A fascinating master class with step-by-step photos will allow you to quickly master the skills of cutting bushes to decorate a classic garden with them. Learn how to make pergolas, flower beds for such a site.
The classic style in gardening will suit lovers of strict forms, symmetry. It is on this principle that flower beds, lawns, paths are made here. This garden is characterized by large spaces, fountains, gazebos, stucco moldings, and topiary.
Classic style - what plants to plant, photo
Since this is a garden, of course, you cannot do without plants. If you have enough space, plant one or more of the following trees:
- spruce;
- spherical thuja;
- elm;
- maple;
- juniper;
- linden;
- cypress;
- fruit.
From shrubs, give preference to:
- edible honeysuckle;
- weigel;
- lilac;
- spire;
- barberry Thunberg;
- park roses;
- privet.
Other types of roses will also look great in a classic garden: miniature, hybrid tea.
Since then you will create topiary, it is good to use climbing plants for them:
- clematis;
- girlish grapes;
- honeysuckle;
- honeysuckle.
But what flowers can be planted in the country, if you want to use the classic style, these are:
- phlox;
- verbena;
- veronica;
- salvia;
- ageratum;
- gypsophila;
- pelargonium is zonal.
Since it was said above about topiary, check out what it is and how to do it. You can then green your site using this method.
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How to make a classic garden topiary?
As you can see, these are plants that have been given a certain shape. In this case, the cypresses were trimmed so that they have the shape of a child's pyramid. And some plants have got a rectangular shape. Even small representatives of the flora have strict lines, which is typical for a garden in a classic style. In this way, you can create not only inanimate, but also animate objects, for example, such a crocodile.
You can make such a green garden in a certain place and fence it off with a stone path. If you provide a canopy and let climbing plants here, over time you will get a green visor. But only they need to be trimmed periodically.
Check out what tools you need. It:
- Gardening scissors. You can even buy special ones designed for topiary. But if they are expensive, buy any others, the main thing is that they are reliable and lightweight. After all, they need to be held in your hands for a long time.
- Secateurs - This is one of the main tools for topiary. Therefore, also choose a similar model so that it is convenient for you. It is better to take it with a rotary handle, then the hand will be less tired.
- Garden saw you will need it if you need to cut branches.
If you need to trim the bushes, then do it while the shoots are growing in the spring. And if you need to create a complex figure, use pruning, then do it before the start of sap flow - in February or March.
You need to choose the right plant to make a topiary. It should grow slowly, be shade-tolerant, form replacement shoots and have many dormant buds.
You can start cutting plants when they are 5 years old. By this time, the root system has already grown sufficiently. For one haircut, remove no more than a third of the plant's volume. Form it gradually. After this procedure, you need to feed your pets. After all, after such stress, they can be attacked by pests and diseases. To avoid this, you need good immunity, which will provide decent care.
See what shape you can give the plants. For a classic garden design, this idea is perfect.
But it's better to start with the simplest. See how to cube a tree or bush.
Drive four wooden beams around the selected instance, fasten four more slats perpendicular to these at the top. This will come in handy. Step back a few centimeters from these bars and begin to remove excess with trellis scissors. These will be branches that go beyond the boundaries of these rails. After finishing the work, you will get such a wonderful copy.
See what fun figurine you can make for your garden. It is also made using the topiary technique.
An alternantera plant was used for the base. It prefers sunny locations and moderate watering. The pattern on the chest and eyes creates an inverted sedum, which loves the same conditions as the alternantera.
With the help of plants of this type, you gradually form such a cute character, sometimes trimming him.
Since it is the year of the pig, you can create such an animal with a haircut.
Watch a master class that teaches you how to do this. The main thing is the presence of the necessary and the desire.
Master class - how to trim the bushes beautifully
This skill will come in handy when making a classic garden. It is convenient to carry out this procedure with long-handled garden shears. But if you want to do it quickly, you can use a power scissor.
However, some plants cannot be cut with mechanical devices, as such a tool can damage the leaves. They will turn brown, look ugly.
It is best to start cutting from the bottom. This is more convenient, and the shoots will freely fall down. First you need to align the sidewalls, and then go to the top.
Here's a hedge of a classic rectangular shape will turn out. If you want to add variety to your garden, you can make a green heart. First you need to create the necessary contour, and then see how much you need to cut in depth.
Do it like this with your garden shears.
Then you will end up with a similar figure.
If you want a beautiful spiral figure in a classic-style dacha, then plant a noble laurel in advance.
If this is your first time doing such work, then you can first mark the places of the turns with a rope. It will only take them time to clean up. First, trim the row between the two strips, then use your garden shears to round the two rows. And after that you need to cut the bush using this technology. Here's what happens.
