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28 Flower Bed Ideas Perfect for Big or Small Yards
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Flower beds can completely transform an outdoor space when used correctly. Putting careful thought into how your flower beds will be organized and arranged in addition to what you want to plant in them can make a huge impact on your landscape and curb appeal. Whether you have an expansive yard or a few square feet of space, these flower bed ideas can help you make the most of your garden to wow visitors.
1. Limestone Retaining Wallistockphoto.com
It’s easy to define your flower beds and add some dimension with limestone. Simply lay the limestone out along the edge of the garden, stacking two or three stones on top of one another. You can further define the bed by planting shorter flowers along the inside edge of the stone.
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2. Rose-Covered Trellisesistockphoto.com
If you’ve ever dreamed of growing your very own rose garden, turn that dream into a gorgeous reality by adding some trellises. Plant climbing roses at the base of each trellis and wait for the spectacular and vibrant display that will follow. Sprinkle a few rose bushes in between the trellises or elsewhere in the garden to increase the rosy charm factor.
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Low-growing succulents can add a nice contrast when placed next to taller plants. Not only are succulents attractive and popular, but they’re also easy to care for. With evolutionary adaptations like thick stalks and fleshy leaves, succulents can survive with very little water.
4. Natural Landscapingistockphoto.com
You can easily create a natural-looking flower bed by adding a few large stones and smaller rocks into your garden. No flashy decor is needed; the light colors of the rocks will contrast nicely against the vibrant colors of your garden’s plants.
5. Watermelon Gardenistockphoto.com
Grow your own juicy summer fruits by planting watermelon seeds in your garden.
Add in some flowers alongside the melon seeds to bring some extra color to the bed. Then, sit back and wait to enjoy the fruits of your labor.
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6. Birdhouse and Bathistockphoto.com
Adding a birdhouse and bird bath to your flower bed is sure to bring colorful songbirds to your garden, but these fixtures can also give your outdoor space a special feel. This can be especially true if you seek out unusual birdhouses or baths that you can’t find just anywhere.
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7. Tree Stump Flower Bedistockphoto.com
If you’re looking to make a DIY raised garden bed that’s one-of-a-kind, why not convert an old tree stump into a flower bed? Carve out the stump a bit (if necessary), add some soil, and plant a few flower seeds to make the most of a stump that would otherwise be expensive or time consuming to remove.
8. Patio Garden Bedsistockphoto.
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Using raised garden bed plans, you can add small splashes of greenery alongside your home’s patio, deck, or porch. A raised garden bed next to an outdoor entertaining or dining space can enhance the area and make it all the more relaxing when you have gorgeous flowers and plants to admire.
9. Rocks and Plantsistockphoto.com
If you’re searching for flower garden ideas to add flair around the base of a tree, consider this attractive method. Planting different flower varieties relatively close to each other and incorporating a few large stones will maximize the available space and serve as a nice backdrop for your tree.
10. Walkway Flowersistockphoto.com
Create a front yard flower bed along the walkway to your home for a classic and timeless option. Lining a sidewalk or stone path with small flowers and plants helps guide visitors to your front door. To illuminate the path after dark, consider also adding a few solar lights.
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Add some springtime cheer by planting flowers along the perimeter of a white picket fence. The bright pinks, yellows, and purples will stand out nicely against the backdrop of the fence. As a plus, lining your fence with flowers further defines your yard and makes a welcoming impression.
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12. Flowery Lawnistockphoto.com
Place your flower bed alongside your lawn where it can benefit from getting watered by your sprinkler system. This will keep your garden healthy while also mixing some extra beauty and color into your turf. Time your sprinklers to water in the early morning to give your grass and flowers the water’s maximum benefit.
13. Purples and Greensistockphoto.com
A green-and-purple garden can attract butterflies and other beneficial insects to your flowers. Butterflies love pretty purple prairie flowers, making them more likely to frequent your garden when it’s in bloom.
