Subtleties of landscape design of the land plot

Even having built a good house on the site, having finished it properly and having provided all the necessary communications, the development of the territory cannot be considered complete. Be sure to arrange the entire area adjacent to the housing, limited only by the boundaries of the land. And this should be done as clearly and competently as possible.

Landscape design is a set of measures to comprehensively improve the properties of the house adjoining space. In no case can it be reduced only to manipulations with plants and decorative elements. First, a holistic concept is created, and only in accordance with it is land improvement being carried out.This work is the lot of professionals; a non-specialist can hardly competently implement all the requirements, to draw up the site naturally and uncomplicated.

Landscape design involves not only the manipulation of color, shape and various plants; the master should know what geoplastics and geotextiles are, what other modern techniques, materials and structures can be used in improving the properties of the territory and how.

The style of the garden plot is closely connected with the design of architectural structures, moreover, it directly follows them.

English landscape type implies a setting as natural as possible, a complete rejection of the correct geometric configurations. If reservoirs are created, they are made simple in appearance, as if appearing in a natural way. The tracks are most often winding, for their design apply strictly natural materials. Vertical gardening prevails over horizontal.

Other characteristic features of landscape stylistics are luxurious floralcompositions and the obligatory use of ornamental shrubs.

Popular becomes the so-called regular style. An obligatory feature of it is strictly sustained geometry and symmetry of individual parts of the site, design elements. Flowerbeds and alleys, ponds and pergolas are actively used, gazebos are set up, the plots are decorated with arches, sculptural compositions and columns. The French direction is best combined with the use of topiarnyh plants.

A modern and very attractive version of the design of a land plot, not inferior to classical solutions, is country music. It is suitable for adherents of simplicity and naturalness, it is recommended that when choosing it be limited to decorative materials of natural origin. Around the country house country requires planting plum, apple, mint, bird cherry and other plants that are characteristic of your climate zone. As an additional decoration, beds and benches, wicker hedges are used.

Similar in characteristics with country Scandinavian design. Often the garden is equipped with a clearing and an oasis,fences and internal fences are not placed between parts of the territory, since priority is given to the openness of the entire land.

Modernist format differs in active use of small architectural forms and accessories, the minor role is given to plants. The lines are mostly arched, natural materials are still preferred. The color range is limited - blue, beige, red, black, silver, chocolate and violet are used.

It is here that sculptures, fountains are traditionally put up, artificial reservoirs are created. One of such decorative elements is placed in the center and acts as the semantic organizer of the surrounding space. Along the perimeter, they try to plant trees that are not too tall with a possibly thicker crown.

It is necessary to briefly describe how the garden terraces are decorated according to all the rules of design art.The view of the terraces is determined by the characteristics of the garden: in the rocky areas you can use the most bizarre geometric shapes, so long as they fit into the surrounding space. On slopes, trenching, stepped or trenching options are preferred. It is very important to immediately determine whether the terrace will be open or closed, this will determine the possibility of its use in the cold season of the year.

Regardless of what style you chose and what parts you decided to break up your garden, you need to think about the planning of the land plot to the smallest detail. Otherwise there will be a situation when there is not enough space for a certain element or two different parts will be located too close. Be sure to take into account the terrain, the total area, the passage of communications, the placement of buildings. Proximity to the road, sanitary restrictions, unstable soil in certain places or a serious slope of the hill - all this can block or very difficult to perform the planned work.

Land development does not begin with a scrupulous account of all the listed circumstances and other parameters. In fact, with due diligence on any land, almost any project can be implemented.

You only need to clearly define priorities - which is most valuable for you:

• Personal recreation area;
• Space for meeting friends;
• Family leisure corner;
• Romantic garden;
• Garden;
• Flower beds, occupying the entire available territory;
• The presence of a large lawn.

