How to manage a garden?
This article guide: How to manage a garden? And 6 years of experience in garden management and knowledge of flowers, next[] the editor will introduce.
As an ordinary salaryman, I was able to own a dream garden in my fifties, mainly because of my greatest hobby, which is loving to grow flowers and plants.
I naturally have a unique perspective on how to manage a garden. The appearance presented by a garden can actually express the aesthetic taste, educational level, financial strength, and even the life experiences of the garden owner.
1. The management skills of a romantic English-style garden
The English-style garden is a style preferred by many young people, especially romantic women, or women with higher educational backgrounds or overseas experience, including myself. I don't particularly like the stiffness of Chinese and Japanese styles. I prefer the natural style of English gardens. English gardens often use romantic flower borders, arches, wrought-iron tables and chairs or rustic wooden chairs, climbing plants, plants with special fragrances, and soft decorations to create a romantic atmosphere and enhance the overall romantic ambiance of the garden.
To manage such a garden, you must be very diligent. You must first become familiar with and master the temperature and humidity characteristics of your area, which plants are suitable for growth in all seasons, and what are their characteristics? To enjoy the romantic feeling of a garden full of flowers and trees, you also need to learn and master how to combine these plants in different seasons to achieve the best effect. The fresh and romantic English style can always be surrounded by soft and fresh colors and rich textures wherever you go. Therefore, in your yard, flowers that bloom in different seasons, such as flowering herbs, woody flowers, common roses, and roses are indispensable, and there should be a large number of them with rich colors.
Based on the different temperatures and humidity in your area, in spring, you can choose plants such as million little bells, morning glories, Marguerites, baby's breath, pansies, geraniums, daylilies, hostas, broad-leafed liriope, irises, etc. For vines, you can choose: ivy, climbing European roses, bougainvillea, white or yellow osmanthus, wisteria, honeysuckle, etc. For lawn ground cover, you can choose: Manila grass, ryegrass, fine-leafed zoysia, and Bermuda grass, etc.
If you have chosen an English-style garden, you need to be especially diligent and make sure your love for garden plants reaches 120 points before you can persevere. Otherwise, you might end up giving up after inconsistent efforts. Because the time cost for maintaining a garden in spring, summer, and autumn is very high, and just in summer alone, watering plants is a significant daily task. English gardens often feature eye-catching plant flower borders that require the most care and maintenance. Whether too dense or too sparse, it can affect the healthy growth of plants and the viewing effect, so regular trimming is necessary. Usually, it is necessary to water, fertilize, prune, and weed to ensure the beauty and health of the flower borders, as well as the prevention and control of pests and diseases, which require time and effort. Many plants are biennial or annual, which also need to be replaced and supplemented regularly, requiring some budget.
Nowadays, more and more gardening supplies are available, and the level of automation is also increasing. For example, there are automatic irrigation systems that can be set for watering time, duration, and amount of water. However, if you adjust your mindset while manually watering and treat watering, fertilizing, and loosening the soil as a form of physical exercise, compared to spending money on gym memberships, you won't feel too tired, will you? I have planted many European roses under the fence on the east side of the yard, as well as on both sides of the windows in the living room, dining room, and bedroom. The purpose of this arrangement is to have a rich and full color in the garden during spring, summer, and autumn. The branches of the roses hang all over the fence, and in spring and autumn, the roses make the garden full of fragrance. Whether walking in the yard, sitting in the living room, eating at the dining table, or lying in bed, I can enjoy the charm of the roses, which is a visual feast, very enjoyable.
I have planted many hydrangeas under the south-facing fence and below the windowsill. Starting from early summer, hydrangeas bloom slowly, and they have a very long blooming period with large flowers, creating a good visual effect. Sitting on the sofa in the living room, I can see the hydrangeas below the windowsill, with flower colors ranging from light pink to deep red, from light blue to deep blue, like a color palette that can captivate and make one feel very happy.
How to manage a garden?
Influenced by economic conditions, my basic principle of managing a garden is not to use or plant unfamiliar flower varieties, and not to pursue new and unusual ones, because new and unusual varieties are often expensive.
I try to propagate and grow my own flowers as much as possible, such as most European roses and hydrangeas, which I have successfully propagated from cuttings a few years ago, saving me a lot of money.
1. The management skills of a romantic English-style garden
The English-style garden is a style preferred by many young people, especially romantic women, or women with higher educational backgrounds or overseas experience, including myself. I don't particularly like the stiffness of Chinese and Japanese styles. I prefer the natural style of English gardens, which often use romantic flower borders, arches, wrought-iron tables and chairs or rustic wooden chairs, climbing plants, plants with special fragrances, and soft decorations to create a romantic atmosphere and enhance the overall romantic ambiance of the garden.
To manage such a garden, you must be very diligent. You must first become familiar with and master the temperature and humidity characteristics of your area, which plants are suitable for growth in all seasons, and what are their characteristics? To enjoy the romantic feeling of a garden full of flowers and trees, you also need to learn and master how to combine these plants in different seasons to achieve the best effect. The fresh and romantic English style can always be surrounded by soft and fresh colors and rich textures wherever you go. Therefore, in your yard, flowers that bloom in different seasons, such as flowering herbs, woody flowers, common roses, and roses are indispensable, and there should be a large number of them with rich colors.