Suspended flower beds in the design of the site( 20 photos)

Once upon a time, the hanging gardens of Semiramis were a wonder of the world, glorifying the beauty of nature. Today only a legend remains of this miracle, which we will be able to bring to life, with only a little effort and imagination.

Landscape designers often decorate their work with hanging flower beds. It looks really nice, stylish and unusual. In addition, this design allows you to save the garden area. And if desired, suspended flower beds can become an adornment of not only the garden, but also the house or even the apartment. After all, they can be hung, for example, on a loggia, on a terrace or on a balcony.

But before you decorate your site in the likeness of the Hanging Gardens of the Semiramis, you need to know a few peculiarities of the design of such suspended flower beds, as described today in "The House of Dreams" in this publication.

Choice of flowerpot for the hanging flower bed

Planting of any houseplant begins with the selection of the pot. But if the choice of a pot for traditional plants is extremely simple and depends only on one's own taste, then when choosing a vase to create a suspended flowerbed, you need to take into account some of the features:

• first, you must first determine where the pot will hang, and calculate what approximate weight there issafely install;
• secondly, because the hanging flower beds are very bright and noticeable decoration, the vase should ideally be in harmony with the exterior or interior. For example, massive ceramic containers will look majestic, perfectly complementing the strict classical or antique styles. Light plastic pots in themselves are unlikely to become a design adornment, but they can not be better suited for decorating beds with long hanging plants.

For those who love naturalism and want to focus on the beauty of flowers, it is worthwhile to choose a variety of wicker pots. Very beautiful look baskets of vines, which can be made in a variety of forms, for example, in the form of a ball, a cone or a rectangular box.

Perhaps the harmonious ornament of any landscape design will be vases made of wire or wrought iron. Especially this option is attractive in that it creates a feeling of some complete "flight" of the flowerbed.

In addition to the shape, material and design of the pot itself, it is important to pay attention to the fastener when selecting it. In addition, that the installation of containers for hanging beds should be very durable and reliable, especially on ceramic models, it should still rotate 360 ​​degrees freely. This is necessary so that when decorating the flowerbed in the yard you can rotate the plant from time to time to protect from sunlight.

Specifics of planting of suspended flower beds

Planting a hanging flower bed depends on the shape of the flower pot. In simple pots resembling pots for indoor flowers, that is, those that have only one open surface, the plants are planted as usual.

Quite another matter, if the pot is designed to create a hanging ball. In this case, the walls of the frame are filled with moss, which is designed to hold moisture, and the entire basket is covered with a special film, which is most often sold complete with such pots. Then, in those places where the plants should subsequently grow, small holes must be made. Seedlings should be carefully inserted into the holes, and poured into the vase soil and plant the plants on top.

Having planted flowers to create a suspended flower bed with your own hands, you should pour a bit of soil and hang the pot in a cool place for a few days.

Suspended flowers in the garden: what plants are suitable for hanging beds

For the creation of hanging beds, it is better to choose plants that are unpretentious in the care, which do not have special requirements for the condition of the soil. In addition, choosing the inhabitants for such pots, it is important to take into account the ratio of the size of their root system to the size of the pot. For example, the roots of petunia grow very quickly, and if the flowerpot for this flower is less than 6-8 liters, then its root system will soon fill the entire volume of the tank, because of which the plant may die.

Very beautiful design will have a suspended flower bed with your own hands when planting in flowerpots luxuriantly flowering summers, for example, pansies, petunias, verbena, marigolds, etc. Also, almost all house plants, including Kalanchoe, nasturtium, daisies, young, purifying, etc., are getting on well and are growing in a hanging pot or vase.

Of course, bright colorful flowers will always be a worthy decoration of any garden or interior, but do not think that in the design of suspended flower beds you can use only flowering plants. For example, very beautiful and stylish look pots with spicy herbs - mint, rosemary, etc.

And those who like originality, you can advise to make a very unusual, but very useful decoration - a hanging basket with small-fruited vegetables, for example, strawberries, which will bear fruit even on the veranda or on the balcony.

Specificity of care for hanging flower beds

Care for plants planted in suspended flowerpots, depends on whether they have pallets. Baskets without a pallet prevent moisture stagnation in the soil, which on the one hand is good, since it slows down the rotting of the root system of plants, and on the other - can lead to a lack of moisture if the flowerbed is on a sunny plot. If the pot is equipped with a pallet, then do not water the plant too often, and also install it in darkened areas.

In addition, the soil in the suspended flower beds should be periodically fertilized, t. During irrigation, the mineral substances in it are washed out.

In all other aspects, plant care in hanging garden beds is no different from caring for plants planted in open ground - they also need to be watered regularly, remove dried leaves and fight pests.

Hanging flower beds are exactly the complement that can give brightness and expressiveness to any suburban area They can be hung in arbors and pergolas, fences and pillars,on the garden benches, in the recreation area, on the summer terrace, the balcony and even on the walls of the house - everywhere they will look beautiful and harmonious. However, when designing suspended flower beds, it is also important to take into account the style of the infield area. You can beautifully emphasize the beauty of the landscape with bright colors or unusual shapes, and you can focus on the natural beauty of plants.

If you have such flower beds in your garden, be sure that this decision will not disappoint you. Beautiful flowers and plants, neat and well-groomed, always pleasing to the eye and create an atmosphere of coziness, and if they are also suspended in beautiful, original pots, then this arrangement of the site can only be envied.