Thuja has been used in landscape design for several centuries, along with many conifers. This is due to the happy feature of evergreens to enliven a dull winter black and white symphony with green notes. Preference is given to them not only for this reason. These are plants that are easy to ennoble, just fit into the landscape of any style direction. The air, which they fill with a special aroma, is considered useful in many diseases.
Thuja is easy to use in a mini-park or nature garden, as an independent element, it looks no less beautiful on landscaped terraces, dwarf perfectly complements flower beds of various options, including rockeries, and. Many varieties are resistant to severe frosts, winds, which is important if the site is decorated in a cold climate. The ability to use various forms of the evergreen thuja crown made the plant an element of almost any style.
Functional application and climatic conditions
In a complex system of applying elements of landscape decoration, this evergreen plant is assigned a place in the area being improved, focusing on the purpose for which the planting is planned. Depending on the intended purpose in the landscape design of the thuja, they are conventionally divided into the following types:
- solitary (for a single landing of a high element);
- dwarf (diverse use);
- formatted (trees for mini-parks, terraces with ledges);
- shrub (for high borders, and hedges);
- multi-colored (with non-traditional needle color).
The division is called conditional because courage design solution different projects involves multifunctional use, in which the shrub can be used for terraces or high flower beds, solitary - for high conditional hedges in areas with a large area. At the same time, there is a second distinction, according to which this type of decorative element differs depending on the origin of a particular variety. Belonging to a well-known genus of cypress did not limit the distribution area of \u200b\u200bthe plant, because it is distinguished by unpretentiousness, relative ease of planting, and a high degree of emotional mood when used correctly. Thuja was brought to Europe to decorate palace parks and garden compositions, but even before that it was widely used in different countries.
Depending on the territorial affiliation, they distinguish between western and eastern, Japanese and Korean, folded, which has specific requirements for adaptation. In temperate and cold climate conditions, the western thuja, as the most adapted and frost-resistant, is most widely used. The above varieties are only a small part of the existing ones, but they are considered as the most common.
Variety of forms and common varieties
Dwarf plants include plants reaching a height of 1 m. They look great in small areas where it is not possible to plant many tall plants and trees, but they are often placed on large areas as a structural element of an alpine slide, rockery, or a Japanese rock garden. With certain styles, for example, naturgarden or modern, dwarf plants are combined worse, they are typical for landscapes with structured demarcation, and zones of a certain purpose. The most famous varieties are:
- Khosery;
- Tributary;
- Little Dorrit.
Tributary retains its spherical shape without additional pruning, so it is often used to create borders along park paths.
To create hedges, varieties of thuja western are more often used, of which the designers have become the most favorite among designers:
- Brabant;
- Emerald;
- Yellow Ribbon.
Each of these species has its own strengths. Brabant equally easily tolerates frost, drought and high humidity, grows half a meter in a year, and can reach 5 m in adulthood. It can also be used for single landings. Yellow Ribbon is a maximum of 2 meters in height, and it reaches this height by 10 years. Its indisputable positive difference is the yellow-orange color of the needles. Very often, Yellow Ribbon is used to revive a gloomy landscape, bleak corners of a site, a rocky ascetic landscape.
Thuya Smaragd occupies a special place in landscape design. The tree is completely covered with branches, starting from the base, and tightly adjacent to the trunk. A mature tree that grows very quickly, without fear of any weather difficulties, can reach a height of six meters in a fairly short time. Despite the large number of varieties for solitary planting, Smaragd has become widespread both as a material for high hedges, and for single accented plantings, and minimized groups of 3 to 5 elements.
When choosing other varieties for a single planting, you should take into account the climate and design features of a particular site. Rheingold grows slowly, reaches one and a half meters, but has the shape of a ball, and is beautiful golden color needles. Sunkist is driven out to 3 m, reaches its maximum growth after 10 years, but it is conical in shape, and with beautiful golden needles. As a semantic accent, this tree certainly attracts attention in any landscape. Kornik refers to folded, prefers moisture and good soil, does not like high temperature, but it has many shades, and with skillful care will give originality to the design.
Landing site selection and process features
The use of thuja as a decorative element imposes requirements on the designer that cannot be ignored. It depends on how much the plant takes root, and what visual effects it will give. If the seedlings do not take root, this will delay the possible use of their visualization. Tui do not like a strong shadow, and even if the tree can be artificially adapted, it will turn yellow and wither, so the effect will be extremely doubtful. In areas where summer is quickly replaced by frost and frost, it is better to prefer Smaragd, which grows more slowly, but looks great. And he is more unpretentious than Brabant, who will grow up faster, but more demanding. But slow growth allows you to cut Smaragd much less often, and it looks much more spectacular in a free-growing hedge, keeping a rich color all year round.
Landing is best done in spring or mid-autumn. Having decided on the places where the thuja will grow, marking is done with pegs with a rope sprinkled with flour or in another convenient way. Then, holes are dug along the marking line, at least 70 cm deep, corresponding in width to the rhizome of the seedling. When creating a hedge or border, it should be borne in mind that the trees will grow, interfering with each other in their adult state. This also makes it preferable to choose Smaragda if there is not much space. Brabant requires 1 m between plantings, and 70 cm is enough for Smaragd. Speaking about the unpretentiousness of plants and their undemandingness before planting, you should still fertilize the pit with a mixture of compost, turf, sand and peat. A tree is planted along with an earthen clod, which is on the rhizome, without deepening the neck of the seedling underground, and leaving it only slightly sprinkled at the level of the soil.
The soil around the thuja after planting should be covered with mulch.