How the entrance zone is shaped is determined, first of all, by the choice of a traditional Russian or modern European approach. In the first case, the emphasis is on achieving maximum privacy, closeness of personal space, and in the second - it is more public and not even always limited to the fence. Since it does not make sense to allocate a significant area for this portion of the plot,its decoration should be as concise and succinct as possible to express design ideas as clearly as possible in a limited area.

Zoning, giving separate parts of a certain functional role is closely connected with the planning of the land plot. No matter how unusual, exclusive I would not like to create a garden, a kitchen garden, take your time, prepare several drawings, schemes with various options.

A well-designed composition takes into account not only all the territories that are functionally needed, but the routes of the garden paths are necessarily worked out. Places where columns and other elements of decoration will be placed, also apply to the plan and think about whether they will look beautiful in the space provided and whether they will cause inconvenience.

Land can not be properly equipped without the use of green plants, otherwise it looks faded and inexpressive.You must carefully choose the culture with which you will decorate the space around the house and at the gate. Consider briefly a number of the most popular options.

Barberries have been loved by landscape designers for quite a while, although initially this plant was valued as a seasoning and medicinal raw materials. Species diversity led to a significant variation in colors and shapes, the possibility of the barberry entering into a very different composition.

The decorative properties of perennial barberries persist until the first cold weather. In the first and second years of development, the branches become thicker and denser, which allows you to create not just a beautiful composition, but also a hedge.

This plant can also be used as part of alpine slides and rockeries, rock gardens, to frame the perimeter of lawns and flower beds. In landscape design, the use of barberry is equally well developed, both as a predominant and as an auxiliary type.

Choosing a platform for it, focus primarily on the abundantly lit, open and not prone to the accumulation of groundwater. The barberry grows best on loam, but in extreme cases it can be diluted in depleted soil.

Competition barberry confidently make rhododendrons. Their other name is “rose tree”, although in reality it is rather a tree shrub, a close botanical relative of heather. This family includes both deciduous and evergreen and transitional types between such types. Rhododendron prefers to grow where there is a lot of water, it goes well with other plants; for landscape designers, it is attractive to the widest species diversity, which allows you to choose a very beautiful bush in any garden.

Any evergreen variety requires penumbra, deciduous as the sun, but excluding the ingress of drafts. 100% of rhododendrons best take root in loose, well-drained and moisturized soil, which gives an acidic chemical reaction. For those who want to decorate their plot as long as possible, this plant will be a real find - skillful selection will ensure continuous flowering for up to 4 months in a row.Pink tree shows itself well near water bodies, on the edges of lawns and everywhere where air humidity is above normal.

The use of spirea will also be an elegant decorating solution. - under this name is known a number of varieties. Experts recommend planting them a group of several bushes, and not distribute them to different places. To decorate the lawn or the road passing next to the site (access for transport), you should use Douglas spiraeus. However, in areas with particularly harsh winters, Billard's spirea is valued, reaching 2 m in height, giving sprawling branches. The Japanese variety is also unpretentious and can grow even in the polar regions. Her flowers delight the owners of the land the whole summer.

Spirea should be planted in a hedge, leaving 500 mm of gap for bushes in a row and 300-400 mm for row spacing. In a group composition, individual intervals are increased to 600 or even 700 mm, this allows you to create a more attractive look. Planting time - the beginning of autumn, preferably on a rainy day, in order to less complicate your life by watering the seedlings.

Hosts are no less beautiful than spirea, with a skillful approach, they alone can decorate the whole area. Leafy culture harmoniously enters a flowerbed of any kind, in an alpine slide; Its value is graceful foliage at the very roots, featuring a wide range of tonalities and configurations. Only with the onset of frosts time bright, colorful host passes. But individual varieties are able to rejoice the gardener again and again with the onset of the new season as much as 25 years. Although like other colors, the host appreciates watering, but can go without him for some time (during dry periods or in the absence of owners).

