Solitary plantings in landscape design. Garden for the whole family

The spectacle always presupposes a plot. A professionally planned garden or park is set up like a theater set. Only the actors of this theater are motionless and bear a threatening name - tapeworms.

The Soviet Encyclopedic Dictionary (a weighty "brick" of 1988 edition) explains that not only what you think is called a solitaire. Solitaire is both solitaire and a large diamond framed by small ones, and, most importantly, a large single plant that serves as the main element of the entire garden composition.

In a conversation about this composition, theatrical terms constantly slip through: parterre, backstage, and so on. And this can be understood - since the garden is divided into a significant space, it (and the space, and, accordingly, the garden) cannot be covered with one glance. So, you need to prepare the viewer for a walk with a change of impressions. And the change of impressions is already history.

Advice

The condition of the plant intended for solitary planting must be impeccable, otherwise the composition will be damaged at the first stage. Large trees as tapeworms are planted, as a rule, in fairly large areas. In small areas, ornamental shrubs are used as tapeworms, which are distinguished by an unusual shape or long and abundant flowering.

Telling a story, as everyone knows, takes time. If this story is told on the go, it turns out that time and space merge together. Storytellers knew this long before Einstein. This tradition is still alive, as evidenced by the maps of Middle-earth, Moomin-dol, Narnia and other fictional countries.

The Japanese rock garden is arranged in such a way that one of the stones remains hidden from the observer all the time. This is not a story, but a philosophical treatise that a person is not able to comprehend the true structure of the world. European gardens and parks, although they did not carry such an elevated semantic load, told their stories. regular park- this is rationalism and hierarchy, a kind of "vertical of power". The landscape park, on the contrary, is all irregularity and unpredictability. About what we see in real life.

Alleys form a regular park. It is all built around voids. The landscape park is formed by individual objects, trees or groups of trees, building a system of landmarks, significant points in space. Such composition dominants are called tapeworms.
If, however, to resort to the language of dry definitions, then it should be said that solitaires (single plantings) are called free-standing trees that form the basis of a spatial composition. In this capacity, large specimens with a beautiful, well-formed crown are usually used - or with an unusually shaped crown.

Advice

Oak and linden are good as specimens in large areas, while mountain ash and maple are more suitable for small gardens for single plantings. Excellent combinations of mountain ash with maple or linden.

When planning solitary plantings, you need to remember the proportional ratios of open space and the plant that should appear there. We may not be aware of the proportions of the spaces around us, but we always subconsciously react to them with changes in mood. Most general rule is this: standing on the edge of an open lawn, a person should see the whole plant, without lifting his head and not looking for him with his eyes against the background of other trees and shrubs. To do this, the height of the tapeworm in adulthood and the width of the open space should be related as 1:3. This ratio is easy to maintain when laying a large park. On the gardens and household plots open spaces are much smaller.

In these cases, a low tree or a short garden form can serve as a good tapeworm, beautiful bush, standard grafting, imitating a small tree. Tapeworms look best on well-groomed, trimmed lawns with a smooth grass surface. Great importance it also has a distant plan formed by trees or shrubs framing this lawn.

As a leader, the tapeworm should not merge with the background, but contrast with it, therefore, for single plantings, plants of a different species or variety are used than those that grow in the general background. If the plant is deciduous, then you should think about how it will look in winter period devoid of leaves. Intricately curved or openwork intertwined branches, lightly sprinkled with snow, will decorate the garden in winter. On the contrary, bare black branches are unlikely to dominate and look beautiful against the backdrop of a snow-white meadow.

Advice

It is very important that the plants chosen for a single planting be absolutely stable in the conditions in which they will grow for many years, that is, such trees or shrubs must not only be beautiful, but also frost-resistant, and also resistant to pests and diseases.

Under conditions of solitary planting, the tree does not stretch upwards, but forms a uniform and regular spreading crown, located relatively low above the ground. With such a planting, the trees develop an even, strong trunk with a low trunk, and in some cases (for example, in linden, Tatar maple, spruce), the branches depart from the trunk almost at ground level. In other species (sugar maple, some types of hawthorn, decorative forms of apple trees, willows), the lower branches are still located at a certain height, but they bend and reach the ground, forming a beautiful tent.

Solitaires acquire a particularly important role if the task is to create not just a landscape park, but an ecological garden, a kind of miniature reserve.

In its appearance and character, it must correspond to the environment, becoming its organic component. The main task here is to reproduce and maintain the most natural environment with careful planning of the site for practical needs. In this case, of course, it is necessary to proceed from reasonable expediency.

The main principle in the arrangement of the ecological garden is the organization of the natural landscape. If possible, the existing topography, soil and healthy wild plants should be preserved. It should be noted that the soil - its structure and fertile layer - most often needs to be corrected, since private gardens, even those located in forest areas, in the overwhelming majority of cases are laid out on depleted soils.

Advice

You should not rush to level the surface: it is better to turn a pit or depression into a reservoir where water will be collected, ground water in waterlogged areas and rain water in dry areas, and take an open sunny place under a grassy lawn. Vegetation cover should be formed according to the natural standard from tiers: tree, shrub, grass and ground cover.

The basis of tree and shrub groups in this case are the species of the surrounding forests. The Leningrad region is located in the taiga zone, coniferous-deciduous forests begin in the south, but this is only the first approximation to the truth. In fact, even in a small area, the composition of vegetation is usually heterogeneous. It varies depending on local soil and ground and air conditions. In addition, the motley mosaic of natural vegetation may be the result of the influence of human activity. So, making the basis for the garden, it is necessary to take into account the prevailing vegetation of the area, and the microrelief of the site, and the influence of the anthropogenic factor.

