Fence from green spaces. Pyramid fence, or flower pot design

The Slavic soul is so complicated that in order to create our own cozy territory, we definitely need to isolate ourselves from external fuss, noisy neighbors and prying eyes. But the prospect of constantly catching your eye on a two-meter monolithic fence can hardly be called rosy.
Hedge in the country - created with your own hands, this is a creative process with a practical result that anyone who loves plants can do.

The first fence climbing plants was grown in the 18th century. Since then, breeders have been working to create more and more new varieties of plants that can bear the heavy burden of responsibility for the peace and privacy of their owners.

Types of hedges

Depending on the height, the fences are divided into three categories:

• Low curbs have a height of up to 1 m. They will look most organically as a frame for flower beds, lawns and paths.

• If the plants you have chosen reach 1-2 meters, they will do an excellent job of dividing the summer cottage into functional zones.
• Reliable protection around the entire perimeter of the site is provided by tall species with a height of more than 2 m.

Of no small importance is the intensity of the haircut, depending on this point, the hedges are:

• Free growing.
• Molded.

Molded plant compositions require constant shearing, as they are based on a clear geometric shape. For molded hedges, it is better to plant representatives of the plant world with small foliage, which ensures the density of the fence.

Free-growing ones are less picky and grow in the form that Mother Nature has endowed them with.

Classification depending on the number of rows

Single-row live fences are formed in one line, planting plants at an equal distance. If the basis of your landscape creation will be shrubs, choose a step within 35–50 cm, for trees the distance increases to 70–150 cm.

Multi-row hedges are created in several tier lines, seating the participants in the composition in a checkerboard pattern. For a multi-tiered structure, a variety of plants is not necessary, excellent result with skillful use give combinations different varieties one plant that differ in the color of the needles or foliage. Take a closer look at the tandems of green and purple beech, variegated and green privet.

Choosing the Right

When choosing plants, give preference to those specimens that grow in your climate zone and have been tested for strength and durability. Your attention will be worthy of unpretentious, frost-resistant species with a dense crown, which have a high ability to form shoots and in as soon as possible recover after shearing.

No less spectacular hedge on suburban area from sea buckthorn, jasmine, rhododendron, wrinkled rose, barberry, lilac, honeysuckle, shadberry.

Disembarkation order

1. When selecting applicants for the purchase, pay attention to the roots and crown. root system should not be overdried, and the crown should maintain uniformity on all sides. Suitable young seedlings under the age of 6 years.
2. The laying of the future fence is carried out in autumn or spring. First option is suitable for winter-hardy plants that are adapted to low temperatures. The place of direct landing should be located at a distance of more than 2 m from the house and 50-150 cm from the monolithic fence.
3. Before you begin to dig a trench, mark out with a cord and two pegs. The depth of the trench should be 50 cm, the width is determined by the type of fence: for a single-row fence - 50 cm, for a multi-tier one - plus 0.5 m for each next tier.

Planting density (1 running meter):

• low shrubs (spirea, magnolia) - 5-7 seedlings;
• medium shrubs (cotoneaster, snowberry) - 4–5;
• tall shrubs and trees (hawthorn, vesicle) - 1-2

A living fence is a decorative hedge, the device of which should be treated with some imagination and even emotions. After all, this project will be a great addition to the cottage only if you put your soul into it.

In fact, work with similar designs quite difficult. This is not an ordinary sectional fence that can be installed using a standard country tool on dug-in poles. This is not a concrete, not a brick, and not even a decorative fence. The main difference between a live fence is that it is really alive, and often even more than half consists of plants.

If you manage to bring such a project to life, you can only applaud, if only for the fact that you think outside the box and try with all your might to make your summer cottage extraordinary.

The Best Hedge Projects

Landscaping is simple only in pictures. Yes, this is a very interesting occupation, but it’s not so easy to become a professional in this field. You have to go a long way, study, do something with your own hands, repeat someone's complex project, decorate your dacha so that every person walking down the street stops looking at it. Therefore, even if you have already built tall flower beds or started or tried to understand the styles landscape design, you still have to work hard to make your cottage truly exclusive.

Where to start? the site presents a whole series of articles in which you can study, apply them in the garden, outside the site, and in its additional decoration. But today we would like to put aside all the previously written material, because we have a very interesting topic, which we advise you to start studying right now. These are living fences - structures that can be built or grown, you need to think about it for a long time, and you should not delay too much. Already now, when you see some examples of living country fences in the pictures, you will understand why we started our article with such enthusiasm!

Willow fence in the country

We present you with an exclusive willow branch fence that really grows, not just folded into a single pretty pattern. What is most interesting, this fence opens up, showing us young green leaves.

To grow a fence, you only need to cut willow twigs, after specifying for yourself what size and configuration the wicker willow fence will be. Next, dig a trench 25-30 cm deep and fill it with fertile soil. Willow twigs can be held for several days in a growth stimulator and simply installed in a trench. After a couple of weeks, the cuttings will be accepted and begin to grow on their own. It is clear that work should be done in the spring!

We recommend installing poles made of pipes or fittings for fastening willow twigs, between which the wire should be stretched. So you initially tie up the fragile twigs, but soon they will show real, strong growth and surprise everyone with what they turn into a new one!

Living fence of climbing plants

Now we are presenting original fence from, which will not require high costs from the summer resident or the owner of a private house.

In terms of the main plant, you can choose any that suits the characteristics and appearance. For the frame, we only need high-quality wood and a chain-link mesh, or steel wire, which almost every one of us has in the barn.