Large leaves effectively suppress weeds, shading them, which reduces the need for weeding. Note that the newly emerged shoots can be destroyed by an invasion of snails and weevils. The host can be easily combined with any kind of plants, does not suffer from them, and does not cause any counter damage.

Ornamental cabbage - delectable two-year flower, stretching up to 1.3 m, and its diameter is 100 cm. A typical decoration solution is to close the gaps in the plot with decorative cabbage.It is recommended to plant it where the appearance of the vegetable can be enjoyed without any problems. Remember that there are no edible parts in this plant! Ornamental cabbage very much benefits when it is combined with saffron, physalis, marigolds; offline, it often plays the role of a decorative border.

The advantage of the “green head” is resistance to humidity, overheating and overcooling; gardeners will like that there are no hard rules for growing it, you choose the appropriate pattern for planting yourself. Experts recommend planting seedlings in open ground, and the soil for sowing seeds is carefully disinfected.

If one does not limit oneself to more or less known even among people far from gardening, one should pay attention to such a plant as a pyracantha. This sun-loving perennial blooms every June, its growth ranges from 2 to 5 m. Thorny bushes, decorated with toothed leaves, give though not poisonous, but unsuitable fruits. In the temperate zone of the pyracantha, the narrow-leaved is most in demand, and if planted in the southern regions of the Russian Federation, the plant will easily survive in open ground.

The bonfire site, by the way, can also be integrated into the green area; a place for burning scraps, branches, and other garden garbage is sometimes drawn up as a mobile bowl. Then it becomes not only a street hearth, but also a real decoration of the surrounding territory. Important: choose a place that is at least 5 m from the nearest tree, bush, residential building and economic building. Official regulations are not so tough, but concern for safety is not superfluous. It is advisable to pave the surrounding fire pit with fireclay bricks or other stone blocks, or simply to asphalt it.

Be sure to place a barrel with water or sand next to it, or even better - supplement it with a fire extinguisher for the greatest safety.

But let us return to the ornamental plants (we still have time to burn the dried herbs collected in autumn). Next in line are daylilies; these are perennial crops that are simultaneously distinguished by unpretentiousness and excellent appearance, elongated flowering.It is advisable to immediately decide whether you want to create a serious flower garden or are going to organize a solitary landing. Composing a composition, with daylilies you need to combine dahlias, catnip, crocosmia, grasshook, agapanthus, any bulbous plants (but they will need to be highlighted in the flowerbed).

Bruner is also a perennial culture.However, its main role is the creation of mixborders and the flower group. With warm weather in the autumn months, it is possible to re-bloom, the flowers are distantly similar to forget-me-nots. Trying to organize the composition, clearly highlight the main background and transitions between flowers, between tall and squat plants.

Continuing the review of ornamental plants that Arteza, for example, can offer, should pay attention to astilbe. Their attractiveness is understandable, because a long-term beautiful option that does not require sophisticated care and can grow on a variety of soils is pleasant to many. Shrubs are very different heights, differ from each other and color, and the appearance of peduncles. Even when astilba does not bloom, it seems very romantic and intriguing, complements the ensemble of any garden.As part of this culture, you can pick varieties that give flower stalks from the first warm days to the end of August.

If you want to try to grow something less exotic, the most adapted to the Russian conditions, you should choose a horsetail. It is not a flower, but a grass, but the plant’s special charm is this: even in a very small green corner it is easy to create the feeling of a “real” meadow.

Since we are talking about artificial structures, it is necessary to mention the mafas (small architectural forms). This, for example, nice pot, right on the site in which graceful flowers can grow, small shrubs. But in order to enjoy the look of the garden, many other mafas have been invented. Bridges are stretched across the streams, gazebos are set up for rest, fountains and sculptures delight the eye, and lanterns shining on benches bring the romantic mood.

The Ginnal maple is represented by trees and shrubs reaching a height of 300–500 cm, the flowering time is 21 days, the crown is asymmetrical, the trunk is curved, and the bark is twisted vertically. Both single landing and interaction with other species is possible.It is very attractive to combine a black trunk with a neat green lawn.