If the soil on the site is not wet, the plants should certainly be fertilized and trimmed. And if the hole was properly prolonged with fertilizers, then for the 3rd year you need to start the introduction of fertilizers. There is no need to talk about weeding and loosening the soil around young and vulnerable plants. Compliance with the necessary requirements in a couple of years will allow you to admire the work of your own hands, hiding after a relatively short period of time, with the help of a hedge from the prying eyes of outsiders.
Thuja compositions and its compatibility with other elements
Thuja looks great in composition with deciduous plants, but does not like larch, spruce, pine and fir in the neighborhood. She will perceive birch and bird cherry calmly, but in terms of style compatibility this will simply be unacceptable, because these are elements of opposite styles.
It is appropriate to plant a plant as a decoration for the alley leading to the entrance to the house, or the main path from the gate, a hedge, an additional delimitation if the site is large and intended for different target zoning. Plants look great on the shore of an artificial reservoir, but compatibility with those plants that are planted to strengthen the coastal zone is necessary here.
In the recreation area, where there are swings, benches, gazebos, the use of thuja must be carefully considered so that over time, growing up, it does not seem out of place.
On the lawn, dwarf thuja looks great in combination with mini-fountains, natural stones, ledges. The use of dwarf thuja interspersed with other plants in the flower beds even has its own name - a mixborder, in the creation of which people with imagination achieve simply enchanting spectacular effects. (Fig.1,2). Mixborders are usually of arbitrary or free form, but dwarf thuja is easy to use in discounts (strictly defined rectangular or square) or terraces of any size, where plants in tubs are sometimes used as an additional style element (Fig. 3) The forms and diversity of this conifer seem to be intended by nature for the embodiment of any bizarre fantasies of the decor creator who strives for originality and originality of design.
Why thuja?
The possibilities of using thuja in landscape design are simply unlimited. This is facilitated by a variety of varieties and species, colors and shapes. It is not by chance that these conifers occupy a leading position among other evergreens. They perfectly tolerate frost, feel great in the polluted atmosphere of city streets, are unpretentious and undemanding in care, while significantly ozonizing the air and creating a peaceful and soothing microclimate.
Tall and slender plants are used for single landings and minimal groups, they create an alley decoration that hides a hedge from prying eyes.
Dwarf can be successfully used in flower beds and lawns, stepped terraces, staircase design, creating alpine slides, rock gardens, and rockeries. Knowing the characteristics of the variety and correctly planning the smallest plot, not a single designer can resist planting a thuja. With love and care, she will become a real diamond in the crown of the garden.
1. Who won the audience award?
3. Such different beauties of thuja.
4. How to make sure that the water in the pond never becomes cloudy?
5. Round dance from delphiniums.
6. What to plant clay soils in the sun and in partial shade.
7. Question - Answer.
8. We plan the beds correctly.
9. We buy seeds and land.
Agree, each of us, avid summer residents, is looking for something original, interesting to decorate your site! This can indeed be, for example, flower bed-bonfire(see photo). Here's an idea for you. Yes, and its implementation, you see, is not difficult at all.
To do this, plant in the center of the flower bed red salvia imitating a flame of fire, hang the pot on two slingshot sticks stuck into the ground - and the flowerbed is ready. Or another option.
Fold from real wooden dice fire, in the center of them and around them, plant the same salvia or others red flowers, put a decorative bench and put on her figurines summer residents or tourists. Unusual and uncommon. So prepare firewood and flower seedlings.
Such different beauties
Do you like coniferous the way I love them? You probably love it too. After all, they are elegant and green in all seasons. And in winter, when there is clearly not enough color and the colors are dull around, conifers are a real magical gift of nature for all of us!
Today we’ll talk about only one representative of conifers - thue. Personally, I am very grateful to the breeders, thanks to whom so many different new forms of thuja have appeared. After all, now they are, as they say, for every taste: both large and small, spherical and cone-shaped, tall and dwarf.
Among the many garden forms of the western thuja, the lowest small balls areTiny Tim, Globosa Nana, Danika. There is a stunted columnar thujaRosenthali.
There are arborvitae with soft awl-shaped needles of different colors.
With green - " Ericoides"(grows in the form of a bush and more like a juniper, does not form seeds). With bluish - " Ericoides glauka." With bright golden« Ellwangeriana Aurea". The last of these has a conical shape, in autumn the needles become bronze-brown, but in spring the color is restored. Young shoots are pinkish in color. Winter-hardy.
Very attractive thuja folded or gigantic. But it is suitable for the southern regions of Russia. And its decorative form Pumila»Grows only up to 60 cm with very dense branching.
A little about how to grow and care for thujas.
Actually this not difficult. If you know a few major rules. For example, when transplant it is advisable to plant thuja in the same way as it grew. That is, before digging, you need to tie a rope on a branch, say, on the south side, and then plant it in exactly the same direction. Also, in no case should you deepen the basal neck. If you bought a seedling in a container, the root neck may be sprinkled with loose soil, so pay attention to this when planting and plant the seedling correctly. This is best done in early spring. Don't forget about watering, especially in the first year of life, and during dry periods. Most of all, dwarf spherical forms of thuja need this. Watering under the root and sprinkling through a sprayer will do.
Concerning top dressing, then in the first year you can not feed. Especially if you correctly filled the planting pit from peat, softwood bedding and sand in a ratio of 1:1:1. But stimulate the formation of the root system is very necessary. This will help preparations such as "Kornevin" and others.
And of course, young seedlings are better shelter on the winter spruce branches. And so that the branches of the thuja do not break under the snowfall, it is better to put the frames, and then cover them. In order for the thuja not to burn in the first winter or spring sun, it is advisable to cover them with burlap or paper bags.
During the season it would be nice to constantly hold mulching soil under thujas peat chips, wood chips or bark.
What is the best way to decorate the site with thujas?
