Conifers in landscape design

When designing an original decorative garden on a site of a country house, preference is increasingly given to coniferous trees and shrubs. This is due to the fact that evergreens maintain freshness and attractive appearance throughout the year, give the landscape a special "highlight". The crown of these plants is easy to cut and form various curly compositions from it. In addition to decorative functions, conifers have healing properties: they fill the air with a special aroma and volatile.

In landscape design, when using evergreens, it is important to consider their growth, the shape of the foliage, and the color palette in order to avoid the monotony of the site. Coniferous trees and shrubs add new shades and colors to the landscape, create a warm, slightly fabulous and philosophical reflection atmosphere of a decorative garden.

Ephedra perfectly combine with all decorative building materials, artificial and natural:

Landscaping compositions

The variety of crown shapes of coniferous trees and species of shrubs allows you to create original landscape gardening compositions where you can use natural and artificial elements of landscape decoration. Sculpture, a small pond, stone blocks or a huge old stump against the background of evergreen trees and shrubs will create an original park ensemble and emphasize the original nature.

Compositions of volumetric dark stone against a background of fragile trees, for example, cypress or ordinary arborvitae, look very impressive:

Coniferous mini-parks

Using conifers in a small landscape area, you can create a mini-park in English or French styles. For this, it is important to create various geometric forms of plants that would harmoniously combine in the landscape. Spherical forms of shrubs in combination with conical or columnar forms of cypress or thuja in landscape design will create an atmosphere of English or French parks:

Flowering shrubs alternating with evergreen planting will look very original, which will help to maintain an attractive appearance of the site in different seasons, even when inflorescences and leaves fall:

A miniature forest, where conifers coexist perfectly with plants of other species, is another extraordinary way of landscape design. In this case, it is better to plant evergreens in tiers, alternating light and dark shades of needles, rounded and pyramidal crowns. This will emphasize the peculiar rhythm of the design:

Tall conifers (spruce, larch, cedar) with a big-leafed crown create a good shadow. Therefore, if the site has a small area, it is better to plant them near the fences:

Many varieties of thuja and cypress, due to their shape and a fairly dense crown, can perform the function of hedges:

or to frame park alleys:

Landscape terraces

If the site is located on a slope, the most practical and original solution is to design it in the form of a cascade of terraces located in tiers. At the lower level, you can arrange juniper bushes or dwarf pines. Carefully trimmed bushes in combination with other plants will be the perfect decoration of terraces.

Creeping bushes of ground cover juniper varieties (Viltoni or Repanda), which are interspersed with other curly and weaving shrubs, give the impression of an artistic mess and riot of nature. At the same time they serve as a good strengthening of the slopes:

Evergreen Patio

For the arrangement of cozy patios - patios - you can use container gardening with conifers. This type of decoration is very convenient, practical and indispensable for a small area:

Patios located on several tiers of terraces look spectacular. In this embodiment, conifers can distinguish between these zones: on the upper level, it is best to arrange tall trees, and on the lower level - dwarf species of thuja or creeping shrubs:

Conifers can be used as the main element of the landscape or the original complement to it. It is important to know that all conifers do not tolerate moisture stagnation in the soil, so clay and heavy soil need to be mixed with sand and supplemented with good drainage. Also, evergreens need to be fertilized with special types of fertilizing for such plants. Proper care will provide long life to coniferous plants and an attractive appearance of a decorative garden.

Watch the video: Landscaping with Conifers: Rose-Hill Gardens Video Series Episode Three (May 2024).