An apple tree must be, bright white daisies, Phlox in allen Rosatönen, bluebells, Forsythien, lilac, butterfly bush and, and, and: The list of favorite plants, to grow in the new garden, is long. Usually too long, because everything would actually be accommodated, there would be no dream garden, but nothing but a colorful mess.
■ Wie die Einrichtung des Hauses sollte der Garten einen Stil haben: He can be strict and clearly structured, be laid out with clipped hedges and some well defined borders, be cheerfully colorful like a cottage garden with beds, bordered by box hedges and gravel paths, or very close to nature with wild trees and flower meadows.
■ Als Blickfang werden besonders schöne Büsche, Trees or perennials used. They are usually taken as the starting point in the planting plan, for all other plants seek the effect of their flowers or leaves, emphasize their growth form or size, instead of playing to the fore.
■ Mit Farben läßt sich zaubern, as our drawings show. Whether bright or pastel tones dominate, whether brightly colored or elegantly graded colors are chosen, Is a matter of taste. As an iron rule, however, applies, that one color should always prevail and that the groups of plants of the same color should be of different sizes.
■ Blattstauden, grasses, Trees with special growth play a major role in the design, because they bring new forms into play and are focal points or quiet companions for more striking plants. In addition, they make for a beautiful picture, when nothing blooms.
Planted too densely!This is the most common comment made by experienced gardeners, when they examine a garden laid out by newcomers. In fact, there is often a lack of patience at the beginning: The hedge should be closed immediately, the flower bed lush as in the prospectus, be the house tree of imposing size. But plants do grow, and sooner than expected, things get tight in the garden, expensive paid plants must be taken out and (in the best case) be given away.
To avoid such detours, you draw plans before you go shopping in the garden center or tree nursery, in which the plants are in their final size (in trees crown diameter) be drawn. Although see the specimens, which then go into the ground, initially quite poor. After four, five years, however, they appear as desired. And the waiting time can easily be bridged with annual flowers, that fill in the gaps.
Good planning alone helps, to survive the initial phase: As the drawings above show, can be abundance by combining trees, Create bushes and perennials, which are arranged in gaps.
The starting point for planning and planting are always the large trees, because they form the framework of the garden and are difficult to implement later. To choose the right plants, worth it, extensive and well-illustrated gardening books and to visit garden centers as often as possible, where the plants are in all seasons and mostly in different forms- and color variants can be seen.