Looks great live hedge from thuja. But only in the front area. Or just one thuja on both sides of the gate or gate. If you make a hedge around the entire perimeter of the site, from three or four sides, then there will be too much thuja, they will begin to put pressure on everything and will not create the beauty and harmony that you wanted. This is just the case when you can, figuratively speaking, spoil the porridge with oil. Therefore, do not be tempted to plant as many thujas as possible. Sometimes a few are quite enough, especially for a small plot of five to six acres.
You can do one or two compositions with the presence of thuja. In the background, plant a columnar thuja western, and in the front, on the left and right, spherical thuja. Or plant two junipers to the western thuja. Such classic compositions are always in fashion and harmonious.
chic fix corners lawns and large flower beds with spherical thujas.
In any case, the thuja on your site is a real decoration for centuries. No wonder it is called the tree of life, because it can grow up to 300-500 years. Just imagine that your great-great-great-grandchildren will admire the thuja planted by you!
How to make sure that the water in the pond never becomes cloudy?
Muddy, blooming water, heap algae- this is probably the largest fear many owners of suburban areas, which does not allow dreams of their own pond to come true. But in vain. Indeed, with any, even the smallest water body, the site becomes more comfortable and beautiful.
There are many ways you can easily keep your pond from blooming and yourself from unnecessary work. Let's go in order.
Method 1. You can control the transparency of the water quantity Sveta. It is known that algae and microorganisms need a lot of light for "blooming", for reproduction. And we, in turn, using this knowledge, nothing prevents us from placing a reservoir in a place where there is little sunlight. How less light, the less algae will grow. But there is one very important nuance: not need create this shadow artificially, with the help of trees or shrubs. Because in this case, having got rid of the problem of flowering water, you will get a friend a problem - how to deal with falling leaves in the fall. Although there is also a fairly simple solution for this - during the period of intense leaf fall, pull a fine mesh for birds onto the surface of the reservoir, so that later, removing it, remove all the leaves in one fell swoop - but still you should not add extra work to yourself.
So how is it right to create a shadow if we already have a pond, and we are not going to transfer it anywhere? In the pond you can plant useful plants, for example, water lilies, which will cover the surface of the water and prevent it from warming up enough for algae to grow there.
But even here there is a nuance: it is important to remember that a reservoir cannot be occupied by plants by more than a third.
Method 2. Run into your body of water decorative fish. They will destroy pests and larvae of the same unloved mosquitoes. And the waste products of your fish serve as excellent fertilizer for plants - here you have an ecosystem. Just be sure not to add too many fish and do not overfeed them - otherwise you will get the opposite effect.
Method 3. Of course, you can go to specialized stores and ask - now there are special tablets against flowering reservoir. Just be careful with such products: make sure that there is as little chemistry as possible, because the wrong product can be harmful and the right plants, and soil.
You can also take a look at the various uv-sterilizers- special ultraviolet lamps, which are aimed precisely at the destruction of microorganisms that cause water blooms and are not dangerous for humans, fish, plants of the reservoir.
Method 4. Abundant flowering can only appear in stagnant water. So make sure that the water in your body of water not stagnated, make it move, seethe and splash! Of course, I do not urge you to change the water in it every week. Just buy a fountain or make a small cascade, a waterfall - splashing water will enrich the pond with oxygen, which means that algae will be less likely to multiply in such water.
As you can see, making water not bloom is quite simple. Now it's up to you - if you still don't have a pond - be sure to schedule one for this summer season. You will not regret. Even a tiny pond, the size of a basin, which will certainly fit and on 6 acres can become an additional highlight of your site.
Round dance of delphiniums
White, blue, bright purple, pink - that's it for you round dance, the same multi-colored outfit as the girls from the folk dance group. Such beautiful flowers, but at all picky.
Care, to be honest minimum. AT drought- water especially when the delphiniums are in bloom. Feed three times a season. In early spring, when shoots appear, we give full mineral fertilizer or mullein diluted in water. The second is the same top dressing during the formation of buds. We do the third after flowering, but no later than the end of August, we use only phosphorus-potassium fertilizers.
And the delphinium is a must need support, because he is tall and fragile and the wind can break him.
Want to propagate? Please. It is possible with seeds, and cuttings, and dividing the bush.
seeds it is better to sow in the fall in the year of their collection, as they quickly lose their germination. In the spring, when shoots appear, they dive and plant in a permanent place in the phase of the 3rd true leaf. But with seed propagation, the purity of the variety may be lost, and full flowering will occur only after 2-3 years.
Cutting needed in May. Break off the shoots at the very surface of the soil. Cut off the top of the cutting with three leaves, make an oblique cut and plant it in a container with sand and peat. Make sure the soil is always moist, but do not flood. ATTENTION! Delphiniums cannot stand stagnant water, their roots rot and they die. Therefore, lowlands are not for these flowers.
Division bush We do it every 4-5 years in the spring. On the delenka there should be a lobe of roots and 2-3 buds. And when planting, be sure to ensure that the root neck with the kidneys is at the level of the soil surface.
How write in luxurious delphiniums in design site? You can, for example, create such a composition: in the background is a bush hydrangeas, then the group delphiniums, and in the foreground hosts. You can also this: a bush jasmine – delphiniums – chamomile white low or violet horned. The beauty. Will look elegant discount along a fence of delphiniums in the background and snapdragons in the foreground. Yes and just Group from delphiniums one or a different color really adequately decorate any site.
What to plant on clay soils in the sun and in partial shade
Indeed, very often we lament that on the site bad soil: some are sandy, some are clay. Of course, they need to be improved with the help of composts, manure, green manure, but this cannot be done instantly, it will take a lot of work and a lot of time. But after all, I want everything to bloom and smell fragrant, to be buried in greenery today. In this case, it is better to work in two directions at the same time. Gradually cultivate soil and at the same time try direct beauty by using certain plants that will withstand the prevailing conditions.