Gladioli are far inferior to maples in height.but not by appeal! They are capable of framing other flowers as well as performing in the foreground. Consider that even professional designers have a hard time finding the right combination for gladiolus. Particular attention should be paid to their proportions in relation to other plants.

After the flower on the queue shrub Kokhiya. The annual of the haze family tolerates a haircut extremely easily, and every spring takes on a new color. From afar, kohia is very easy to confuse with cypress. The plant without any problems will last in the dry season, without losing their qualities.

Heather began to be used as an ornamental plant in England, and now interest in it is increasing again. So you may well be at the peak of fashion, if you choose this particular plant.

Fir is quite widely sought for a long time. Unlike heather, they did not experience a decline in popularity. It is difficult to find another coniferous plant in our latitudes, which would be more beautiful. But the problem is that you have to arrange a very careful care of the landings,otherwise you will destroy them. Take care and suppression of weeds, and systematic watering, and the elimination of pests.

Boxwood is a firmer tree than fir, and is rightfully considered one of its main competitors. However, under this name may also appear shrubs, and the largest boxwood can live 400 and even 500 years. Any such tree, bush adds a sense of volume to the landscape, adds textures. They are easy to cut and transform.

The hellebore is no less legendary among gardeners than boxwood. This flower is resistant to cold weather, having both terry and white-green color at different stages of growth. Especially enthusiastic evaluation always causes a cup-shaped flower, blooming throughout the second half of spring. Resistance to dry times should be added to the advantages of hellebore, but note that all parts of the plant contain substances that are toxic to humans. It is not recommended to transplant flowers, they tolerate this process badly and will be ill for a long time.

If there is a desire to plant not only a beautiful, but also a gastronomically attractive plant, it is difficult to find a better option than an apple tree.However, the ornamental varieties of this tree do not always give edible fruits, because selection cultivates in them the external beauty of flowering in the first place.

Lilac does not give tasty fruits, but in its grace it is able to compete with an apple tree. Her aroma is altogether unmatched. It is possible to use such bushes for a large and single landing, as a continuous composition and as a hedge. It is recommended to combine lilac with tree-like peonies, Chubushnik, hydrangea and with our “old acquaintances” - barberry, spirea.

Ideas of decor can be directed to the addition of the landscape (wooden objects, arbor), its revival (lamps, lanterns), to the layout of the planned accents. So, the bridges are capable not only of interconnecting the coast, but also visually tightening them. Any of the small architectural forms harmoniously combines practicality and aesthetic qualities. The main principle of landscape design is that all elements should be harmoniously combined with each other and with the environment, giving the site a sense of completeness.

Decorative Islands they try to fill not only with the acquired forms, but also with those that were made to order or were carried out individually. With a skillful approach, even seemingly hopeless materials and structures can become very attractive if the exposition is properly assembled and natural and artificial lighting is thought out properly.

With the help of decor, you can separate the space and externally subdivide the plot into fragments; basically, they try to isolate the working and recreational shares, to emphasize as much as possible their differences. If there is a well in the garden, it can be surrounded by a bosket (an unbroken green wall in the form of a square bush), and retaining walls are sometimes formed on the slopes. But this is no longer just an element of decor, but rather a rather complex engineering structure.

The elite landscape design of the yard invariably includes the use of both herbaceous plants and shrubs and trees.Attractive options, when plants of different heights are separated from each other in space, each has its own special area. The garden path can be harmoniously combined with beautiful flowers, visually breaking them into groups. It is desirable to achieve color and geometric symmetry between the parts of the landing.

Retaining walls are able to play the role of a space divider not only horizontally, but also vertically. Experts recommend making the design of the upper and lower points similar in color, using for each of them a grassy lawn.

To learn how to properly plan the site, see the next video.