Add some brown mulch to help define the plants and enhance the overall appearance of the garden next to a stone walkway or sidewalk.
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If you’re looking for an unconventional and inexpensive raised garden bed idea, you may have the supplies to make your own sitting around in the basement, garage, or attic. Old tin tubs, buckets, and milk pails can easily be converted to large flower pots or raised flower beds. Before filling the containers with soil, drill a few drainage holes into the bottom of each one to prevent diseases like root rot.
15. Weathered Bedsistockphoto.com
Another DIY raised bed garden can be built using weathered or rusted sheet metal. When planning your raised garden bed, measure the available space and make a plan. Then, you can create a custom piece for your backyard. Once your beds are laid out and assembled, add soil and seeds or your choice of live plants.
16. Nature’s Finestistockphoto.
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Incorporating different plants and natural elements into a flower bed can really make an impression. In the pictured example, the large fern, Japanese maple, dwarf bamboo plant, golden koi statue, and slate mulch all work together to create a peaceful and inviting atmosphere. You could even add in a bird bath to encourage birds to visit your garden and further add to the natural elegance.
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17. Retaining Wall Flower Bedistockphoto.com
If you have a sloped backyard, you may already have a retaining wall in place to prevent erosion. Put this necessary structure to good use by converting the grassy area above the wall into a flower bed. Planting some flowering plants can turn a retaining wall into a your outdoor space’s focal point.
18. Bathtub Planteristockphoto.com
Bathtubs of all kinds can make for striking raised flower beds. If you’re in the process of a bathroom remodel, consider saving your old tub for this purpose.
If you aren’t remodeling, you may even be able to find a vintage bathtub from a local antique shop. When converting a bathtub to a flower bed, drill holes in the base to allow for proper drainage. Once your tub is ready, add soil and plant your favorite flower seeds or bulbs.
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Classic wooden raised garden beds next to your patio or deck allow you to watch your flowers bloom and keep homegrown veggies nearby. This elevated planter, the best patio option in our guide to the best raised garden beds, is constructed from rot-resistant red cedar wood. The taller design makes it ideal for those with back, joint, or muscle pain, all while adding a lovely touch to any outdoor space.
20. Rock Gardenistockphoto.com
A flower bed doesn’t have to be filled with greenery, flowers, and mulch to be attractive. There are plenty of ways to introduce a gorgeous rock garden to your space while still improving the overall aesthetics.
In addition to possessing a simple beauty, rock gardens tend to be easy to maintain with fewer plants and flowers to tend to.
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Strolling through your yard or garden can bring a lot of joy if you plant colorful tulips and other flowers along the edges of a walkway. The bright and happy colors of tulips on a warm and sunny spring day are enough to bring a smile to anyone’s face.
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22. Butterfly Gardenistockphoto.com
Entice beautiful butterflies to visit your flower garden by planting some of their favorite flowers. Some of the top plants that attract butterflies include goldenrod, coneflowers, ironweed, lantana, and asters. If you’re serious about convincing butterflies to stick around, grow host plants where the insects can lay their eggs. Milkweed, violets, asters, and dill are host plant examples, but check with a local garden center to find the preferred flower varieties of your area’s butterfly species.
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Create a custom border around your flower bed without digging using EcoBorder rubber landscaping edging available at The Home Depot. This brown border, made of recycled tires, is easy to install in straight or curved lines to match the shape of any garden bed. Conveniently, the necessary hardware needed to install these 4-foot pieces of rubber edging is included with purchase.
24. Half-Log Edginghomedepot.com
The staggered 5- and 7-inch heights of this wood log edging available at The Home Depot helps create an intriguing flower bed border. Edging also helps to keep soil and mulch in the flower bed, reducing runoff and waste. The half-logs, finished with an attractive cedar stain, are attached to a flexible plastic backing, allowing for installation around curved and straight garden beds alike.
25. Lush Greeneryistockphoto.com
Fill your garden beds with verdant green plants and bushes to enjoy stunning spring and summer views.
