Rock garden on your site

And why not try to recreate the mountain landscape in your summer residence? Especially if the dimensions allow. To date, in landscape gardening art flower compositions with the inclusion of natural stone are widespread, which have been called "rock garden" and "rockery". This is a very effective solution for site planning, as well as a suitable place for growing plants in the alpine zone.

Alpinarium or alpine hill is a recreated corner of the highland flora along with all its natural elements. According to the form of the Alpine hill is likerule, a composition of one or more stony hills, planted with alpine plants. Slopes of rocks, large boulders and rubble help to give the site a natural mystery and naturalness.

For rock gardens use a variety of rocks, among them limestone, artificial stone, sandstone, tuff, granite. It is desirable to build rock gardens from stones,homogeneous in structure and color. Different breeds look ugly side by side. You can, of course, "dilute" the general picture for a change, but it is important to do this in moderation. Before the stones are placed in the ground, they must be spread out on the ground, carefully examined, and choose their most interesting position.

The area reserved for the Alpine hill must be large enough. Usually, the minimum of the sizes thatrecommend professional designers, make up 1x3 meters or 1.5x2.5 meters, that is, the minimum footprint is about 3-4 sq.m. It should be noted that enough free space should be left around the hill so that it does not seem cumbersome. The height of the slide must match its dimensions, but not be less than 1 m.

In order to most accurately repeat the natural landscape, in general, use plants that are able to maintain the freshness and bright color of the artificial hill during the whole year. Very good for rock gardens fit dwarf rocks or slow growing species of coniferous plants (for example, cypress, juniper, thuja). Shrubs such as heather, miniature rose, azalea, hebe, barberry, dwarf rhododendron and others will also be an excellent decoration of your garden.

Of the smaller plants for alpine hills, well lit by the sun, it is recommended to plant various kinds of yarrow and borax,cat's foot, gerbil, armeria, alpine astra, pincers, carnations, droki, sunflowers, immortelles, St. John's wort, mace, alpine poppy, lumbago, soap, some kinds of cleaning, juvenile, tar, thyme, some kinds of veronica. On the wetter slopes and in the penumbra, the creeper grows vigorously, the windswept, the catchment area, the rezuha, the bell of the Carpathians, some geraniums and gravels, the sour cherry, the phyllops subulate and its varieties, the primroses, some species of buttercups, violets.

To the rock garden was appreciated by the guests of your site, it is necessary to think about how the paths leading to it will be located - such beauty should be considered near! It is also important to take care of the relevantadjacent landscape. It is best not to weight the space next to the hill, but simply plant at a distance from each other bushes of heather, erica, stunted species of rhododendrons.