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- How to decorate balconies with wildflowers
- Wildflowers in the pot
- Garden balcony and walls
- Aquatic plants in miniature pond
Sunflowers thrive well on sunny balconies
How to decorate balconies with wildflowers
Wild plants are valuable food suppliers for bees, bumblebees and butterflies. They are perfect for landscaping a balcony. You can decorate your balcony with wild perennials in the tub, greening facades with climbing plants or creating a mini pond with aquatic plants.
Wildflowers in the pot
Perennials are suitable for planting pots that can stay on the balcony in winter. Choose perennials that prefer dry locations. You have no problems with the small space and the moderate nutrient content in the substrate. Through a clever combination of different species with different flowering times, you can enjoy the abundance of flowers throughout the growing season.
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The plants of the dry locations are considered to be the cardamom with its violet flowers, the upright zest with its white petals and the yellow flowering sunflower. The thick-leaved stonecrop serves as the marsh marigold as a low-wakeful gap filler.
Garden balcony and walls
Many balconies offer more space in the height than on the surface. Climbing and climbing plants are suitable for greening bare facades, creating a privacy screen and delimiting cozy niches. With a trellis you can control the growth of the plants. Perennial self-draining plants that do not need a climbing aid tend to spread uncontrollably.
Suitable climbing plants for climbing aids are species and varieties of clematis that do not exceed two meters in height. The garden honeysuckle is a vigorous climber that grows up to six meters high. In contrast to these species, ivy is not a creeper, but a climbing plant that anchors itself to a surface with adherent roots. Ivy grows slowly and prefers shady locations.
Climbing roses provide a lush flowery. With unfilled varieties, insects are a valuable food source. Stuffed flowers do not make nectar. Wild hops is a fast-growing perennial for shady locations that requires a lot of moisture.Among the annual vines, nasturtium, common bean, thunbergia and sweet puff are popular.
Aquatic plants in miniature pond
An old barrel or a watertight vessel is suitable as a biotope for aquatic plants. It should be half filled with loamy sand and then filled up with water. Place the mini pond in a shady location. Direct sunlight provides algae with ideal growth conditions. Water fleas and water snails act as natural filters. They feed on dead plant material. Swimming plants are suitable for planting.
Frog bite and swimming pondweed or dwarf sea lilies are ideal for the mini pond. Fir fronds grow both under water and above the water surface. The aquatic plant develops dark green shoots that protrude out of the water like little pine trees. Plant marsh plants such as the yellow iris or the swan's flower in a pot that is placed in the water. This eye-catcher attracts insects like water bugs or dragonflies.