The formation of a new tree and shrub component of the garden is a long-term event. It requires patience and is carried out in several stages. First of all, it is necessary to lay a structural foundation of dominant and slow-growing trees. From hardwoods, these are oak and linden, from conifers - spruce. The whole territory, where conditions allow both spruce and oak to grow, is an arena of struggle between them. Spruce is more shade-tolerant than oak, and if it overtakes it in growth and shades, then the oak dies. The same happens on excessively wet soils. The situation is different on dry and rich soils, where oak grows faster than spruce and displaces it. In order for both trees to develop without competing with each other, they should not be planted side by side.

Satellite trees in mixed coniferous-deciduous forests are maple, mountain ash, ash, wild apple and pear. They are placed second. Then, replacement rocks are planted.

For the coniferous group, birch, aspen, alder can be a temporary addition. In general, there are as many options for groups as in nature. An odd number of trees - 3, 5, 7, and so on, depending on the size of the territory, for some reason always looks better.

Siberian larch is exceptionally good as a tapeworm. Although it is not found in the Northwest in vivo, its inclusion in the ecological garden is justified by the fact that larch is the oldest component of artificial forest plantations. In addition, it is exceptionally advantageous from an aesthetic point of view: the soft needles of larch in the fall first become even light yellow, then yellow, turn brown after a while and only then fall off.

Thus, for any style you choose, planting tapeworms is the main stage in the formation of the garden. It is important to remember that every piece of land, no matter how small, can be effectively beaten, turning into a true work of art. The parks of the suburbs of St. Petersburg have been telling their stories for more than a century. The one who manages to turn an ordinary garden into a garden capable of telling others more than one story (or playing more than one play) will be able to stand on a par with the creators of Pavlovsk and Tsarskoye Selo.

"Landscape solutions" No. 2 (04), 2008

Tapeworm- translated from Latin means "lonely." This is the name of a single plant. From flower crops as solitaires commonly used types from spring to autumn: plants with large, showy flowers or with small flowers, but collected in dense inflorescences, as well as species with an original shape or color of the leaves, or with beautiful stems and fruits.

In any case, the plants that are used for such flower beds should be bright and unusual. Their role is to arrange . Typically, they are located on open places, at a sufficient distance from the rest of the landings. At the same time, for their effective perception, the distance from the viewpoint to the plant should be at least two to three heights of the plant itself.

When placing tapeworms remember: species with small foliage, with an exotic shape of flowers, as well as varieties with dark flowers are planted closer to the viewing point, and, conversely, plants with large leaf blades, large and bright flowers or inflorescences can be placed further - they are clearly visible from a distance.

Appropriate location for tapeworm- near , near the front staircase, near or freely - on the lawn, at the turn of the path.
Sometimes, to achieve a high decorative effect, several plants of the same type are planted side by side. But all plants must certainly be healthy, as well as densely, evenly leafy, and, most importantly, have an interesting and original shape.

Flower and leaf coloring specimen plants must be in harmony with the correctly chosen ambient background, which, in turn, is subject to a number of strict requirements. This is either a perfectly manicured lawn, or an array of shrubs, or . Plants of the last two options should be without dry or broken branches and well formed, have a healthy appearance. The wall of the building can also serve as a background.

For example, a solitary can be several planted next to each other and creating a single color spot. Taking into account the fact that the plant should be in a prominent, well-lit place throughout the day, light-loving plants are most often used as tapeworms.

Often largeherbaceous plants (cultural dahlia, hybrid delphinium, canna, tree and Chinese peonies,).

good options there will be perennial bush aster, amaranth (tall varieties), astilbes (David, Arends, Thunberg), volzhanka, gelenium, hemerocalis, elecampane tall, dicentra magnificent, irises, broad-leaved bell, mullein, lilies, lupine, Macleia, Monarda, rhubarb, rudbeckia scattered, phlox paniculata (tall varieties),eremurus (Himalayan, Olga, powerful, Etchison), ash tree.

Also good for this purpose are long-flowering, beautiful from all vantage points. . From aconite (giant varieties), kohiya, or, as it is also called, summer cypress, castor bean, ornamental cabbage, sunflower, and frombiennials- mallow (stock-rose), foxglove.

Excellent solo : wild grapes, hops, honeysuckle, morning glory, clematis.

Recently, carefully shaped . If a bush is chosen as a tapeworm, it is necessary to prune in time (starting from a young age), form a crown, maintaining its high decorative effect.It can be both decorative and deciduous(barberry, euonymus, hawthorn, elderberry small-leaved Canadian linden, mahonia, boxwood), and (hydrangea, cinquefoil, rose, lilac, spirea). And, of course, you can't ignore - many of them have a natural interesting shape, if they are allowed to grow freely, and also easily tolerate a haircut (gray spruce, cypress, arborvitae).

The possibilities of placing trees and shrubs on lawns depend, first of all, on the area of green cover, the general design of the site and are determined by the diversity of the assortment. Its range is very wide and includes tall and low plants; ornamental, beautifully flowering, beautifully fruited; drought-resistant, sun-loving and preferring moist, semi-shady places; coniferous, deciduous and evergreen species, etc., as if specially created by nature itself, serves as an invaluable background for the manifestation of all the beauty of woody plants. Remaining in the shadows, it often plays a secondary role when you can't take your eyes off the rhododendrons, hydrangeas or reddening foliage of Japanese maples blooming against its background. Sometimes he himself comes to the fore, and then the velvety green of lawn grasses sparkles like a precious emerald in the frame of hedges, against the backdrop of flaring autumn foliage of deciduous species or dark green needles of conifers.