To build a fence, it is necessary to install poles along the placement line, even from a good wooden beam, and stretch a wire or mesh between the poles.

Living hydrangea fence

For the device of such a living fence you will not need any difficult decisions, because the main thing in the process is its cultivation along the fence line of the dacha or simply along its perimeter.

Create similar landscape forms it is possible not only around the site, but also on its territory, arranging, fencing, or constructing a living wall between yours and the neighboring site.

Live fence made of stone and arborvitae

This is a stone-made base that resembles. But to make the base easier, you can always use and.

We have the same laying of stone on an ordinary mortar and creating a base with soil inside, for planting. In masonry, it is desirable to make drainage passages so that excess moisture can safely leave the building. Further, which is most suitable for planting the plants you have chosen, well, the planting itself.

Other plants can also be used for such projects, for example, the same boxwood or, but it looks great in composition eastern thuja and thuja brabant.

Hedge and ... roses

Roses have always looked beautiful in the garden, no matter what kind and variety, if only roses. At the entrance to the territory of the dacha, behind the main flower beds, individual shrubs around the site, and now on the fence, creating a rather conspicuous living fence from an ordinary fence.

Please note that the fence is the simplest design, and this is an ordinary stone fence with an old decorative trim. it is only necessary to overhaul, well, or to change them altogether for new ones. But there is not always time and money for this, but we do not need good fantasies. What does it cost us to set aside just a day to decorate the fence with roses, or even other constantly flowering plants? The result will surprise you - very original and stylish!

vegetable fence

The strange name does not imply anything superfluous, but only the cultivation of vegetables on the fence. Yes, it is, which is very practical for giving, and often also convenient and just pretty.

What is needed for this? Only dark polyethylene, preferably denser, plants and soil of your choice, a little wire to form a vertical vegetable garden. In the same way, you can grow flowers, herbs, spices, and the vegetable fence itself can be additionally equipped, say,.

Nice decorative fence

It is difficult to call this fence a living fence, and it would even be wrong to include it in this article ... but we decided that everyone should see such an ordinary and even very simple beauty.

We have long changed the concepts and views on building materials, landscaping. And therefore we often have, and more and more massive and complex. But look how beautiful the little white picket fence looks, around which there are many flowers. It is really very beautiful.

Combined design

For many of us, a welded mesh fence is just a temporary fence for a suburban area, behind which construction takes place more often. But this is also a budget option fences of a private area, because not all of us can afford forged fences. But the budget option is not always beautiful, and therefore ideological summer residents today come up with a variety of decorative elements for such fences.

Before you is a combined live fence made of welded mesh and pretty flowers. They are installed in pots and special containers suspended from the fence. Everything is simple, neat and beautiful.

The choice of plants for living fencing (video)

Living wicker fence

This is an interesting design that is made from twigs and branches, and often from the willow vine, which we mentioned earlier. But this option is slightly different from the wicker tyn and decorative willow fence, because living plants are planted inside the fence.

It can be a wide variety of flowers and decorative, but field or even garden plants. This is a serious stylization of old Russian or country style where even sunflowers can fully participate.

Intermediate fences in the country

Few people know this name, but there is nothing complicated here, just a separate section of a standard fence that plays a decorative role. For example, near the entrance to the front garden, closer to the exit to the utility area, in the garden or in the garden, where the fence does not have a protective purpose, but simply complements the style of landscape design. Today, we have a wooden picket fence, on which metal buckets with flowers are hung. It is very difficult to call this fence alive, as well as several of those mentioned earlier, but this is a design with living plants, which means that it can fall into this category.

Fence and old shoes

And again, we have moved away from the topic a little, because the presented fence is only decorative and original. But if you don’t have the opportunity to land near the fence, create a hedge or seriously work with shrubs for a haircut, we offer you a similar option, which was discussed in the article on country ideas.

Everything is very simple, because here you will need a few pairs of old boots, a power tool for installation, soil and plants from any summer cottage that can be transplanted. A couple of hours of work, and the old country fence pleases the eye!

Gabion variant

Gabions are beautifully designed structures made of metal and stone that can play the most incredible roles in the landscape and just on the territory of your site. These are decorative elements, and supporting structures, and even elements of reservoirs.

But today, in view of our consideration of a very interesting topic, we decided to tell you how to make a magnificent living gabion fence.

Installation of structures takes place in an understandable way - fixing the form, backfilling with a stone of the desired grade and fraction, as well as supplementing with other structures and dressing them into a single whole. Can't move away from this algorithm and already at the end of all work, plant plants in the walls of gabions - clog them with soil and plant seeds or seedlings there. But it is more correct to sprinkle the stone installed in gabions with soil than to compact its embankment and masonry. At the same time, it is worth adding the seeds of those plants that you want to see on the "green wall" to the compacting soil. Very soon they will desired result.

Wall of stone and flowers

This country fence is not much different from the gabions described earlier. After all, stone, compaction of the substrate and planting are also used here. Only now there is no metal structure that supports the whole thing. But the technology of the device is not of poor quality, because the masonry takes place very carefully, or even with mortar.

It is very important that the fence becomes alive even during the construction process, since at the end of it it will be very difficult to plant plants in the seams between the stone.

Also, along finished wall with plants, you can clear part of the territory, some strip, and plant ornamental shrubs, and maybe berries, and mulch the strip where the planting takes place with gravel or.