Adding in a few flowering plants can help craft focal points and increase the space’s overall beauty. You may also want to consider adding darker mulch or rocks to the beds to really make the vibrant greens pop.
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Clearly define your garden beds by building a curved stone wall to separate them from the rest of your yard. Bends in the border make the view more interesting and attractive, drawing attention to the flowers growing in the garden. As an example, look at how the white and pink petunias along this curved wall enhance the yard’s appearance overall.
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27. Garden Walkwayistockphoto.com
An excellent raised garden bed idea is to incorporate them into your backyard landscaping and hardscaping design. Adding raised beds along the sides of the steps between higher and lower elevations on your property can add a nice touch and draw attention to the space’s flow. Planting taller flowers along the beds can also help accentuate natural slopes.
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When you’re thinking about adding elevated garden beds to your outdoor space, there are a number of creative ways to make your own. One timeless idea is to convert an old wheelbarrow into a raised bed. Drill a hole in the base of the wheelbarrow, add soil, and plant some flowers for a decorative accent bed.
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Gorgeous Flower Garden Ideas
A good flower garden design encourages beginners to get their hands dirty, and it never gets boring for those who are seasoned gardeners. Explore 10 beautiful flower gardens that will get you out of bed early on the weekends just for the chance to see what new blooms opened with the sunrise.
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Large Garden
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What's happening in the large flower garden? Oftentimes, the unfortunate answer is, "too much.
" It's easy to let a large flower garden get out of hand, but some aggressive editing can bring order to the chaos. Save the healthiest trees and handsomest shrubs, as these will be the backbone of the garden. Choose two contrasting colors, or one color family (like purple and pink). Add perennial flowering plants in groups of three to five; the repetition is pleasing to the eye. Finally, focus on regular weeding, because today's weed is tomorrow's weed patch. -
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Edible Flower Garden
hardworkinghippy/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0Hiding the vegetable garden in the back forty is so yesterday. Potager gardens celebrate the fact that gardens can be beautiful and delicious, while playing up the symbiotic relationship between vegetables and flowers. Veggies get a huge boost in productivity when pollinators that are drawn to nectar-rich plantings get busy swapping pollen on tomato, squash, and cucumber blossoms too. What's more, the beneficial insects that rely on floral nectaries (think parasitic wasps and ladybugs for starters) help keep vegetable pests under control, allowing a reduction in pesticide use.
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Flowering Textures
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Fuzzy, glossy, silky, waxy, puckered, and prickly blooms and leaves contribute a subtle interest to the garden that contributes to the overall design. Here, the spiky blue flowers of globe thistle contrast with the waxy petals of the tiger lily, creating a lovely but low maintenance partnership in the sunny flower garden. You can discover other fun flowering textures with the fuzzy lamb's ear, the ruffled fringed tulip, the frizzy liatris, or the velvety cockscomb.
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Flowering Vines for the Trellis
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Have your roses the way you've always wanted them: up close, where you can enjoy their silky petals and perfume as you pass under the arbor. Every garden should host a flowering vine, as the small footprint of a vine takes up no more space than a small container plant. You can grow a trellis-filling vine in one season from seed with a morning glory or moon vine, or you can invest in a perennial vine that will return for many years when you plant a clematis, honeysuckle, or climbing hydrangea.
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Flowers for Bogs and Rain Gardens
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Like a little ray of sunshine, a rain garden or bog garden brightens up a soggy spot. When planning a bog garden, consider plants that love both full sun and wet soil, like the stunning candelabra primrose pictured here. Flowering plants that thrive in bog gardens also include cardinal flower, yellow iris, and leopard plants. A fun and funky addition to the wet garden is the carnivorous pitcher plant. These look like something out of a jungle, but are hardy down to zone 5.
Your bog garden must never dry out. A natural bog garden will be replenished by rainfall, but if a dry spell hits, you will have to help out with the hose. Some standing water indicates a healthy bog garden. The presence of frogs, salamanders, or even turtles also tells you a bog environment is present. If you wish to cultivate bog plants but don't have a natural depression that collects water, create one by sinking a plastic kiddie pool into the ground.
