Creating your own small garden is quite possible even in a city apartment. All it takes is a little enthusiasm and time. In addition to this, of course, a passion for plants will be required, since in order to do something like this with your own hands with really high quality, you need to have some taste for nature.
How to choose plants
Probably the main requirement when choosing is compactness. For an indoor garden, small plants are needed, such that, with a relatively small size, they can produce sufficient seedlings or simply please with their appearance.
In addition, there are parameters that you should also pay attention to, these include:
- the ability to self-pollinate;
- fast pace of maturation;
- lack of high photosensitivity;
- loyalty to changes in temperature and humidity;
- watering requirements.
It is more convenient to make a garden if you choose from different classifications of plants. Let's look at the main categories.
evergreens
They are plants that leave foliage throughout the year. Of the plants that are convenient for rooms, it should be noted: bamboo, tangerine and lemon, avocado, laurel, rosemary, lime. There are others.
Deciduous
These plants rest in the winter without foliage. However, they, too, may well replenish the indoor garden. These include: honeysuckle, hawthorn, pomegranate, quince, elderberry, persimmon, apricot, plum, apple tree. Fruit trees are quite possible to grow as bonsai, they are quite suitable for this and allow you to create interesting compositions.
herbaceous
This includes root vegetables, as well as some other plants. The bottom line is the updated tip with the lifespan of the roots. For the indoor garden are interesting: sage, strawberries, strawberries, peppers, cucumbers, onions, carrots, garlic, asparagus, celery, salads.
How to compose
A fairly compact indoor garden can be quite varied and interesting. To do this, you need to use the height, that is, place the plants at different tiers and levels. Even a simple container can be used, but you need to create a stepped structure and place different plants there. Also, separate compartments are often made for plants that are replaced depending on the season (for example, bulbous plants are planted in the spring, then others) and the so-called background ones, where non-replaceable plants grow that make up the background for the composition. If you correctly distribute the plants, the garden will delight throughout the year.
In addition, you need to remember about the aesthetic component.In particular, they try to select plants in such a way that, firstly, they are combined with the shape of the container in which they grow, and, secondly, they are different. Choose plants with different shapes and colors of foliage, then the composition will be more interesting. It is necessary to correlate the sizes and represent the limits of development of one or another instance. You also need to remember about the presence of free space between different plants, so that they feel optimal in the proposed conditions.
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