Friends who are used to every inch of money at home have the illusion that all the land here is free of money when they come to Australia. Buying a house with a garden bigger than a house!
As a matter of fact, Australians have long been surprised by this. In Australia, any intimate nature, flowers in their own backyard, grass is an indispensable part of people's lives.
After retirement, many old people choose to live with their children in Australia. But here is not familiar with people, can not play mahjong like domestic, chat with others, old people's most choice is to take care of the garden in their own home.
But what can I do with a garden so big? Today, to share with you, from horticultural experts to provide, about the family garden-building practical Tips, quickly put it into practice!
/ 01 / potted plants
If you want to plant in pots, succulent plants can be said to be the best choice. Because succulent plant life is tenacious, the living condition is also not so high. Only sunshine, water and soil are enough to grow.
Succulent plants are most beautiful at the top of the classical flower urn. Of course, different potted plants and different flowerpots are different. For example, this pot of purple acacia, the best with blue porcelain flowerpot.
In addition to pot color matching, you can also choose different shapes and textures of the leaf mix, highlighting the sense of hierarchy.
It is best to plant succulent plants around the flower beds or flowerpots, embellishing the effect of first-class good!
If the family is planted with white hydrangea, it is best to choose a blue pot. Perfect ~
If you have poplar and South Tianzhu in the cement basin, it is best to put some berbera next to it. This looks wrong, full of layers.
I'd like to raise some glamorous plants, but what if the sunshine in Australia is too full? simple! By planting tall or large plants at home, you can create a natural shelter.
Home flowerpots are too big to take up space? In fact, choose a few small waterbeds, you can also add a lot of color for the garden.
The beauty of classical sculpture, and the natural beauty of plants complement each other, the row of shrubs look too boring? As long as they are trimmed into strings, they will look much more beautiful.
What about the walls of the house looking into space? You can plant a flowerpot at the bottom of the wall and plant the ivy to bring a spring green to the garden.
Colorful hydrangea ball suitable to be placed on the porch, bringing unique modern charm.
An ordinary flowerpot can be placed on an outdoor table and may not look so monotonous when eating or resting.
Almost any plant can be grown in a flowerpot. For potted plants, you need to know the following Tips.
{flowerpot}
Flowerpot size = root diameter. If the size of the bulb is 50 centimeters, choose a 50 cubic centimeter bowl.
{flower mud}
Quality flower slime nutrients are slowly released and can last for six to nine months. After that, you need another fertilizer. The soil structure itself can last for several years. Every few years, it is best to prune the root system and replace it with new flower slime; if the plant grows up, it needs to be transplanted into a larger flowerpot.
{fertilizer}
In August, November and February, two or three times a year, high-quality topdressing fertilizers, such as Triabon,Osmoform or Nitrophoska.Nitrophoska, are very popular as a fertilizer for potted plants, but they should be fertilized according to the amount specified in the use instructions. Otherwise, the plant will burn out. The amount of Triabon will be more difficult to grasp.
{water}
Water thoroughly-summer, every three days. Water should also be watered in dry or windy weather. If the plants are under the eaves or on the balcony, they can be watered once a week. Move the plants to the shade while on vacation.
{other maintenance}
Select plants and resistant varieties according to local conditions. Regular weeding, chopping grass must remove the root. If there are persistent pests, insecticides can be sprayed generally, except roses. But it's not as good as a preventive spray. When trimming, first remove dead, sick, or insect-infested leaves; then adjust the flower and fruit, and finally the structure and shape.
/ 02 / small gardens and backyard
Perhaps the area of the family garden has a large and small, the large garden can put down some sculpture and so on, but what about the small garden? At this point, the ability to use space more efficiently is needed.
Because in the small space, flowers become more prominent. At this point, it becomes particularly important to choose what kind of flowers to grow. Below this kind, called Chinese star jasmine, also called purple white jasmine, is suitable for building on the fence of small garden.
Although the garden is small, the sense of hierarchy is very important. With a black mesh, sleeper and cement, there is a French style~ that wants to create a good sense of hierarchy, and it's best to think about how to combine a few different plants to look like a mess.
Design steps, plant different plants at different levels, bounded by the edge of the steps.
If the garden is very small, you might as well use a hedge to get out of the slate road. So heart-saving and labor-saving, it looks unique.
The small garden needs the perfect layout even more, so it looks orderly, simple and not simple. There are always some headaches in the garden, such as such a narrow and long space. At this time, you can do some articles on the wall. For example, the use of retaining walls, decorated with some chic little flowers ~
The flowers decorated on the wall, the white flowers blooming out of the Mexican orange are the best. This not only decorated the wall, but also formed part of the layered fence, this modern garden design, using the space under the tree to plant some plants, very popular.
/ 03 / Fruit and vegetable gardens
The garden without vegetables and fruits is incomplete! How to grow all kinds of delicious food in the limited space, very test ability. This is a garden that won the design prize
The cabbage blossoms beautiful flowers, a wheeled fruit garden, a mini-apple stand, and the apples from the branches grow along the wire.
Delicious blueberry, lemon blossoms.
As a well-known country with red wine, living in Australia, how can you not grow some grapes at home? In a twinkling of an eye, the fruit stand is full of fruit (grapes), which can be brewed at home.
About growing vegetables and fruits, you need to know the following tips.
{Design layout first}
The design of vegetable orchards, like ordinary gardens, first considers the layout, such as the use of steel grids to decorate the walls, which provides a climbing bracket for certain fruits and grapevines.
Fijian fruit, blueberry and other fruit trees can be planted into hedges to get at least four vegetable seedbeds, which can be designed to play a large space and harvest more conveniently.
{Creative solution}
Beans can be grown without the use of bamboo, linseed rod and custom-made steel structure can consider no place to put three-layer compost box? You can hide organic waste in a hidden space.
{basic principles}
The garden is close to the kitchen and outdoor recreation areas, especially spices and green salad plants.
Building materials can also affect the overall style of the garden, such as small pieces of bark on the garden's path and modern concrete.
How's it going? After looking at these brilliant and unique gardening designs, have you rolled up your sleeves and are ready to do a big job in your own garden?
Only by doing it yourself can you create a garden of Eden of your own.