Making a flower garden in front of a country house with your own hands is a simple task if you approach the matter correctly. Tastefully planted fragrant flowers will transform the appearance of the garden and make it more comfortable. Having shown imagination, you can make a unique flower garden on your site.

The basics of landscape design

You can study landscape design in higher educational institutions or master the skills of decorating a garden on your own. To create a unique atmosphere on the site, several general rules must be taken into account:

  • Choose a style for a flower garden: rustic, romantic, Japanese, Mediterranean;
  • Inspect the garden area, determine the type of soil;
  • Think over the zones. On the plan, mark a recreation area, a flower corner, architectural forms for the site;
  • Outline garden paths. They should be comfortable to move around;
  • Determination of the color scheme of the garden. Selection of the building shape and color of the material, tracks;
  • A selection of flowers and trees for the garden. The choice of plant variety must be made taking into account the climatic characteristics of the area, the type of soil.

Flower garden in front of the house

There are many directions in landscape design. The design of a decorative yard flower garden is considered the most popular. A flowerbed in front of the house, tastefully decorated, changes the look of the entire garden area, makes the area lively, gives it a complete appearance.

Recommendations when choosing vegetation for a flower bed, what must be considered:

  • The size of the bushes;
  • Flowering periods;
  • Plant compatibility with each other;
  • Flower requirements for soil type, lighting, watering;
  • Combination of the general style of the garden with a flower bed.

The flower bed can be made in any geometric shape (round, oval, square or rectangular) or broken into several compatible parts.

Interesting. When choosing vegetation for a garden, you can choose varieties so that there will be the effect of constant flowering of plants.

How to plan a flower garden in front of the house

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When planning to plant a flower bed in front of the house, it is important to choose plants that are suitable for the climatic conditions of the region. It is advisable to take into account the peculiarities of the soil. Depleted soil can be fertilized using special mineral fertilizers or organic fertilizers.

Rules for drawing up a flower garden:

  • Draw up a design project (diagram) on paper indicating the size, shape of the flower bed and indicate the color scheme;
  • For beginner gardeners, it is better to pick up perennial, unpretentious plants to care for. Rose is a beautiful flower, but it requires special care when growing, so less demanding plants are suitable for inexperienced growers to begin with;
  • It is advisable to decorate the flower bed with spring, summer and autumn flowers. So it will be bright and beautiful for a long time;
  • To avoid excessive variegation and tastelessly decorated flower beds, it is necessary to select several shades of flowers, combining bright colors with bed tones.

An oval or round flower bed with a total area of ​​1 * 1.5 m will look harmonious next to the house. The selection of colors and sizes of flowers depends on preferences. Options for placing flowers on a flower bed in front of the house:

  • Central circle - sage, Siberian iris, fassena, catnip;
  • Middle circle - tulips, daffodils;
  • Third circle - woodlands, crocuses, muscari.

Flowers look spectacular if you plant low plants from the edge, choose higher ones to the center.

A flower bed in the yard transforms the look of the garden and fills it with different scents. There are flowers that reveal their scent in the evening after sunset. Color options: daylily, peonies, fragrant violet, paniculate phlox.

Flowerbed organization option

You can organize a flower bed by choosing a simple and sophisticated style. Plant lavender on the periphery with a delightful soothing scent, in the center place a spectacular yellow echinacea.

On a note. When choosing flowers for the formation of a flower bed, it is necessary to be guided by the basic rule: tall flowers are planted in the center or in the background.

A flower bed near a fence or house

If the place of the flower bed will be near the wall of the house or near the fence, then it is necessary to determine the degree of illumination:

  • There are many varieties of plants that grow well in partial shade, but it is more difficult to choose shade-loving flowers;
  • Since the soil in the shade can be wet for a long time, this moment must be taken into account when planting flowers;
  • Perennial plants that grow in partial shade: ferns, lilies, sedges, hosts, crows, arizems, rogers, mountain goats, martagons.
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Composition placement option:

  • Plant garden jasmine near the fence or wall of the house. The plant is tall enough and feels comfortable in the shade;
  • Against the background of jasmine, digitalises (foxgloves) look good. They belong to perennial herbaceous plants, the inflorescence is in the form of a brush, reaches a height of 85 cm. The color of the inflorescences depends on the variety, it can be purple, red, white, yellow. Flowering period 1 month - June;
  • After the foxgloves, you can plant lupines in a circle;
  • In the foreground, for planting a flower bed near the house, you can choose an incense and a cuff. The cuff blooms throughout the summer, beautifying the patio.

On a note. To decorate the garden on the shady side of the site, you can use the design of the ephedra flower bed in the yard. Fir, decorative spruce, juniper, thuja, Canadian hemlock are suitable for creating a composition. Bushes that do not need the sun can be planted nearby: elderberry, turf.

Making a flower garden with your own hands

With your own hands, you can arrange a beautiful flower garden near a house in a village or on a section of a multi-storey building. You need to connect your imagination, know how to plant flowers correctly, what mistakes there are when decorating a garden.