So, if you have heavy clay soil and it seems to you that no beautiful plants will grow here, you are mistaken. Do not be sad, do not give up, but pay attention to those flowers that can put up with these conditions.
For example, in sunny places they will develop perfectly peonies. Oh, these pompous decorations of our dachas! Arriving at someone's site and not finding signs of peonies, in this case I always shrug my hands in bewilderment: how could it be without them !? First, you can choose by color: red, pink, white. Secondly, they grow in one place up to 30 years! But if they begin to shrink, it is better to divide earlier. Agree, there are very few such centenarians among perennials. And thirdly, the aroma of these flowers can simply drive you crazy.
Plant safely in clay soil in a sunny spot various daylilies. I also love them for their unpretentiousness and abundant flowering. And how many varieties have now appeared on the market - and do not count. 
Surprisingly, even such a quiveringly delicate flower as aquilegia (catchment), feels quite comfortable on clay soil in the sun. I know that many of her enjoys well-deserved attention.
Rudbeckia clay soil is also not terrible, and it will delight you with its sunny orange baskets for a long time.
Well, so fighter (aconite) and completely overcome all the problems of clay soil. This is already in its very name.
Make friends with great delphiniums, and they will allow you to create compositions and flower beds-masterpieces even on clay soils. Read about delphiniums above.
Now let's see what can grow on clay soils located in penumbra? And for such unenviable conditions, nature has come up with hardy plants.
This, for example, volzhanka, a bush of which can grow to a meter or more and will have wonderful white panicles on it. And the American Volzhanka will, on the contrary, be low, up to 30 cm.
Definitely decorate the site and black cohosh, which is not yet a frequent guest on the site. Pay attention to it.
And now host probably everyone knows. And no wonder. This is a plant that allows you to make compositions, and an elegant group, and just looks great on its own. Just apply warmth and hands to its development - and it will delight you with green, with a white or yellow border, or even interspersed with juicy large leaves that are decorative all season. 
Blooms early with pinkish flowers badan with large green leaves, which is also not afraid of clay soil.
BUT tenacious, of course, it will easily survive almost everywhere, that's why it ZIVUCHKA. And to fill empty spaces in the shade with it is a very right thing to do. You will get a real live rug.
Good luck in developing and decorating places with clay soil!
Question answer
Question. I read in your electronic journal good article about beautiful begonias. I fell in love with this flower when I saw luxurious begonia beds in the Svyatogorsky Monastery. It's just a riot of colors and an incredible variety of shapes. Huge brightest flowers and decorative leaves. Very beautiful. And at my dacha I grew three bushes - red, white and yellow. I bought potato and a striped red and white begonia, but it didn't work out. Now potatoes washed and dried, I keep in refrigerator like gladioli. Is it correct?
Answer. Hello Love. I absolutely agree with you: one can only be surprised at the variety of colors of begonia, but it would be more correct to call it an underground cut not a potato, but tuber. Storage tubers begonias that bloomed in summer in open field the following: in the fall, after the shoots die off, they are dug up and stored in dry peat (sand) and removed for a dormant period in cool place in the basement or in the same refrigerator, and at the end of winter they take it out for germination. As far as I can tell, your storage method is slightly different from the above - it is still better to place the tubers in peat or sand. Although it is about time to get them out and germinate. I wish you success.
Question.I plan to suburban area from an ugly elevation above the cellar reformat his in alpine slide. The cellar will function, there is high humidity, constant temperature, it is dark ... and I have already dragged hemp there, covered it with mushroom mycelium and ... I hope to grow oyster mushrooms. Excites me how right do waterproofing and ventilation cellars. After all, if I make an alpine hill, then I will have to water the flowers that will grow on this hill, and at the bottom of the basement ... Your advice is needed.
Answer. Hello Svetlana. This is a great idea, I fully support your decision to turn this elevation into a work of art so to speak. ventilation cellars are usually arranged with two ventilation pipes, one of which is inlet, second - exhaust.
They are located on two levels of the cellar in its opposite corners. The exhaust pipe hole is placed at the top, just under the ceiling, and the supply pipe - at the bottom, at a height of 50-60 cm from the floor. The upper part of the air duct must rise above ground level by at least 150 cm. Its upper end, brought out above the ground, must not be flooded with spring water and rainwater. The pipe can be of arbitrary section, it is only necessary to strive so that it has a smooth inner surface and does not undergo rapid destruction. Usually the air duct is provided with a cone cap.
metal grid, blocking the cut of the pipe, will not allow rodents to enter the storage.
For basement waterproofing, I suggest you choose one of the following methods:
1. Painting shop waterproofing, which is superimposed on the surface from the side of moisture action. As a material, hot and cold mastics from bitumen or synthetic resins are used. Asbestos fiber mastics are considered the highest quality.
2. Okleyechnaya waterproofing. It is represented by roll materials - hydrosol, isol, roofing material, with which the entire surface is pasted over so that there are no seams and joints left, sometimes it is laid in several layers. As a primer, if necessary, paint waterproofing materials are used.
And yet, if there is an opportunity, it still makes sense to invite a specialist, it is not an easy task!
Good luck!
So that this year's harvest is rich, let's take care of correct crop rotation in your garden right now. After all, some cultures, if they are planted in the same place every year, begin to grow worse and worse.
To start draw scheme Your beds, as they were located this season. Sign what and on what bed you planted. And then - just look at our cheat sheet and mark out what and where you will plant in the coming season.
So, what to plant for what:
After potatoes- almost all types of cabbage (cauliflower, white and red), lettuce, dill, celery, parsley, parsnip, all pumpkin (pumpkin, zucchini, cucumber), all legumes, beets, turnips, radishes. After potatoes, manure or lime must be added!