No other plant is able to give the lawn such a bright personality as a beautiful tree - tapeworm. A natural, well-formed crown in many species is formed only when the tree is allowed to grow freely.

Tapeworm - a single planting of a highly ornamental plant with foliage of the original shape and color, large or abundant flowers, attractive fruits. It is used in accented points of the stalls, on the lawn, against the background of the house, at the entrance, at the turns of the paths, etc.

According to generally accepted life forms, a tree, a shrub, and even a shrub can become a tree tapeworm on a lawn. Tall trees thanks to its size can themselves determine the general appearance of the green space. They are more appropriate on large lawns, where they are spectacular both in the center and in the background of flower beds. More compact trees are good on small lawns in small gardens, where their location can be either in the center or anywhere else. It is the size that plays an important role when choosing a lawn tapeworm, since the landing site of the tapeworm is determined by its size. This concept includes not only the maximum height of an adult plant, but also the diameter of the crown, which outlines how much area is needed for a tree. In large areas in parks, trees of the first and second sizes are often used as lawn tapeworms, in small areas - rocks of the third size. Recently, for small gardens on lawns, a wide variety of decorative forms with a small height and crown diameter are in demand.

The size of the tree depends on the annual growth of shoots, so it is important to know which tapeworm tree you have chosen for your lawn in terms of growth.

In addition, the average data on the height of a tree, the diameter of its crown can vary significantly depending on the soil and climatic conditions. In width, the crown grows more slowly than in height, but the tree continues to grow in width even after the growth in height stops. In compositions, it is better not to mix slow-growing and fast-growing breeds.

The choice of lawn tapeworms to be placed in the center of an open space should be limited to light-loving trees and shrubs.

An important criterion for the selection of a lawn tapeworm are the features of the formation of the root system. Most trees with a shallow (warty birch, spruce, magnolia) and some with a heart-shaped root system (linden, hazel, ornamental cherries) get along well with lawn grasses with their shallow and abundantly branching roots. Trees with a deep root system (common chestnut, walnut, hawthorn, pine) have a longer main root, often branched below, and superficial lateral roots. These trees are the most resilient. Do not choose trees with powerful superficial roots for tapeworms (gleditia, robinia, ash-leaved maple, etc.), as over time the gnarled roots will spoil. Although at present even these species have a number of decorative forms of a small habitus and not with such powerful root systems, which allows them to also be used for planting on lawns.

In practice, when choosing a lawn tapeworm, one important criterion is most often used - its decorative effect. Indeed, the large and varied potential of the decorative effect of trees and shrubs, concluded in the shape of the crown, the exotic habit, the shape and color of the leaves, the spectacular flowering and fruiting, is especially clearly manifested in single plantings or compositions against the backdrop of lawns. It is green coatings that are the podium for demonstrating a real defile of a wide variety of decorative forms of tree species.

Solitaires with various crown shapes for lawns

Apart from life form and height in woody plants, the endless variety of crown forms attracts attention. Trees with a pyramidal, columnar and cone-shaped crown are very effective on regular-style lawns. Among the deciduous trees are common hornbeam (Carpinus betulus "Fastigiata", "Monumentalis"), mountain ash Sorbus aucuparia "Fastigiata", Lamarck's irga (Amelanchier lamarckii "Obelisk") i. The warty birch (Betulapendula "Fastigiata") is especially decorative in winter, when the structure of its crown is clearly visible.

Among conifers, these are decorative forms of prickly spruce (Piceapungens "Glauca"), common pine (Pinus sylvestris "Fastigiata"), drooping thujopsis (Thujopsis dolabrata "Variegata"), etc. Pyramidal, columnar forms of tree crowns against the background of lawns can emphasize, for example, the central entrance to the building; they give the South Parks a kind of monumentality. Chinese juniper tapeworms look in contrast against the background of other plants.

But individual groups of such plants can block the prospect with an inept landing against the background of ordinary lawns in a landscape park. Pyramidal, columnar, cone-shaped forms are used in contrasting groups. To obtain the artistic unity of groups from such forms, it is necessary to find successful proportions when combining plants of different heights and crown shapes.

A lower cone-shaped crown has decorative forms of gray spruce (Picea glauca "Conica"), thuja western Thuja occidentalis "WagnerV," Wareana Lutescens "," Vervaeneana "," Douglasii Pyramidalis "," Cristata "," Pyramidalis Compacta "," Spiralis "etc.). They, like undersized pyramidal forms, can be used on small parterre lawns, in mixborders on lawns of various types, in rockeries on lawns. The most interesting plants are: gray spruce (Picea glauca "Nana"), prickly spruce (P. pungens "Glauca Globosa"), Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis "Leeana"), pea cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera "Filifera"), Lawson's cypress (Ch. lawsoniana "KramerV"), common juniper (Juniperus communis "Meyer") and many dwarf forms of the western thuja.

Along with columnar forms, they are very good at solitary landing trees with a spherical crown. They are best placed on parterre lawns in regular-style gardens. Breeds with such a spherical crown are ideal, such as prickly hawthorn (Crataegus oxyacantha "Carrierei"), field maple (Acer campestre "Nanum"), common ash (Fraxinus excelsior "Crispa"), etc. Beautiful in the south with its rounded shape, large-fruited strawberry ( Arbutus unedo), the natural wide spreading round shape of the crown of the catalpa bignonioides (Catalpa bignonioides) is spectacular.

