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When planting climbing ornamental plants on their property, many owners do not suspect that this is the same vertical gardening in the country, used by designers to decorate the landscape. Everything is greened: the walls of buildings, fences, gazebos, in general, all vertical structures. In addition to climbing vines, ordinary plants and even moss are used for these purposes.
The role of vertical gardening in landscape decoration
At the professional level in our country, landscape gardening began relatively recently. Although the simplest attempts at this art have been observed for a very long time. Many housewives like to plant climbing plants 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 necessary to decorate a large area of empty land near the building.
So, let's try to figure out what the benefits of vertical gardening are and where it is best to use it.
What role does greening of buildings play?
If you look at a photo of vertical gardening, 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. Flowering plants will create a bright 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 adjust the penetration of sunlight and daylight into the building through the windows. On hot summer days, shading windows can easily achieve optimal indoor temperature. In addition, dense foliage will hide the walls of the building from the scorching rays of the sun, preventing them from warming up too much.
Benefits of landscaping
Do-it-yourself vertical gardening at the dacha will relieve the owners of dust, excess noise, and normalize the humidity level. Everyone knows how nice and calm it is in the village in the summer, but few people wonder why. It's not about fewer honking cars. Just village courtyards are surrounded by greenery. If a city private yard is covered with weaving vines, even if they are grapes, the noise level will be much reduced.Not to mention the beauty, there will be clean air in the yard. All the city dust will settle on the dense foliage of plants, and people will breathe less of it. Plus, vegetation normalizes humidity, creating a special microclimate even in the yard.
You can decorate everything in your yard with greenery. Most often, vines are planted near gazebos. Even a balcony can be hidden behind their long stems. Hedges divide the territory into sections and fence them off from neighbors. Flowering vines allow you to decorate a fence or veranda. Sometimes vertical structures are simply placed in flower beds so that vines stretch along them for beauty. If the yard is located on an area with difficult terrain, retaining walls made of stone are built near the slopes. They can also be made green with moss. In general, there are many options, and each vertical gardening gives the site its own personality.
The video talks about a vertical flower garden:
What plants and flowers are suitable for landscaping
It should immediately be noted that Almost all plants are suitable for vertical gardening. They can be annual or perennial. It is advisable to determine exactly where, when and what to plant.
When giving preference to annual plants, one must remember their fear of frost. Here it is better to resort to growing seedlings and planting them with the onset of the first warm days. Commonly used annual plants for vertical gardening include: 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, rotundifolia, aristolochia, climbing honeysuckle, virgin grapes.
To get a good result, plants are planted in accordance with the scheme and adhere to the rules of agricultural technology. It is important to determine the optimal planting location for each plant. Its growth, density and richness of green foliage, and abundance of flowers depend on this.
When performing vertical gardening with your own hands on a site on the north side, you need to select plants that are resistant to cold weather. They have proven themselves well: capuchin, Japanese quince, virgin grapes, cotoneaster.
The south side is the warmest. Honeysuckle, clematis, and Chinese lemongrass will feel comfortable here. Magnolia grows well.
On the western side, magnolia will again help out. Wisteria and ropewort grow well.
It is optimal to decorate the eastern side of the site with capuchin or hydrangea.
Landscaping with moss
Many summer residents have probably observed the formation of moss on 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, and is environmentally safe. Moss does not require any care related to watering, cutting, fertilizing and lighting.
In addition to retaining stone walls, moss can be safely used to decorate the walls and roof of a building. There are 2 options for vertical gardening: with pure moss and together with other herbs. Often designers decorate walls with moss with various decorative elements.
Types of structures for arranging vertical gardening
The simplest devices for vertical gardening 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. Real landscape design requires constructing serious structures for vertical gardening or using ready-made ones.
Arranging a hedge
Chain-link fencing is the best supporting structure for a hedge. climbing plants will braid each cell of the grid, creating an opaque blank wall. Any fence made from a metal rod is a good option, but wooden picket fences will begin to disappear over time under vegetation. This can be avoided by taking additional measures to protect wood.
Pergolas for arranging a green wall
A pergola is a lattice with diamond-shaped or square cells. It is usually made from thin wooden strips and attached to vertical supports. As with chain-link mesh, plants climb through 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 certain preparation for landscaping. Firstly, they take protective measures to protect the facade material from destruction. To do this, the wall is covered with PET film and then with jute fabric. Secondly, a pergola is made and attached to the wall. After all, plants need something to cling to.
Container design
You can arrange vertical gardening even among an area lined with paving slabs. This is where regular containers come to the rescue. You can take any flowerpots, boxes, etc. A vertical stand with fastening cells is welded under them. It is enough to install containers in the cells and plant flowers in them.
Obelisks for growing vines
You can decorate the flowerbed with vines or climbing roses. Obelisks are made for them - special stands in the form of a cylinder or pyramid. The sizes are very different at your discretion, but preferably no 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 these purposes, phytomodules for vertical gardening, reminiscent of boxes with flower pots, are used. In principle, a phytomodule is a ready-made structure that is attached to the wall. Plants grow in separate cells. Usually the phytomodule is equipped with a system drip irrigation. The tightness of the structure's fastening allows you to protect the wall from dampness.
The video shows a phytomodule with drip irrigation at home:
By taking a professional approach to the design of your suburban area, you can create a real paradise with the help of vertical gardening.