After other solanaceous (tomato, pepper, eggplant, physalis) - onion, garlic, all types of cabbage, peas, beans, beans, lettuce, parsley, celery, turnips, radishes, beets, zucchini, squash, pumpkin.
After legumes - all kinds of cabbage, pepper, tomato, potato, turnip, radish, swede, beetroot, onion, garlic.
After cabbage (this includes white, red, Savoy, Brussels, Chinese, cauliflower, kohlrabi, broccoli, kale) - early potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, legumes, cucumbers, carrots, lettuce, spinach, onions, garlic.
After the green (this is lettuce, watercress, mustard, celery, parsley, spinach) - squash, zucchini, cabbage, potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, eggplant, turnips, radishes.
After pumpkin
(watermelon, melon, zucchini, cucumber, patisson, pumpkin) - cabbage culture, all nightshade, legumes, carrots, onions, spinach, greens.
After the carrot - pumpkin, White cabbage, peppers, beans, beans.
After beets - cucumber, all greens, onions, garlic, carrots.
After onion and garlic - carrots, cabbage, peppers, beets, beans, beans, peas, parsley, parsnips, cucumber, pumpkin, eggplant, zucchini.
After the turnip, radish, radish - zucchini, pumpkin, patisson, cucumber, peas, beans, beans.
And also think about how much you really need carrots, potatoes, beets. If something remains and is not eaten during the winter, give the land to another crop. Even plant something new, like cauliflower or turnips. We spend too much energy and we cannot afford to let anything go to waste.
We buy seeds and soil
If you are still not bought some seeds , fertilizer and earth- urgently without delay, run in specialized score. There is still a chance to avoid large queues. You will waste a lot of time on this later. I never understand people who put things off until the last minute. Oh, how much then it takes not only extra time, but also nerves, and, as you know, they are not restored. Are you not one of them? Wonderful. But even if from them - correct yourself - right now get ready, get dressed, and go to the store.
At the time of buying seeds buy only necessary amount, in this case, the saying “the stock does not fix trouble” is not suitable. It is better to save a certain amount of money, because new varieties appear every year, and often we, as true innovators and experimenters, buy them, and the old ones go to the trash.
And of course it is better to buy seeds in specialized stores and not in the markets. However, here there are conscientious sellers, we will not find fault with everyone indiscriminately.
Concerning land then also be attentive. If it is, as they say, universal, it is still not as high quality as, say, specially balanced land for seedlings of tomatoes, peppers, flowers, and so on. Pay attention to how many percent of peat is in the proposed mixture, as it acidifies the soil.
In general, the best option is do compound for seedlings himself, since autumn. So take note of this, and in the fall we will definitely tell you how to do it.
And it's time to prepare everything landing containers: boxes, cups, pots. What does this mean? Firstly, clear from last year's remnants of land, foliage, debris. Second, well disinfect solution potassium permanganate(potassium permanganate on the tip of a knife is enough for a glass of water), that is, pour this solution into a container and leave for two or three hours. And let all pathogenic microbes perish!
Many people ask: “And from what material Should there be containers for seedlings? In principle, from any: plastic and wooden boxes 7-10 cm high, cups of sour cream and yogurt, clay pots, cardboard juice bags, cake containers. Everything will come in handy. And do not be afraid, for example, fragility cardboard, the necessary period for transplanting-planting seedlings, he will serve.
Read in the next issue:
1. Composition for the whole season
2. How to save time on weeding?
3. Path of health
4. Two flowers with the letter K
5. We sow tomato seeds for seedlings
6. How to make your own ice rink
For its wonderful aroma, splendor and beauty, this plant is often called the "tree of life". Thuja is a coniferous plant of the cypress family. Its lush crown will be a wonderful decoration for any style. It also has a beneficial effect on the human body. Walking through the garden, in which arborvitae are planted, a person not only enjoys their appearance and coniferous aroma, but also takes care of health, saturates the body with phytoncides and heals it.
However, not every thuja is grown easily and can bring pleasure to its owner. Now we will tell you how to choose the right thuja, what you need to pay attention to and how to plant a plant so as not to bite your elbows later. Tips from experienced gardeners and landscape designers.
The main advantages of thuja in the landscape design of the garden plot
Planting a thuja in your garden is a great solution, because these coniferous plants have a lot of advantages. The following can be distinguished.
- Year-round preservation of a lush crown. This is the main advantage of conifers over deciduous ones. Fragrant, lush, beautiful thuja will delight the owner with its unchanged appearance all year round.
- High decorative value. Tui come in a variety of shapes, sizes, structures. And so there are many options. decorative application thuja in landscape design. For example:
- arborvitae of a columnar or pyramidal shape, can be used as a hedge;
- small thujas of a spherical shape, well complement the walking path;
- many varieties look great as a freestanding tree, being one of the centerpieces landscape design garden;
- creation of a dense, evergreen array (improvised coniferous lawn);
- the role of a delimiter in a garden with a large number of plantings of other plants.
- Unpretentiousness in care. Thuja will not require much effort from the owner when leaving.
- Shade tolerance and good tolerance for temperature fluctuations. There are separate varieties of thuja that love to be on the sunny side, but basically, this coniferous plant also tolerates growth in the shade well, like. This greatly expands the choice of territory for landing. For most varieties of western thuja, the harsh climate of Russian winters will not be a problem.
- Benefit for health. Perhaps everyone knows about the beneficial effects of conifers on the lungs and the human body as a whole. In addition to the pleasant smell of pine needles, they produce clean, healthy oxygen, and therefore frequent walks in such a garden in summer and winter will serve as a good prevention of a number of pulmonary diseases, and saturate the body with useful elements. Coniferous landscape design is always a big plus in terms of benefits.