A pond liner can also serve as a bog garden beginning. Disguise the edges with rocks, and fill the bottom with peat moss and sand. -
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Flower Garden Paths
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What lies at the end of the flower garden path? Even if it's nothing but a dead end, the mystery that paths provide give the garden a sense of place, and also define borders against which to plant flowers of varying heights. How wide should you make your path? A comfortable path can accommodate a wheelbarrow or garden cart with room to turn around.
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Butterfly Flower Garden
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Have you ever noticed that some of the most beautiful flowers fall flat when it comes to attracting butterflies? The anatomy of the butterfly proboscis is designed to extract nectar from particular flower shapes, which means that some blooms sound the dinner bell, while others miss the mark. Although butterflies do appreciate bright colors, it's also important to include flowers that have rich nectar stores that are easily accessible in shallow flowers.
This garden full of bee balm and verbena bonariensis is busy with butterflies and other pollinators throughout summer. Add some milkweed to nourish Monarch butterflies, which have declined by 90 percent since the early 1990's. -
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The Wildflower Garden
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If the thought of all that fertilizing and deadheading takes the wind out of your gardening sails, consider the merits of the wildflower garden. Native flowers developed with Mother Nature to thrive in your region, meaning they are ready to grow in your soil type and with your typical rainfall.
Don't discount wildflowers as less showy than hybrid flowers; the exuberant hues of standout varieties like blanket flowers, tiger lilies, and coneflowers will make the butterflies and bees wonder why they went anywhere else. For exceptional height, grow the perennial sunflower Helianthus, which can grow up to eight feet tall by the time autumn arrives.
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Formal Flower Garden
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The clean lines and tidy layout of a formal garden provide a respite from the stresses of modernity, but the addition of flowers is a welcome counterpoint to a sea of grass and carefully trimmed boxwood shrubs.
Stick to one or two flower varieties in the formal garden; those with neat growing habits will complement your scheme the best. Lavender, rose topiaries, tulips, hydrangeas, and salvia are a few flowers that have been used to great effect in the formal garden. You can mass these flowers around a central fountain, use them to edge paths, or fill in geometric hedge plantings with blooms. -
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Flowering Cottage Garden
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The free-form nature of cottage gardening is an invitation to try many classic flowers in the landscape. Cottage garden design values fragrant or heirloom varieties, like old English roses, lavender, Shasta daisies, foxgloves, and hollyhocks. To make sure there's a method to your madness, repeat plant varieties throughout the border or bed and stick to a simple color palette.
Ideas for a flower garden with your own hands in the country with a photo
We make a flower garden in a country house ourselves
How nice it is in the summer in the country, and it's good not only to work.
The cottage is a great place to relax. The key to a good holiday, of course, are magnificent views of the creation of nature. And if you arrange a flower bed of your own free will, and even using different colors and decor elements, you can create an incredibly cozy atmosphere.
Flowers are the decoration of any garden, but like all other plants, they need to be looked after. Most likely, flowers that have simply grown by chance, scattered throughout the site, will not bring true aesthetic satisfaction, but a flower bed or composition is a win-win option.
It is quite easy to create a composition of flowers on your site, the main thing is to know which plants to choose for this. All of them have different growth and flowering season, this factor must be taken into account when arranging.
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Using the tips from this article, you can create a magnificent flower garden at your dacha on your own and without any problems.
Even if you are a beginner amateur gardener, you can still cope with this task.
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Perennial flower arrangements
When choosing between what plants to make a flower garden, perennial flowers, of course, have a little more advantages than annual ones. The first of these is the ability to grow in one place for several years. The main thing is to choose the right plants and create a composition from them. Below are the arrangement options for perennial flowers.
