The last peep of landscape fashion - monocots and plain flower beds. They decorate very respectable places: the main entrances at the presidential palaces, the main city squares and parks, the territory of chic hotels and resorts. And what makes our cottages and country houses worse? Creating a newfangled design of flower beds and flower beds is easy. But the site will immediately take on a solemn appearance. The main thing is to correctly combine the plants and make sure that after flowering the flowerbed does not empty, but retains an attractive appearance. Let’s try to understand all the intricacies of creating plain floral "decorations".
Plain flowerbed and mono-flower: what is the difference?
The foreign prefix "mono" says that only one variety of plants will sit on the flowerbed. Those. you create a sort of solid carpet of tulips, hyacinths, salvia, etc. Flowers do not have to be all in one color, but the appearance, height and flowering time must match.
The three types of petunias used in the flowerbed are broken only by a silver strip of cineraria, which serves as a transition from dark pink to light varieties of plants
A plain flowerbed is another design option. In this case, the plants are planted different, but only those that match the color of the leaves and buds are selected.
Rules for creating monocots
Since mono-flower has a grand, even slightly royal look, it is not suitable for the so-called natural landscape styles, where all plants look natural, as if in the wild. This country design of flower beds is shown only to regular styles with clear geometry.
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A flower garden of weaving roses stretches along the entire length of the plot, creating a kind of hedge, and contrasts perfectly with the short-cut lawn
Location selection
The most profitable are monoclomby at the main entrance to the site, near the front doors and in the recreation area. It is advisable that such a flower garden is visible from all sides of the site, because a bright flowering monophonic spot will certainly attract the eyes of curious passers-by.
Determine the shape of the flowerbed
To enhance the solemnity of floral decoration, the flowerbed is designed in clear geometric shapes: a square, oval, circle, rhombus. Be sure to use some kind of fence to highlight the border of the flower garden. This can be a decorative fence, mulching with bark, lining of colored gravel, etc. At the same time, gravel should not repeat the coloring of inflorescences, but be contrasting. This will emphasize the solidity of the flower garden and make its color brighter.
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Rules for the selection of plants
It seems that it is easier to create a monoclomb than a combined one, where it is necessary to take into account the compatibility of plants, their different soil requirements, etc. And here - he planted the same thing on the entire area - and that's it. But this is the main difficulty: the combined flower garden is always decorative, because as long as some flowers grow, they are covered by perennials and ornamental shrubs. There will be no one to cover in the monoclumb, because all the plants will sprout, bloom at the same time and ... begin to disappear. Therefore, the main task of the summer resident is to think over the selection of plants so that the flower bed does not empty until the fall. Those. as soon as some bloom, the seedlings of others should already be ready for planting. Or pick flowers that will be decorative all season at the expense of leaves.
The flower garden of tulips creates a beautiful clear pattern, giving the whole landscape an organized and austere look, and perfectly harmonizes with paving tiles
Various Monoclumbus Options
The easiest way to make a flower garden of "long-playing" plants. For example, from Cannes. Tall varieties are planted in the center, and a little smaller cannons are located closer to the edges. Due to the different heights, the flowerbed will look like a pyramid, and when flowering begins, the inflorescences arranged in tiers create an interesting, far-visible effect.
An example of a continuous decorative carpet can be a monoclomb of lilies of the valley. Low plants have glossy textured leaves that lose attractiveness only by the end of autumn. And the white bells in May and the red berries in August create the likeness of a forest glade strewn with small flowers or fruits.
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It is beneficial to create a monoclumbus of lilies of the valley in areas with a constant shadow, where other plants will not have enough sunlight
In urban design, replaceable mono-flowers are often used, in which decorativeness is maintained due to the timely planting of new plants. So, for spring flowering, bulbs are used, which are planted in the fall in order to have a luxurious flowering carpet in early May. The most chic, of course, tulips. If their height does not fit your design in the country, use hyacinths for the flower garden. While the flowerbed is blooming, seedlings for the second planting cycle should already be growing on window sills or in greenhouses. It can be pansies, petunia, ageratum. Then comes the turn of salvia, marigolds or autumn asters, which will adorn the plot with flowering to the very frosts.
To accelerate the development of marigolds and make them bloom quickly, you need to grow seedlings in a greenhouse as soon as the April days arrive
The principles of combining plants in monochrome flower beds
Color picking by colors
When completing a single-color flower bed, then getting in one tone is quite difficult. Usually pick up a monochrome palette. For example, if the pink main tone is selected, then the flowers can be light pink, dark pink, blurry red, etc. From afar, such a flower bed will play with tints of color, and it looks beautiful.
Depending on the location and size of the flower garden, it is made the same in height or tiered. Small flower beds look preferable with stunted flowers, large - with multi-stage compositions.
To divide the plants into tiers, transitional links like cereals or tall herbs are used, which add greens to the drawing and slightly break the uniformity of the flowerbed
Be sure to take into account the flowering period of all plantings, so that the flower bed blooms all season, while maintaining the given color.
If a wedding is planned in the house in summer, then the white flower beds will become a wonderful natural decoration for such a celebration, giving a full mood to the whole site
Option # 1 - a blue-blue flowerbed
For the blue flowerbed, you can collect the following types of plants:
- early flowering: individual varieties of anemone, hyacinths, scylls;
- May flowering: muscari, viper, onion, iris, flax;
- June: phlox, Veronica of Austria, Nigella of Damascus;
- July-August: gladiolus, meadow geranium;
- blooming all summer: lobelia erinus, felicia ameloid (in another way - a blue daisy);
- Autumn: asters.
From such a purple variety of plants, you can choose those that take root better in your climate and are inexpensive
Option # 2 - yellow flowerbed
For beds of yellow shades are best suited:
- early flowering: primrose, forsythia (ornamental shrub), daffodils, crocuses;
- May flowering: tulips, irises, aquilegia;
- June: doronicum, weaving roses;
- July-August: heliopsis, ornamental sunflower, rudbeckia;
- blooming all summer and autumn: gelenium, marigolds, yarrow meadowsweet, Cannes.
The flowerbed in monochrome yellow-orange tones is created from only two types of plants mixed together. Moreover, the tier below serves as a background for tall tulips
Option # 3 - red flower bed
For the device of the red flower bed we use:
- early flowering: primrose, anemones;
- May flowering: tulips, periwinkle red (vinca);
- June: geranium, weaving roses, peonies, poppy;
- July-August: annual aster, dahlias, mallow;
- blooming all summer and autumn: red daisies, salvia, begonias, cannes.
The red effect of the flowerbed is enhanced by the same color of gravel and stones, which distinguishes this zone and concentrates on it the views of all guests of the site
When you create a monochrome flower garden design with your own hands, it will become a central focus in your area, because such an increased concentration of color involuntarily attracts the eye.
