🌷 Alpine hill with their hands: simple and tasteful

Alpine slide his hands - it is quite real. Such flowerbeds confident jostle usual beds with precise geometry, and may build them can even beginners gardener. The reason for the popularity of roller coaster - a simple maintenance and attractive natural form. How to do it in practice - in this material from HouseChief edition.

Alpine species and the basic requirements

The common feature of all the rock gardens - a combination of rocks and plants. Moreover, the combination must be designed, in fact it makes it a unique desire to endlessly admire the result. There is something of a Japanese garden of stones and, at the same time, the natural beauty of alpine nature with live greenery and wild flowers.

Forming the hill can use natural or artificial roughness portion. And start working on giving the best in the autumn to the winter flower garden gave natural shrinkage. However, this is not an axiom. This you can do at any other time.

Rockery may have several varieties.

garden design - a work which has no such regulations, which can not be derogated from. And what is more natural look your rock garden is better.

Preparatory stage: where to start

Before proceeding to the arrangement of stones and planting of plants, it is necessary to solve the main issue with the choice of place and perform the rough earthworks.

Alpine slide his hands: the choice of location

Remember that the rock garden in no way similar to an ordinary flowerbed. He - a bright highlight in garden designSo that the place should be selected appropriate for him. One that would be seen and attract attention.

And do not get too deviate from the passer-place, because in the hill might be small details that go unnoticed from a distance. Distance between path or house and slide better fill neat lawn.

Tip! Do not plan a rock garden under a tree. Foliage in the autumn will be difficult to remove. Moreover, many suitable for slides plants can not tolerate shade.

Remember that a rock garden should be insulated from playground for security reasons, as well as hozpostroek and other facilities for a better view and lighting.

In addition, the slide should be proportional to the size of the plot. Flowerbeds with bright colors and lush better place away from the rock garden, or on their background, it will not matter look.

Gorka need waterSo that immediately think over how to bring or to deliver water.

Earthworks: basic

If you do not have a natural hill at the site for the slides, you need to create it by hand. To this end, suitable crushed stone and gravel. You can use construction waste.

We must start portion breakdown and removal of the layer of turf to a depth of about 30 cm. All the roots of weeds will have to be extracted. Then the pit is filled with gravel, forming a cushion. To slide did not go away with time in the ground, it is better placed under the rubble geotextile. It will skip the excess water, while protecting soil from erosion.

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«It is undesirable to have the pile in place which are periodically flooded with flood and groundwater. rock garden plants do not tolerate excessive moisture. "

Gravel cushion to protect the hill from waterlogging. On it is laid rubble and construction waste, which will hold all construction. The design is filled with soil composed of river sand, perlite, pieces of bark, peat and humus. Do not try too fertilize the soilIt may prevent the plants take root, or, on the contrary, to make them vymahal unwanted sizes. It is better then to make fertilizer, when you see that it is really necessary.

Do not try to fill the soil is too evenly. Complete its large decorative stones, creating a natural relief.

How to choose a stone for the roller coaster

Not all stones can be considered suitable for the rock garden. It is important to choose those that do not oxidize the soil and do not emit harmful substances into it. For this reason, it is undesirable to use artificial analogues and material produced relatively recently.

In rock gardens look good granite, limestone, travertine and gneiss, basalt and dolomite. Originally will look white quartz, jasper, and other rare species.

How much should you rock? It is difficult to give an exact figure, but for rock sizes 1.5 × 3 m roughly need about tons of stone.

Boulders are beginning to install the bottom, placing first, largest, and closer to the top - smaller.

Important! Stones in rock gardens need to arrange randomly to avoid the kind of artificial masonry. During construction it is necessary to move away to a distance, from afar to assess the composition.

The gaps between the stones are filled with soil. After the end of pile needed and pour pour ground again, which will leave a void part between the base and stones. Remember that the slide has to look attractive even without plants.

After laying the stones should be left to the hill at least a couple of weeks to the ground sank under their weight, and the design has taken final shape. Only then proceed to the landing of plants.

Which plants are suitable for the rock garden

The charm of an alpine slide is not in full bloom, and in humble plants, which differ endurance and discreet flowering. If you plan to plant shrubs, then they should be low, unpretentious to the soil and perennial. These plants do not grow and reproduce rapidly. They must have enough space allotted. The same goes for flowers and ornamental foliage plants.

Remember that the flora should not obscure the rocks. And in order to please you slide the entire season, pick up items with different flowering period.

Schemes of classic rock gardens

The arrangement of rocks and plants - an exciting experience. The classic roller coaster can be in different versions: with or without pine, with bulbous plants and violets, fragrant herbs. Here are a few schemes for example.

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How to make the alpine hill with a waterfall and a pond: Master Class

Very interesting look slides with pondsEspecially with a waterfall. The movement of water, beautiful stones and plants - all this creates a unique composition. A small step by step guide on this subject:

Illustration	Description of the action
	The markup place dug a plastic container for the pond. It can be replaced waterproof film. Under enclose the pond geotextileTo slide the soil did not go into the soil.
	Backdrop slides should strengthen the metal structure and the grid.
	Tighten heel geotextile or other material which will retain soil from fraying.
	Use to create a hill old tires and debris.
	The finished base pour ground, simultaneously setting stones upwards.
	Plants can be planted directly in pots. To hide a container, pour on top of their decorative gravel or pebbles.
	The place where the waterfall is located isolate film. Film is lowered so that one end of it went into the pond.
	waterfall path littered fieldstone, placing the plate so as to form a step, with which will fall apart brook.
	The final design of Alpine hill flowers and plants should be performed after installation of the basic design of the waterfall.
	The final touch - the connection of the pump that will pump water from the pond to the top of the mountain.

How to care for the alpine slide

Your rock garden to look good at any time of year, you should promptly remove fallen leaves and dead wood. From time to time should be to feed the plants with fertilizers. Use integrated compositions, avoiding purely nitrogenous components that cause the rapid growth of green mass.

Gallery alpine gardens for inspiration

Here beautiful fotoprimery finished flower beds, which can become a prototype for your slides:

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Do you have a flower garden? What can you recommend to our readers in terms of its arrangement and care? Write in the comments!

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