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Spring flowers
The first thing to say is the flowering period. The very first flowers in spring bloom, plants with bulbs. They bloom for a relatively short time and lose their beauty in early summer. But believe me, not a single flower can make such beauty that these flowers will give during their spring flowering. Snowdrops or blueberries bloom first, followed by crocus and hyacinth, and then tulips and daffodils begin to bloom.
As a possible way to create a composition, you can plant hyacinths along the edge line of the flower bed, and arrange tulips of different colors behind them.
Round flower beds with tulips in the center have a beautiful view.
Yellow and white narcissus will perfectly fit in with tulips. If you love lilies, they are best planted with those flowers that have a flowering season that falls in the summer.
Plants should be planted at a free distance for the correct formation of the flower and root system. With proper watering and care, such a flower garden will delight the eye for a long time.
Summer flowers
Primula is not only a perennial flower, but also the earliest of summer plants. These flowers look great in a flower bed. Planting plants is best done in the form of curbs parallel to each other. The ideal combination will be with various varieties of violets. Can be combined with daisies or pansies.
Summer is the time when the royal flower, the rose, blooms.
These plants are best supplemented with phlox.
An important point in the creation of a flower bed is the design decision in the design of the flower bed. Whatever your flower bed, you need to know how to properly care for the flowers growing in it. To familiarize yourself with the rules of care, you can use special literature or the Internet. The soil for flowers that grow for several years must be fed.
Compositions of annual flowers
Based on the name, you can understand that when making such a flower garden with your own hands, flowers will be used, the flowering period of which lasts one season. The next year, the flower bed will have to be re-decorated with annual flowers. A feature of flower beds that use annual plants is their brightness and colorfulness. Design is limited only by the depth of imagination.
Arrangements of annual flowers
Compositions of annual flowers are very good for those people who spend little time in the country and simply forget to water the flowers.
These plants do not require special care, they can be planted and forgotten. Flower beds from annual plants can be filled with flowers such as: begonia, petunia, dahlia, balsam, marigolds and others.
Flower beds with cellosia planted in the middle look great, they can also be placed on the sides and back.
DIY flower garden for beginner gardeners
The first rule of a beginner is to present the end result. You should not go to the store, purchase and plant plants if you do not know what you want to get in the end. In order to choose the right number of flowers, it is necessary to take into account the size of the flower bed, the desired colors and other factors.
Using the tips, it will be much easier for beginners:
1. First you need to determine the location of the flower garden. It should be under good sunlight and always with good soil. If the soil is not suitable, it can and should be fertilized.
2. Plants for the first samples are better to take those that are not demanding to care for.
3. The flower bed should have three tiers. The selection of plants is carried out in such a way that each tier is filled.
4. Pay attention to the flowering period of the plants.
5. Harmony is the basic rule of a successful flower garden. No need to try to plant everything in one flower bed at once.
Considering all the nuances, even those who have never done it can cope with the task of decorating a simple flower garden. The main thing is to try, everything new is learned by trial and error.
See also: We make a flower bed and a flower garden in the country
Fence for a flower bed with your own hands
Fence for a flower bed
Every person who lives in a private house has small flower beds. Having a country house or plot, everyone strives to give them as many colors as possible and decorate them with various flower arrangements. Even residents of multi-storey buildings annually plant various flowers in the local area. All flower beds are not similar to each other and this is their charm.
Some people approach the matter very responsibly and create a real flower garden with their own hands, and some just plant it to make it look beautiful. One way or another, the question arises, what is the best way to protect the flower bed, thereby giving it completeness. The easiest option, but quite expensive, is to purchase fences in a flower shop, but real masters do not look for easy ways. And what is sold from the factory cannot be original. And this is where fantasy and your own skill come to the rescue. As a result, it turns out that it is quite simple to make a fence for a flower bed with your own hands from materials that have long been lying somewhere in the corner and are not needed.
We ennoble the flower bed with our own hands
We ennoble the flower bed with our own hands
Any fence that is made around the perimeter of a flower garden or flower bed performs a decorative function. The absence of even the slightest fence leaves a feeling of incompleteness.