Create a hedge (video)

Pyramid fence, or flower pot design

There is nothing special and no need to explain, because everything can be seen in the picture below. old concrete flower pots, which used to be quite a lot in every park and square, and which are sold today in so many markets, are simply exhibited in certain form pyramid. Here you can choose how it will look like living wall in the country, as well as determine the plants that will grow inside. But it should be understood that such a wall can seriously lose quality in the coming years if its back part simply rests on the soil. Constant humidity will quickly destroy the structure, and therefore we suggest that you turn to the article again and create high-quality drainage.

Finished construction for a live fence

A fence, a dacha fence - those serious structures to which we attribute important roles, for example, the protection of the territory from the penetration of intruders. Therefore, we are well aware that a living fence, no matter how pretty it may be, is not suitable for everyone. But inside the yard, you can create anything, in favor of the style and previously defined design. So why not use our ideas to delimit the territory of the cottage into certain areas - a recreation and picnic area, a flower department, a walking area like an alley, and so on. For this you can use many interesting ways demarcations, and one of them remains small decorative structures that can also become living fences.

Living fences and hedges (video)

Decorative design of the cottage it does little to increase its practicality, but it makes the area pleasant to visit and simply amazingly beautiful. Therefore, remember that working on the technical part is not the most important thing, because it is very good when you can relax in the country and enjoy its beauties created by yourself.

Metal and wooden traditional fences make you feel sad? Would you like to see more fresh dense greenery on your site? Then a do-it-yourself hedge in the country house is just what will please you. A living fence is simple and unpretentious both in planting and in care. Only you can choose the best hedge for yourself, and we will tell you about the most popular options.

A hedge of any plants will fit perfectly in any summer cottage: it will good fencing and background for other landscaping details

Why do we need living fences

When you are in a hurry to work hard and relax on your summer cottage, the main condition is peace, nature and solitude.

There are reasons and more why you should want to create a natural fence on the site:

1. With ordinary hedges, you can’t hide from neighbors and passers-by. Another thing is alive green fence, which will not only reliably hide from the surrounding fuss, but also please the beauty of the eye.
2. Greens are always additional oxygen.
3. Dust and street dirt will not penetrate through the vegetable fence to the site.

Using low plants for hedges, you can create an original fence for your flower bed.

Living fence to the owner's taste

From whatever you want to form a hedge at the dacha, your choice will certainly be justified. However, there are different plants used by gardeners for these purposes.

1. Needle fence

One of the favorite options for summer residents is a coniferous fence. This material can be molded easily, does not require careful maintenance and has a beneficial effect on the owner. The needles clean and fill the air with spruce aroma.

Thuja is one of the few plants that is best suited for "creating a living fence" on your site.

Of course, evergreens are most suitable for creating a hedge. coniferous plants: they all year round will delight you with beauty

There are many types of conifers. A fence from them can be obtained as a curb, and for the entire perimeter of the cottage. Here are some coniferous species that are recommended to use to create a hedge:

• Spruce, pine, cedar. These species are frost resistant, grow for many years and are good for outdoor fencing.
• Fir, thuja. These representatives grow quickly, have the shape of columns or pyramids, perfectly cut into any shape. In general, it is used quite often.
• juniper hedge (). Universal material for a hedge, since from the variety of its varieties it is possible to create curbs, and meter-long and even external fences.

Planting a coniferous hedge

• The earth should be sod, light, moist.
• A hole for conifers is dug to the size of the root ball.
• The roots are rolled into the pit, keeping the shape of the pot, and covered with fertilized soil.
• Sprinkle dry needles or moss on top and water well.
• The distance between pines or spruces is 2-3 m, and juniper is planted every meter and a half.

In order to properly plant a hedge, it is necessary to dig a trench half a meter deep and 0.4-0.5 meters wide. The distance between plants depends on its splendor: for example, in the case of thuja, the distance between seedlings should be 50 - 60 centimeters

To make your coniferous hedge in the country house look great, do not forget to spray it regularly, water it and irrigate it with antifungal solutions.

2. Deciduous tree hedge

For deciduous hedges, decorative willows are used, fruit trees, birches, viburnum, hawthorn, girlish grapes and other species. Such a fence is planted with seedlings, which are better to buy in a nursery.

Planting a hardwood hedge

• I dig a hole for trees on 2 spade bayonets.
• Pour a bucket into the well of water and install a seedling.
• We fall asleep planting with earth fertilized with humus, it is possible with a rooter.
• Pour another bucket of water on top.
• The distance between deciduous should be a meter and a half.

An elegant hedge can be formed from a willow: the truth is that it will take a lot of effort and time to create such a fence, but believe me, it's worth it

Young trees can be grown criss-cross. Plant, for example, willow seedlings and intertwine them with each other. Next year, weave again. Repeat this until the hedge is the height you want, then cut off the tops.

3. Shrubs for hedges

The most popular hedge shrub "of all time" is boxwood. It grows up to a couple of meters, cuts easily and can take absolutely any shape. Usually these are angular wide or round fences.

Boxwood is the undisputed leader among all shrubs that can be used to create a hedge.

A lilac hedge looks great on a large summer cottage: if the territory of your possessions is not large, then it is better to refuse planting lilacs

They also look very cute barberries, forsythia, honey locust, cotoneaster, derain, lilac other.

Planting shrubs

Hedge shrubs are planted like trees, but at a closer distance. Before disembarking, you need to prepare the markup to create the desired decor in the future. This type of hedge requires regular molding and grows on its own very quickly.