Also thuja is a many-sided plant. There are high and low, pyramidal and spherical. In general, the variety is quite wide. And in order to concretize the characteristics of different varieties, they must be considered separately.
The most famous varieties of thuja
There are a large number of varieties of this tree, sometimes significantly differing in appearance, size. But, for starters, let's take a broader concept - types of thuja. They can be divided into several categories.
- dwarf thuja. These are very small trees. Representatives grow of this type predominantly in northern Europe, near the polar territory and generally in the north. Although individual varieties of dwarf thuja can be found in other regions. Her most famous representatives today: Danica, Little Dorrit. The lush crown often has the shape of an oval or rectangular array, up to 80 centimeters high.
- Solitary thuja. These are single planted bushes. The most popular varieties: Sunkist, Kornik.
- Brabant and Smaragd. Plants of this species are most often used to create hedges. They are not as resistant to cold and require additional care from the owner. They can reach four meters in height.
This applies to the general classification of different varieties of thuja. Still different groups of varieties are divided according to the territorial classification, for example:
- Japanese.
- Giant.
- Korean.
- Sichuan
- Western.
The Russian climate allows the normal use of only western arborvitae in garden landscape design. With others there will be many additional problems. All this relates to the general species division. Thuja has many varieties within each species. On some of the most popular varieties, you can dwell in more detail and study their characteristics.
It does not require careful maintenance from the owner. It is enough to shake off the crown from snowballs in winter. The landing is also typical. A drainage layer is poured into a hole 60–80 cm deep (sand and peat are recommended), 15 cm high. An adult plant is recommended to be watered once a week with a bucket of water. This variety tolerates frost without problems, but crown burns are possible in extreme heat. Therefore, at an early stage of growth (in the first year or two), when it is hot, the plant needs to be covered, and the frequency of watering should also be increased.
- Filiformis. A rather unusual coniferous shrub. He looks like a haystack. Its average height is about 2 m, and its width is 1.5 m. The needles have a bright green color. It is unpretentious to soils, but it is better to plant in moist and well-drained places, as it does not tolerate dryness. Can be planted on both sunny and shady sides. But in the shade, the bright green color will be less pronounced. It grows quite slowly. It calmly tolerates winter frosts, but during the summer heat, it is better to shelter the plant from exposure to sunlight. Landing rules are standard. A hole is dug 60–80 cm deep, a drainage layer 15 cm high is poured into it, and a plant is planted in it. Thuja phyloformis in garden landscape design has the following uses:
- Japanese rock garden decoration
- Growing in a container
- Decoration of facades, flower beds
- Complementing the overall selected style.
Also it can grow normally in the city street 
- Teddy. This is a dwarf shrub. Its crown diameter is only 30 cm, a little less than 50 cm. The shape is not spherical, but rather pear-shaped. Its needle-like needles change color from dark green in summer to brown in winter. It has high requirements for the soil (it must be fertile). However, it grows very slowly. Annual growth is only 2-3 cm. Dry air is poorly tolerated by the plant. It can be planted both on the sunny and on the shady side. The plant is usually planted in a small area or in a pot. The planting rules are the same: a pit 60 - 80 cm, a drainage layer of sand and peat, 15 cm high. It is watered once a week. In landscape design, thuja Teddy has the following uses:
In the period of summer heat, the plant takes cover from the sun's rays, and during winter frosts, the crowns are pulled together. This is only needed at an early stage of growth.
Among the advantages of this variety, it is still worth mentioning quite fast growth. It has a beautiful, bright green crown that does not change from summer to winter. Such a large and beautiful tree requires constant care. Frequent pruning, regular thorough watering. For one mature plant you need 10 liters of water for one watering session, which is carried out once a week. And in conditions of summer heat, you need to increase this frequency to twice a week. Plants are planted singly or in a group, with a distance in rows of 0.5 - 0.7 m. Planting rules are standard. It is necessary to dig a hole with a depth of 60 - 80 cm and lay out in it a drainage layer of sand with peat, 15 cm high.
It should be noted that the plant has a powerful root system. During the growing season, the earth is loosened by about 10 cm. This variety of thuja tolerates severe cold without problems., but in high heat it is better to cover it (and double the intensity of watering). For the winter, it is advisable to tie the crown with a ribbon. There are the following applications for Tui Brabant in landscape design:
- formation of alleys;
- hedge;
- delimitation of garden plots in densely planted rows;
- single landing as an element of the selected style;
- urban decor.
- Amber. Relative to others, this is a new variety of thuja. The plant can be 3 - 5 m high. At the same time, in 10 years, Amber grows by 1.8 m. Its crown is in the shape of a cone. You can plant this variety both on the sunny and on the shady side of the site. This variety does not suffer from sunburn, and shading does not affect growth processes in any way. But in order for the crown to give a brighter yellow color, it is better to place the plant in a sunny place. The landing method is the following. It is necessary to dig a hole 60-80 cm, fill the soil with sand and peat 15 cm high and plant the plant. Amber has a powerful root system, so the ground under it needs to be loosened (about 10 cm) during the growing season. Thuya Amber in landscape design has different uses:
- Sunkist. This small plant has a conical shape. Overall, the shrub is shaped like a cone, making it an interesting design element. Its needles have a bright yellow color with a golden sheen. If you place the shrub in the shade, then this yellow brightness will be replaced by a greenish tint. Sunkist needs moist and fertile soil and is generally quite sensitive to growing conditions. It can be planted as separate shrubs or organized as a dense array that will serve as a hedge, a border in styles on the site, an imitation of a coniferous forest. In this case, it is necessary to observe the distance between individual plants of 0.5-0.6 m. For planting, it is still preferable to choose the sunny side. The landing process is standard. It is necessary to dig a hole 60-80 cm and lay a drainage layer 15 cm high in it, then a plant is planted. In landscape design, thuja Sunkist has the following applications:
- . This is a dwarf coniferous plant, only 1.5 m high and the same width. Has a round crown. This variety is quite fast growing compared to others. For 10 years, he adds 1 meter, which is most of the entire cycle. The scaly needles of this arborvitae have a light green color in the spring, becomes just green in summer, and acquires a brown tint in winter. The plant withstands winter cold well. Sensitive to dry air. The priority planting site is the most fertile soil. Thuya Globoza in landscape design is applicable:
The plant has small dimensions and can be conveniently placed not only in the summer cottage, but also, for example, on a balcony, terrace, window. In winter, you need to tie the crown with a ribbon, and during particularly strong heat, cover the plant. Globoza has an external root system, so the earth must be loosened during the growing season. It is worth noting that all round thujas in landscape design have a similar application and are similar in characteristics.