You can make a fence for a flower bed from both soft and hard materials. For this can be used: wood, plastic, metal, glass and stones. The only rule that must not be violated is that the material must not be toxic, otherwise complete freedom of imagination.
Railings for flower beds made of wood
This material is probably the most natural. Its use gives the flower garden naturalness. Convenience lies in the fact that fences of any desired height can be made from the material. In addition, if the flower bed has a wooden fence, during the winter frosts, the ground in it will freeze much less.
Brick and stone fence
Using stone as a fence. You can make not just a fence, but a work of art, up to laying out a pattern with different colors of stones. Such a fence will serve to the delight of the owners for a long period of time. With the help of stones of any size, you can decorate a flower garden of both large and small perimeters.
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Bottle fences
If old glass or plastic bottles are gathering dust somewhere in the shed, don't throw them away. They can serve as an excellent fence for a flower garden. In order to make such a fence, you need to fill the bottle with sand and dig it around the perimeter of the flower garden.
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Different colors of bottles can be used.
Plastic guards. This method of fencing is considered the most practical. The service life is quite long, and you can buy it at any store that specializes in goods for summer cottages and gardens.
How to make a flower bed in the country with your own hands
How pleasant it is to relax surrounded by beautiful flowers and plants in your summer cottage. To carry out this with the help of flower garden equipment. Flowers will decorate any area and give a feeling of joy.
Why a flower garden? The answer is simple, so the flowers will be more compact and correctly placed in the right place for you.
When plants are scattered around the site, attention is scattered, and the opportunity to enjoy each flower is lost. To make a flower bed in your country house, there is no need to purchase special barriers in the store, everything can be made from materials that every gardener will certainly find.
The idea of a round flower bed with your own hands
The question of how to make a beautiful flower garden in the country is always popular. Everyone wants their flowerbed to be the brightest and most original, so that the guests who come to the yard admire this beauty every time. With the help of a flower bed, you can arrange your favorite flowers in one place and protect them with an original fence.
Do not think that designers or decorators are required to create a flower bed. Only those who are too lazy to do it think so. After reading the article, you will see that making a chic flower garden on your own is just a matter of technique, attention and an irresistible desire to enjoy the beauty of your own creation every day.
Options for creating a flower bed in the country
Options for creating a flower bed in the country
Smoothly moving on to the question of what to make a flower bed from, the first thing that comes to mind is old car tires. To create a flower bed, you just need to cut the tire in half and fill it with earth. After that, you can plant flowers.
The first option is the easiest. Then, using the same tires, you can make a carved shape near the flower bed from one part, and use the second as a step. The end result is very original. The tire can be painted in the desired color.
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You can go in a more original way and make a flower bed that resembles a cup in shape.
Tires can be used to create flowerbeds in several levels.
Pyramid-shaped flower beds are also made using tires. To do this, you need to use different tire sizes.
But the ways to create flower beds are not limited to tires alone.
Is there an old bed or chest of drawers in the house? Perfect! You can decorate the flower garden in an original way with their help.
A stump left from an old tree can be used as a flower bed.
Variants of an interesting design of the flower bed
After the flower bed is made, it still needs to be given an aesthetic appearance. To do this, you can use pots that are left over from houseplants. You can add a composition with pebbles of large and small sizes. The result can be a flower garden with several tiers.
Interesting flowerbed design options
Logs can be used to decorate the flower bed. It is better if they differ in length and volume.
Old glass and plastic bottles should not be thrown away either, they are suitable for fencing a flower garden.
Flower arrangements. Selection rules
In a flower bed, the main thing is not only the fence, but also the correct arrangement of plants.
The range of colors is so wide that you can get confused.
First you need to figure out how many seasons are planned for flowering. If the flower garden is designed for several years, then you need to take perennial plants, if for one season - annuals.
Seed flowers are annuals and bloom in 2-4 months. For flower beds, you can take marigolds, they are both tall and low, aster, petunia and others.