Features of cutting shrubs

• Hedge trimming starts in early spring.
• Young soft twigs that are knocked out of the general view are removed with secateurs.
• The first haircut is carried out when the plant has been living for a couple of years. Now it will branch.
• Shrubs are cut both in summer and before wintering.
• The affected branches should also be pruned.

A hedge can be given any shape, but if you want to create something intricate, then it is better to invite a landscape designer. Well, if you want a simple even fence, then you can handle it yourself: the main thing to remember is that the base of the fence should be wider than its top.

From the bushes you can form figures. Draw a layout for this in advance, and then mark the areas for cutting with a rope or a colored spray.

4. Flowering hedges

Most beautiful fence- flower fence, gazebo or trellis. Here you can use any flowering plant varieties.

Hydrangea will help you create a multi-colored "living fence" that will delight you with its beauty all summer long.

The most popular of them:

• Weaving roses. They can be planted as a palette, and in a single color version. Roses will transform even the dullest wooden fence.
• . This unpretentious "fence" can be made multi-colored. Hydrangea is white, but if the soil is acidified, the flowers will be blue, and if the soil is alkaline, pink.
• Rose hip. This is beauty with benefits. Lovely rosehip flowers turn into medicinal berries in the middle of summer.

Also, a flowering fence can be obtained from honeysuckle, magonia, weigela, kalmia, privet and other flowers. Planting and caring for a flower fence is not difficult. To do this, study the features and preferences of each variety.

For cutting hedges, you can use both a conventional manual pruner and modern electric pruners.

Many gardeners are sure that a hedge can be formed from absolutely any plants. And they are not wrong. In this case, the basis is your imagination. Now you know how to plant a hedge correctly, just experiment with a live fence and you will get the long-awaited result, the best for your dacha.

Looking at ordinary fences, no matter how beautiful they are, is a dubious pleasure. In order to make them look more attractive, they are decorated with all possible ways. One of the most effective is a hedge. With its help, you can not only close yourself from prying eyes, but also reduce the amount of dust in the area, as well as lower the noise level. But this is possible if the green fence is high enough and dense.

Types of hedges and plants for them

In height, the hedge can be low - up to 50 cm, medium from 60 cm to 150 cm, and high - above 160 cm. According to the composition of plants - coniferous, deciduous, flowering, according to the type of arrangement - single-row or double-row. All of them can be sheared, or they can be free-growing. Only the list of species speaks of great diversity, and a living fence can also be made up of different plants. The type of hedge is selected depending on its purpose.

Low

A low hedge is also called a curb. It can reach a height of half a meter. Most often used as a living green frame for a flower garden or flower bed, to indicate areas on the site, just for the purpose decorative design. In this case, choose from shrubs, some herbaceous or flowering plants. For clipped hedges of small height fit:

If the border (low hedge) is planned to be free-growing, you can plant:

These are just some of options, but named plants form a dense wall of leaves and flowers, are relatively easy to care for, can grow in middle lane Russia. Just before the final choice, be sure to clarify the zoning of the selected plant, as well as the conditions and features of its cultivation. Choose according to the type and acidity of the soil, as well as the complexity of care and susceptibility to diseases.

If the hedge grows near the house of permanent residence, more attentive and thorough care is possible for it, therefore, you can select from slightly more capricious varieties. At the cottage, it is definitely necessary to choose unpretentious plants. This principle is preserved when choosing plants and for medium and high green fences.

medium height

If a fence of plants up to 1.5 meters high is required, they talk about a fence. It can use both flowering and fruiting shrubs, some types of trees. If such a fence performs a protective function, thorny shrubs can be used in it - barberry, wild rose, tall roses, dogwood. In addition to the plants already mentioned without pruning, you can also plant:

• fruit-bearing - irga, dogwood, hazel, honeysuckle (common, blue, Tatar), golden currant, bright red pyracantha;
• blooming - lilac, forsythia, mock orange, hydrangea, hawthorn, derain, yellow acacia
• with dense foliage - privet, euonymus, cotoneaster, evergreen boxwood, Spirea Vangutta;
• conifers - western thuja, Canadian spruce, green, blue, Siberian fir, yew berry, juniper;

A green hedge is often used only to mask the main fence or complement it. In such cases, the surface of the fence can be used as a support for plants - this is if it needs to be completely masked.

One point: if you are going to cover with plants, you will have to try very hard: it heats up very much in the sun, because of which all plants at a decent distance simply burn out. If you do plan to plant a hedge, you will have to somehow protect the plants from the heat. At least knock down the wooden shields that will temporarily stand along the landing line, reflecting the heat.

High - living walls

For tall hedges (more than 1.5 meters), plants are more often used, although some tall shrubs may well grow up to 2 meters and above:

• evergreen and coniferous - spruce, fir, thuja, yew, juniper (columnar, medium, Chinese), high varieties of evergreen boxwood, pea-bearing cypress;
• fruit trees and berry bushes - berry apple, cherry plum, shadberry (Tatar, spike-flowered), buckthorn, viburnum;
• deciduous - small-leaved linden, pedunculate oak, maple;
• flowering - lilac (tall varieties), honeysuckle, mock orange;

fast growing hedge plants

Plant hedges are very beautiful, but it takes years to form a full-fledged fence. Conifers grow especially long and slowly. For example, thuja will grow to a height of 1.5 m for about 5 years, and berry yew in general 8, but they are pleasing to the eye all year round. Some shrubs grow more than others in a year - from 50 cm to 1 meter, and they can be used for planting and quickly forming a living fence.

