Mixborders are called flower beds blooming for a whole year. The first to think of planting plants on flower beds, delight their eyes with their flowering year -round. Mixborders were very widely widely popular throughout Europe. And now, not only in private territories, but also in many city parks, flower beds are broken with constantly flowering sprains.
Mixborders come in various shapes and sizes. They are often used by designers in creating various kinds of landscapes. The main difference between a mixborder and simple flower beds in the use of plants, periods whose flowering alternates.
How to make a mixborder yourself?
To create a mixbord with your own hands, it is necessary to learn several rules that have been successfully used for many years to landscape designers.
At the base of the frame, you can use low -growing coniferous plants that will become an excellent background for the main colors of the future flowerbed. To give the volume to the mixborder, plant in the background a mountain pine, juniper or thuja. For the base, low -growing shrubs or trees are great.
The dimensions convened, the mixborder depend on the size and height of the planted plants. For the best type, they must be grouped, leaving small intervals between the groups so as not to be weeding during the flowering period. For decoration, you can apply the winding of the stretch with a film or other techniques.
Particular attention should be paid to the color scheme of flower beds. The most popular are the yellow, red, and blue colors of plants, although you can successfully use their shades.
Plants for a mixborder
If you plan plant planting, you should take into account their flowering periods. For example, they bloom in June-July, cornflowers, peonies and cinquefoil, irises, Weigel, cloves. In July -August – Likhnis Halzedon Kiy, Floxes and Chamomiles and Bells. In August-September, the time of flowering of perennial asters and Korean chrysanthemum and. The most optimal perennial plants are Fern, Kotovnik, Lupine, Cleaner, Bulking Varieties. They are distinguished by the ability to maintain attractiveness for a long time and unpretentiousness in care.
In winter, perennial plants still lose brightness and attractiveness. Because in order for the mixborder to please the whole year, you need to use coniferous species of plants and shrubs. This will provide you with a beautiful view of the flower garden year -round.