Miniature gardens

A miniature garden is created in a very limited area, but in its composition and variety of plants presented is a tiny diminished embodiment of a large garden. It can be arranged in a stone or concrete flower box of round or rectangular shape. Limited space miniature garden involves the use of stunted, creeping, carpet and dwarf plants. Usually in a miniature garden grown alpine, pygmy conifers, perennial and biennial plants, as well as a variety of miniature bulbous cultures. Dwarf shrubs and coniferous trees add extra height to the plantations of the miniature garden. In the composition of the world of a tiny garden they act as trees.

A peculiar color is created by many, especially short, carpet species of Alpine plants. Placed along the edges of creeping plants cascade fall on the sides of the flower girl. Perennials choose very carefully: they may, contrary to expectations, grow too large and disrupt the proportions of the miniature garden.

The flower garden area is a miniature garden space, and it can be revived and decorated by spreading on the surface of the soil small stones, shells, possibly clay animal figurines - everything that fantasy tells you.

To create a garden it is necessary to fill the flower garden with a soil substrate composed of a mixture of turfy ground, compost, peat and coarse sand. At the bottom of the tank should lay a drainage layer of large gravel, clay battles, broken bricks or other material. The drainage layer is necessary in connection with the limited life space of the flower girl, where stagnant moisture can be fatal to plants. As the soil substrate is placed in the flower garden, it is necessary to compact it layer by layer. In the filled container, there should be a gap of 5 cm from the edge to the surface of the soil.

A small scoop neatly make holes. Plant plants slightly higher so that the surface of the soil mixture can be covered with a layer of gravel or small stones 2.5-3 cm thick, not falling asleep plants. Gravel prevents the germination of weeds, the method is

. The miniature garden is a reduced

model of a large present garden, and dwarf

coniferous plants play the role of trees in it.

It is very important to maintain the proportions so that

does not destroy the charm of

's miniature

composition, which sets the retention of moisture and prevents rain from washing away the soil. Do not thicken the planting. The plant needs a sufficient space for its development.