Greening buildings with timber lianas

For decorating walls, fences, gazebos and a vertical wall decorations balconies and terraces using mainly tropical plants. Vines called fragile plants with flexible stems, which grow to a height in need of support.

In practice vertical greening most rational lianas landing in the ground near the building. Landing lianas to spring and autumn. After the device feet along the wall of the building (at a distance of 20 to 40 cm of it) to prepare a hole. Landing pits, or have a wall or blind area. The minimum width and depth of 50 pits see landing sites give food, peregnoem rich, loose soil. In heavy clay soils and dry most of lianas grow poorly. If planting hole over there in blind area, then the contour pits doing framing height of 5 to 8 cm above the pavement. Before landing lianas produce unnecessary circumcision and weak stems, shoots and roots. Then plant trees closer to the inner wall of a pit. Upon landing some useful burial neck root plants for the root system. Upon landing, all the stems of plants straighten evenly divided on support in a fan shape. Everyone escaped to tie up 2 - 3 field for a growth in height. Then lianas abundantly pour on when water soak, the soil surface worms, equalize. The roots of some of the less winter-hardy types and forms of lianas, especially growing up in vulnerable places, preferably in the first one-two years after planting shelter for the winter humus or peat, which early spring carefully, but with great caution mixed with the soil.


Greening buildings with timber lianas

There is a need to systematically increase reliance on shoots so decorated wall area was evenly covered with lianas greens. Later produce cropping damaged and moribund shoots thinning seats, removing white shoots. Vines, plants in boxes and salt, poorly nourished and do not reach the proper altitude and development.

In choosing decorative floral compositions of any building should be taken into account Functionality of the building and its architectural design, paint the walls of buildings, the light guidance to the parties. Green buildings require device feet. The most simple design and implementation are considered pillars of nets with large mesh 1 x 1 m. Grid should be mild, stainless, galvanized or in isolation thickness of 3 to 4 mm. Her leather and attach to the speaker of the metal wall anchorage. The distance between them in height taken within 2 hours For more density possibly a second diagonal grid cross marked overlap of a thin wire. After building can be painted in the color of the wall. To greening low wall fastener plant used wooden cradles strugannyh away from the cross section 30 x 40 mm, especially when planting in the flower boxes and salt. Often recovery plants vertically, or in any desired direction using cord, podvyazanny to small pegs, dug in the ground near the plant.

Winter gardens part2

The organizations of a winter garden need to be given enough attention. First, it is important to choose in what party of light it it will be turned. Being under direct solar beams the most part of day, it will be heated and hardly probable will be comfortable both for people, and for plants. Even if the winter garden is turned on the north, good ventilation is necessary for it, and in turned on the south for can be necessary and jalousie (as a variant most convenient and practical).

Stone or paved a tile a floor and unpretentious wattled furniture plants according to their requirements, not being afraid to spoil allow to water and spray conditions. Good wattled furniture, some pillows - that else is necessary for comfortable reading or conversation. And the table covered in winter garden will seem to more harmonious if to use utensils and devices with vegetative motives.

Other problem for a winter garden - wreckers and illnesses of plants which much more hardy at the big density of plants as conditions for them are created practically ideal, and - birds and predatory insects - here are not present natural enemies. Application of chemicals in this case not always is desirable, especially if in winter to a garden spend a lot of time and the more so eat. There is also more modern way - the biological control. It is developed for the majority of hothouse illnesses and wreckers. This use of alive microorganisms and predatory insects which at correct observance of the instruction of suppliers, can be very effective.


Winter gardens

The climate of your winter garden is important for convenience of people and colors. Inevitable efforts will depend on a climate on its maintenance and selection of assortment of possible plants. The most widespread and often most successful decision - a climate of the Mediterranean, dry both hot in the summer and cool and damp in the winter. In such conditions of will well feel many plants for which in living rooms happens too жарко in the winter. It, for example, grapes and citrus, olives, monsterium, a rosemary and a sage, pelargonium, bougainvillaea, abutiloniums, cypresses, camelias, azaleas and even many palm trees. If the winter temperature does not fall below +10°С, a specific variety of plants can will increase (for example, hibiscus, passionflowers, and many surprising plants). At higher winter temperature (+15°С) there is possible a cultivation of tropical plants, such as anturium, a ficus and even orchids.