• Siberian hawthorn Crataegus sanguineawith yellow flowers- up to 1 meter per year;
• shrub willows;
• blackberries, wild roses, weaving roses (requires support);
• spreading hazel - up to a meter or more per year;
• viburnum viburnum - under favorable conditions, shoots grow up to 1 m;
• deren.

Planting a hedge and care

Creating a green fence starts with the selection of plants. Please note that they must all be of the same age. This is the only way to form an even line. If these are deciduous plants, the age of the seedlings is 2-3 years, if conifers - 3-6 years. If planting is planned in a shaded area, the age of plants for planting in a hedge is more - 7-8 years. In such conditions they grow very slowly, and more or less mature plants will immediately give some kind of appearance.

Hedge planting distances

In the middle lane and closer to the north, landing begins in the spring, in the south it can be planted before winter - in the fall. It all starts with the formation of landing trenches.

• According to the markings, trenches are dug 50-60 cm deep.
• Pour a layer fertile soil suitable composition.
• At the required distance (see the table above), seedlings with a wrapped root system are laid out. Unfold it just before landing.
• In order for the plants to take root well, the existing clod of earth does not need to be broken. Soil is poured around the root system and compacted. How exactly to plant: deepen or, conversely, plant on a hill - depends on the type of plant. Check before work.
• Immediately after planting, the plants are watered, and the soil is sprinkled with mulch - peat, humus, crushed bark. This will keep moisture in.

Further, the first year of care consists in regular watering, loosening the soil, removing weeds, and periodic fertilizing. All activities are prescribed in the recommendations for the care of a particular type of plant. These are the ones you need to follow.

In the fall, pruning may be necessary. Even if the hedge is free-growing, it does not mean that it does not need to be formed. She does not need to be given the correct geometric shape, and pruning is also required for her, as well as for a sheared one.

Rules for trimming an unshaped hedge

As already mentioned, even free-growing green hedges require pruning. The first one is carried out immediately after landing. This creates powerful side shoots, and by the end of summer the bushes become more branchy. The second pruning - goes in the fall and then for 3-4 years the bushes are pruned quite shortly until the required shoot density is reached.

One of effective ways- pruning by the coppice culture method. She uses the ability of all deciduous shrubs to activate dormant basal buds. The stages of pruning the first year are shown in the photo below.

When planting, weak, thin shoots are cut off almost completely, and strong ones are shortened to the first strong bud. By autumn, new shoots will appear from the root, and those left in the spring will give new ones.

When the sap flow stops, all shoots are cut low, short stumps remain. Trim shape - as in the photo - in an arc. During the second season, the bush will become much more dense, several new shoots will appear from the root, two or three powerful branches will leave the “old” ones.

In the third year and further for another 2-3 years, pruning is carried out according to the same principle as in the second year, only branches are cut 3-4 cm higher than in the previous year. Further pruning is also strong, but about 3/4 of the length is cut off. This technique is good for those shrubs that form flower buds at the ends of young shoots.

According to this principle, you can very quickly form a dense hedge from curb - undersized plants, as well as from some medium-sized ones:

• cinquefoil kusarnikova;
• wrinkled rose;
• hydrangea paniculata;
• rowanberry;
• white deren (decorative varieties);
• Spirea Vaguna, Japanese;

The disadvantage of this method is that it greatly activates the formation of root shoots. Very aggressive varieties can produce abundant shoots at a distance of several meters from the bush. Therefore, it is desirable to limit the root zone even during planting by digging in a sheet of asbestos, plastic, metal.

hedge trimming

Many novice gardeners believe that before starting to form a hedge, it needs to be allowed to grow. You can only wait a year or two with conifers, deciduous trees must be cut immediately after planting, and then in the fall, otherwise after 2-3 years of free chaotic growth, it will be either very difficult or even impossible to do anything with the plant.

Before you start molding, you need to choose a shape. Please note that hedges with a straight top you have to cut it often, otherwise they lose their decorative effect. And since growth is the most active in the upper zone, it is here that the ideality of the lines is violated in the first place, while on the side surfaces they are still normal. If it is not possible or desirable to carry out a regular haircut, choose a shape with a rounded or triangular top. Even with a missed haircut, they look normal.

How to cut a hedge to form a "skeleton" - the first two stages

In the first year, all shoots are shortened by a significant part of the height. If these are plants that are sold with bare roots in bunches, they can be cut to half the length, if planted in container plants, cut to 1/3 of the height, or it is not cut at all. In autumn, the bush looks like in the photo, the picture is at the top right. With strong pruning, the formation of new shoots is stimulated, therefore, by the end of summer, the bushes become much thicker. This completes the first stage.

The second stage is the formation of the skeleton. If you look inside the already formed hedge, we will see a powerful frame of bare shoots, from which young ones come in large numbers, with abundant foliage. It is this frame that needs to be formed. At the same time, it should be thick enough so that the surface is dense and opaque. The process begins already in the second year after disembarkation, and continues for 2-3 years. During this period, the frequency of pruning can be up to 4-5 times per season.

The task is to achieve the required density of the “skeleton”. Pruning is done according to the selected shape. In the photo - an example of the formation of the frame. Such pruning must be followed in any final shape, only raising or lowering the top of the triangle - depending on how long and narrow the fence is planned. If it is wider, the top is lowered a little, if you need a narrow and high one, it is raised, and the base is made narrower. From year to year, pruning is done a little higher, literally by 3-4 cm. As a result, new shoots actively sprout, and those that were forming new forks, skeletal branches become more and more branched.

