Content
- Make garden beds functional and attractive
- Discount design in the ornamental garden
- Attractive kitchen gardens
- Attractive vegetable beds
- Vegetables in mixed plantings
- Examples of mixed beds
- Tips
Vegetable beds should be made practical and meaningful
Make garden beds functional and attractive
A bed can be designed in many different ways. You can create pure ornamental and planned vegetable beds, but also mix both forms and thus ensure a healthy mixed culture.
Discount design in the ornamental garden
Pure ornamental beds can be designed very differently and be planted with summer flowers, perennials, grasses, ground cover, shrubs and even small trees. Here, the species can be selected so that the bed looks attractive all year round or only in a certain season shines in full bloom. Shape of the bed and style depends on the size of the garden and your personal ideas. Strictly planned gardens are usually based on a central axis with several transverse axes that run at right angles and divide the garden. Gardens without planned symmetry, however, have many curves and look very natural. Within these basic styles, there are many different possibilities: Romantic, wild, and exotic garden beds go well with natural gardens, while tiny garden gardens require careful planning.
Attractive kitchen gardens
With the right choice of plants, even vegetable beds can look as colorful and visually attractive as a flowerbed. So there is no reason why you need to banish your vegetables to a hidden spot in the garden.
Attractive vegetable beds
For example, a decorative vegetable garden may consist of ordered rows of vegetables, each separated by low hedges or brick or gravel paths. However, vegetables do not have to be cultivated in this way. Raised beds, surrounded by brick paths, also look very pretty. The beds can be square or rectangular, but also have very different shapes. Here are dwarf tomatoes next to dwarf beans, leek next to ornamental cabbage, while placed in the middle of the bed artichokes give the bed height and structure. Incidentally, strawberry plants make a pretty border for many flower beds. A vegetable patch can also be arranged round and divided by radial paths. This pattern is highlighted by stone borders.
Vegetables in mixed plantings
You do not have to strictly separate utility and ornamental beds, because vegetables can also be in a mixed discounts next to herbs, perennials and shrubs. To put plants in the bed, bring color and fill in gaps. In addition, such discounts also offer the advantage that the increased plant diversity prevents a concentrated spread of pests and diseases which attract certain plants. Marigolds (Tagetes) and marigolds (Calendula) attract beneficial insects and keep out harmful ones. So it's a good idea to plant vegetables in a mixed discounts right next to these flowers.
Examples of mixed beds
Ruby Mangold is a coarse, spinach-like vegetable with leaves in deep purple and impressive stems and veins. Planted in the front row of a perennial border, chard looks simply spectacular. Ornamental cabbage remains imposing even in winter with its bright purple and blue-green leaves, sometimes provided with cream-colored markings, as well as with its solid, rounded and symmetrical shapes. Ornamental cabbage works best in winter and can offer a dormant discounts during the cold season. An interesting idea is the combined plantation of balsam and lettuce, in which red and white balsam surround a tall salad protruding from the center.
Tips
When selecting a plant, always make sure to select the species according to the location in the bed. Only then will you get vigorous and healthy plants.