This kind of gardening looks equally good both in the suburban area and in the center of the city. Among the concrete and glass is very nice to notice a piece of green oasis. Vertical landscaping of the garden is a separate kind of landscape art, but it is possible to make such an unusual flower bed even for non-professional people.
Plants for vertical gardening
First, let's look at which plants are best for vertical landscaping. Most often use vines or ampel colors. From lianas the honeysuckle of honeysuckle and Japanese honeysuckle will be good, it will look good with lemongrass or girlish grapes. For vertical landscaping in the country, clematis or ivy is common. The actinide of the argument and the actinide of the colomict are also suitable.
Often used and flowers for vertical gardening. Very nice look varieties of ampel Petunia. For example, the surfion shimmers in a variety of shades and you can easily select the color you need. The advantage of the hybrid is its resistance to various adverse factors and winds.
Popularity was acquired by another kind of ampelian petunia called "Fortunia". From decorative deciduous, the dichondra will look silvery or creeping. The plant has a lot of tangling stems and can hang down to a meter and a half down. Very impressive looks in the vertical gardening of the plot pleasant. Fan-shaped flowers of continuous flowering thickly cover the stems and beautifully hang. Most often there are varieties with serene-lilac or blue flowers. Long blossom can boast and the hearth-shaped hearth. Her drooping shoots are densely covered with flowers of a snow-white hue, which do not cease to bloom even in the conditions of prolonged rains.
How to make vertical gardening?
The technology of vertical gardening depends first of all on exactly where you decided to make a vertical flower bed. Let's consider some variants.
- How to place a vertical garden on the wall. The simplest method is to cover the wall with artificial stone or tiles, and then in a checkerboard order you need to place plant pots. A more complex variant involves the use of a lattice-cell structure. The dimensions of the cells are selected according to the size of the pots. The main rule: to ensure the circulation of water and air, because below the drainage in the pan is necessary and all the pots should have holes in the bottom.
- Vertical landscaping in the country, as a rule, is used for the facade of the house. A frame made of metal or wood is plated with plastic, leaving frontal zones and an open top. The distance from the wall should be at least 30 cm. Then everything is covered with perforated material and drip irrigation is prepared. At the end, a perforated polyethylene and a layer of batting are installed. When planting plants for vertical gardening in the batting, a hole is horizontally made and the soil is covered. When the plants start to germinate, they will stick to the wall by the roots.
- The most common way in the city to make a vertical flowerbed is to decorate your balcony. For sale in specialized
stores have ready-made constructions with cells. In them enough to fill the ground and hang a panel with plants. The design has special holes for watering. If you want, you can do something similar yourself. A piece of plastic is stuffed with perimeter bars and covered with soil. Next, cover the structure with a dark plastic bag, and on top with a fine grating. Lattice and polyethylene are attached only on three sides, leaving the upper part open for irrigation. Making slits in the lattice, plant seeds or plants.