The idea is not new, but new aspects are still being discovered. We are talking about discounts that are deceptively similar to the work of nature.Many inspiring examples are provided especially by English patterns, where the art of arrangement has been mastered almost to perfection and has a centuries-old tradition.The most natural are mixed discounts, where ornamental grasses combine with rudbeckia, sage or yarrow, like Japanese proliferation.
Violet and yellow iris, knotweed and droplets feel great in the aquatic environment. In the shade of the spreading crowns of trees and shrubs, there is a place for ferns and perennials with decorative leaves.The creation of such harmonious plantings is impossible without at least basic knowledge of the wild nature of plants.
First of all, you need to know their substrate needs, their height, flowering time, color of flowers and leaves, as well as the degree of expansion. The achievements of the German botanist, Professor Richard Hansen, who developed the concept of plant living spaces, distinguishing several main environments, cannot be overestimated in this respect.These are open spaces, places among and in the vicinity of trees and shrubs, rock gardens, flower beds and an aquatic environment.
Each of them was assigned a specific group of plants. His theory assumes that also in garden conditions, plants should grow in an environment similar to the natural one. When planning a mixed rebate, you need to keep the quantitative proportions so that a coherent, harmonious-looking space will develop over the next few years.
Experts advise that each natural rebate should consist of 5-15% tall perennials (e.g.forest leaf, tongues, miscanthus), 30-40 percent medium perennials (sage, tawułki, bush aster) and 50 percent ground cover plants (marsh grass, perennial clematis)As many species bloom in summer, it is also worth planting crocuses and tulips.
Instead of exploring professional knowledge about plant requirements, you can take shortcuts and use ready-made projects. On the following pages, we present three planting proposals for different environmental conditions.We will find examples of arrangements for a position in the sun, for a wet shore of a water reservoir and for a place in a luminous shade.It is recommended to use native species, as these take the best form, but planting and sowing non-native species is possible. Plants such as rudbeckia, acanthus, spotted plant, garden daylily, cranberries, funkies, spiky lily, and miscanthus from grasses work very well in this role.