Lawn solitaires with a spherical crown shape

Recently, specialized nurseries and stores offer small, slow-growing, spherical standard forms of shrub cherries (Prunus cerasus "Umbraculifera"), black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia "Umbraculifera"), Norway maple (Acerplatanoides "Globosum"), catalpa bignonioides (Catalpa bignonioides "Nana").

Particularly spectacular spherical shapes conifers: western thuja (Thuja occidentalis "Globosa", "Hoveyi", "Woodwardii"), mountain pine (Pinus mugo "Kobold", "Compacta", "Mops"), Weymouth pine (P. strobus "Pumila"), pine common (P. sylvestris "Globosa Viridis"), etc.

The prostrate form of shrubs with shoots spread low above the ground, like the wings of a huge bird, is very effective. It is characteristic of some conifers. Particularly interesting is the Chinese juniper (Juniperiis chinensis "Old Gold") with a bronze-yellow needle color that persists in winter.

Weeping lawn tapeworms

The generally accepted opinion that planting tree tapeworms with a weeping crown shape only near water is erroneous. These forms can take quite worthy of them, a central place on the lawn. Recognized "classics" with a weeping crown: drooping birch (Betula pendula "Yongii"), goat willow (Salix caprea "Kilmarnock"), decorative from the sakura group (Prunus subhirtella "Pendula"), Atlas gray weeping cedar (Cedrus atlantica "Glauca Pendula "), Canadian hemlock (Tsuga canadensis "Pendula").

In conifers, of particular interest to lawns are youthful (juvenile) and "transitional" forms, that is, having needle-shaped and scaly-shaped needles in adulthood; they are highly valued for their original appearance. For landscaping the foregrounds of green spaces, they use: Lawson's cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Fletcher'), Cossack juniper (Juniperus sabina "Cupressifolia"), Chinese juniper (J.chinensis "Pfitzeriana"), western thuja (Thuja occidentalis "Ericoides", "Rheingold" , "Ellwangeriana"), etc.

Decorative leaf solitaires for lawns

Often lawn tapeworms have not only a pronounced architectural appearance (habitus), but an interesting shape, texture and color of the leaves. Among the decorative forms, there are many tree species characterized by very beautiful leaves, remarkable for their size, shape and color.

Large leaves give trees and shrubs special significance and monumentality. At the same time, it is important what form of leaf blade they have: exotic, like that of palm trees; palmate, like maples, plane trees; heart-leaved, like catalpas, paulownia felt; lobed, like oaks, etc. Large trees with large double or triple pinnate leaf blades have a rather loose structure and create an impression that is not monumental, like other large-leaved species, but rather majestic. So, odd-pinnate leaves of mountain ash, ash, walnut, or double-pinnate like those of Lankaran acacia, despite their size, give the trees delicacy and lightness. Carved leaves attract attention with their shape, so trees with such foliage are located in fairly visible places on the lawn. Maples have a leaf blade cut to one degree or another.

Additional diversity in the decoration of lawns is brought by forms with strongly dissected leaves. These are sugar maple (Acer saccharinum "Laciniatum"), black alder (Alnus glutinosa "Imperialis"), warty birch (Betula pendula "Gracilis"). The filigree of their leaves gives the trees a very elegant openwork outfit.

Among tree exotics, there are their leader tapeworms. These are palm trees, tree-like yuccas, in which leaves directed upwards attract attention. Their strict linearity emphasizes the regular style.

No less interesting are the various surfaces (texture) of the leaves, which can be smooth, rough, shiny or matte.

The skillful use of tapeworms with different, including contrasting, architectonics and textures creates an expressive spatial structure of the lawn.

Typically green color woody plants has a very great decorative value. It blends harmoniously with the emerald surface of the lawns. The green color of the leaves of warty birch, common hornbeam, field maple, etc. is spectacular.

The bright green color of the needles, reminiscent of fresh greenery, has decorative forms of Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis "Mint Julep"), mountain pine (Pinus mugo "Kobold", Frisia"), western arborvitae (Thuja accidentalis, "Elegantissima"), etc.

But variegated trees look especially elegant on lawns. Red, yellow, variegated, silvery - this multi-colored deciduous outfit in decorative forms of trees and shrubs is much more luxurious than typical green. It pleases with its beauty throughout the growing season, especially brightly manifested in early spring and again flashing in the autumn time once again with a farewell fiery fire. A real multi-colored parade in autumn is created by a wide variety of hardwoods, which during this period have crimson, purple, golden, orange leaves (maple, ash, linden, deciduous, cotoneaster, barberry, honeysuckle, rose hips, etc.). Among coniferous cultivars, there are also many plants with a variety of needle colors: yellow, golden, blue, gray, silver, etc. Color plants are suitable for planting in groups and singly when creating contrasting compositions on lawns of any type.

