A beautiful flowering corner is able to decorate any personal plot, alley, park or pond. It is not surprising that all gardeners, even beginners, strive to create in their garden interesting compositions of flowers, herbaceous ornamental plants, flowering bushes and trees. One of the win-win options that experienced landscape designers and amateur gardeners also use is a flower bed with hydrangea. This spectacular culture pleases with beautiful magnificent flowering for a long time and, under suitable conditions, does not require painstaking care. In addition, hydrangea goes well with many plants, it becomes possible to create unique and original ensembles.
Hydrangea in landscape design
A flower garden with hydrangea is always a bright colorful composition that constantly pleases with fresh colors, thanks to the continuous flowering of hydrangea throughout the summer and early fall.
Flowerbed with hydrangea
Several types of culture are used in landscape design:
- Tree-like. Tall appearance, characterized by stability and undemanding care, can withstand low temperatures. It stands out with an inflorescence in the form of a ball.
- Panicled. A popular plant of medium height (up to a meter), the main feature of which is an inflorescence in the form of a panicle. It is considered a universal culture.
- Large-leaved. Beautiful bush with lush large inflorescences, flower growers really like, but take root only in the southern regions. Often used as an indoor flower.
The panicle hydrangea is the most demanded for planting in the garden - it harmoniously fits into any design, is unpretentious, has many varieties.
There are many versions of applying hydrangea in landscape design, it all depends on the skills and creative impulses of the grower. There are simple and effective garden schemes with hydrangeas that people can bring to life without the experience of creating complex compositions.
Panicle hydrangea planting scheme
Given the size of the plant, the duration, brightness and splendor of flowering, hydrangea often becomes the dominant in the composition. If the flower garden is clearly visible from all sides, the bush is planted in the center. In the flower garden near the fence - in the background.
Interesting. Hydrangea flowers do not have an expressive smell, therefore they are not attractive to insects, they can be easily planted near windows, walkways, arbors or terraces.
Hydrangea near the house
When using hydrangea in garden design, it is necessary to take into account some of the features of care:
- A flower loves partial shade, diffused sunlight. Do not plant a bush in a sunny, leeward place.
- Hydrangea needs regular watering. In order that the roots do not decay, it is necessary to apply drainage in the form of crushed stone or gravel during planting. Mulching with needles or sawdust will help to retain moisture longer.
- The plant develops well in acidic loose soils, but does not tolerate alkaline clay soil.
Important! The color of inflorescences depends on the acidity of the soil: the more acidic the soil, the brighter and more saturated the color. You can increase the acidity with the help of aluminum chips, chelated fertilizers or citric acid solution.
The principles of flower garden formation:
- The choice of place. The flower garden should become a decoration of the garden, attract attention. Therefore, the site is selected well visible, but slightly shaded.
- The scheme is thought out. In order for the flowerbed to blend in harmoniously with the surroundings, it must correspond to the size of the garden, combined with the overall design and concept. It is best to pre-draw a flower garden diagram on paper, with pegs to mark the diagram on the ground.
- Set the stage. One of the key points - light fertile soil, is the foundation for future abundant flowering. The site is dug up, weeds are removed, sand, humus, ash are introduced, everything is thoroughly mixed and watered abundantly.
Advice! In order for the edges of the flowerbed to not very quickly overgrown with grass and weeds, you need to fence off the flower garden with stones or lay the agrofiber, on which gravel or broken brick can be poured.
Competent selection of plants
Using hydrangea in a flower garden, it is necessary to adhere to the basic rules for planting flowers:
- Tall flowers and bushes are planted in the center: hydrangea, rose, daylily, delphinium, peony, iris, gladiolus. Gradually, the level decreases: tulips, daffodils, zinnias, marigolds, violets, petunias. Ground cover plants will help fill in the empty areas and complete the composition: periwinkle, clove-grass, lunatic.
- The flowering period and timing of each crop are taken into account - the flowers must be placed in the flower bed in such a way as to achieve harmonious flowering throughout the season. To complement the picture will help grassy plants: hosts, ferns, red fescue.
- Think over the color scheme of the flowerbed. A combination of contrasting, bright shades is possible: blue, yellow, red, white, green. Often used more restrained noble designs in one palette. White flower beds look good. Interestingly, red shades are revealed (from saturated burgundy and wine to pale pink), yellow (from orange to lemon and pale yellow).
Given all the nuances of growing, the best option for combining with hydrangea are:
- Trees and bushes - rhododendron, barberry, viburnum, conifers (thuja, pine).
