12 secrets to a quick garden arrangement

1. Blooming discount in a few weeks

If you want the garden to bloom a month after its planting, we advise you to sow flowering one-year-old species in flower beds, preferably in the form of a multi-species mixture.Seeds are sown into the ground from late April to early May; the fastest-flowering species should open their flowers at the turn ofMay and June. The seeds are sown into the loosened ground, then carefully rake and watered. The substrate should be kept in moderate humidity at all times. Sowing a mix of annuals is one of the cheapest and fastest ways to get a flowering rebate.

2. Fast growing ground cover

The root geranium is perfect for quickly greening the ground under the treetops. This species does not make great demands on the quality of the substrate, it does not require frequent care and grows quite quickly.After a few seasons, it creates a dense floral rug, on which weeds have no chance to grow and developRoot geranium blooms from May to July; the 'Spessart' variety has white-pink flowers, while the 'Ingwersen' variety has purple-pink flowers. Root geranium has the advantage that it belongs to the evergreen plants, and therefore maintains an attractive appearance even in winter. Other vigorously growing ground cover plants include grasshopper, redweed spread and Siberian thirst.

3. Carpet lawn roll

A seed lawn takes several months, while a roll lawn can be used after just 2 weeks.In terms of quality, the rolled lawn does not differ from the traditional lawn, sometimes it is even better, because selected mixtures of grasses are used for the production of turf.The substrate for a rolled lawn should be loose, permeable, moderately moist and even.Pieces of turf should fit tightly to each other, and in individual rows they must be shifted in relation to each other like bricks in a wall. In the first weeks, a new lawn should be watered abundantly.

4. As beautiful as possible

One-year-old climbing plants, such as sweet peas, nasturtiums or runner beans, can be sown directly into the ground at their destination - under fences, trellises, pergolas.If the substrate is rich enough in nutrients, plants emerge and develop into a magnificent form within a few months.Annuals are sometimes combined with perennial vines, e.g.clematis and honeysuckles, which in the initial period of development do not yet look attractive and do not mask the installations planted with them sufficiently.

Tip: water generously

In the case of abundantly watered plants, mineral s alts are delivered to the cells faster. As a result, the plants grow rapidly and are he althier.

5. Custom-made shrubs

Large woody plants, i.e. those with a well-developed root system, are often quite expensive. If trees and shrubs are to reach their mature form within a few years, it is best to buy fast-growing flowering shrubs such as forsythia, tornado, jasmine or ornamental currant.The best price is for bushes about 60 cm high.Properly pruned small seedlings will spread quickly and bloom abundantly.

6. Fast growing hedge

There are also many fast-growing species among hedge plants, including:in field maple and privet. The cuttings of all hedge shrubs should be well-branching and have several strong shoots.After planting, shorten them by half, aligning the shoots to one height along the entire hedge.Cheaper shrubs with fewer shoots (privet) or young seedlings (maple) must be pruned more strongly, otherwise they will have very little branching and you will have to wait a long time for a dense hedge.

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7. In the shade of giant trees

Some young trees grow very quickly while maintaining an attractive appearance. Such plants include, among others imperial paulownia (pictured), whose annual shoots, under favorable development conditions, can reach a length of up to 1 meter.This species is distinguished by large leaves and flowers.The black locust of the 'Frisia' variety and the variety of the ash-leaved maple also grow very quickly.Their annual shoot growth varies within 1 meter. Among the conifers, the Chinese metasequoia deserves attention, which, without forming a wide crown, reaches a height of approx. 30 meters.

8. Spring meadows full of flowers

Bulbs, such as tulips and narcissus, concentrate all their life force in the development of bulbs or tubers, which are nutrient-rich and unique granaries. The future development of plants depends on their condition.

In spring, shoots and flowers grow from the bulbs very quickly. Bulbs are recommended for planting in newly established gardens because they quickly give a decorative effect.Bulbs are planted in the garden in autumn, flowering takes place in the spring of the next year.We can enjoy beautiful flowers even earlier if we rush the plants in pots and plant them in the ground in spring.

With the right selection of species, you can design an interesting garden of bulbs that bloom throughout the season from early spring: first ranches, snowdrops, blizzards, a little later narcissi, early botanical tulips, then tall tulips, checkers, onion irises, garlic . In June and July, lilies and crocosmas will bloom, and finally the warm days will say goodbye to wonderful dahlias, whose huge, multicolored inflorescences decorate the garden even until the first frost.

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At the beginning of the season, plants, weakened after winter, must not run out of nutrients - this is the basic condition that must be met in order for them to develop impressively. Compound fertilizers can be used for spring feeding. You can buy fertilizers for all types of flowering plants in garden stores.

9. Gravel better than a cube

Quick effects are also required in many landscaping works.Anyone who has ever laid a floor in the garden (on the terrace, in the winter garden) or paved a driveway knows how time-consuming it is. It is different with gravel surfaces. First, remove the top layer of garden soil about 5 cm thick. Carefully level the substrate and compact it.

The gravel can be poured directly onto the ground, but it is better to make an additional base of fine-mesh metal or plastic mesh. It is also worth protecting the edges by making curbs that will prevent the gravel from getting into adjacent beds.For the construction of curbs, we can use either prefabricated concrete elements or slightly less visible stainless steel angles or flat bars, which are set uprightOnly at the very end the surface of the square to rest or the path is covered with gravel, which can be gently compacted.

10. Migration of annual plants

It often happens that newly established gardens look almost sterile, and the plant compositions too much reflect the adopted planting scheme, in a word - the garden lacks naturalness. Self-seeding (biennial) plants such as the soaringfoxgloveand meconops can change this, scattering their seeds abundantly, thus wandering spontaneously throughout the garden.It is worth emphasizing that these plants do not spread en masse and do not pose a threat to the existence of other plants. The mullein reproduces in a similar way in sunny places.

11. Potted garden on the terrace

If there are too few bedding plants in the vicinity of the terrace, the situation is saved by the arrangements made of potted plants. They are distinguished by strong growth and nice flowering, among others hybrid varieties of Brugmansia Datura and Solanum rantonnetii.Depending on the number of varieties and their size, plants can be arranged in cascades, checkerboards or palisades.A potted garden is mobile, so you can change its layout every year, guided by the selection of sites in accordance with the plant requirements .

12. Small pond step by step

Even a small pond significantly increases the attractiveness of the garden. Establishing the eyelet does not require such a huge amount of work, with good preparation, the basic work will take no more than a day in total. The construction of the mesh is carried out in two stages.The first stage includes selecting the soil, modeling the bottom, laying the foil (with a large allowance above the shoreline), preparing the substrate and planting plants, and finally adding water.

Then we have to wait a few days for the foil to settle down well. It is also time for us to make any corrections. In the second stage, cut the foil to a height of several centimeters above the edge level. Then we strengthen the bank and plant the rest of the plants.