There are many red-leaved woody forms with the so-called red leaves, more precisely purple-red or burgundy. different shades. They meet at the fan maple (Acer palmatum "Atropurpureum"), forest beech (Fagus sylvatica "Purple Fountain"), apple (Malus "Royalty"), Thunberg barberry (Berberis thunbergii "Atropurpurea", "Atropurpurea Nana", "Red Chief, "Red Pillar", "Bagatelle", "Golden Ring" - purple leaves with a narrow: yellow edge,), warty birch (Betula pendula "Purpurea"), etc. In the splayed plum (Prunus serasifera "Pissardii"), dark crimson leaves do not change their color in during the entire growing season. Exquisite beauties in red clothes on large lawns will look like forest beech (Fagus sylvatica "Atropunicea"), Norway maple (Acer platanoides "Faassen" s Black "), etc. The latter has young leaves matte, bronze-red, later rich dark red color, the color persists throughout the growing season. Sometimes this bright beauty is ephemeroid and appears at certain times of the year. In spring, young leaves of the fan maple have the most intense color, and its decorative form"Ornatum" they are red-brown, later green-brown, and shortly before leaf fall they become bright orange for a while. The leaves of ornamental cherries (Prunus "Kanzan", "Shirotae", "Shirofugen") have a copper tint in spring, giving the trees an additional decorative effect.

In contrast to the rich purple tones, some trees have a light, silver leaf color, created by dense pubescence. These are round-leaved mountain ash (Sorbus aria "Magnifica"), narrow-leaved sucker (Elaeagnus angustifoUa), willow pear (Pyrus sadicifolia "Pendula"), Swiss willow (Salix helvetica), etc.

Of particular value are coniferous trees with blue, gray and silver needles, like prickly spruce (Picea pungens "Glauca"), common spruce (P. abies "Pumila Glauca,"), single-colored fir (Abies concolor "Violacea"), pine common (Pinus sylvestris "Watereri"), rocky juniper (Juniperus scopulorum). Of the shrubs, it is necessary to distinguish a dwarf form of European cedar pine (Pinus cembra "Compacta Glauca"), common juniper (Juniperus communis "Meyer"), m. Virginian (J. virginiana "Glauca"), so horizontal (J.horizontalis "Glauca" ).

Beautiful, no doubt, are variegated plants, the green color of which is complemented by white or yellow stripes, spots, specks. Decorative forms of trees with yellow foliage, needles grow more slowly and are smaller in height than typical species. Against the green background of the lawn, a duet of yellow and red-leaved shrubs will be spectacular.

Beautiful lawn tapeworms

With the onset of autumn, beautiful-fruited trees become the leading soloists on the lawns, providing a bright, sometimes even exotic decorative effect, which often persists into the winter. In addition, the fruits of many species are food for birds.

The shape of the fruits is very interesting: heart-shaped boxes in paulownia felt, long thin pasta in catalpas, velvet beans in wisteria, raspberry beans in common purple, etc.

Let's build a fruit "dance" of beautiful plants and admire its palette. Always "cheerful" and give a good mood, radiating their warmth, yellow and orange fruits. First of all, these are the fruits of ginkgo biloba, ornamental apple trees. Somewhat pompous woody with red fruits - hawthorn, roses, euonymus, viburnum, mountain ash, honeysuckle. In this festive extravaganza of fruits, not the last role is assigned to the purple-red attire of the seedlings of barberries, cotoneasters, some apple trees, fiery red pirancanthus, three-peaked curling, etc. Traditionally, maple and ash trees have green fruits, which eventually become light brown. Brown color is also characteristic of the cones of many conifers. favorites purple among the shrubs consider beautiful fruits (Callicarpa americana, C.japonica, C.dichotoma, C.bodinieri); among conifers - Korean fir (Abies koreana), Serbian spruce (Picea omorika "Nana") with purple-blue cones. Some species of barberries (Berberis lycioides, B.julianae, B.pruinosa) are noble in their dark purple tones. Unusual with white fruits are snowberries (Symphoricarpos albus). It seems that these white angels touched the plants with their wings and left their mark on them.

Lawn tapeworms with an open crown shape

Creeping decorative forms are suitable for planting on small parterre and ordinary lawns, rockeries on the lawn. They are more effective in group planting or compositions with other plants. They can be used as ground cover plants to create alternative "juniper lawns" at a planting density of 2-3 pcs/m2. In the foreground, cultivars are planted: Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis "Pfitzeriana"), Cossack juniper (J. sabina "Tamari-scifolia" "), horizontal juniper (J. horizontalis "Glauca"). These and similar undersized forms create a kind of decorative Effect.

Lawn tapeworms with a creeping crown shape

Weeping forms with original crown branching create lyrical silhouette effects on ordinary lawns near ponds. Particularly beautiful on large lawns are Babylon willow (Salix babylonica), white mulberry (Mdrus alba "Pendula"), common ash (Fraxinus excelsior "Pendula"); no less popular is the weeping elm (Ulmus glabra "Pendula"). For small lawns, small trees with a weeping crown shape and sometimes long branches hanging down to the ground are in demand. Some of them remain usually low, but very wide, so that they may well replace the gazebo. These are: weeping goat willow (Salix caprea "Kilmornock"), willow pear (Pyrus salicifolia "Pendula"), weeping red-leaved forest beech (Fagus sylvatica "Purpurea Pendula"). Among conifers, these are cultivars of western arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis "Filiformis"), common spruce (Picea abies "Granstonii", "Viminalis", "Inversa"), European larch (Larix decidua "Pendula"), Japanese larch (L. kaempferl "Pendula ").