Winter gardens

Presently winter gardens, or house greenhouses as is more often them name, have turned to a daily reality. More and more than owners of greater apartments, country houses or cottages wish to realize dream of a blossoming oasis. The winter garden at the house is perceived now as one more living room. It can be both a dining room, and a drawing room, and even a bedroom. Its main feature - an abundance of plants which as it is good, as well as to people. Charm of a winter garden that in any weather, both during a rain, and in a wind here is cosy.

In given clause it is not given practical recommendations on construction of greenhouses, and the basic moments in their planning and a choice, and also to assortment and accommodation of plants are described. To equip a winter garden in a city apartment or a country house quite probably, if whenever possible in advance to make its project, considering some nuances. In this case to equip the glazed room penetrated by light it will be possible in exact conformity with your wishes. It is necessary to pay separate attention to questions of illumination and heating of the future garden. Winter gardens ordinarily represent a design with glass doors and glass walls. Such design concentrates on itself solar beams and promotes heating of all premises but if the garden is not warmed in addition, the part of energy leaves on heating of walls and their protection against overcooling. In the winter temperature in a garden it is essential below, than in other premises, therefore presence of additional doors and windows here is simply obligatory.

Thus, owners of the winter gardens, described above a design, sooner or later come to conclusion about necessity not only heating, but also full heat insulation, enabling as much as possible to use all advantages of an atmosphere of a winter garden. It is obvious that to consider this and other similar moments at a stage of development of the project is much easier, than to make re-planning already available premise.

At creation of a greenhouse it is necessary to remember also about presence of such elements as an electricity lead by special rules, ventilation of a premise, to adjust temperature and humidity of a premise. For convenience place on a wall the thermometer. If in your winter to a garden accommodation of the plants, demanding the raised humidity it is possible to provide the device allowing constantly to spray a plant by water is planned. For care of decorative trees and bushes it is possible to get a small step-ladder. With its help it will be easier to you to carry out care of high plants. Do not forget that the floor in winter to a garden should be from not decaying material, and whenever possible provide water-proofing, the floor covering should be easy and convenient in cleaning.

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Assortment of plants for a winter garden.

Sunsveeria three-lane Laurenti (the pike tail) - unpretentious grassy perennial with a thick rhizome and the long dense leaves which are sticking out upwards, as swords, with cross-section rough light strips. One socket leaves on 6 - 8 leaves in length up to 90 centimeter. Light-green flowers are collected in clustering inflorescences. Blossoms usually in the spring on well shined place. Grows and at opacity. It is undemanding to temperature - can be in warm and cool premises. Having watered moderated, in the winter it reduce. To replace better in the spring, at this time it is necessary and to make multiple copies a plant parts of a leaf or division of rhizomes. A long leaf cut on shares in length 5 - 6 sm, them aslant put in sand. In some weeks leaves take roots. For landing take wide and low pots. A nutritious mix make from turfen, sheet and перегнойной the grounds and sand (2:2:1).

Sunsveeria three-lane Laurenti

Chrysanthemums - subshrube a plant. In room conditions reaches height 20 - 50 see Shanks of chrysanthemums with 4 - 5 leaves in February put in the easy nutritious ground. The bottom pair leaves is cut off, and internode at landing deepened in the ground on 2 - 3 see Shanks on a regular basis spray to not suppose drying the ground. In a month shanks take roots, by April they can be replaced in their nutritious mix turfen, humusis, the sheet ground with an impurity of peat and sand (2:2:2:1:1). In the summer flowers demand plentiful enamel, frequent spraying, sufficient illumination. At fine flowers chrysanthemums in the beginning of growth 2 times pinch back tops of runaways for greater bushiness plants. At hybrid large flowers chrysanthemums cut out all axillary runaways, leaving central. Blossom in room conditions in October-November. Flowers can be various painting: yellow, white, orange, white. Leaves multilobular, light green. After flowering trunks shortly cut and leave in a cool premise (4 - 10oС heat), moderately watering.
Chrysanthemums

Fuchsia hybrid - a small bush with opposite leaves. Flowers at a fuchsia hanging, cups and nimbuses are often various on painting. There are simple and double versions. Becomes covered by numerous colors in the summer. To turn pots with a fuchsia does not follow, from it it often dumps leaves. In the winter leaves partially fall down. The fuchsia to ground and light is not exacting almost, but well blossoms on the shined places. It is made multiple copies by shanks in length 5 - 7 sm or large strong leaves, them land in the easy sandy ground. After rooting land in pots with a mix from sheet, turfen, humous the grounds and sand. (1:1:1:1). From May till October 2 times a month are necessary to it liquid top dressing. In the winter a plant contain in at temperature 10 - 12С. The fuchsia is grown up одиночно and in group landings, on window sills and in pendant baskets.
Fuchsia hybrid