After the required density of shoots is reached, forcing in height begins. This is the third stage. On it, the trimming height is raised more actively - by 5-10 cm at a time. Actively growing upward shoots are pruned until the required density of lateral shoots is obtained. Filling foliage should be dense. Provided that pruning is carried out several times per season, the growth is quite active. At the same time, new shoots are also formed, but there are not as many of them as before.

The third stage of hedge formation is forcing in height

The frequency of pruning depends on the type of plant:

• plums and hawthorn are sheared from May to October three or four times;
• arborvitae, juniper, cotoneaster, snowberry, barberry - once in the summer (July-August), once in October.

Trimming is carried out so that along with the hood upwards, side filling is formed. To avoid gaps, it is better to “raise” the bush more slowly. Then it will be harder to fix.

The final stage of formation is giving the required shape

The last step is to give the desired shape. Next is a regular haircut that maintains shape.

For this type of hedges are very good in our conditions:

• Teren;
• Ottawa barberry;
• blood red hawthorn;
• cotoneaster brilliant;
• snowberry white.

Willow hedge

From the willow you can grow a very special green hedge. It can be woven from freshly cut willow branches, which are simply buried in the ground. Such a landing is accepted with a very high probability. Branches can even be stuck at both ends, forming an arc. The willow will take root from both ends at once. To speed up the process, the top of the shoot is cut off, the bark is cut along in two places by a couple of centimeters. The thus prepared shoot is stuck into the ground.

Using this feature, you can weave a hedge, which will turn green in a few weeks. Prepared shoots are deepened by 15 cm, the earth is tightly pressed around, the planting is watered. To make it look more attractive - the dried ends of the branches do not stick out - bend the rods. At the intersection, they can be intertwined with each other, or they can be connected. If the branches are too thin, you can use two twigs, and periodically put props that will hold in place.

The disadvantage of such a fence is that it has decorative look only a few years. After the shoots become stiff, the greenery practically disappears. But the fence does not become less reliable. On the contrary, it is difficult to break through such a wall - the branches are tightly woven.

Green fence in a couple of weeks

If you wait until shrubs or trees grow for a long time, then herbaceous plants plants produce abundant greens in a couple of weeks. This can be used if you need to decorate an unsightly wall or part of the fence that is in plain sight.

They make a wooden lattice, into which square containers with planted plants are inserted sideways. So that the soil does not fall out of them, the containers are covered with black agrofibre. A very small hole has been made in it, into which the plant looks out.

On well-lit surfaces sufficient watering very soon the wall or fence will become green-shaggy. If desired, you can lay out living pictures in this way - using plants with foliage of different colors.

Photo of hedges from different plants

Often, even from a general photograph of a plant, it is difficult to imagine how it looks in a hedge. We tried to find the most popular and ornamental plants. And this is a photo of hedges, not just plants.

Hawthorn Hedge - free growing and sheared

Different types of cotoneaster. One is good for a sheared live fence, the other is good for a free-growing

Now a few examples of how container planting can be used to decorate a wall or fence.

Another option is beautiful, easy to implement - sewn bags made of agrofiber that hang on the fence

Special "frames" and appropriate lighting, and even at night the wall will look magical

It just so happened that we are all trying to create our own little "world", protecting private land from manifestations outside world- neighbors and curious passers-by, wind and noise, exhaust gases and the hum of cars. However, not all of us are pleased with the prospect of constantly resting our eyes on an unattractive two-meter fence that outlines the boundaries of our possessions. How to make your "kingdom" inaccessible to outsiders without violating natural beauty garden landscape? The answer to this question lies in the depths of the 18th century, when a hedge was first grown - a dense linear planting of landscape gardening plants, designed to protect and, at the same time, decorate a private area.

A green fence located on the border of your land plot, will become a natural barrier to dust, noise and wind, as well as annoying neighbors and uninvited guests. The hedge in the country is especially good, since it does not require such significant financial investments as the construction of a capital fence. An excellent option for a summer cottage is a free-growing hedge - it is quite easy to create it with your own hands, because it does not require periodic haircuts, like regular hedges of the correct geometric shape. Special attention deserves a hedge of roses, which will perfectly decorate the facade of the house, a gazebo or a dull fence. The fence made of girlish grapes looks spectacular - it does not need special care, and in the fall, red grape leaves will create an elegant atmosphere in the garden.

A vine hedge can serve as both a fence and a good backdrop for other landscape design elements.

Types of green hedges

Hedges have come a long way in development before finding themselves in our time. This is probably why the hedge formed with the help of ornamental plants has such a variety of types and forms.

Green hedge, formed in the form of a low curb, is an original frame for flower beds and paths

Based on such a characteristic of a hedge as height, three types of this enclosing plantation can be distinguished:

• low borders up to 1 meter in height - for delineating the boundaries of lawns, flower beds, paths
• hedge 1-2 meters high - for dividing the site into functional zones
• a living wall with a height of 2 meters or more - for landing along the boundaries of the site

Depending on the intensity of the haircut, green hedges are divided into molded and free-growing. Unlike molded hedges, which are sheared into a clear geometric shape, free-growing hedges are practically not subject to correction and grow in an arbitrary direction.

