In creating the original garden design vertical gardening as one of the types of plant and floral design, is one of the leading roles. Proper selection of plants for vertical planting will form the green mass, which not only serve as a decoration of the facade, but also create the illusion of a green environment. This technique of gardening are widely used in landscaping for garden design small architectural forms: arbors, pergolas, trellis, terraces, slopes, fences, stone walls, sheds…
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What is good vertical gardening?
Due to the variety of colors, shapes and curly latasha plants, colors and textures of their leaves, and the ability to easily succumb to the pruning and the formation of a possible embodiment of a wide variety of design projects.
The main advantage of this method of gardening – the ability to quickly and easily draw living plants large height and width of the space
Dense foliage increases humidity and creates a cool, which is especially valuable during the hot months
Key benefits of this type of landscaping include:
- High decoration in a small space. Vertical gardening is an affordable way to decorate buildings, structures and other unsightly outbuildings and create a unique memory of shape designs. Thanks to the use of climbing plants and latasha possible while maintaining the scale of the plot several times to increase green areas.
- Ease of care. Plants for vertical gardening easy care: eliminating the need for weeding and soil mulching, weed control.
- Regulation of thermal regime. Plants act as a veil to the building: reflecting heat rays of the sun, they protect the walls from excessive heat. Curly and climbing plants reduce the penetration of contaminated air and dust.
This allows the use of plants for vertical gardening in creating cozy corners in the garden, protected from the sun, noise and wind.
The choice of plants depending on sides
The major determinant of the optimal choice of plants for the decoration of the facade of the structure is the direction of light, which turns the object of landscaping.
For the North walls of the building are ideal: girlish grapes, the Japan quince, ivy, camellias, mock orange, forsythia, garrya elliptical, Capuchin beautiful cotoneaster horizontal.
Easy rooting and picky to care parthenocissus able to braid it for 1-2 years large enough surface area
On South walls in all its glory will show itself: honeysuckle, clematis, Wisteria, rhododendron, ceanothus, broom, campsis, callistemon, rose, climbing, Chinese schisandra, Actinidia kolomikta.
Feel comfortable on the East side of buildings: nasturtium, English, Japanese kerria, hydrangea tree, large-leaved celastrus, as well as such favorites as the sun, parthenocissus, clematis, ivy, Japan quince.
The Western part of the wall can decorate: nightshade, hops, passion flower blue, kanatik vinogradnaite, Magnolia grandiflora, Carpinteria California, as well as varieties of camellias, Wisteria, chionanthus.
Whip clematis with lush greenery will give any design delicacy, the gorgeous colors and the most incredible shades will delight throughout the summer
If we take for the basis of design features that are planned the original design of live plants, for the decoration of the arches and Pregol perfectly with the honeysuckle, clematis, nightshade, curly and a variety of types of clematis, Wisteria and the beautiful roses.
Roses are the favorites in popularity among gardeners: curly varieties effectively decorated with various arches and pergolas
For tree decoration will be a very successful application: Quanie grapes, clematis (taganskogo and mountain), honeysuckle, hydrangea scaly.
For good growth and abundant flowering as curly and climbing plants need fertile, slightly acidic soil.
When making a design it is desirable to use on a small site but similar types of plants that will avoid unnecessary diversity of shrubs and chaotic paintings, devoid of harmony
Some flowering varieties
Flowers for vertical gardening are widely used in all European countries. All sorts of hanging baskets and planters, flower towers and vertical beds are very popular in big cities dominated by glass and concrete, and so little space for the living plants. As for the decorative design of facades of buildings particularly spectacular small-flowered basket plant, pleasing lush, abundant blooms.
The main decoration of hanging baskets, vases and pots traditionally be annuals, differing in the length and luxury of flowering. Worthy decoration of the flower garden can become: hybrid forms of petunias, Lobelia, nasturtiums, verbena, begonia and pelargonium plusline.
When selecting and creating compositions of living plants for decorating architectural structures should consider the construction of the plant should first of all emphasize the dignity of the building, not close them
Using the technique of multilevel host flowering plants, creating many variations of the compositions, it is possible to obtain the effect of a continuous violent flowering.
Design ideas from all over the world
Vertical gardening is a universal version of the design of any site because it does not require costly and special care, but it gives a stunning decorative effect.
