Do-it-yourself flower beds and garden gardens

In this article, we'll explore diagrams and photos of how to create flower beds and garden beds at your dacha, as well as general tips and recommendations. Every gardener dreams of a bountiful harvest, but to enjoy a full and harmonious garden, the plot needs to be tidy. Beautiful flower beds are essential for this.

Of course, the easiest way is to choose a piece of land and plant on it flowersBut to ensure your flowerbed looks original, well-maintained, and attractive, you need to follow certain rules. However, you can do everything yourself, and there's no need to hire a designer or shell out money for a consultation.

Where to start?

First of all, you need to at least roughly decide what kind of flowerbed you want for your property. A rustic style might be appropriate, in which case you can decorate the space with old tires and plastic bottles. In the style of old provincial France, old bicycles, wheelbarrows, and wooden buckets are used to create flowerbeds.

They look great next to the flower bed. ornamental trees and shrubsYou'll have to shell out a bit of money for this purchase at first, but in the end, it'll only pay off—these shrubs require minimal care but look stunning year-round. Remember, these plants need acidic soil to thrive!

Advice! To prepare the soil for a flowerbed, you can safely use fallen pine needles and add a little peat and turf. Fill the soil with this mixture to a depth of 50 cm.

A flowerbed planted with perennials looks beautiful and impressive in a garden. Planting plans are available online, including those included in this article. It's important to choose the right flowering periods for the plants you're planting, as well as the color scheme of the buds. If you choose wisely from the start, you won't have to replant the flowers every year, which is a big plus for this type of flowerbed.

We create a flower bed of continuous flowering

Photos and diagrams on photos of flower beds Designing your own flowerbeds for your dacha will help you understand what you want to achieve. We suggest considering a versatile option for creating a flowerbed of perennials that will delight you with continuous blooms all season long.

What rules to consider:
1. Much attention is given to perennials in this type of flowerbed, but annuals are also essential. Shrubs also complement the composition beautifully.
2. Plants for one flowerbed are selected with similar care parameters: requirements for humidity, amount of sunlight, and regularity of watering.
3. Never plant aggressive plants in such a bed, such as loosestrife or periwinkle (they will quickly take over the space). Also, avoid perennials that quickly produce seeds, such as poppies, lupines, and others.

To ensure a flowerbed blooms continuously throughout the season, it's essential to draw a planting plan on paper. When sketching, roughly outline the flowerbed, compile a list of perennials, and assign a specific location to each on the chosen plot of land.

Which perennials to plant depending on the flowering season:
1. Spring means snowdrops and crocuses, bluebells, tulips and daffodils, and hyacinths. You can safely choose primroses, daisies, fritillaries, anemones, and liverworts for planting.
2. In summer, the selection of perennials is vast, including cornflowers and phlox, irises, hostas, carnations, lilies, and poppies. Also worth considering are peonies and daisies, daylilies, lychnis, monarda, milkweed, and campanula.
3. As for autumn, common flowers for this season will be chrysanthemums and asters, sunflowers, coreopsis.
4. A separate group of interseasonal plants stands out, blooming for a long time. For example, these include all coniferous shrubs, including junipers. Various grasses such as blue fescue and barley also belong here. All types of ferns deserve attention in this regard.

When it comes to compiling a final list, everything depends on the size of the flowerbed. But even for a large flowerbed, it's not recommended to plant too many flowers. Even if it's just one flower, it will take up too much space. Landscape designers say that too much variety in a flowerbed will complicate the visual perception of the composition.

Growing season

Once you've selected the specific plants for the flowerbed, they'll need to be divided again. This time, by growing season. The first group of plants will have a short growing season—mostly bulbous plants (you'll need to plan ahead for annuals, or greenery, to replace them). Petunias are one such example. They're planted away from the bulbs of plants that have already finished blooming.

The second group will consist of all the remaining flowers. Next, you need to determine the flower sizes, find a spot in the flowerbed for each, determine the number of plants to plant, and number the bed. Once the plan is complete, you can see which areas of the flowerbed remain empty. Then, plant annuals or easy-to-grow perennials there.

Look at photos and diagrams of how to create flower beds and garden beds yourself at your dacha to clearly understand and create a proper landscaping plan for your property. If you approach the flower bed creation process wisely, it will turn out stunning, and everyone will be amazed that such beauty can be created without the help of a designer.