Create a round flowerbed »Nice ideas for design

Location

First of all: A round bed belongs somewhere in the middle of a larger area such as a lawn and should not be chosen as a border planting. For the edge - such as a wall or fence - you'd better use others to shape such as choosing a semicircle or quarter circle. The latter - the so-called piece of cake - cuts a particularly elegant figure in corners. Circular beds, on the other hand, do not really come into their own at the edge, they have to have enough space around them and be visible from all sides.

Plant selection

The choice of plants should primarily be based on the location, so that you choose the perennials that match the light and soil conditions. Depending on the size of the bed, you can also plan the plants so that the island all Seasons looks attractive. With regard to the grouping of the perennials and shrubs are large, perennial perennials, ornamental shrubs and Plant small trees in the middle, while the height of the plants increases with increasing proximity to the bed edge decreases. Between perennial flowering plants place ornamental grasses, ground cover, evergreen plants, bulb flowers and one to two year olds

Summer flowers. This variety loosens up the overall picture, but it shouldn't in terms of the number of different species be exaggerated: In small beds three to five different species are sufficient, in large beds it can be eight to be ten.

Create a round flower bed - that's how it works

If you are laying out the round flowerbed in the middle of a lawn, you must first have the Sward remove at the designated point.

• Mark the intended bed.
• Prick the lawn with one spade away.
• Dig up the area well and remove roots and stones.
• A Weed control(€ 13.47 at Amazon *) prevents the emergence of grass and Weeds.
• If necessary, fill in the resulting gap Topsoil on.
• Dig a shallow trench around the bed.
• Fill this with sand and bring one Border at.
• These lawn edging stones are indispensable, otherwise the lawn will soon grow in the flowerbed.
• Plant the perennials and shrubs.
• Instead of a weed control, you can also use the bed mulch.