Phloxes, dahlias and zinnias, aster and calendula are an excellent combination. Planting time is best left for the month of May, then by the middle or end of summer the flower garden will beautifully play with colors.
In addition to planting seeds directly into the soil, some use the seedling method of growing. If you use this method, then flowering will begin much earlier. To do this, you need to plant seedlings in a flower garden and wait until it is accepted and blooms. Asters and zinnias are best planted in early April.
Remember that when planting plants, tall ones should be in the back, and those that are shorter should be in the foreground.
White and pink petunia looks great in the flower bed.
You can use this option: plant a pink lavatera and cosmea at the back, place white and pink zinnias in front, and decorate the sides with cornflowers.
The combination of red and orange looks great.
Planning a flower bed
There are some unspoken rules that will make your flower garden better than your neighbors.
1. All flowers love sunlight and during their growth are directed precisely to the rays of the sun. If your flower bed is located in the northern part, then it is better to use marigolds, zinnias, iris and delphinium. Otherwise, the flowers will turn towards the sun and turn away from the hosts.
2. Distance between flowers. Do not plant plants too close to each other. Initially, it will seem that the flowers are planted too rarely, but then you will realize that this is not the case.
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3. Flower height.
You need to plant from the highest to the lowest. Growth information is indicated on the packaging. If the flowers are planted too close to each other, then it is better to thread them.
4. Remove flowers that have outlived their usefulness, otherwise they will spoil the whole look. In addition, this method can achieve another flowering of plants.
5. Plant different varieties of flowers in the same flower bed so that they do not bloom at the same time.
6. Pay attention to flowering time, arrange plants that bloom during the day and in the evening.
7. The flower bed must be planned. You need to know exactly what the final result will be. That is easier to choose and plant plants.
The most successful design of the flower bed
There are several rules for the successful arrangement of plants. Using them, your flower bed will be magnificent.
1. Flowers in the flower bed must be annuals and perennials. In this version, your flower garden will begin to bloom early and will delight in flowering until frost.
2. The perennial flower only gets more attractive every year. They can be purchased as seeds or seedlings.
3. An ideal flower bed should contain bearded iris and carnation.
4. The peak of flowering of all plants, both perennial and annual, falls on the month of July, do not miss this moment, the flower bed will be simply gorgeous.
5. Buy bulbous flowers, they are among the first to bloom.
Also watch the video: The most successful flower garden design0005 How to arrange a flower garden in the country with your own hands Original flower garden with your own hands When making your country flower bed, pay more attention to the flowers, not the fence. In order to modernize and improve the flower bed every year, it is necessary to photograph them, and then make corrections for the next year. Do-it-yourself flower garden in the country for beginners: 30 photos and tips rules for creating flower beds in the country.
We will not delve into the theory of landscape design, but will consider only practical recommendations and see illustrative examples of the most interesting flower beds.
Contents of the article:
- 1 Do-it-yourself flower garden for beginners: basic rules0283
- 1.5 Plant placement plan
- 3.1 Flower flower beds with your own hands
- 3.2 flower beds for flowers from improvised materials 9029
- 4 Examples of the best flower gardens for summer cottages
- 5 Conclusions and wishes
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DIY flower garden for beginners: basic rules0003
I won't reveal a big secret that before you give birth to your own idea of a flower garden and start real work on it, you need to study a little theory, or rather the basic rules for creating a flower garden. This is where we'll start.
Determining the location of the flower garden
For the flower garden, you need to choose the most advantageous place in terms of visibility.
You are not going to just admire its beauty yourself. The flower garden should become the center of attention, the highlight of your summer cottage. Therefore, it must be visible from several directions.
A flower garden is a place where it is pleasant to be, experience positive emotions, relax your soul, enjoy the beauty of nature, created, among other things, by your own hands.
Illumination of the place for the flower garden
The illumination of the chosen place is of great importance for the future flower garden.