A free-growing hedge of different types of shrubs will decorate the landscape of the site in a landscape style

Another parameter by which hedges are classified is the planting row. A green hedge, during the creation of which plants are planted in one line, belongs to single-row. Two and three-row hedges involve the placement of plants in several lines in the form of tiers of different heights. A single-row green hedge is formed from plants planted at an equal distance from each other. For shrubs, they adhere to a planting step of approximately 30-50 cm, for trees - from 75 to 150 cm. In a multi-row hedge, plants are planted in a checkerboard pattern, while the distance between them is observed depending on the expected crown size and height.

Multi-row cascading hedges are created with a certain amount of imagination, combining freely growing and molded “steps” from various kinds shrubs and trees. A beautiful flowering fence can be created using an unshaped hedge from, shadberry, barberry and other shrubs. For planting a hedge mixed type plants of the same species are used, but different sort- with different colors of foliage or needles. Combinations of purple and green beech, green and variegated privet or holly look good. Such multi-layered fences take up a lot of space, but more effectively protect against unwanted glances and intrusions, polluted atmosphere and highway noise.

To create a molded hedge, it is best to plant plants with small foliage - they will provide a dense surface for the fence.

In the process of shearing, green hedges can be given any shape - from geometric to rounded.

Selection of plants for a green hedge

When choosing plants for planting in the form of hedges, it is better to give preference to those that have passed the "strength test" in domestic climatic conditions. These should be winter-hardy, unpretentious plants with dense foliage, which recover well after shearing and have high ability to the formation of shoots. It is worth paying attention to such trees as maple, hornbeam, blackthorn and shrubs - privet, hawthorn, cotoneaster. Hedges from sea buckthorn, rhododendron, barberry, honeysuckle, wrinkled rose, lilac, shadberry look spectacular. To create a green hedge, plants with small foliage are selected, which, when periodically sheared, form a uniform surface.

A dense impenetrable hedge can be created from free-growing lilac and rhododendron bushes

Planting a green hedge

When choosing planting material for a hedge, it is necessary to take a closer look at the root system and crown of plants - the roots should not be overdried, the crown should be uniform in shape. For planting a plantation in the form of a hedge, young shrubs and trees from 3 to 6 years old are chosen, which are quite developed and can easily take root in new conditions.

Before forming a green fence, it is necessary to learn how to properly plant a hedge so that the plants do not lack sun, moisture and nutrients. In this regard, an important point is the selection of a place for planting a hedge and the season for transferring plants to open ground. As a rule, laying a hedge is done in the spring, after the soil has already dried out, or in the fall, if winter-hardy plants are chosen to form a hedge. The place for the location of the green hedge is chosen far from the buildings - at a distance of at least 2 meters and 0.5-1.5 meters from the main fence.

Material on the requirements for the distance from the fence to buildings will also be useful:

When planting a hedge, it is necessary to dig a trench, loosen and fertilize its bottom, place a seedling and compact the ground

Before planting the hedge, it is necessary to outline the line of its location with a stretched cord. A trench is dug along the marking line with a depth of about 0.5 meters. The width of the trench depends on the row of green hedges - for single-row it is 40-50 cm, for multi-row - plus 50 cm for each subsequent row. The planting density of the hedge is influenced by the characteristics of specific plants, the expected height and the number of rows of hedges.

Dense hedges are used to create secluded places to relax on the garden plot - "green rooms"

Planting density of seedlings per 1 running meter hedges:

• low shrub (magonia, spirea) 5-7 bushes;
• medium shrub (snowberry, cotoneaster) 4-5 bushes;
• tall (2-3 m) trees and bushes (vesicle, hawthorn) 1-2 plants.

Planting a hedge of coniferous plants

Landing coniferous trees a hole is dug with a diameter 2 times the size of the rhizome. garden soil, taken out when digging a hole, is mixed with compost, organic fertilizer and silica, after which it is sprinkled with the bottom of the hole. conifers plants are most often sold in plastic containers. Before planting, the plant is carefully removed from the container and planted in open ground with intact earthy clod. After the tree is installed in the planting hole, it is covered with earth, which is then compacted, but not rammed. At some distance from the planting line, an irrigation ridge is formed in the form of a low mound that prevents the spread of water. At the end of planting, the plants are watered abundantly.

A hedge that delights the eye with its greenery all year round can be formed from evergreen conifers.

Planting a hedge of deciduous plants

Deciduous medium-sized or tall shrubs and trees are sold mainly with a bare root system, which is washed for several hours before planting and pruned, removing damaged and long shoots. The pit for planting is prepared in such a way as to plant the plant to a depth not exceeding that to which it was planted earlier. The earth taken out of the pit is mixed with organic fertilizers, compost and partially returned to the bottom of the pit. A bush or tree is placed in a hole and sprinkled with the remaining earth, monitoring the density of the backfill so that no voids form between the roots of the plant. If the tree has a high trunk, a supporting stake is hammered into the bottom of the pit, to a depth of about 50 cm, to which, after planting, the tree is loosely tied.

A free-growing hedge is often formed from unequally tall deciduous trees and shrubs.

Planting a shrub hedge

Low shrub seedlings are usually grown in plastic containers, which provide the root system of the plant with reliable protection. This allows you not to adhere to clear deadlines for planting bushes in open ground. The hole for planting a bush is prepared taking into account the size of the rhizome of the plant and the earthy coma. When planting, the plant is released from the container with the preservation of an earthen coma and is placed in a dug hole. After filling the voids of the landing pit with earth, upper layer soil is slightly compacted and watered.