Exotic lawn tapeworms

Recently, lovers of the most diverse exotic, even in northern regions they cannot refuse spectacular lawn tapeworms, where they put them in tubs on the site in summer, gradually accustoming them to open ground conditions. Of course, true connoisseurs of this peculiar beauty do not face such problems in the ChPK and South Coast, except that they secure themselves a little by covering exotics in the first years after planting with agricultural cloth. A wide variety of evergreen plants winter well here: large-flowered magnolia, osmanthus, resinous seeds, oleanders, hollies, Japanese medlar, photinia, evergreen boxwood, noble laurel, Japanese aucuba, prickly sucker, laurel cherries, viburnum and evergreen barberries, etc. Exquisitely looks against the background of an alternative lawn. stonecrop tree-like yucca (Yucca treculiana), Wheeler's dasylirion (Dasylirion wheeleri), southern cordilina (Cordyline australis); against the background of an ordinary lawn - Chilean araucaria (Araucaria agaisa), palm trees (Trachycarpus fortunei, Chamaerops humilis), etc.

Unusual forms of conifers look no less exotic on parterre and ordinary lawns.

For example, the serpentine shape of the common spruce Picea dbies "Virgata"), which is 5 m high, with long, barely branched shoots resembling lashes or hoses. The upper shoots are directed upwards, the lower ones hang down. Its inverted forms are Picea abies "Inversa") 6-8 m high with a narrow unevenly developed weeping crown. The branches and shoots are hanging, vertically sheer, the lower ones lie on the ground. Picea abies "Frohburg" has a weeping form with a well-defined straight trunk and hanging side shoots. At the age of 10, you reach 2 m in height.

Beautiful flowering lawn tapeworms

Among ornamental trees and shrubs, flowering species occupy a special place, as they are the owners of the most spectacular part of the plant - the flower. Due to the color, peculiar shape, size, aroma of the flower (inflorescence), abundance of flowering, such plants very often become seasonal dominants on the lawn. In most cases, it is the flowers that give the plant a characteristic expressiveness and the flowering period becomes the brightest throughout the growing season.

The most spectacular trees with large flowers, which are certainly in the focus of the entire composition and attract everyone's attention. For them, as for large leaves, the shape is not so important, they are already in sight. The palm tree in this beauty contest is held by spring-blooming magnolias. Their unearthly beauty flowering becomes a real miracle on the lawn. Magnolia Kobus (Magnolia kobus), star magnolia (M.stellata), magnolia Labne "ra (M. x loebneri "Merril") are the first to bloom in March, flaunting their snow-white star-shaped flowers. Magnolia Soulange (M. x soulangeana), is the most famous representative of this ancient family.Obtained about 200 years ago in France as a result of crossing two wild-growing species, she became the progenitor of numerous garden forms with flowers of a wide variety of colors, often of especially large sizes.

Many ornamental forms of cherries are spectacular in flowering, which originate from small serrated cherries (Cerasus serrulata, syn. Prunus serrulata). Delicate white and pink tones cherry blossoms give a unique look to the spring lawn. The spectrum of their various crown forms is rich - from strict columnar to widely spreading or weeping. For small lawns - miniature forms. For example, Kuril (Cerassus kurilensis "Brillanf - white-pink flowers, "Ruby" - red flowers). short-bristled (Cerasus subhirtella "Pendula") - a real soloist on the lawn, the open space of which will contribute to a correctly and beautifully formed crown, and with a planted in the circle of chionodoxos, this ornamental cherry will become a true pearl of the lawn.Ornamental cherry "Kanzan" is a tree of the second magnitude in height and a crown diameter of 10 m for a large lawn.It is stunningly beautiful in early May, when it is in full bloom, wrapped in a bright pink flowering foam .

The tree-like peony blooming in spring is striking in its pomposity, creating predominantly pink fragrant spots and also claiming to be a leader in the flower garden.

A certain originality of flowers, contained in their doubleness, is capable of enhancing the perception of the beauty of flowering woody ones. Currently, terry varieties are known from single-petal hawthorn, decorative cherries, roses, peonies, mock oranges, spirea, etc.

Many woody plants have small flowers, but due to the abundant flowering and dense arrangement in a wide variety of inflorescences, they become not only noticeable, but also able to give their owners a bright and colorful look. Such plants are soloists of the lawn, bringing their exotic originality to its structure. Often it is they who concentrate everyone's attention on themselves, again and again causing surprise and delight. So, for example, when the color of hydrangea inflorescences gradually changes from green to bright pink, white, bluish, it seems that you are watching the miracle of reincarnation!

Candle-shaped inflorescences of chestnuts are always noticeable. Thanks to such majestic attributes, the plant plays the role of a seasonal dominant, emphasizing vertical accents. Impressive candles, like signals, you can't miss them!

Without any competition, of course, roses, the beauty and aroma of which cannot be described in words, but to emphasize "her majesty" - such an honor fell to the lot of the green cover of the lawn.

Among the whole variety of beautifully flowering trees and shrubs, it is impossible not to dwell on such an important characteristic of a flower as its color. Remembering the flower circle, as well as the children's hint "Every hunter wants to know where the pheasants are sitting," we will give some examples of plants by the colors of their flowers (inflorescences). Red flowers have weigels, blooming calicant; orange -, roses; yellow - early winter flower, forsythia, Russian broom, holly mahonia, barberries, etc .; blue-blue - ceanotus, karyopteris; purple - narrow-leaved lavender, Chinese wisteria. In addition, pink and purple-pink flowers are characteristic of Sulange magnolia, Tatar honeysuckle, decorative peaches, apple trees, oleander; purple and lilac - for apple trees, weigels, buddles of David; lilac - common lilac; pink - to apple trees, Gerard's indigo. The brown color of the flowers is very rare, like that of the tree vine Akebia quinata (Akebia quinata). Many shrubs with white flowers. These are mock oranges, lilacs, deutsii, spireas, honeysuckle, apple trees, pears, cherries, etc. Two-tone flowers of roses, lilacs, rhododendrons, etc. are interesting in their own way. But plants with varieties with a rich palette of colors have become real favorites among flowering shrubs . Today among them: roses, lilacs, oleanders, peonies, silverweed, honeysuckle, heathers, etc.

