Cache-pot with ampelous plants for the street and for the apartment

Flowers They delight everyone with their beauty in summer and winter. The easiest way to grow them is on the flower beds. But there are craftsmen who manage to plant them with very sophisticated methods. One of them is ampels. "Ampel" translates as "hanging flower vase." In simple terms, this method allows you to cultivate flowering plants in a cache-pot, create vertical landscaping. Ampel cultures adorn the interior, garden, street.

Ampel flowers for outdoor decoration

Hanging gardens are an important component of modern landscape design. Currently, there are a variety of technical possibilities for creating original compositions. However, the basis of these at all times is grassy ornamental plants. Although lately, shrubs have also found application.

What does it look like

Hanging gardens have a number of advantages:

• you can decorate any part of the yard, gardens, attics, hall, rooms;
• decorate flaws of the wall, fence, buildings;
• have a spectacular look;
• originality in the design has no limits, it all depends on the imagination of the designer;
• sizes can be very different: from 1 m² to a larger one.

Hanging gardens

A variety of varieties of both indoor and outdoor flowers are used as hanging landscaping. There are a lot of design options.

Hanging gardening

What are suitable flowers for growing in a cache-pot

Using a cache-pot allows you to create unique compositions. Any person who loves plants will be able to decorate with them any part of the interior of the apartment, yard, garden, vegetable garden. But it is necessary to act step by step, and not spontaneously. Keep in mind the following nuances:

• general picture of design;
• the attitude of the plant to weather conditions. It is good if hanging pots are located indoors. But when it is required to draw up an external wall, it is necessary to consider lighting and presence of wind;
• begonia, balsamine, lobelia will withstand shading;
• The following ampelous plants for cache-pots well tolerate direct sunlight: chlorophytum, fuchsia, pelargonium;
• drafts and wind will not interfere with the growth and flowering of crops with dense leaves and a flexible stem. This is ivy, ageratum, nyvyanik, verbena.

Composition in flower pots

Growing ampel flowers for the garden

The cultivation of ampelous plants has its own characteristics. To flowers in hanging "flower beds" for a long time pleased with their view of others, you need to make some efforts:

• seat selection. The fact is that flower crops relate differently to sunlight, air movement, temperature;
• selection of suitable colors;
• pot size. Small pots are suitable for lobelia, well, and petunia is actively growing, so for it it is worth taking a vase or container of a larger volume;
• soil preparation. It is preferable to use the store version, since it already has a composition that meets the flower's nutritional needs;
• regularity of watering. The soil in the flower pot dries much faster than on the site. In this regard, watering should be daily, except for rainy days. Also pay attention to the presence of a pallet. In regions where it rains frequently, it is not needed. And if there are many dry days, then you cannot do without it;
• reproduction. The best option is the shoots. An escape is taken (without flowers) and placed in water. When the roots appear, you can plant in the ground. Before full germination, watering is often required. In flower shops, ready-made seedlings are sold;
• pruning. This procedure is important when the gardener supports a certain overall picture. But in most cases, plants are pruned to maintain shape and thinning;
• top dressing. Ampel plants for outdoor flower pots need a regular supply of nutrients. This is done for the following reasons: soluble soil components are washed out with water; a limited amount of soil involves the rapid consumption of nutrients.

Ampel flowers hanging for a cache-pot

Hanging designs are popular not only on the street. They are often found in apartments, office premises. One has only to choose the right place and plant varieties.

Vertical backyard gardening

Ampel flowers for cache-pots: names and description

The following annual and perennial cultures are used to create compositions from ampels:

• chlorophytum is a plant with long green or white-green leaves. Unpretentious look. When it grows, it looks magnificent and beautiful;
• Petunia is commonly used. Valued for simple agricultural technology and flowering time. It grows both in open and in closed ground. Shoots of ampelous varieties reach a length of 1 m;
• morning glory refers to loaches. Stem length reaches 1 m. Does not require complicated care;
• bacopa. Small leaves and flowers form a fabulous waterfall of a white, lilac or pink palette;
• lobelia can form whole bushes with a diameter of up to 1 m. Abundant flowering will please the eye all season;
• from shrubs, rhododendrons, cinquefoil, hydrangeas are suitable;
• Often there are curly and branching flowers. These include: clerodendrum, scindapsus, cissus and, of course, various ivies;
• fuchsia ampelous - an interesting flower. Original inflorescences are noteworthy, which, with proper care, are constantly admired. The name Fuchsia received thanks to the French scientist S. Plumier. He named this constantly flowering plant in honor of the German physician L. von Fuchs;
• begonia blooms very beautifully. Small, medium, large flowers in the form of roses cover the entire plant, and various shades of red are striking in their juiciness. Almost everyone loves this flower because of its unpretentiousness and beauty.

Begonia

Shade-loving ampoule plants for planters

In indoor conditions it is difficult to choose a well-lit place for all plants. Therefore, some of them will have to be placed in the shade. Lumbelia, begonias, ivies will calmly tolerate partial shade.

Shade tolerant plants

Design Application Features

It is logical to place these flowers in places where direct sunlight does not penetrate. Successful is their location directly under the ceiling, on coasters, near oversized pieces of furniture, amid large trees.

Where ampelous plants are used

Fashion has long been a thing of the past to decorate walls with carpets, pictures. Bare walls sometimes inspire boredom and despondency. Flowers suspended on a wall or ceiling will help to get rid of such a mood. Skillfully and tastefully selected plants will create coziness and a beautiful look.

Placement of hanging gardens: the style of garden design and its color concept

When arranging hanging vases with flowers, you need to try to pick them out in size, color, shape. The most creative look is the whole hanging gardens, consisting of a wide variety of plants and devices.

Hanging Gardens

Well, if the grower himself understands the world of plants and agricultural technology, has enough time for this. Although it is no secret that there is such a specialty as a landscape designer who provides decorative landscaping services. He will help you choose plants, make a plan, arrange all the components in a certain style.

As for styles, the following directions are most popular:

• architectural. Plants are combined with elements of buildings: walls, pillars, lanterns, roof;
• Baroque, or palace. Elements such as lace, stucco molding, statues are used;
• art. Fills the garden with various decorative components: fancy figures, pieces of furniture, unnecessary utensils;
• brutalism. Based on the contrast between graceful and coarse, light and dark, large and small;
• country. Provides for the use of accessories from the "national life". It is distinguished by brightness and variegation;
• classical. It will appeal to those who love everything symmetrical and correct.

Benefits of Hanging Gardens of Annual Flowers

Russia has a diverse climate. And here it is advisable to use annual crops for landscaping.

Ampoule Composition

This allows you to create innumerable options for color, height, shape, style, composition. Also, the gardener will not have to take measures to preserve the plant in winter, and he will be able to think through the design for next year in advance.

Thus, ampelous plants can be used everywhere. They will make any interior unique and interesting.