- Bulbous - tulips, daffodils, daylilies, crocuses, hyacinths.
- Perennials - rose, astilbe, phlox, geranium, anemone.
- Annuals are marigolds, pansies, gerberas, dahlias, petunias.
- Herb plants - ferns, hosts, mint, wormwood, periwinkle.
The combination of hydrangea with other colors
The composition with hydrangea in the garden should be combined with a common theme: the design of the house and the garden. Several design options are popular:
- Country style. To create it, bright colors and plants resembling a rural garden are used: meadow (chamomile, thyme, cornflower, wormwood), annual (marigolds, violets, zinnias, Carpathian bells), grassy (periwinkle, mint, ivy, decorative cabbage), trees ( viburnum, willow).
- Classic style. Suitable for decorating the site in a modern low-key design. This option involves a combination of hydrangea and conifers, roses, ferns or host, ornamental onions, petunias.
- Japanese style. A fashionable trend in landscape design is the creation of a Japanese garden. For its design you need a small fountain or brook, which is complemented by a rhododendron, fan maple, fern and moss. Brightness will be added to the composition by stunted chrysanthemums.
Japanese-style Hydrangea
Important! Creating a flowerbed with hydrangea, it is very important to maintain a balance and select plants that will fit the mixborder in size - too large crops on a small flower bed will seem out of place, small ones in a large flower garden will be lost.
Compositions with hydrangea in the garden
There are several options for combining hydrangea with other plants, which are always win-win and showy.
A flower bed with hydrangeas and hosts is a classic combination that impresses with its simplicity and style. Juicy greens host favorably sets off the delicate flowering of hydrangea. The variety of colors of both cultures allows you to create original and beautiful compositions. In addition, hydrangea and hosta love shaded places and retain an attractive appearance for a long time. Caring for such a flower garden is extremely simple.
Hydrangea with hosts
Hydrangea and coniferous compositions are the best combination. Ephedra oxidize the soil, which is so necessary hydrangeas. In addition, the flowers against the background of saturated coniferous greens seem even more beautiful and elegant. Hydrangea looks good in tandem with firs, juniper, fir, pine. You can complement the composition with roses or fern.
Hydrangea and conifers
Flower bed for beginners
To implement a simple flowerbed, it is desirable to use flowers that do not require special care and conditions for growing, but you can be sure of their long attractive appearance and flowering time. As a basis for a simple flowerbed, you can take the scheme: in the center is hydrangea, bulbous plants (daffodils and tulips), astilbe, fern, chrysanthemum, violet, lily of the valley, marigolds, clove-grass are planted further in a circle.
Simple flowerbed
Children's flower bed
Creating a children's flower bed is a great way to captivate a child, accustom him to work, respect for nature, responsibility. In order for the lesson to be exciting, you can plant colorful flowering bushes.
At the same time, decorating a flower bed for a boy, flowers in blue and blue are used (crocuses, violets, muscari, delphiniums, bluebills, forget-me-nots, cornflowers, nigella, asters). The highlight of the composition can be blue or purple hydrangea, as well as blue spruce.
For girls, delicate flowers of red-pink color are selected (hyacinths, tulips, peonies, lilies, daisies, pansies, petunias). Viburnum or rhododendron can supplement a flower bed.
Shadow flowerbed with daylilies
If there is a need to decorate a corner where there is almost no sun, you can try the following version of the flowerbed. In the center are hydrangeas of the Kiusu variety and daylilies (common ginger or Stela de Oro). Next is a late-flowering daffodil, the host of Zybolid, violet forest, ivy and a catchment. Such a composition always looks fresh and original, practically does not need care.
Hydrangea with daylilies
Flowerbed along a fence or wall
The riot of hydrangea along the wall of a house or a fence is a spectacular and unique sight. It is difficult to achieve such a result, but it is impressive. When planting hydrangeas, you should immediately determine which plant will be the highest. If hydrangea, then a tree view is selected and planted in the background. In front, the flower garden is complemented by small flowers and herbaceous plants.
In the event that the conifer or other tree is selected as the largest crop, then it is placed behind. Hydrangea should be picked panicled and planted in the front row.
Hydrangea at the fence
Hydrangea is a beautiful and spectacular plant that is unpretentious in care and in demand in landscape design. It goes well with many flowers, trees, grassy plants, so you can create original and unique compositions. Hydrangea will be a worthy decoration of any garden or flower garden.
