The Alpine slide is the blue dream of many suburban land owners. However, many amateur gardeners do not dare to equip this man-made miracle on their hacienda because of its apparent complexity. In fact, there are no difficulties here, you just need to include imagination, make a little effort multiplied by simple knowledge. Believe me, even a beginner will manage to create a luxurious rock garden, and today's article will serve as a good helper in these good endeavors.
How to make a rock garden of your dreams?
To begin with, a small historical summary. An alpine slide or rock garden is called a rocky garden. Widely popular it was relatively recently, in the late XIX-early XX centuries. The original purpose of the rock garden is the demonstration of the Alpine highlands with their unique and inimitable nature. Therefore, the obligatory and main attribute is either a large boulder, or a pile of stones embodying the top of the mountain. The neat pond or an artificial waterfall complements and creates a complete view of the whole picture, as well as a colorful carpet of motley grass and flowers, located at the foot of curly bushes or stunted trees. Even a small rock garden with a pond and lush vegetation can become a real decoration of any suburban area.
How to make a rock garden of your dreams? For this, you need the following components:
- Free from planting sunny place, which is perfectly visible from the corner of the garden you love. And it is better that it is a natural slope of the soil, and not a pile of land in the middle of a flat field. To determine such a place, take a film with an area equal to the area of the future rock garden and spread it in different sections of your site, assessing the overall impression. Where, in your opinion, the film lies best, there and place for the device rock garden.
- Free volume of soil for embankment of a hill. Note that the substrate must be nutritious, friable and well drained.
- Presence of beautiful natural stones of different sizes. Note that the stones for the rock garden should not be taken anyway, but close to the rock, sandstone, limestone, quartz, slate. If the shape of the stones is round, they are placed in even waves. If angular, then they build a dense pyramid of irregular shape. If the stones are presented in the form of tiles, then they are laid in layers.
The construction of the rock garden itself also provides for the creation of a small pond or a waterfall and the selection of green plantations. The reservoir should be really compact, so as not to create you much trouble for care. Flowers and plants for rock garden may not be alpine at all, but they should feel good on rocky soil, have a decorative appearance and unpretentious character. These include various herbaceous grasses, creeping and curling perennials, various types of geraniums and purifiers, as well as recently become popular and fashionable hosts. The main rule for placing plant compositions is the following. On the top of the rock garden the most low-growing varieties are planted, in the middle zone they are medium-sized, and at the bottom, at the foot of the "mountain" and around the reservoir are tall crops. And yet - when creating your alpine slide, do not look at anyone, the main thing is that you like it, and not neighbors on the site. Let your rock garden with a reservoir be the best in your eyes and for your pleasure.
As you can see, creating a rock garden with your own hands is not so difficult. You just need to put a little imagination and physical effort and the dream will come true.
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