In order for the flowers not to look chaotic on the site, they can be placed in flower beds. To do this, it is not necessary to have a diploma of completion of landscape designer courses, it is enough just to have imagination and desire. How to set up flower beds on the site?

Rules for creating a garden flower bed

When arranging a front garden on your own summer cottage plot or in a village near a house, you should not adhere to strict rules. In general, there are no strict canons when decorating a garden with flowers. All that is required from a gardener is creativity and minimal knowledge of plant selection.

Depending on the type of front garden that the gardener prefers, the plants that will be planted in it are selected. If the garden beds are permanent, with straight, clear lines, of the correct geometric shape, then the plants that will be planted there should have the same flowering period. It should start at the same time and be the same duration. For the greater beauty of such a flower garden, flowers are chosen of the same height.

DIY flower bed

In order for the flower garden to be laid out correctly, it is recommended to know the characteristics of the planted flowers. Usually this is a street view of a flower garden, which is used by designers to decorate city parks and squares.

If the flower garden is fickle, you can develop your creative imagination. Irregular front gardens are characterized by a variety of flowers and shrubs, planted in specific groups. The current non-permanent bed is very close to natural design. Undoubtedly, a flower garden should correspond to the type and appearance of the site itself, but you cannot argue with nature. The most important thing is to prevent the growth of weeds in the front garden.

It is recommended to plant flower beds in the garden no more than 2 m in length and 1 m in width, since it is easiest to care for front gardens with such proportions. It is especially easy when the flower beds are divided into containers made of raised concrete. But landscape designers, in a race for beauty, break such gorgeous flower beds that you just want to look at them and enjoy the author's genius. According to the form, designers can lay out a variety of outlandish animals, peacock tails, flower fountains, etc. It remains only to guess how to care for such flower beds without harming the structure itself.

Among the most common flower beds, there is also a vertical one. Its arrangement is designed only for the taste of the gardener. It can look like separate planting containers attached to the wall of a house or to a fence, thereby covering up some defects; it can be a separate structure: in the form of a wooden staircase covered with weaving varieties of flowers.

How to make a beautiful flower bed

Flower garden schemes

More often than not, gardeners want to create a flower garden that will feature continuous flowering. That is, one type of flowers has faded, but others have blossomed, and so on throughout the summer. But newcomers to the field are greatly disappointed when plants picked with such enthusiasm do not bloom as shown in the pictures, and the flower bed takes on a sloppy look. It is not so easy to plant flowers in the garden and garden with your own hands to create and maintain a flower bed.

Initially, when creating a flower bed with your own hands, you should decide on its location on the site.It can be located in the corner of a fence, it can go along the wall of a house or a curb, it can be located right in the middle of the recreation area. After the location of the front garden is determined, it is recommended to pick up flowers that will be the basis of the composition.

Important! Flowers must be selected with great care, since it is a pity to transplant perennials later, due to the wrong combination of plantings.

For beginners in garden floristry, there are several proven and successful planting schemes. For example, if one side of a flower bed is limited by a wall of a house or a fence, then perennials can be arranged in this order:

  • Plant high delphiniums near the border, preferably in bright blue. On the sides of the delphinium, pink or red phlox can be planted, three copies on each side. Place five bushes of perennial low-growing geraniums between phloxes. Finish the composition with a ground cover yellow cuff. In the projection, this flower bed will look three-dimensional from any side. The tiered compositions garner many admiring views.
  • Beds of perennials of the planting scheme mainly focus on the duration of flowering. The longest flowering plants are dahlias. They will form the basis of a garden composition of perennials. Dahlias are planted in the center of the flower bed, preferably dwarf ones. You can choose any color. Behind the dahlia, on the right side, small red monards land. On the left side, behind the dahlia, you can plant medium-sized blue delphiniums. They will well set off dahlias if the gardener chooses yellow in the choice of color. The blue color of Dubrovnik can border the flower bed, which will favorably emphasize the multi-stage planting.

Flower garden schemes

Flower bed of succulents

Recently, it has become fashionable to form a flower bed from succulents. These plants are unpretentious, do not require frequent watering, can grow in one place for many years and keep their shape perfectly. And financially, the option is quite budgetary. Any composition will look very beneficial with succulents. Most gardeners prefer stone rose, rejuvenator and sedum. If the succulent beds are vertical, stonecrops can be planted in them. They will crawl along the wall and cover it with all the greenery, which, moreover, will change colors, depending on the season.

There are also blooming succulents. For example, a plant with a beautiful name - Livisia, will delight the gardener with flowers of various colors. It can be used to decorate both regular flower beds and border beds, but they will look most advantageous in flower beds located in the center of the site.

Despite the absolute unpretentiousness, it is recommended to know some little things that will help the gardener keep a flower bed of succulents in order. When planting these plants, you need to maintain an interval between them, contributing to the growth of flowers. It is absolutely not necessary to have fertile soils in order for succulents to develop qualitatively, they feel great among stones.

Flower bed of succulents

Flowerpots and holders

If there is not enough space in the garden, a vertical flower bed will perfectly fit into the landscape design. You can make a flower bed for a garden with your own hands from scrap materials, you can purchase it in specialized stores.

There are many variations on the theme of vertical flower beds. It can be concrete flowerpots or flower beds or antique clay vases. With the help of a garden flowerpot, you can make an interesting flower bed in the form of a fountain of flowers. It will not be difficult even for a novice gardener to make it, the main thing is to choose the right type of plants. Also, individual flowerpots are great for decorating a flower bed in the form of a flower ball. You can create a flowerpot with your own hands from available tools, as an example, use an old car tire.

You can use flower holders in the garden.Very often it is just a metal structure that is designed to hold several flowerpots. They are often called flower girls. Such designs can be ordered from craftsmen who are engaged in forging. You can select them for different diameters of flowerpots and pots. With the help of garden flower holders, you can arrange a flower bed, which will be a great alternative to a fence. Such a flower bed will be able to cover defects in walls and fences in the country. Placing a flower girl on a tree will allow you to create a flower bed skirt for the latter. You can also use them as a support for decorating a vertical flower bed.

The big advantage of such flower beds is the lack of careful selection of plants. You can plant your favorite flowers in them.

Flowers in the front garden

Front garden care

Depending on what flowers grow in the front garden, care for them is being worked out. When creating and decorating a beautiful flower garden in the garden, you need not only to choose the right flowers, but also to know their needs.

Note! It is not recommended to plant flowers next to each other that have diametrically different care needs. For example, moisture-loving and drought-resistant. In this case, the flower bed will not justify either the expectations or the energy spent on it.

An important point in caring for a flower bed is the fight against weeds. This should be thought about at the first stage of creating a flower garden. There are several options for weed control. You can cover the bottom of the flower bed with a geotextile fabric, lay a lawn on top or cover it with gravel. You can weed the ground by hand using garden tools. There is another way - weed control with chemicals. But their misuse is fraught with the death of all flowers in the flower bed.

Only the gardener chooses for himself in what variation it will be pleasant for him to look at the fruits of his labors. It is not at all necessary to adhere to the rules when creating front gardens. Who knows, maybe it is your imagination today that will open a new page in the history of flower bed design.