Gardening of balconies

Gardening of balconies is the most simple and accessible way of an ornament of your dwelling. Beautifully framed and balconies are effectively allocated with greens and colors of a window on a background of walls and decorate buildings. Densely effuse plants on a balcony look not only is elegant, but thus also weaken street noise, partially absorbing a sound, I clear air of a soot and a dust, and in hot day will weaken a sunlight. Special charm is represented with the indoor plants which have been born in the summer on a balcony. For warm days of summer they turn to large bright copies, and with approach of colds transfer back to a room. Thus fresh air, a warm wind and solar beams is necessary to plants.

Growing up plants in boxes, it is possible to transform a balcony in green pergola, and before each window to create a tiny flower bed. Balcony boxes make from various materials: a tree, plastic, metal - a choice for you, the main thing they should be spacious enough. The recommended sizes: thickness 1,5 - 2 sm, height 15 - 20 sm, width not less than 20 see Choosing, remember, that in small boxes in length less than 1 m the ground on open air quickly dries up.

Flower boxes can be made their dry fur-tree or pine boards. At formation a box for greater durability on its internal corners put racks section 4? 4 sm, from below under a bottom two cross-section rods beat the same section. For a drain of superfluous water in day of a box make apertures in diameter of 1 sm through everyone 15 see there are boxes of more complex designs: with the spare tank for water that the ground did not dry up, and also with pallets for running off of water.





Fastening of flower boxes should be made strongly and reliably. The strongest fastening is carried out by means of special metal arms. They can be used and in the event that windows open outside as the box in this case fastens below outwardly a window sill. If the window opens inside of a premise, the box with plants can be established directly on an external window sill. The box thus necessarily strongly fastens to a window sill, for example by means of metal crampon. That the box stood horizontally, under it are enclosed oblique wooden scantling. On balconies with metal lattices at windows boxes can be established from the interior of a fencing, on a floor of a balcony, for example on flower supports. High plants place in the boxes costing on a floor, with a wall, there, where more than natural protection against damages.

If you have enough place on a balcony it is possible to construct an original rack of containers, having arranged it along a wall on all height. According to your desire it can be a rack from forepart or decorative boxes-containers. In containers it is possible to place the bought flower sprouts or small flowerpot with indoor plants. Besides, such design not only saves a place, in it it is possible to change easily according to your desire flowerpots with colors. Beautifully look on balconies hanging in special baskets or ceramic ornamental flowerpot ampelnes plants. For their fastening it is possible to use special arms with supports for pots or wicker ornamental flowerpot.

At cultivation in boxes of twisted plants for them establish special support in the form of directing cords, lattices, arches, etc. which give a necessary direction to twisted runaways and create the conceived form of gardening. Presence on balconies of vertical gardening, as a rule, creates a background for flower registration, selection of its assortment and color scale.

Using the resulted examples in your flower box on a balcony it is possible to arrange a tiny garden, having landed at once some kinds of plants. From external edge of a box it is possible to land ampelnes plants that their hanging down stalks decorated a box. On the center of a box any low plants land, it can be as pottery plants or pergola. And from internal edge balcony a box it is possible to land any twisted plants (for example, an ivy) by means of which it is possible darkened a balcony.

Basis of good development of plants is the healthy ground rich with nutrients. The fresh friable earthen mix with addition of sand is most suitable. Sometimes add the crushed peat, especially in that case when boxes are located on the solar party. Peat absorbs in itself an excessive moisture, keeps it, not souring and not rotting. The box is in regular intervals filled with the ground so that the surface of a ground was below edges of a box on 1 - 2 see Densely to stamp the ground does not follow, a deposit of the ground is reached by stirring of a box at its filling. In balcony boxes the ground is quickly exhausted, therefore plants already through 2 - 3 weeks after landing are necessary to feed up on a regular basis (time in 10 - 14 days) complex fertilizers, and every spring the ground in boxes needs to be updated. For winter of a plant from boxes are cleaned, the ground is loosened and in such kind remains for the winter. In the spring the part of the top layer leaves and replaced fresh. As plants in boxes are usually landed very densely, to bring fertilizer in a loose it is not recommended.

The Most convenient forms additional fertilizing for balcony colors - liquid and sticks of long action. Special care of a plant demand to itself during flowering, during this period top dressing with the maintenance of phosphorus is necessary for them.