The flowers that decorate houses and summer cottages in beautiful hanging flower pots are called ampelous. The name of the plants comes from the word "ampel". So in some countries of Europe they call a hanging pot. You can create a festive atmosphere, summer and warmth on the balcony, decorating the gazebo in the garden, the veranda and even the house, using these plants as indoor plants in the winter. A beautiful pot entwined with a plant with flowering flowers can be the highlight of the summer celebration.
Kinds
Ampelic plants for the garden, which can be planted in hanging pots, amaze with their variety. The most common ones are:
- Petunia is the queen of ampelous flowers. In addition to heat and sun, she does not need anything else. Although one year old, she is very beloved by gardeners;
- ampelous fuchsia is very effective, its flowers are small but bright;
- Surfinia is often called petunia, its flowers are similar, but smaller. Shoots can reach up to 1 m;
- begonia - a flower shade tolerant, does not tolerate the sun and heat. It looks very nice in a flower pot, greenery at the top of the pot, and inflorescences fall;
Barrel with petunia
- Ampel geraniums are planted several bushes of different colors in one pot. Multi-colored caps with long shoots delight the eye all summer;
- Nasturtium is bright and colorful. The weaving look is suitable for hanging pots, erect bushes can become a decoration of a flowerpot;
- dichondra is called a silver waterfall due to the beautiful ebb of its green leaves. The plant practically does not bloom; its dignity is in beautiful greenery hanging down a meter and a half;
- lobelia - a bright bush with densely dotted with small leaves and flowers. Often planted only for the season, although it is perennial.
Classification
Plants are divided into several types and have their own characteristics:
- depending on the preferences for light, there are photophilous and shade-loving;
- blooming like the sun, warmth and regular watering. Most of them are annuals. Those flowers that grow all year round require additional lighting;
- hardwood can feel good in the shade. They may need quality soil to maintain a bright color of leaves, juicy stripes or spots;
- succulents require conditions close to the desert: the soil must pass air well, absorb moisture, the air must be dry, the lighting is plentiful.
Plant benefits
Plant mobility is one of its main advantages. Even during one season, the location of the pot can be changed: in the garden, cover some unfinished areas, hide the areas of construction and repair during the celebration. Plants do not require special care, they do not need to weed, fight weeds and pests of the open ground.
For your information! If the land in the garden is small, but you want a colored flower bed, unpretentious ampelous flowers for the garden are a great solution.
Design option flower beds
Blooming for more than one year
Ampelic perennials greatly simplify the life of a gardener, since they do not need to be sown every year. It is enough to provide them with certain wintering conditions. These include:
- pleasant stsavola winters in a humid room at a temperature of no higher than 10 ° C;
- dichondra hibernates with additional lighting and sparse watering;
- the bacopa will not bloom in winter, but if watered moderately, it winteres comfortably;
- Campanula Equivalent is an ampelous perennial that blooms all summer. Carries winter with indoor plants. It is popularly referred to as the "bride and groom";
- perennial lobelia overwinter if it is covered and not allowed to cool;
- geraniums can also winter in the apartment, with moderate watering and light blooms in winter.
What to plant and how to choose ampelous plants for giving
Before planting garden ampelous flowers, you need to take into account their preferences for light, soil, watering. If you want to combine different types, you should plant those flowers for which care will be the same, for this you should study their descriptions.
Note! Plants that will be absolutely not whimsical to the shade and the sun are petunia, geranium, nasturtium, biden. These flowers are resistant to direct sunlight, but can grow in the shade.
With hanging flower arrangements in the garden it will be easier, since they can be tolerated if the plant begins to show its dissatisfaction with the excess or lack of sunlight.
Wall of hanging pots
Ampel Plant Compositions
In open soil with the help of ampel street plants you can make a picture. Of creeping plants covering the soil, fit:
- Monumentous loosestrife is a perennial plant that grows rapidly with the onset of heat, covering a flower bed. The leaves are round, the flowers are small yellow, may slip up and decorate the wall with their own greenery;
- small periwinkle is also a perennial, which in spring will decorate its juicy green shoots with purple flowers;
- Dichondra will cover the carpet with long shoots and decorate the flowerbed.
Note! To decorate the garden as pots and flowerpots fit old things that can give a second life. It can be old carts, barrels, baskets, shoes.
For giving, ampelous plants can become an adornment of not only a site, but also braid a fence, a gazebo, small structures (showers, cellars, outbuildings).
Even simply arranged pots along the path will already become an ornament and will cheer up both guests and owners
For your information! The more care and care will be invested at the beginning of the growth of a flower, the brighter and longer it will delight its gardener.
Contrast combinations
For mixed compositions, you can combine different flowers, or you can plant one species of different colors. Pelargonium, petunia, nasturtium, fuchsia, and verbena will become excellent neighbors. They feel great in the company of other plant species. Creating a composition, you can play with:
- color, choosing contrasts: white petunia and red pelargonium, blue lobelia and yellow begonia, fuchsia and white bacopa;
- tiers. Colored balls can decorate the wall in tiers. In such single cache-pots, petunia, bacopa, lobelia, and bidens will bloom spherically;
- shape and height. For example, the dichondra, whose lashes will hang down, perfectly adjacent to the petunia. Fuchsia flowers fall down, and nasturtium can flaunt in the center.
Tiers in one pot
Almost all types of ampelous plants are suitable for creating hanging gardens, the main thing to remember is that the smaller the pot, the more often the plant requires watering. Unpretentious care ampel flowers for the garden will cheer you up to the coldest.