- Holmstrup. It can reach a height of 3-4 m. At the same time, in 10 years it adds 1.5 m of growth. The color of the needles is dark green and remains so regardless of natural changes. Withstands winter. Suitable for landing in the city. A hedge is made from plants planted in a row. The main options for using thuja Holmstrup in landscape design are:
Landing rules do not differ. A pit with a depth of 60 - 80 cm, a drainage height of 15 cm. During the vegetative period, the earth should be loosened by 10 cm.
These were the most popular varieties of arborvitae used in Russian landscape design. It remains to answer the question "how to choose the right thuja for the garden and how to avoid mistakes when leaving." Well, there is nothing complicated, we will analyze everything in detail.
Tui selection and proper care
Since the advantage of most thuja varieties is their excellent tolerance to temperature changes, the possibility of planting not on the sunny side, not very strict soil requirements and general endurance, the choice of the right thuja garden owner is, in fact, unlimited. He can only choose based on:
- own fantasy;
- an existing task (build a hedge, add a path, add an element to the general style);
- available budget;
- composition of the current landscape design.
Regarding the last point, here you need to pay attention to the design style of the garden and after looking on the Internet for a photo of thuja in landscape design, decide whether this variety is suitable for the composition of the garden. After all, the variety of shapes and colors, as it becomes clear from the list, is quite wide and you can choose any style best solution. As for care, it is described in the characteristics of the varieties. Briefly recapping the main actions, they are:
- watering about once a week;
- regular haircut;
- shelter during extreme heat and from winter frosts (applies to very young plants);
- top dressing with special fertilizers purchased at a garden store.
- loosening the soil during the growing season.
There are no fundamentally difficult moments, and if you follow these simple instructions, thuja will grow throughout years to the delight of the owner and the envy of the neighbors!
With the help of evergreen conifers, you can decorate and ennoble a personal plot or a flower bed near a residential building. This dignity of coniferous plants has been known for a long time, and therefore various kinds of evergreen decorations are so relevant. The beauty and originality of such green spaces is preserved throughout the year. This applies to both compositions of conifers and a single tree.
Most varieties of conifers well tolerated lack of sunlight and have a well-developed root system, which allows plants to do without watering for a long time. Some varieties of coniferous plants take root well and develop on dry and stony soils.
The bulk of coniferous trees and shrubs perfectly tolerates a haircut. Some species of coniferous trees by nature have the correct geometric shape and do not need a haircut and complex care.
Coniferous plants can perform a variety of functions in landscape design. It can be:
The design of a garden with coniferous plants can be both purely decorative and functional. In particular, with the help of juniper or arborvitae, you can create an excellent living fence that will hide the recreation area in the yard from prying eyes. For example, if you plant these shrubs very closely next to each other, you will get a magnificent hedge.
With the help of dwarf juniper, you can create low fence for playgrounds or large flower beds. Such a fence will not close the view and will create a visual border. In addition, it will create a purely aesthetic effect of the frame.
Conifers with an unusual crown shape or color can be used as single decorations for the site. Such a "soloist" is able to decorate a yard or garden throughout the year. The background for such a tree can be a gravel coating or a grassy lawn.
A composition of ornamental plants for landscape design, framing a path or a fence, has another name for a mixborder. This element is very popular among gardeners. To create a mixborder you can combine conifers with ground cover plants, flowers, lawn grass. If a mixborder is created near a garden path, it is best to create it from dwarf forms of plants, then it is possible to capture the entire composition at once.
Such compositions are a ready-made original and at the same time very attractive solution for creating a landscape for a courtyard or summer cottage. You can combine conifers in the country with suitable deciduous plants.
Gives a good effect play on contrasts of color and form plants. You can combine columnar and spherical arborvitae and complete such a composition with creeping juniper. Bright green color while it will harmonize with golden and deep dark green. This composition looks very attractive.
If you model the landscape composition correctly, the territory of your site will look very cozy and harmonious. A complete picture of a coniferous garden can be created if you adhere to the following rules:
It is best to orient landings to the east or west,
Not recommended overload landscapes with an abundance of shapes and colors- this will create a feeling of anxiety. It is best to limit yourself to two or three contrasting colors. Even on a fairly large area, it is better to limit yourself to alternating two shades and avoid chaos from all kinds of colors.
Gallery: conifers in landscape design (25 photos)
Creating flower beds from conifers
With the help of conifers of various shapes and sizes, you can arrange flower beds in your backyard or summer cottage. The design of such a landscape will depend on the size of the site, the shape of the flower bed and, of course, the skill of the gardener.
Exists several varieties of flower beds from conifers:
Alpine hill with conifers
With the help of decorative coniferous plants of different colors and sizes, you can perfectly decorate and small ponds on the site. An ideal option for landscape design can be a pond or stream lined with conifers.
- Spruce or pine has a spherical shape, western thuja, balsam fir or ephedra.