Some trees and nature endowed not only with the beauty of abundant flowering, but also gave them a wonderful aroma, which can have an equally strong effect. First of all, these are roses, lilacs, mock oranges, magnolias, jasmines, resin seeds, osmanthus, etc.

The beauty of some breeds is like a flash of lightning: it is so short, in others it is longer; often given a certain amount of time. As a rule, the number of spring and summer flowering trees and shrubs is large enough to embody the most diverse fantasies in the design of the lawn. You can extend the beauty of a lawn tapeworm that has faded in spring in summer and autumn by decorating it with ampelous plants.

Tapeworms with curved shoots and attractive lawn bark

In winter, when not only the last leaves, but also the fruits fall, it's time for a fashion show on the lawns of trees and shrubs sleeping under the snow with twisted trunks and elegant bark.

The floridity of the shoots of the native downy oak (Quercus pubescens) fascinates. Picturesquely curved shoots of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia "Tortuosa"), original shoots, Matsudan willow (Salixsepulcralis "Erythroflexuosa") also with light orange; red bark. Curved forms of common hazel (Corylus avellana "Contorta") with strongly twisted "corkscrew" branches; willow Babylon (Salix babylonica "Tortuosa") with spirally twisted yellowish shoots; willow udinskaya (Salix udensis "Sekka") with unusual reddish shoots, asymmetrically branched, flat and twisted at the ends, look especially impressive.

As if the trunks of Erman's birch (Betula ermanii) are wrapped in yellow-brown paper, and the warty birch (Betulapendula) and useful birch (Betula utilis "Doorenbos") are wrapped in white paper. The Pennsylvanian maple (Acer pensylvanicum) has striped bark. Like sheets of parchment, the brown bark of the gray maple (Acer griseum) is torn off in wide stripes. The bark of all tree-like forms of ornamental cherries only becomes more beautiful with age. The most elegant bark is the saw cherry (Prunus serrula), originally from Western China. The shiny red-brown surface of the trunk looks especially impressive in winter.

A beautiful tree or shrub in an open space looks as stunning as a single large diamond in a setting. Therefore, a stand-alone plant, it is also a tapeworm - in landscape design, although not a new technique, it is relevant. The role of the dominant component is suitable for both deciduous and conifers. Let's find out what parameters the tapeworm must meet in order to look perfect.

Single landings - living diamonds of landscape design

The French term solitaire means "large single diamond". This word quite accurately describes the main feature of the tapeworm. The plant itself looks great, doing without additions. Around decorative element enough free space is left to view the living decoration.

Solitaire needs space! If the territorial resources of private or corporate ownership are limited, then small-sized plants are used.

The main features of the tapeworm:

A solitary tree or shrub, herbaceous perennial or annual plant, planted separately in a trimmed lawn, a neat lawn.
The correct or unusual shape of the crown, spectacular leaves, beautiful flowers or inflorescences.
The distance from a single plant to other shrubs, trees, flowers is two or three of its height.
The size, shape, color of leaves, flowers are in harmony with the surrounding space.

Selecting conifers or deciduous trees to create a tapeworm in a regular garden or park, you should pay attention to the rocks that form a symmetrical crown (spherical, pyramidal, in the form of a column). To achieve the perfect shape, you can use trimming.

Photo: purple willow tapeworm needs regular pruning

A landscape-style garden and park will be decorated with trees and shrubs with a weeping or asymmetrical crown.

The method of forming tapeworms provides for the following option: planting several plants at close range. If these are trees, then they grow together, form an unusual "fan" or "bouquet" of trunks. And several rose bushes of the same variety, planted next to each other, create a bright cheerful spot on the emerald green of the lawn.

The best candidates for the role of tapeworm

In the nomination "Best Leaf Solitaire" we see the largest number of worthy contenders:

Cherry plum red-leaved or plum Pissardi . Looks impressive against the background of the lawn, coniferous trees. In the spring it is covered with a cloud of dark pink flowers, then purple leaves and red fruits appear. The color of the crown remains bright even in drought. The green chlorophyll of the leaves is "masked" by carotenoids and anthocyanins. The former are considered one of the best antioxidants, which explains the resistance of red-leaved plants to temperature extremes and diseases.

Catalpa bignoniform, Catalpa beautiful . Trees with a rounded crown, unusually large leaves. Inflorescences resemble white "candles" of horse chestnut. Long tube-shaped fruits persist throughout the winter. Catalpa looks like a true exotic, it grows slowly and does not take up much space.

Maple (false platanum, Canadian or sugar, other species). A popular ornamental deciduous tree valued for its beautiful crown, usually spherical or wide-conical in shape. Large leaves in autumn delight with gold and crimson. Japanese, Shirasawa, palm-shaped or fan-shaped maples look especially impressive. These are shrubs or trees in purple, red, maroon and orange colors.

red leaf peach . It is hard not to notice the dark purple crown of this ornamental form of a famous fruit plant. Small fruits are hidden between the oblong leaves. This is the case when the desire to admire the beauty outweighs the desire to taste the harvest.