A hedge in the form of a free-growing border of low-growing shrubs unobtrusively outlines the border of a green lawn or lawn

To plant a large shrub, you need to dig a trench about 1 m wide and 50-60 cm deep. The bottom of the trench is loosened with pitchforks to a depth of 20 cm and the loosened layer of earth is mixed with peat, leaf humus, manure or compost. It's a good idea to add lime, wood ash and some phosphate fertilizers.

Choose the best varieties ornamental shrubs material will help:

Lavender bushes, planted in the form of a rounded border, will effectively emphasize the path leading to the house.

Planting a trellis fence

Quite often, when a hedge is formed in the country, saving space of a small garden plot is put at the forefront. How can you grow a hedge in the cramped conditions of a land allotment limited to 6 acres? In order to create a green hedge in the form of a dense but not wide trellis, the plants are planted at a small distance from each other - about 20 cm. The trellis hedge looks great if it is formed from plants such as yellow acacia, willow, mountain ash or hawthorn .

A thin and, at the same time, dense trellis hedge can be formed from an ordinary willow

A year later, the planted trees and shrubs are cut off, as they say, "on the stump" - leaving 10-15 cm of the above-ground part of the plant. A year later, in the spring, they carry out a major pruning of the hedge, keeping several of the strongest shoots that are intertwined crosswise - at an angle of 45 degrees, cutting off the bark at the points of contact of the branches. The resulting diamond-shaped "pattern" is fixed on the frame in the form of a lattice structure, built on the basis of stakes driven into the ground with a small step, and crossbars.

The trellis fence is grown by the method of cross-weaving of shoots of shrubs or stunted trees.

Subsequently, all side shoots of the trellis are pruned 2-3 times per season, adhering to a vertical plane, which stimulates further branching of the hedge upwards. Regular side cutting of the trellis hedge is aimed at creating its uniform width - about 30 cm. The trellis is also cut from above, maintaining a certain height of the green fence.

A monotonous gray fence can be revived with a bright, abundantly “blooming trellis” of weaving roses.

Green hedge care

When laying a green fence on an individual or summer cottage, it should be noted that caring for a hedge during the season is much more difficult than for ordinary ones. garden plants. This is due to a greater extent to the fact that the vegetable fence must be tirelessly monitored - watered, fertilized and cut. If you treat the issue of pruning and cutting a hedge without due attention, it can grow so much that it will be impossible to put it in order and you will have to cut the landing “to zero”.

Lush hydrangea inflorescences collected in a hedge will decorate your garden bright accent and protect from uninvited guests

Rules for cutting and trimming

Pruning at landing

Deciduous varieties of trees and shrubs formed into hedges are heavily pruned immediately after planting, leaving 10-15 cm of the above-ground part of the seedling to accelerate the growth of shoots at the base. If the seedlings were purchased with a bare root system, then the aerial part should be pruned to half the existing height. Container-grown seedlings are cut to one third of the height.

A combination of different heights and multi-colored geometric borders will give your garden a unique touch.

Pruning in the second season

A year later, the planted hedge is trimmed about 4 times per season - from May to August. Light pruning in the second year of the hedge is aimed at giving the planting a certain shape and increasing the density of branching.

Such types of shrubs need strong pruning - to a height of about 15 cm from the ground surface: privet, hawthorn, blackthorn, tamarix. At 1/3 of the height of new shoots, pruned: cotoneaster, hornbeam, barberry, boxwood, beech. Cardinal pruning is not required: juniper, laurel cherry, cypress, cypress. In such hedges, only individual branches are cut, which are knocked out of the total mass and give the hedge an untidy look.

Pruning hedges is done in such a way that it Bottom part was wider. than the top

Haircut after 2-3 years

Haircuts of the hedge in subsequent years are carried out to give the decorative fence a neat look - the lateral branching is cut off, the upper shoots are trimmed a little. Deciduous trees and bushes are pruned in early spring- even before the appearance of young leaves, coniferous evergreens can be cut more late spring or early autumn.

It is important to know! When cutting a green hedge, the base is formed slightly wider than the top, so that the lower branches are sufficiently illuminated and develop accordingly.

A special power tool is used to cut long molded hedges.

The upper trimming of the hedge is performed to a height of about 10 cm, after pulling the twine for a guide

A hedge of evergreen or small-leaved plants is cut with an electric tool or scissors. Secateurs are used to trim and trim large-leaved hedges.

When pruning and cutting, hedges can be given any shape, even the most bizarre

Watering and fertilizing

During the season, the hedge must be watered regularly, after loosening the soil by 50-70 cm on both sides of the planting. When watering, a jet of water is directed directly to the base of the plants, providing soil moisture to a depth of 30-40 cm.

With the help of a low rounded hedge, form a labyrinth in the garden - a place for children's games and secluded relaxation

By planting weaving plants near the walls of your house and arranging a simple frame, you will become the owner of a work of park art

In addition to watering, the green hedge needs to be fed with organic and mineral fertilizers. organic fertilizers- compost, leafy humus, peat are applied to the dug up soil in early spring or autumn in an amount of 2 to 5 kg per square meter earth. Mineral fertilizers - nitrogen and phosphate-potassium are added to the soil depending on the season: nitrogen only at the beginning of spring, phosphate - mainly at the end of summer and early autumn. Autumn bait may consist of the following components: 30-40 g of potassium salt, 50-70 g of superphosphate, 50-70 g of ammonium sulfate.