DIY flower garden

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You can use improvised materials, old items that are in the household, or visit garden shops that sell interesting things to decorate the garden.

Before starting work, it is recommended to thoroughly think over the plan of action and the desired result. A few tips when planning a flower bed for your yard:

  • In the courtyard of a private house, you need to plan a flower garden and see the end result. So it is easier to choose the necessary varieties of flowers, to determine the color scheme and decor elements;
  • Most flowers grow well in sunlight. If the flower garden is on the north side, then the flowers can turn towards the sun. Therefore, for such a flower bed it is better to use perennials (iris, marigolds, zinnias, delphinium);
  • It is undesirable to plant flowers close to each other. As they grow, they fill the empty space and interfere with each other. If necessary, the flower garden must be thinned out;
  • Choice of colors by height. Usually, all characteristics are indicated on the packaging with flowers. Plants are planted, starting from the highest ones from the center, then lower-growing flowers are placed;
  • Withered flowers must be cut off in time. Dry leaves will spoil the whole picture. In addition, this will allow you to achieve several more flowering plants;
  • In the same flower bed, it is necessary to plant different varieties of flowers by type, color, size, but it is desirable that the requirements for growing are similar;
  • You should pay attention to the flowering time. You can arrange flowers that bloom during the day and evening.

On a note. Bulbous flowers are among the first to bloom.The main peak of flowering of many flowers occurs in June-early July.

Flowers in open ground can be planted with seeds, bulbs or ready-made seedlings.

After the flower garden is planted, it must be given an aesthetic appearance. To do this, you can use pots from indoor flowers, large and small stones, old tires, logs, glass and plastic bottles, bricks. So you can create a flower garden in several tiers and it is interesting to protect it with a homemade fence.

DIY flower bed ideas from available tools near the house:

  • Car tire flower bed decoration. The easiest option is to clean the tires well, paint them in the desired colors, pour soil and plant flowers there. Tires can be laid out in a circle or made a multi-tiered flower bed. You can cut different shapes from the tires, which will give originality to the flower garden in the country;
  • Pots. Planting flowers in pots allows you to place them at will and rearrange them as needed. Flowerpots and flowerpots are gaining popularity because they are easy to care for and there are many possibilities for flower garden planning. Small pots will become an original decoration of the front porch of the village house;
  • Wooden logs, boards, hemp. A flower bed carved from a tree or stump looks very harmonious in the garden. If there are small wooden blocks, then they will make a beautiful fence for a flower bed;
  • Plastic and glass bottles are good for flower garden fencing. A hinged flower garden can be made from plastic bottles. To do this, they are cut off, the soil is poured into them, flowers are planted and hung on a gazebo, fences;
  • Stones, bricks. You can decorate a flower garden with ordinary stones (slate, granite, cobblestones). Different options for fences or a base for a flower bed are laid out from them.

Flower garden with stone fence

A small flower garden can be arranged in the apartment. To do this, you need to pick up pots, home flowers, decorative materials and make a composition. You can place it on the balcony, on the window, on the site near the entrance.

On a note. When using wooden objects in creating a flower garden, it is recommended to cover them with moisture resistant products for durability.

Tips from experienced florists

For beginner gardeners who want to tastefully decorate their site, it is useful to learn the nuances, which will help to achieve the desired result and avoid many problems:

  • Moderate watering. No need to fill the flower beds with water. Plants, in addition to moisture, need oxygen. Highly moistened soil prevents air from entering the ground. Plants can die from excessive moisture;
  • Winter rest. With the onset of winter, plants do not need watering or feeding. At this time, it is not recommended to touch the flower bed;
  • Humidity. On hot days, flowers need to be moistened. Watering and spraying is carried out in the morning or evening, when the sun's rays are the least active;
  • Compliance with growing requirements. Flowers are divided into light-loving, shade-loving, and those that grow equally well in any light conditions. This must be taken into account when choosing a place to place a flower garden and when buying flowers;
  • Disease and pest control. In order for the flower garden to decorate the garden throughout the season, it is important to regularly inspect the plants for diseases and pests. If sick flowers are found, immediately start fighting, since it is easier to do this at the initial stage. When the disease spreads, the flower garden may die completely;
  • Planting plants in groups according to care requirements. If you pick flowers that are similar in content, then it will be easier to care for them. This technique makes the work of the gardener easier;
  • Top dressing. For flower beds, perennials are most often chosen. Over time, the soil is depleted, the flowers cease to bloom magnificently. The problem can be solved by picking up mineral and organic fertilizers, if you apply them according to the recommendations;
  • Garden tools. It is necessary to take care of flowers and carry out land work with the help of special garden tools.Beginners will need to purchase: a watering can, a shovel, spoons and forks for loosening the soil, trellises, supports, ropes, sprayers, fertilizers, special soil;
  • Care. Any flower requires certain care, so it is necessary to provide an approach to each type of plant in the flower bed.

The basic rules and recommendations will help to properly equip a flower garden in front of a private or apartment building, even if it is not a specialist designer who takes up the work, but a novice florist. Lush bright flowers will become the main decoration of the site and will attract attention.