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Brick flower bed under a tree

 

In general, arranging a flowerbed under a tree is a good idea in terms of saving space. After all, far from every site you can smash a chic flowerbed. And around the tree there is always free space. Here we see how you can make a small, neat flower bed of brick. Although the material can be any, paving stones are also perfect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tall flower bed under the tree

 

Here, as we see, you can make a flower bed in several tiers. In general, under a tree it is very convenient to make tall flower beds - there is a support. White brick is used here, but other material is also good - stone, paving stones, small blocks. In general, creating a multi-tiered flowerbed with a beautiful garden border is certainly an interesting solution. Just remember that for many trees, filling the root neck with soil can provoke rotting of the trunk, so it is advisable not to fill it to a height of more than 10 - 12 centimeters.

 

Even a low wattle rod

You can smash a flowerbed under a tree m without a fence at all, as in this picture, it also turns out very beautifully. Beautiful flowers look very good in contrast to the green lawn.

 

Original flowerbed under the tree

 

But these photos show a rather original solution for flower beds. On the left in the photo, the location itself is interesting near the stairs. A tall flowerbed under a tree on the rise, as it were, adorns the entrance. In the second photo, it is original as the tree itself, so a flowerbed beneath it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So flowerbeds under a tree are beneficial both in aesthetic terms and in saving space in a summer cottage.

 

Do-it-yourself flowerbed under a tree

 

How to arrange trunk space

 

What is the difference flowerbed in open space from a flowerbed under a tree? Basically, the choice of plants and tillage. There is such a thing - the climate of the near-trunk zone. It depends on this climate what can grow under a tree and what can’t. For example, if fir trees were planted on your site, then due to the dense shade and acid soil, practically nothing can grow under them. But the apple tree is great for breaking a flowerbed under it, it gives a diffused shadow that will protect from direct rays and at the same time leave enough light for favorable growth.

 

Also not the last soil cultivation issue. Here the approaches are different. Particularly advanced gardeners prefer mulching using sawdust, straw, peat, compost, etc. It all depends on the tree. Under coniferous trees, it is best to mulch with bark, it is both useful and beautiful, the tree will grow faster and develop better.

 

 

 

Nevertheless, there are different opinions on this issue. Some gardeners say that if you break flowerbed under fruit trees, the soil must be dug up, as with an ordinary flowerbed.

Others insist that this is not advisable, a simple fence is enough, and flowers can also be planted in uncultivated land.

In principle, both of them are right, just let’s compare the good and the bad of both methods.

If you dig a plot under a tree, plus the fact that:

• the larvae of many insects, including pests, will die;
• tree roots will receive more oxygen;
• you can fertilize the soil with quality, in which you can plant more varieties of ornamental plants and even vegetables.

 

Minus is:

• together with pests, larvae and beneficial insects and worms will die;
• in any case, a large number of small roots that feed the tree from the upper layers of the soil will be damaged (25 - 35 centimeters);
• the quality of the soil will become worse (meaning for the tree).
• with severe frosts, roots can suffer.

 

And now if do not dig over the area in the near-trunk zone, and to make, so to speak, a “wild” flowerbed, it’s good that:

• worms and planting roots will eventually form the desired soil structure that is most favorable for tree development;
• recharge will occur due to the natural decay of autumn leaves and herbs;
• roots tolerate frosty winters better;
• and just less work.

 

But there are also disadvantages:

• along with useful fauna, pests will survive, which can be a serious problem, so in the spring you still have to cultivate the soil with something;
• loss of usable area; on an untreated site, the choice of planting flowers is still limited.

 

Here are all the pros and cons, so decide for yourself.

 

How to make a flowerbed under a tree

 

If there are trees in your area, a flower garden around the trunk will be a good solution to save space. Let's look at how to make a flowerbed under a tree, a classic version of a round flower garden, so to speak.. The whole process is graphically depicted in the pictures below. Photos, of course, from the bourgeois site, and they can draw beautifully, even if you shoot a cartoon.

 

First, on the site around the tree, where you are going to break the flower bed, you need remove turf. Then it can be used for other purposes, for sure there will be a place on the site where the grass grows poorly.

 

 

 

 

 

Buy at the store or make your own a metal strip with spikes to mark the edge of the flower bed with a side. In principle, for temporary fencing You can use anything, but with a strip more convenient.

 

 

 

 

Fill the prepared area with soil eight centimeters high so that the upper roots do not protrude from the ground.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Level the topsoil and lay on it sawdust layer, so that the ground is completely covered.

