Mixborder is a flower garden that consists of various species of plants planted both in solitary order and groups. The basic principle of organizing such a flower garden is the selection of plant crops, which in their combination create continuous flowering. That is, some flowers replace others throughout the season. Mixborders from perennials are divided into several varieties. Consider the features of their cultivation.
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Types of plants
- The English mixborder is characterized by a combination of tall and small cultures. The spectrum of plants through which you can create a flower garden in the English style is quite wide. These are cuffs, decorative cereals, park roses, hosts.
- The meadow type is created on the basis of meadow colors - niva, cornflowering and others.
- Garden -looking mixbort. This is a new trend in the field of decoration of flower beds. To create such a flowerbed, vegetable cultures of decorative purposes are used. For example, curly parsley or decorative cabbage. Quite often, herbs of drug use are added to the mixborder of this style.
- Mixborder village. It is created using garden crops. The owners of those areas, in the design of which there are rural elements - wattle, carts, etc. are preferred this style.
Mixborders from perennials. Photo:
Features of preparation, landing and care
When choosing plants for planting a mixborder, it is necessary to take into account their features:
- Cultural flower garden should have general needs for the level of soil acidity, moisturizing and lighting. In the opposite case, if the plants are in inappropriate conditions, they will lose their appearance.
- Do not choose rapidly growing crops, as well as those that have a powerful root system prone to significant growth.
- It is also important to consider the landing period. The most optimal time for this process is the early period of spring. At this time, the soil is quite moisturized, and the temperature is in moderate framework. Thus, plants are in the most favorable condition for planting, since in the early spring leaves begin to grow. You can equip a mixborder in the autumn period. But in this case, it is necessary to complete all work before the end of September, so that perennials are rooted and strengthened to a decrease in temperature.
- It is recommended to harvest soil from autumn. Its composition is determined by plant needs. For most perennial crops, ordinary garden land is suitable. The level of soil processing should be 10 cm exceeding the depth of the root system. Additional depth is a prerequisite for plant development.
- For the soil to optimally absorb moisture, sand and peat are added to the composition. If it is planned to plant mountain crops, soil is enriched with gravel or expanded clay. If there is a need to increase the content of alkali in the soil, chalk or dolomite flour is introduced into the mixture.
- Tall crops with abundant flowering need a fertile environment. In this case, the Earth should be enriched with mineral elements.
Mixborders from perennials according to the scheme are planted in accordance with the following order:
- Initially, large tall plants should be planted.
- Next are medium -sized cultures that do not have lush foliage.
- Then decorative deciduous perennials are planted.
- Lastly, stunted crops.
Care involves the following actions:
- Regular weeding. Especially in this procedure, plants need plants at the initial stage of growth.
- The regularity of irrigation is determined by the individual need for moisture culture.
- For the full development of plants, it is necessary to feed the soil.
- With the onset of spring, a sanitary haircut of perennials should be carried out, damaged and dry branches should be removed. In some species, after flowering, the leaves turn yellow and dry out. They should also be removed to preserve the external attractiveness of the flowerbed.
- In the fall, it is recommended to provide winter shelter. This is especially true in cases where the plants that make up the flower garden are not frost -resistant.
- You should also regularly inspect the flower bed for pests. In case of their appearance, the plant needs to be treated with insecticidal preparations.
Criteria for choosing a place and shape
When choosing a place to plant a mixborder, you should proceed from the following rules:
- Do not choose a place that is exposed to the scorching sun, but at the same time the plants should not constantly remain in the shade and dampness. It is recommended to give preference to spacious and moderately lit places.
- In the process of choice, the height of the plants should also be taken into account. If you place a mixborder with high crops near a house or garden paths, this will create an inconvenience when moving around the site.
- When the flower bed is located near the house, you should not plant plants that pollinate the bees in the mixborder. In the opposite case, it will be difficult to get rid of the unpleasant neighborhood.
- An important point is also unhindered access to the flower garden. It is necessary to think in advance by caring for plants, weeding, watering, circumcision of wilted leaves and stems.
- The shape of a combined flowerbed can be varied. Mixborders are planted in the form of a square, a triangle, a rectangle, an oval. Recently, Irongate mixborders have become widespread. For example, flower beds in the form of a stream, intermittent flower beds and other original forms.
Plant location rules
In order for the mixborder to have an attractive and harmonious appearance, all plants in it must be planted according to certain requirements:
- Decorative bushes and trees need to take the central place. Most often, for these purposes, they use:
- willow;
- cedar varieties;
- fir;
- dwarf thuja.
The flower bed can consist only of flowers, but a mixborder with trees and shrubs looks much more spectacular.
- In the background, tall plants should be placed, and the central place should be filled with medium -ground crops.
- Also in the center you can place plants with magnificent foliage - cereal crops, junipers, hosts. Plants with lush herbs in combination with bright flowering will look quite attractive.
- Especially carefully should be treated with the design of the curbs, since these elements attract the main attention. It is recommended to place low -growing crops with bright colors and no less aesthetic leaves. For this purpose, they are suitable:
- lilies;
- alpine asters;
- cloves;
- roses;
- irises;
- bells.
Claiming of the color palette
An important nuance in the design of a mixborder is a harmonious combination of shades of plants. A properly equipped flower bed should successfully complement the design of the garden plot. The unification into a single composition of pink, white, red and lilac colors will look harmonious. This combination can turn out using roses, phlox, lilies, iris and lilac bushes.
The use of refreshing colors such as blue and white will create the effect of spring freshness. To achieve such a result, spring perennials should be placed in the flowerbed. It is possible to make a mixborder more noticeable and give it liveliness with the help of bright shades - orange, yellow and red, which are possessed by Herbers and asters. In order for the flower garden to maintain the saturation of flowers throughout the season, during the planting of plants, one should take into account the period of their flowering and alternate spring flowers with summer crops.
Recommendations for design
- Roses will make any flowerbed noticeable and attractive. But in order for these flowers to harmonize in a flower garden with other plants, they should be planted taking into account a certain requirement - they must be placed in the central part of the flowerbed. The neighborhood can be compiled by dolphiniums, lupins, lilies.
- When creating mixborders, irises are also widely used. But their cultivation has its own characteristics. Irises have a surface root system. For this reason, they cannot be combined with plants with powerful roots. For example, with cereals.
- Also, iris should not be planted near tall perennials, since in this case the flowers will experience a deficiency of sunlight. Irises take root well with roses, hosts and other low -growing crops.
- Coniferous crops - junipers, thuja, ate a decorative type will look quite successful.
- You can fill the flowerbed with aroma by planting hydrangeas. They feel good in the neighborhood with tulips, lilac, asters and roses.
Conclusion
The unification of various types of plant crops makes it possible to create an original flower garden in which the owner can embody all his wishes. But the cultivation in one territory of many different plants that differ in their needs is associated with certain difficulties. For the successful design of the mixborder, it is necessary to grow perennials, taking into account all the recommendations.
How to make mixborders on the video shown below.
