversity of these relic plants. Botanists claim that conifers or gymnosperms reigned at the time of the dinosaurs, replacing the era of tree-like horsetails and ferns. But even they find it difficult to answer how many natural varieties and subspecies these representatives of the kingdom of flora and fauna have.

Scientists annually discover new endemics in impenetrable virgin forests, which are used by breeders to breed decorative subspecies.

Landscape design with coniferous plants

Landscape design in coniferous composition

The main classification of conifers in nurseries is according to the shape of the crown:

• spherical;
• ovoid,
• spiral;
• sprawling flat-topped;
• weeping;
• pyramidal;
• columnar;
• oval;
• creeping (flat);
• squat;
• rare crown.

There are also the following forms:

• tall;
• medium height;
• undersized;
• creeping.

Attention! Over time, undersized plants will look like medium-sized ones, dwarf and compact conifers will take up more space. You should not plant them densely, so as not to spoil the original plan in landscape design.

Cottage design with coniferous plants

Coniferous composition at their summer cottage

How to compose compositions?

Conifers are quite unique, in many respects, plants. They rarely get sick and are attacked by pests, endure the vagaries of the weather. Most of them do not require special fertile soil although each species has its own preferences. Some shed their needles like a larch, others bloom pink in landscape design, like the Crimean thuja. All these forms are classified as evergreens, and most purify the air, filling it with phytoncides that are detrimental to pathogenic microflora. Compact trees, densely covered with needles, are quite spectacular both in single plantings and in a general composition with other "neighbors", as in the photo.

Decoration of the cottage with coniferous plants

Landscape design with coniferous plants

The site design is usually divided into several zones, where certain types of plants will be in the center of the composition. Depending on the goals, according to the catalog or in the garden supermarket, you can choose or order different conifers. Most often they offer compact, dwarf and undersized forms.

Attention! According to your taste, you can choose any kind of pine, spruce, fir, cedar, larch, arborvitae, cypress or juniper. But there is one condition - they must be adapted and acclimatized to a certain region. Not all of them are organically perceived in the vicinity of ornamental and fruit-bearing trees and shrubs.

Most evergreen forest beauties are in harmony with those trees and shrubs that are usually adjacent to in the wild. These are oaks and birches, maples and mountain ash, hawthorn and wild rose.

Attention! You should not plant several conifers from different geographical zones nearby at once, it often looks unnatural.

"Northerners" can oppress with their phytoncides undersized and dwarf forms from the Mediterranean and the Far East region. And selective and hybrid forms will be oppressed by their natural relatives. The Lebanese cedars and Siberian larches are considered the most "unaccommodating".

Cottage design with coniferous plants

Coniferous composition at their summer cottage

Gardeners have noticed that most evergreen representatives feel great in the shade, so they are planted behind the house on the north side. However, this does not apply to the Mediterranean endemics and varieties of Christmas trees with light needles, which fade in the shade.

Cones are a natural dining room for many wild birds that willingly flock to the site in winter and late autumn, filling the yard with joyful chirping. However, natural fertilizer after treating with seeds can spoil the look of a well-groomed coniferous composition in landscape design.

Most cultivated forms lend themselves well to "haircutting", they can be given the most bizarre shape - from elephants to precise spirals. But some conifers get sick even if one branch is broken.

Decoration of the cottage with coniferous plants

Landscape design with coniferous plants

Landscape design in coniferous composition

If you want to improve household plot evergreen sculptures, you need to choose the right thick forms with small branches and short needles. You will also have to look for specialists who create real masterpieces. You should not experiment with living plants if you are not sure that such “creations” are within your power.

Take a look at the examples in our photo gallery. Perhaps these ideas will inspire and suggest a new concept for the design of your site.

Video: How to use conifers in landscape design

Today, landscape design is gaining more and more popularity. To decorate the area around a private house, not only more and more new technologies are being used, but the decor elements are now so diverse that they make it possible to realize the most daring and unusual design fantasies.

Ephedra

One of the fashionable trends in decorating the local area is the compilation of a single composition of coniferous trees. Depending on the size of the site, as well as on the basic concept of the project, certain types of conifers are selected for this purpose. It is not advisable to put a spruce tree 5 meters high in the middle of a plot of 2 acres, but undersized plants in combination, for example, with stone chips, may well become a worthy decoration for your garden. In addition, decoration with conifers will delight the eye at any time of the year, since most of these plants are not picky enough to changeable weather conditions.

Softwood rockery design

Rockery is a gentle slope, decorated with loose decorative stones different size in combination with low coniferous trees and shrubs. The main idea is to place the main cone-shaped seedling in the middle or upper part of the composition and surround it with smaller coniferous counterparts. The stones, ideally, should be some kind of whole picture, and not point-wise lie at different ends of the rockery. Although, with a certain creativity, even this option can look very interesting. In addition, fresh flowers, which are distinguished by their unpretentious nature at any time of the year, may well fit into the overall concept.

Softwood rockery design

Decoration of a personal plot with rockeries is purely decorative in nature, and, as a rule, has no functional features. Usually, the installation of benches or other seating places inside the composition is not provided, therefore, if you decide to put a gazebo or just a table for evening gatherings with family and friends, it is better to choose a separate area for this purpose, rather than trying to connect a design element with a resting place.

Conifer flower bed design

Flowerbeds made of coniferous trees are also an equally popular way to decorate a personal plot. They can be located both along the borders of your possessions, and inside them, collected in small bright compositions. In the first case, tall pines, larches, and sometimes junipers are suitable. In the second, shrubs and dwarf conifers will fit more, not blocking the general view on land plot. Different shades of needles, such as gray, purple and green, will look good.

Conifer flower bed design

In the middle of the site, if it has the correct geometric shape and has required dimensions, you can place a round or square flower bed. The center of the composition is usually decorated with a taller tree, and lower seedlings surround it. Along the edges, as a rule, low creeping conifers are located. The choice of trees is entirely up to you and the basic idea of ​​the flower bed. Decorating with stones around the perimeter can be a logical finishing touch.