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When planting weaving ornamental plants on their site, many owners do not suspect that this is the very vertical gardening in the country used by designers to decorate the landscape. They green everything: walls of buildings, fences, fences, gazebos, in general, all vertical structures. In addition to weaving vines, ordinary plants are used for these purposes, and even moss.
The role of vertical gardening in landscape beautification
At the professional level in our country, landscape gardening began to be dealt with relatively recently. Although the simplest attempts at this art have been observed for a very long time. Many housewives like to plant weaving vegetation near fences and near the veranda. Vertical gardening began to play an important role in landscape design with the advent of large cottages, where it is required to decorate a large area of empty land near the building.
So let's try to figure out what is the use of vertical gardening, and where it is better to apply it.
What is the role of greening of buildings
If you look at the photo of vertical landscaping, you can see that it is suitable for any type of building. Let it be a large city building for any purpose or a small country house. In design, landscaping is used to hide visible defects of a building: uneven walls, cracks, old ugly cladding, etc. Sometimes green vegetation is planted simply to give the building exclusivity. Blooming plants will create a vivid image for the building.
In addition to beauty, with the help of vertical gardening, they achieve the establishment of a special microclimate in the room. Adjusting the density of vegetation allows you to correct the penetration of sunlight and daylight into the building through the windows. On hot summer days, shading the windows makes it easy to achieve the optimal indoor temperature. In addition, dense foliage will hide the walls of the building from the scorching rays of the sun, preventing them from getting too warm.
The benefits of landscaping the site
Do-it-yourself vertical gardening in the country will save the owners from dust, excess noise, and normalize the level of humidity. Everyone knows how nice and peaceful it is in the village in summer, but few people think about why. It's not about the fewer humming cars. It's just that village courtyards are buried in greenery. If the city's private courtyard is covered with weaving vines, even if it be grapes, the noise level will be much reduced. Not to mention the beauty, there will be clean air in the yard. All city dust will settle on the dense foliage of plants, and a person will breathe less of it. Plus, the vegetation normalizes humidity, creating a special microclimate even in the yard.
You can decorate everything in the yard with greenery. Most often, vines are planted near the gazebos. Even a balcony can be hidden behind their long stems. They divide the territory into sections with hedges, fenced off from neighbors. Blooming vines can be used to decorate a fence or veranda. Sometimes vertical structures are simply placed on the flower beds so that vines stretch along them for beauty.If the yard is located on a site with a difficult terrain, retaining walls of stone are built near the slopes. They can also be made green with moss. In general, there are many options, and each vertical landscaping adds personality to the site.
The video tells about the vertical flower garden:
What plants and flowers are suitable for landscaping
It should be noted right away that plants for vertical gardening are suitable for almost all... They can be annual as well as perennial. It is advisable to determine exactly where, when and what to plant.
When giving preference to annual plants, one must remember about their fear of frost. Here it is better to resort to growing seedlings and planting them with the onset of the first warm days. Of the frequently used annual plants for vertical gardening, one can distinguish: sweet peas, beans, morning glory, nasturtium.
Perennial plants will grow in one place for a long time, so they need to prepare fertile soil before planting. The best perennial plants for landscaping are: actinidia, ornamental grapes, round-leaved woodworm, aristolochia, climbing honeysuckle, maiden grapes.
To get a good result, the plants are planted in accordance with the scheme, and adhere to the rules of agricultural technology. It is important to determine the optimal planting site for each plant. Its growth, density and saturation of foliage with greenery, an abundance of flowers depend on this.
Carrying out vertical gardening with your own hands of the site on the north side, you need to pick up plants that are resistant to cold weather. They have proven themselves quite well: capuchin, Japanese quince, maiden grapes, cotoneaster.
The south side is the warmest. Here, honeysuckle, clematis, Chinese lemongrass will feel comfortable. Magnolia grows well.
On the west side, again, magnolia will help out. Wisteria and cable car grow well.
It is optimal to decorate the eastern side of the site with capuchin or hydrangea.
Landscaping of the site with moss
Many summer residents, probably, observed the formation of moss from the north side of the house in damp, shaded places. Usually they try to get rid of it, but many designers use moss for vertical gardening. It is even specially grown for these purposes.
The popularity of vertical gardening with moss is due to its hypoallergenic properties. Moss lives for about 5 years, is resistant to diseases, environmentally friendly. Moss does not require any maintenance associated with watering, cutting, feeding and lighting.
In addition to retaining stone walls, it is safe to use moss to decorate the walls and roof of the building. There are 2 options for vertical gardening: clean moss and together with other grasses. Often, designers decorate walls with moss with various decorative elements.
Types of structures for arranging vertical gardening
The simplest vertical landscaping devices are made from wire, rope, wooden planks, and other similar materials. However, this approach is relevant for the usual planting of primitive vines around the gazebo. True landscape design requires the construction of serious structures for vertical landscaping or the use of ready-made ones.
Arrangement of a hedge
Chain-link fencing is the best supporting structure for a hedge. Climbing plants braid each mesh cell, creating an opaque blank wall. Any fences made of a metal rod are a good option, but wooden picket fences will eventually begin to disappear under the vegetation. This will be avoided by the additional measures taken to protect wood.
Pergolas for arranging a green wall
The pergola is a lattice with diamond-shaped or square cells. It is usually made from thin wooden planks and attached to vertical supports. As in the case of the netting, the plants twine along the cells of the pergola.
Arched structures and building facades
Arched structures mean the installation of metal frames, often used by winegrowers. With the help of arches and flowering vines, you can decorate the passage from the gate to the house or simply equip a resting place.
The facade of the building is a vertical support that requires some preparation for landscaping. First, protective measures are taken to protect the facade material from destruction. To do this, the wall is covered with PET foil and then with jute cloth. Secondly, they make a pergola and attach it to the wall. After all, plants need to cling to something.
Container construction
It is possible to arrange vertical gardening even among the area lined with paving slabs. This is where ordinary containers come to the rescue. You can take any flowerpots, boxes, etc. A vertical stand with attachment cells is welded under them. It is enough to place containers in the cells and plant flowers in them.
Obelisks for growing vines
You can decorate the flower bed with vines or climbing roses. Obelisks are made for them - special racks in the form of a cylinder or pyramid. The sizes are very different at your discretion, but preferably not higher than 3 m.As an obelisk, you can use a tree that has dried up on the site.
Vertical gardening indoors using phytomodules
You can decorate the walls with green vegetation even inside the house. For this purpose, phytomodules for vertical gardening are used, resembling boxes with flower pots. In principle, a phytomodule is a ready-made structure fixed to the wall. Plants grow in separate cells. Typically, the phytomodule is equipped with a system drip irrigation... The tightness of the fastening of the structure allows you to protect the wall from dampness.
The video shows a phytomodule with drip irrigation at home:
Having approached the design of your suburban area professionally, you can create a real heavenly place with the help of vertical gardening.
