One of the most popular modern elements in the design of personal plots is the alpine slide. It is a wonderful composition combining stones and plants, in a way, this is a miniature mountain landscape. Such combinators is, in fact, an ideal option for residents of hilly terrain, where there are significant changes in relief height. But on even surfaces of this kind of slide, they do not look very good. For the base of the alpine slide, stones are selected different in size, but necessarily the same breed.
To begin the creation of an alpine hill, you must first decide on the place and dig up the desired dimensions of the pit. Its depth should not be less than 40 cm. If yours on the site are clay soil, then the bottom of the pit must be filled with a drainage layer of gravel, about 10-15 cm thick. In the case of very wet soils, the thickness of this layer should be increased to 25 cm. Then the drainage layer is filled with fertile soil in such a way that its upper ball rises above the base of 50-60 cm. Stones are already laid on the created hill. At the same time, they should not fit at each other at all in order to plant certain flowers and plants in intermediate places.
Since alpine slides create an imitation of a natural mountain landscape, both flowers and plants are selected for them. The most common are low -growing and creeping plants, as well as decorative coniferous rocks. Bright flowers and fruits look beautiful. In order for such a slide to not retaining its appearance throughout the year, plants of various periods of flowering should be planted. Permanent greens are given by such coniferous plants as juniper, dwarf tuya, and Canadian spruce. Of the flowers, many prefer cirrus cloves, crocus, goldeneric, St. John’s wort, bells. You can make a structure from a bar or decorative rail for a hill. Who supplement the plants and serve as a support for curly representatives of the Green World. Two -tumb workbench installed in the corner of the garden will greatly simplify the creation of structures. And in the future it can be useful to you.
The best shrubs for alpine slides are barberry, honeysuckle, rhododendron, heather, etc.p.
It is also very important to properly place these plants on the hill. They need to be planted in groups, decorating the center of bright colors with plants. It is also not necessary to clutter up the whole slide with plants, you will certainly leave space with open stones. Well, otherwise it all depends on your imagination and material capabilities of course.