Apple tree decorative . A low tree exported from Japan is called "Russian sakura". In spring, an oval or spherical crown is completely covered with light or dark pink buds; small fruits ripen in summer (in most varieties they are inedible). Forms with semi-double and double flowers have been developed.

Excellent material for creating a tapeworm:

cultivars of pedunculate oak, rocky oak and other species with a neat crown;
felted linden, small and large-leaved;
willow white, purple, weeping;
horse chestnut, etc.

Each of the above species has its own advantages, and ultimately, the landscape designer decides which one to prefer. In our online store, the site sells seedlings of most of these trees, and in addition, many of them can be bought in the form of large-sized trees, or you can order targeted growing in a nursery to a certain size, with subsequent delivery and planting in a permanent place.

Shrubs and perennial herbs for single plantings

Plants with large flowers are garden rose, tree peony, Japanese kerria, rhododendron and azalea, shrub cinquefoil. They perfectly cope with the role of tapeworms. But most of the flowering shrubs listed above in Moscow and the Moscow Region need to create shelter for the winter.

Photo: tree peony is magnificent as a tapeworm

More hardy plants with spectacular inflorescences - weigela, mock orange, spirea, hydrangea, honeysuckle. Forsythia, cotoneaster, mahonia are often used in the form of tapeworms. For shrubs 1 m high, it is enough to leave free space with a radius of 2–3 m to the nearest group and single plantings.

Herbaceous perennials have no equal in terms of the variety of architectural forms, but it is more difficult to form a tapeworm from them. Beautifully flowering herbs delight the eye for only a few months, then lose decorative look. Hosta, yucca, and other long-lived leafy plants are more reliable in this regard.

evergreen tapeworms

Prickly spruce . The blue beauty above 5 m feels more comfortable in the park. Dwarf forms with a spherical, narrow or wide conical crown, there is a place on the lawn next to the house, in small garden. In the open, a slender Serbian spruce is good. If an adult conifer is already growing on the site (for example, an ordinary spruce near Moscow), you are lucky - you can not look for other options.

Thuja western . Highly ornamental shrub or tree. Created a large number of varieties, there are variegated and dwarf forms.

Scotch pine . At good lighting at a young age forms a beautiful cone-shaped crown. In our catalog you can see photos of dwarf pines, which will become a true decoration of the park, the area in front of the building and the back patio.

Single landings are an important compositional accent in landscape design. When creating a tapeworm, the rule applies: the larger the stand-alone plant, the farther from it should be the viewing platform. For large tree a clearing or edge with a diameter of up to 100 m is required, but such spaces are the privilege of large parks. The best option for household plots, summer cottages and country cottages - use dwarf forms, medium and low-growing trees and shrubs, herbs.

One of the elements of garden design are single plantings or tapeworms. In such cases, only one plant is planted on a green lawn. Any plant can be used as a tapeworm. It could be perennial flower plant, an ornamental shrub or even an annual ornamental plant. Such landings are very effective. But in order to achieve an extraordinary effect, an excellent taste of the author of the composition is required. It is much easier to arrange group landings.

In a solitaire, everything should be beautiful

When a solitary plant breaks the monotony of a green lawn, it involuntarily attracts special attention from the audience. Therefore, the choice of plant must be taken very responsibly. As Anton Pavlovich Chekhov said about a person, that everything should be fine in him, the same can be said about a tapeworm plant. In the tapeworm, everything should please the eye - the shape of the bush, stems, leaves and flowers. In addition, the plant should not lose its decorative effect throughout the summer season.

Solitaire background

In order for the tapeworm to fully fulfill its function, its beauty alone is not enough. The lawn on which a single plant is going to be planted should also be well-groomed and beautiful. The background on which the tapeworm will grow should also be beautiful. A group of shrubs can act as a background; a group of fruit, deciduous or coniferous trees; wall of a building or solid high fence.

Plants for single plantings

The following plants are suitable for single plantings:

Perennial herbaceous plants - irises, peonies, perennial lupine, foxglove, astilbe, perennial bush aster, aconite (wrestler), undersized goldenrod, daylily (hemerocalis), diclitra (dicenter).

Shrubs and shrubs - heather, cochia, barberry, spirea, mahonia, hydrangea, canadian elder, roses, juniper.

Annual plants - castor bean, cleoma, amaranth (amaranth).

Group landings

The most common and easiest way to plant flower crops is group planting. The group can include a variety of plants: annuals, perennials or biennials. Plantings from the same culture, or even from the same variety, look decorative.

Number of plants and planting density

The size of the lawn or lawn determines the number of plants to be planted. The distance between plants depends on the period for which they are planted, and on the type of crop.

When creating a color spot from annuals, such as: petunias, salvia, calendula, marigolds; or such perennials as: tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, irises, lilies, phloxes - plants are placed closer to each other.

If the plant intended for planting in a group has nice shape bush, original appearance or the color of the stems and leaves, then they are planted less often, leaving more space between them. For example, plants such as: castor beans, perennial lupins, roses, peonies, astilba.

mixed groups

Spots of color are not necessarily created by plants of the same species. A group can be made up, for example, of three species blooming at different times.

So, among the peony bushes that bloom in the summer, crocuses, hyacinths, daffodils or tulips can be planted, pleasing with flowering in the spring, and for autumn flowering, colchicum is added to the company.

Among the various shrubs that are just beginning to release their leaves in spring, early blooming tulips, daffodils, crocuses, blueberries, forget-me-nots, and primroses will be an excellent decoration.