Near the hedge, you can make rounded elements using topiary art as well. Will you give one barberry the shape of a heart, and the other? here is such a spiral. See what kind of composition will then be in your classic garden.
If you have Delaway Privet growing then see how you can trim it.
Garden shears are also used, see how to hold them correctly. Cut off all that is unnecessary, and as a result, you will have such a charming green table.
Another beautiful plant that can be cut is the prickly goose. You can make such an interesting basket out of it. Decorate the bottom first and then the top.
If you also have an Arizona cypress growing on your site, then also try to give it such a rounded shape.
And it is interesting to get a ring from a gymnosperm. To do this, you need to give this plant a rounded shape, and cut off the excess in the middle.
And if you want to quickly make a figurine for the garden from plants, then take a ready-made frame. You can make it out of wire. Set this blank in a container, pour soil here and plant ivy. It will quickly twist around the base, and you will have this green statue like this.
Such a product is mobile, if you wish, you can move it to another place on the site. Ivy can be planted in a flower pot with soil, and a heart can be made from wire on top. Wrap this blank with this ivy, so the green sculpture will turn out so cute.
You can use peat, make a sculpture out of it. Sphagnum moss is planted here, on the basis of this you can get just such a sculpture for the garden.
If you wish, leave it as it is, or plant flowers or other plants here in some places.
DIY classic garden - flower bed decoration
They also require strict forms. See examples of such landscape design.
As you can see, the base of this composition is a rectangle. It is divided into four triangles with rounded top corners. This is necessary in order to place a fountain here in the center. The elements are composed of plants that are easy to cut. Shape them as in the previous workshop. Plant symmetrically spirea, other plants that do not take up much space. And close the gaps between the elements with stones, make four paths diagonally.
You can plant a flower bed right in the center of your lawn. Then you need to outline a square, but make its sides concave inward. Plant plants of the same type around the edges, the same applies to the inner square. In the middle, you can place a small bush and give it a spherical shape.
You will have a wonderful classic style garden if you use the following idea.
Such a flower bed is made on the basis of a circle. The path continues with the entrance to this territory. You can make it from cement with the addition of gypsum. Plant flowering plants and hosts here.
You already know how to give small trees or shrubs a spiral shape. If you have a thuja, arrange it this way. It is located in the center of the flower bed. Plant two types of flowers around.
Place tulips and other spring flowers among evenly trimmed bushes. But two types are enough. They can be placed in the garden directly in pots. Then at the end of the flowering season of these plants, you will replace them with the following. A smoothly mowed lawn, gravel paths and tiles add a classic garden style to this place.
Place a pergola nearby with a bench under it. Then you can sit in this piece of paradise, admiring the sculpture and flowering plants.
DIY pergolas for a classic garden
This is an irreplaceable thing in the garden. If it is made in a classic style, then the pergolas will be so.
To create one, you need:
- bars with a cross section of 5 cm;
- processed boards;
- slats;
- self-tapping screws;
- shovel;
- small stones.
Step-by-step master class:
- Decide on the location of the future pergola. Mark where the pillars will be. Dig holes here with a shovel, then put up posts, fill the holes with stones and solid earth. Seal these spots with a hammer and foot.
- Put up the pillars. Using self-tapping screws, attach the cross bars of a smaller section here. Fill the outside with the battens. From the bars of larger diameters, make a platform for the bench seat. Fill two parallel planks on one side. Also do it on the other side.
- Nail a few boards that will play the role of the back. Make cuts in them to make a roof from these blanks. In this case, the boards must be placed on the edge.
- Color your creation. But it is better to do this first, while you have not yet collected this pergola. It will be convenient to relax here and admire the design of your classic garden.
The next pergola looks great too.
White is always a winning color. Therefore, you can paint the pergola blanks with just such a paint.
- Also, the base is made of beams. Anchor these wooden posts in the ground. But if you have a mobile pergola, then you don't have to. Due to the rigidity of the structure, it will stand in one place, rooted to the spot.
- Assemble a box of bars, then stuff the slats on it diagonally. Do the same with the other side. At the bottom, attach thick boards or bars to the supports, on which you will attach the base for the bench. Make it.
- And to form the back, connect the opposite sides of the pergola with a bar and stuff thin boards here crosswise. It remains to knock down the base of the roof from the boards put on the side, in which cuts are previously made.
Let's end this fascinating topic by watching a short story that shows what classic-style gardens are like.
In the second plot, a landscape designer will share with you the secrets of a classic garden arrangement.