- The conical shape can be maintained in Dove Spruce, Lawson Cypress, Serbian Spruce, or Mountain Pine.
- The cylindrical shape is inherent in the eastern thuja, berry yew, virgin juniper.
Plants of various shapes can be combined in the country with creeping juniper species.
coniferous bonsai
Bonsai is a unique opportunity to take home your garden during the winter cold. Such trees are grown in special containers and require a lot of time, effort and attention. Such a task is only possible for experienced and patient gardeners.
The root system of such microconifers can be severely damaged in the harsh Russian winter. In the summer, bonsai can decorate a garden and a personal plot, but for the winter it must be moved to a room with a temperature of 1 to 12 degrees. Be sure to follow the rules of winter watering plants. Such painstaking work will be more than rewarded with a delightful and very aesthetic landscape of your dacha.
Advantages and disadvantages
All ornamental conifers are different a number of undoubted advantages.
Cones, columns and balls, weeping, cushion-shaped and creeping species and varieties of conifers of different sizes, textures, tones, colors. The choice of conifers in garden centers is huge. But how to put together such different plants?
To navigate this diversity, first you should decide what you want - a coniferous garden or a garden. Although it depends not only on your desire, but also on the height and habit of the main axial plant.
A good option for a small coniferous garden from dwarf forms will become a rockery. Wherein artificial relief in the form of bulk mounds may not be required, especially if this is not justified by the composition of the site. Coniferous rockeries can be successfully created on the plane. Dwarf coniferous plants of various heights, having a very dense crown texture, will perfectly create the necessary plasticity and volume of the composition on a par. with big stones and often replace them altogether.
An interesting variant of a large-scale coniferous garden is a composition on a site with a pronounced natural relief.
Mixborder, whose structure is set by conifers, is a great opportunity to showcase the collection. A composition of large views can be placed on the border of the site, along the path or house, or on a retaining wall. It is important to maintain the outline and balance of the composition by planting fill plants in large spots.
The choice of certain plants for a coniferous garden depends both on the ecology and style of the site, and on the idea underlying the composition itself. Often the plants themselves evoke certain associations: blue spruce is always ceremonial and solemn, a small mountain pine gravitates towards stones, a globular thuja asks for a regular parterre near the house, and an ordinary Christmas tree for a forest edge.
Coloring of coniferous plants has long been not limited to one single color: green tones from dark to juicy light green, various shades of yellow - from lemon to golden, numerous nuances of gray-green and silver-blue.
Shrubs and low perennials. If they are selected in a single range, then at the time of flowering this will unite the composition. By creating color combinations , it is better to separate the warm contrast and cold nuances of colors.
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At the end of the construction of a house on your own site, the question of choosing a suitable option for landscaping the remaining territory necessarily arises. Current designers offer many interesting solutions varying degrees of complexity.
The most practical invariably remains the design of coniferous flower beds. It is noteworthy that this method is quite accessible for independent organization of space without the involvement of professionals. In order to complete the entire scope of work correctly, carefully read the recommendations below.
What are the advantages of designing a coniferous flower bed?
There are many advantages of such a solution, of which the most significant are the following:
Important! Considering all the above advantages of creating a flower bed from coniferous plants, one cannot fail to note the financial benefits of such a solution. View photos of coniferous flower beds to independently assess the correctness of this approach when arranging your own site.
The sequence of arranging a flower bed
The process of forming this type of flower bed is not much different from creating similar landscape forms from other types of plants. It has the same consistent sequence of stages, consisting of:
How to draw up a project of a flower bed from coniferous plants?
Before you make a coniferous flower bed, be sure to consider some criteria regarding the choice of location:
Important! To competently draw up your own project, be sure to first view the photo design options coniferous flower beds. This approach will eliminate the manifestation of common errors after some time, as the seedlings develop.
Coniferous flower bed options
First of all, when drawing up an individual project for a coniferous flower bed, decide on the most suitable type, focusing not only on personal preferences, but also on rational use throughout the landscape. Only with this approach, a decorated, green zone will become a really attractive, eye-catching site. 
There are a lot of arrangement options, so carefully consider each of them before making your final choice.
Important! If your own skills in competent design design are not yet enough, do not immediately strive to create complex options. Give preference to those methods that initially require little time and effort, but with the possibility of further expansion as the imagination develops.
What types of plants to choose?
When deciding on species diversity for arranging your own coniferous flower bed, be sure to consider the following criteria:
Popular breeds of conifers for decorating flower beds on a private plot
- Pine.
- Fir.
- Juniper.
Important! Depending on the type of landscape form chosen, select the appropriate types of these rocks in the most interesting combination possible. In addition to conifers, in some design options, diluting the flower bed with plants of another group would be an appropriate solution.
Types of coniferous beds
Review carefully the proposed ways of organizing such a landscape form. Photos of flowerbeds with coniferous plants are attached to each description of the planting scheme for ease of perception.
Arrangement methods:
Planting Rules
The whole process of designing a coniferous flower bed is not particularly difficult. However, certain rules exist. Read them carefully before creating such a landscape form to ensure the full development of plants and attractiveness. adjoining territory.
Sequencing:
Video
Watch the video, which clearly shows the entire process of planting coniferous plants, in order to more clearly imagine the scope of the work ahead.
Features of caring for a coniferous flower bed
In order for all the plants in the coniferous flower bed to quickly take root and develop in accordance with your idea, be sure to follow all the necessary care procedures:
Video
Watch the video, which offers one of the options for decorative molding of coniferous plants.
Conclusion
As you have already seen, the whole process of arranging a coniferous flower bed is not particularly difficult, neither in the process of planting, nor when caring for an already finished landscape form. The main condition is to correctly select the species range of conifers and correctly place them on the site. In this case, you will get an excellent result of a beautiful house territory with little time and effort.