Of course, some plants can grow in partial shade, but many flowers will not be able to reach their full potential in low light. As a result, you will not be able to get a fragrant flower garden.
A well-lit area is one in which sunlight is present for 5 or more hours.
An area illuminated by sunlight for 3-5 hours is considered penumbra.
An area illuminated for 2 hours or less is shady.
Soil moisture permeability for a flower garden
The presence of moisture in the optimal amount is vital for most plants.
Therefore, you need to analyze and adjust the composition of the soil as necessary.
If the soil is sandy, add compost to increase the soil's water capacity.
If the soil is clayey, on the contrary, sand should be added in order to increase water permeability.
Shape and area of the future flower garden
You need to decide on the shape and area of the future flower garden based on the possibilities of the suburban area, your imagination and taste.
The shape of the flower garden can be either regular geometric or arbitrary.
It is worth choosing a geometric shape if it is combined with other elements of landscape design. For example, straight garden paths.
Flower beds of arbitrary, oval, curved shapes look no less impressive. They are closer to the natural landscape. If you approach their creation creatively, the result can be impressive.
Plant placement plan
Of course you can trust your taste and plant the flowers you like randomly.
But this is not quite the right approach.
It is necessary to draw up a plan for the flower garden and, in accordance with this plan, select and arrange flowers.
Make a list of the flowers you would like to plant in your flower garden.
You should try to choose flowers of different flowering periods so that your flower garden will delight you with its magnificent view for as long as possible.
Some plants do not like long exposure to bright sunlight. Therefore, it is better to place them on the north side of the flower garden.
Based on the above considerations, place the plants on the plan of the flower garden you have drawn.
Do not plant plants too close together. Keep in mind that they will grow and become crowded. The flowers will start to overwhelm each other.
A beautiful combination of flowers in the flower bed
You can, of course, randomly plant plants in the flower garden, regardless of the color of their flowers.
Such a motley picture will probably more resemble a natural landscape. But this is unlikely to be the best option, unless, of course, you are creating something like a rock garden.
It is more logical to plant plants in the flower garden that blend well in color, as well as in the original shape of the leaves. This allows you to create successful compositions.
Here is an example of a successful combination of some plants in a flower garden:
- phlox and lilies;
- phlox and rudbeckia;
- echinacea and sedum;
- phlox splayed and subulate;
- styloid phlox and iris;
- peony and lupine;
- peony and catnip;
- bell and foxglove;
- dicentra and corydalis;
- hakonechloa and hoof;
- astrantia and philipendula.
As an example of creating a flower garden in the country with your own hands, I suggest you watch this video.
How and with what to arrange a flower garden in the country with your own hands
In this case, I do not mean planting a flower garden, but its outer edging, that is, a border.
Low growing plants can be used as a border. This method is quite common.
You can also use various building materials or ready-made garden products to create a border.
DIY stone flower beds
The most common and, one might say, the most solid material for creating a border of flower beds is stone. It can be either a processed stone of a rectangular shape, or a natural stone in its natural form.
The stone can be laid on cement mortar, or simply laid if it has a decent mass.
A border laid on mortar is of course stronger and more durable. But if you suddenly decide to redo the flower garden, then it will be more difficult to do it.
Processed stone, however, as well as decorative, may not be cheap, but natural stone can cost you almost free.
It can be found on the banks of rivers, in quarries, in gravel warehouses and so on. Each area has its own opportunities for this.
Here are some more examples.
Flower beds made from improvised materials
If you have the desire and imagination, then it will not be difficult to make an original design for a flower bed or flower garden. To do this, there are many options that require almost no cost.
I don’t see the point in this article to describe in detail how to design flower beds using improvised means, since I have already written a good article on this topic “Flower beds for flowers in the country with my own hands - 70 best options”. I highly recommend reading it.
Examples of the best flower gardens for summer cottages
As they say, it is better to see once than to read five times. Therefore, let's look at the most successfully implemented flower beds. Maybe you will like some ideas and you can implement them in your country house.
