Content
- Design tips for a small flowerbed
- Create small flowerbeds in an appealing way
- Location
- to form
- plant selection
- Tips
Even small flowerbeds can have a big effect
Design tips for a small flowerbed
Great effects can be achieved not only with a large flowerbed - even a small perennial bed with a size between one and four square meters can become an eye-catcher in the garden. Of course, in such a bed a little different design rules apply than in a larger one - after all, the plants should not seem crowded and steal each other's show. With our tips you can create a flower wonder even from the smallest spot.
Create small flowerbeds in an appealing way
The following tips will help you to make the small flower bed appealing.
Location
Regarding the site you have the free choice, because basically there is no wrong place in the garden - just a wrong plant selection. Think carefully where you want to put your little flower bed and how the light, temperature and soil conditions are there. A too heavy or sandy soil can be improved within certain limits, but in the light conditions you will not be able to shake much. Fortunately, there is also a large selection of interesting flowering shrubs for partially shaded and shady locations - these can even be used to plant the tree slice of a larger garden tree.
to form
Small flowerbeds, like the big ones, can have very different shapes. In front of a wall, a wall or a fence very narrow beds are often found, while in garden corners you can fit rather square, semicircular or shaped like cake pieces beets. In the midst of a lawn, a round bed can be perfectly integrated and acts as an eye-catcher. In principle, however, the shape of the flowerbed should match the garden style as well as the selected location and give a harmonious overall picture.
plant selection
When choosing plants, you should consider the smaller space, which is why you better distance from very large perennials and prefer to rely on compactly guarded Leitstauden. A large perennial takes up a lot of space, so that you no longer have many options for further planting - especially as many accompanying perennials only really come into their own if they are planted in groups. You also have to concentrate on the essentials in a small bed: all seasons are not covered here. Instead, you should coordinate the main flowering periods of the perennials so that you can cover one or a maximum of two seasons.
Tips
When planting tree trunks, make sure that the perennials selected for planting below can not build up too much root pressure. Use drought-tolerant species.