One of the practical areas of landscape design in recent times is vertical gardening. In the West, this has been known since time immemorial, on the Russian open spaces, beautifying garden designs for vertical gardening steel recently.
Function of vertical gardening ↑
Vertical gardening garden is able to successfully combine several functions depending on the application and the chosen design.
The design of the facade of climbing plants allows you to not only give the building the original appearance, but also to mask their defects of construction. Particularly relevant to this method of decorating in hot climates, when the greens prevents the heating of the structure and creates a pleasant shading.
Most often the purpose of vertical gardening is the zoning of the garden. Separating the outbuildings from the recreation area picturesque hedge is an attractive idea that does not require special skills in the field of landscape design. To make a garden path elegant arch or to protect the site of the garden from prying eyes fancy screen – ways to use vertical gardening for space zoning many.
Large-scale planting of climbing plants allows you to adjust the microclimate in a particular area of the garden. Braided gazebo or pergola will delight visitors garden in the summer heat, saving cool and keeping the humidity. Protection from dust, noise reduction on a separate piece of garden – vertical gardening successfully cope with the tasks.
In a limited space, the idea of vertical growing flowers or greenery allows you to create a beautiful flower bed, saving precious square meters of land.
Popular and interesting designs ↑
Depending on your goals, for custom landscaping used different designs. This includes arched structures, pergolas, hedges all kinds, suspension elements and vertical flower beds.
Arch ↑
All known arches harmoniously execute the transition from one section of the garden to another. If you have a spare place, putting in a number of several designs, you will create a gallery. Add harmony in landscape design garden will help an interesting subject at the exit of the arch. It could be a statue, an exotic shrub or the original tree. For vertical gardening this will suit climbing roses, clematis, honeysuckle or morning glory. Placing a small area of three or four U-shaped model, you can create a picturesque area, simulating a riot of wildlife. Often arch for vertical gardening garden made of metal or wood, rarely of stone options.
To fulfill the conditions properly selected dimensions: the height shall not be less than 2.2 m, width in the range of 1.2-1.5 m, although allowed wider options. If you are installing a single model that provides a half-meter width of the side wall of the arch to winding plants had a place to stay.
Pergolas ↑
The idea to build pergolas originated in the Mediterranean. Originally their purpose was purely practical and was to maintain the vines and facilitate harvest.
The design is a repeating section in the form of pillars or arches that are connected by bars. The simple architectural design, aesthetic appearance and practicality of the pergola won the hearts of experts in landscape design and has firmly taken its niche in vertical gardening garden. Pergola entwined with grapevines or other climbing plants can perform different functions:
- Use as a sunshade provides a compacted top part to create protection from the sun. It is installed as a separate object on the Playground or the Parking lot of the car or is adjacent to the main building of cottages.
- Optimal for vertical gardening perfect pergolas-a curtain area of the garden from prying eyes, or performing the task of zoning.
- Harmonious pergola over the garden path. Vertical gardening will provide the simulation of the tunnel.
- For home, located in the southern latitudes, an escape from the heat will be the pergola in the form of a visor.
Installing a pergola, take care of the following conditions are met:
- harmony styles between lightweight design and the main structure;
- whether the size of the buildings and common area garden;
- vertical gardening will eventually constitute a significant load on the structure, so the strength is important aspect.
Hedges and obelisks ↑
Wide application of vertical greening got hedges. Their design for the garden takes many forms.
It can be:
- grid;
- screen;
- trellis;
- poles connected with ropes or chains.
The idea of vertical gardening using lattices is quite popular. As a rule, a wooden structure specially designed for the decoration of climbing plants. Other than wood, used for the manufacture of metal, painted in olive, brown or white color.
Vertical gardening grille blends in well with its arched designs. They can be locked near the wall of a building, fence or between posts. To cope with the problem of the fence or the zoning of the space will help the grille is mounted between the posts of the pergola. Finding designs near the fence is able to successfully disguise an unattractive place.
To create in the country the original vertical gardening is able colonnade of pillars, connected by a strong material in the form of chains or rope. For registration of a design suitable climbing roses, clematis or grapes. This solution is vertical gardening provides an interesting transition between the individual plots villas.
Obelisks for climbers – another great idea of landscape design for vertical gardening. You will need to create a design of a cylindrical or pyramidal shape with a diameter of 0.4 to 0.8 m and height 1.5-3.0 m Near him planted sweet peas, climbing Aconite, knyazhik or all of the same twine roses. The main thing – that the plant was not very big and heavy. Sometimes the obelisk use dried tree, if its location in the country played a significant role in landscape design.
Suspended models ↑
Another direction of vertical gardening – hanging container model. For decorating terraces optimally vases with basket plants. These include pelargonium, Petunia, begonia and others.
Originally decorate a wall of a building or a fence garden will help boxes or containers, are fixed vertically. They planted plants, not demanding to the quality of the soil and a large amount of moisture.
Sawn in half a plastic pipe, you can create another unconventional design for vertical gardening garden. Several such elements are mounted between two poles or hung on the ropes, bottom drilled holes to drain excess moisture. They landed in the fragrant and useful herbs, you combine decorative and practical function in one model.
To spend gardening a small plot of garden called the hanging pockets are fixed to the fence or the wall of the building. As a soil applied compost. If the fabric is not good enough moisture at the bottom are drain holes. For collecting excess fluid is set to the pallet. As a rule, planted them with aromatic herbs.
Vertical beds ↑
Landscaping garden with a vertical of beds has not yet received wide distribution, although this method of planting gives the area an original look. The compact design is especially valuable for smaller areas, where on account of each square meter.
Create a vertical flower bed can of the ready-made garden containers or to build a pyramidal structure of the available boards. For landscaping will harmoniously fit:
- bright ampelnye petunias,
- ferns,
- herbs;
- marigolds;
- asters;
- majors.
With self-manufacturing vertical beds installed at the bottom of the volume box on top is a smaller capacity. Three or four tier will be enough for easy plant care.
Selection of plants ↑
Vertical gardening requires special attention when choosing plants. Fit for him as annuals and perennial species. However, remember that annuals are not hardy, so they planted seedlings at the beginning of the summer season. Perennials demanding to the composition of the soil, therefore, fertile soil – the key to quality vertical gardening.
Ornamental species are also in need of preliminary preparation of the soil. Mandatory Wrigley in the complex, as fertilizers will allow you to enjoy in the country wholesome plants.
When selecting flora for vertical gardening matters and their location:
- North side will approach the ivy, nasturtium, mock orange, grapes girl;
- on the South side will catch the rhododendrons, clematis, honeysuckle, Chinese Magnolia vine, Wisteria.
Harmoniously selected plants for vertical planting can transform the country beyond recognition, turning ordinary land into a Paradise.
