Mini-gardens or gardens in pots rather recently became a popular trend. Recall what is the main idea of this fashion.
In general, each such project is a kind of European kind of bon-sai, only you create a miniature composition from different plants in a separate container and add various decorative elements.
The peculiarity here is to create a composition that truly resembles a country garden, only in miniature.
Therefore, the part here is used not only miniature plants, but also mini-houses, garden paths, gazebos, benches, all sorts of figurines of carts and leechek.
In general, this is a very interesting hobby that allows you to create cool pot compositions.
In order for you to make really cool compositions, we offer you tips that help you choose the best plants for a mini-garden.
Stones
We begin, oddly enough, not with plants, but with stones. They will be required in a variety of compositions and if you start to create gardens in pots, you will now look at any available sources of stone chips completely, begin to collect pebble fragments on the beaches and choose pebbles from the sand brought to the cottage.
If you want to arrange something on top of the ground, then useful porous stones like limestone or tuff.
They absorb moisture well, they are almost ideal for planting not only moss, but also other plants, they gradually give moisture to each plant in the right quantity.
Accordingly, if you want to make a kind of lawn in your composition as a background, take the ground, porous stones on top, and sphagnum for example from above.
When you use harder stones, you can drill. Thanks to the hole in the stone, it is possible to land not only moss, but also succulents.
In addition, the stones are useful in order to draw the bottom of a decorative pond - a small vessel buried in the ground.
Plants for ponds
Now it is time to say how to arrange a beautiful pond in a pot.
For example, in order to arrange the coast, a dwarf ficus looks great, which tilts its branches to the water and creates something like a willow shore.
In addition, we note the Soleiroilia in combination with the nerteroy, which also look beautiful near the reservoir..
When you want to do something in the spirit of the tropics or hot deserts, pay attention to the following plant varieties:
- dracaena sanderra;
- stone rose;
- striped havortia;
- saxifrage.
Of course, various cacti and succulents will also come in handy here. Sometimes you want to make a bias towards alpine hills and meadows and then consider options such as:
- Sedum;
- diamond cutter
Ground covers
If you want to make the best mini-gardens, you will need to remember this word. Moreover, you will certainly begin to understand the varieties of such plants, of course, at the initial stage we will help you make a choice.
A distinctive feature of the ground cover is a slow growth and a great sense of self in stony soil conditions. In general, they are almost perfect for a potted garden.
Such plants rarely need to be cut and trimmed, they keep their shape perfectly and do not grow..
- helksina - can be used as a background for the whole pot;
- pachyphytum - thicker leaves, great for more extravagant and exotic projects;
- Gasteria and young - a great combination for a mini-garden.
A positive feature of these plants is the ability to squeeze the roots into the smallest gap. Therefore, you can safely plant these options on stony soil.
Dwarf plants
They will come in handy no less than groundcovers and, most importantly, there is practically no need to memorize anything for a competent choice.
Just add to the name of any tree or shrub the word dwarf and you will know which plant you need to purchase for your mini-garden.
The best options here, of course, are dwarf coniferous plants, which by their qualities are optimally combined with the features of a mini-garden. You will need to choose the most dwarf varieties.
The garden, where conifers are used, feels great on the street, you can take this fact into account when choosing the location of the next composition.
In addition, it should be noted dwarf ivy, which nature offers in a variety of options. There are varieties that can simply travel along the ground. There are those who are able to braid a pot and create an original composition.
In conclusion, we offer you a number of plants that you should also pay attention to when composing the composition of a mini-garden.:
- Pyla Cadiere and Hamedorei graceful - to enhance the aesthetics of the garden;
- stonecrop - known and affordable plant;
- Fittoniya - can have leaves of different shades, thanks to this is an excellent option to add colors to the composition;
- miniature roses, saintpaulias, streptocarpus, cyclamen - bright and beautiful, but require additional care.
In the end, we recall about the various succulents and cacti, they also have a variety of colors and shapes. Only here they practically do not demand leaving.