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can plant flowers first, and then add sawdust, but practice shows that it’s better after all sawdust first, and then planting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Planting flowerswhich ones and how to plant depends on what you have chosen. This issue must be studied in advance, there are many nuances. Not all flowers can take root under a tree, while also looking under which tree.

 

 

 

 

We make a border. There are also many options here. At the bottom of the article, in the gallery, you can see what types of flower beds are and how they are laid around. The easiest way is if you find paving stones, and since you have already installed a temporary fence, it’s not difficult to simply lay paving stones or, say, brick.

 

 

Flowers planted, it remains to organize regular watering, at least during the first month, and then look at the weather.

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the flowers grow, you can brag to your neighbors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How to pick flowers for a flower bed under a tree

 

Typically, flower beds are broken in sunny areas, on elevations, so that it can be clearly seen. For flower beds under a tree, such conditions for flowers are not realistic to create, therefore, other approaches are used here. We must proceed from the fact that the place will be shaded and wet.

Of course, a lot depends on the tree, conifers - this is one thing, they create a special microclimate, oxidize the soil and generally create many problems for other plants. But under them various types of orchids, heather and similar species grow well. But ordinary garden flowers are unlikely to survive such a neighborhood.

 

Deciduous trees, and most often in the fruit areas grow, this is different. They do not have such dense crowns and part of the world will fall on the flowerbed. In some cases, planting flowers under fruit trees is even beneficial.

For example, marigolds, calendula and nasturtium scare aphids and nematodes from apple trees, and lilies of the valley protect cherries and cherries from fruit rot.

 

 

 

Generally for a flowerbed an apple tree is a very good tree, its crown gives a lot of diffused light and the soil under the apple tree is favorable for many plants. Under it, periwinkles, nasturtiums, pansies, bells, forget-me-nots, daffodils, daisies, crocuses grow well.

 

 

 

 

But not all trees are so supportive of neighbors, for example, under an oak tree you are unlikely to grow a lawn, and with birch except for the medunica, fern or lilies of the valley, they can get along. Some people find they come out planting flowers that bloom before the appearance of a dense crown - bluebills, daffodils, hyacinths, tulips.

 

 

 

Still as a design bosquets can be planted around the tree.

These are hedges from boxwood, they look very neat and beautiful, you can give them any shape, you get such an original border.

 

Compositions on the flowerbed

 

A flower bed is like a living picture, if you choose the right plants, it will delight you all season, changing colors and shades. To learn how to "draw" such paintings, you need to be well versed in plants.

 

For example, such a simple version of a contrast flower garden under a tree. After all, the flowerbed does not have to be round, you can do something asymmetric, as in the picture. Plant daisies and separate islands of daffodils, which, although quickly blooming, will still have bushes with elongated leaves that will stand until the end of July.

But such spring kaleidoscope it is necessary to cook in the fall, carefully dig and fertilize the soil. In spring, along the edge of the flowerbed, plant tufts of tufts, and onion compact islands in different parts of the flower garden, crocuses, tulips and daffodils from each other for 15 - 20 centimeters. The space between the "islands" plant a periwinkle. In the spring, your flowerbed will bloom and smell.

Or here's another spring flowerbed optionwhen the leaves are only going to bloom on the tree, the flowerbed as an island of light will delight you with the first rays of the sun. Think in advance how the composition will look. Plant a flowerbed with early spring erantis (springs), and along the contour with crocus bulbs, they will look very nice against the background of the spring.

If several fruit trees grow on your site, you can create such fragrant mini flower beds. This composition will make a living variety with a unique aroma. The numbers in the picture indicate: 1 - Daphne is deadly, the plant is, of course, poisonous, but it is often grown due to beautiful flowering in spring. 2 - May lily of the valley, loves shady places, grows with bells and emits a strong aroma. 3 - Narcissus is hybrid, it comes in different colors, also loves shade and moisture, so it is ideal for such a flower bed. 4 - Fragrant violet, a favorite flower in ancient Greece, with an amazing smell.

All the colors of this composition have a strong aroma, so in the spring, mixed with the smells of a flowering garden, you get a real spring mix of smells.

 

Creating flower beds is a creative process, only when arranging a flower garden under a tree, it is necessary to take into account not only the characteristics of the plants that will grow on the flowerbed, but also the characteristics of the trees. You can look at various options in this selection.

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