A large garden is every gardener's dream. In it you can embody all your dreams and ideas regarding the number of various decorative, fruit and berry crops. On a large land area, you do not have to worry about saving space, such a problem does not even arise. But gardeners who have a small garden area will have to sweat a lot in order to correctly and competently plan and organize the planting of all types of plants. After all, I want to get a good harvest, and build a beautiful flower garden, or maybe a small lawn.
On a limited land area, it is necessary to take advantage of non-standard solutions from experienced landscape designers, gardeners and florists who will help to place fruit trees and berry bushes even in the smallest space. This is possible only on condition that decorative and fruit and berry crops are adjacent to each other and alternate with each other. A familiar fruit garden can easily become a picturesque area consisting of flowering ornamental plants and fruit trees and bushes. It sounds like a daunting task at first, but the results are worth it.
The principles of connecting fruit and ornamental crops in the garden
In order for various types of plants to fully develop and not interfere with each other, it is necessary to select them according to the following principles:
- At the place of cultivation.
- According to the requirements for the soil.
- By the illumination of the territory.
Neighboring crops with similar requirements will not only get along well, but will also benefit in the form of a quality harvest and decorative appeal. There are many options for replacing an ornamental plant with a fruit plant.
Coniferous tree - for fruit (plum, cherry, apple tree)
If pines and spruces grow on the garden plot, one of these trees can be replaced with an equally attractive apple tree or another fruit tree that will maintain the decorative effect of the composition in any season. After all, the branches of needles in combination with the branches of a flowering tree in the spring, with a lush green crown in the summer and a scattering of fruits shining in the sun in the fall look great next to each other and are a full-fledged composition. Only in the winter, when the fruit trees stand without foliage, the aesthetic appearance will be slightly disturbed, but the harvest has been harvested, and preparations for the winter have been made.
Tuyu - on raspberry bushes, boxwood - on blackberries or rose hips
A hedge on the site, consisting of thuja or boxwood bushes, which plays the role of a dense vegetation screen, can become half fruit and berry. This addition will only give it uniqueness and charm and will be able to protect it from uninvited guests and prying eyes.A hedge of thuja and raspberry bushes will look great and attract attention with juicy green color and bright red blotches of berries on its background.
If the hedge is on a trellis, try replacing individual ornamental plants with blackberry bushes, which will not only look elegant, but also yield large yields. Well, initially, such a barrier can be created from several types of wild-growing fruit and berry plantations. How much benefit will the fruits of rosehip, sea buckthorn or hawthorn bring! Caring for them is minimal, and as a result, a considerable harvest of useful berries and a wonderful decoration of the garden.
On a limited garden area, you can use standard forms of fruit crops, which will not overload the overall landscape, but will become elements dividing the garden plot into zones. Such plants can be planted in a straight line or semicircle to define a recreation area or a children's meadow.
Roses - for Japanese quince or gooseberry
Flower beds and flower beds play an important role in the personal plot. Roses of various types and varieties are often their real decoration and the most important pride. These traditional ornamental shrubs can be replaced with gooseberry or quince, lingonberry or blueberry bushes.
Ground cover plants - for garden strawberries
Numerous types of ground cover plants are used in the garden not only to decorate, comfort, fill space, but also to protect against weeds. They cover any area with a dense carpet and create a clearing pleasing to the eye. A clearing of garden strawberries will look no worse in appearance and decorativeness. This perennial plant looks very impressive and bears a large number of beneficial fruits within 3-4 seasons.
Clematis and wisteria - for grapes and actinidia
A worthy, attractive and useful decoration of buildings and walls of houses can be grapes and a close relative of kiwi - actinidia. You can also use trellises, along which the plants will quickly climb up and not take up much space in the garden.
Standard forms of fruit and berry crops
For garden areas with a minimum area, there is also an excellent option for landscaping and ennobling the site with fruit plantations. Standard forms of berry and fruit crops that grow in tubs will come to the rescue. Their disadvantage is a small harvest, but such plants can be placed in any part of the garden, as well as on the terrace, loggia, balcony and in a variety of non-standard places.
When growing fruit crops in tubs, it is very important to choose the correct container (usually large), fill it with a high-quality and suitable soil mixture (and not with ordinary soil from the garden) and regularly apply appropriate fertilizers throughout the spring-summer, and for some even the autumn season. ...
A wide variety of crops can be grown in tubs - grapes, strawberries and strawberries, raspberries and blackberries, peaches, almonds, apples, pears and many others. Berry crops can grow well in tubs in combination with ornamental plants. A balcony or terrace can become a real orchard, because much space is not required for containers and tubs, and if you have a trellis, even the walls will turn into a decorative decoration made of dense foliage or a variety of flowers.
Experienced gardeners recommend that when creating such a complex plantation, it is imperative to take into account the requirements of the plants. Each crop should receive adequate amounts of heat, water, lighting and food. In mixed plantings, you should also pay attention to the height of the plants and plant them alternately - undersized (flowering crops) in the foreground, and tall ones (pears, apple trees, rose hips) - in the back.
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