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Landscape design of the site depends on many factors. Summer residents have to take into account climatic features, soil composition, time and financial possibilities. The main goal is the beauty of the site throughout the year. Therefore, the selection of plants is an important part of the layout. One of the popular types of ornamental perennials, which is often used for landscape design, is geyhera.
The main advantage of geyhera is the variety of shades of serrated leaves, the ability not to lose decorativeness from early spring to late autumn. There are more than 70 varieties that fit perfectly into various landscape design projects. You can create an original zone using only combinations of shades of geyhera leaves. All varieties of plants are divided into mountain and forest.
It would be more correct to say that geyher in landscape design is able to create a unique composition and save time.
Heuchera is valued by designers for their ability to:
- create a bright accent on the background of garden greenery;
- provide decorative appeal throughout the season;
- well take root in containers;
- adapt to any degree of illumination;
- tolerate cold and climatic fluctuations well;
- easy and fast to multiply;
- resist diseases;
- do not require careful and professional care;
- get along with other plants in any combination;
- grow near water bodies and on stone compositions.
In addition, a huge selection of varieties and an excellent view on any plan allows the use of geyhers in landscape design in the foreground, in rock gardens, rockeries and multi-tiered flower beds.
Ideas using geyhera in landscape design
Heuchera is a low flower.
But the leaves create such an attractive appearance that a flower will come in handy anywhere. Leaves vary in color from green to white. In between, you can find brown, gray, purple, red, silver, cream.
Coloring is not always monotonous, there are representatives with stripes, specks, spots. The saturation of the color depends on the warming and illumination of the plant.
Heuchera flowers are also popular in landscape design. They are smaller and more numerous, similar to bells with different colors. The plant blooms in summer, at the very beginning and continues to bloom until the end of the season. As soon as the “bells” fade, the stems are cut. The bush is very compact, neat with leaves of various textures and shapes. There are varieties with smooth leaves, corrugated, curly.
Original ideas on how to use a flower in projects can be found in various sources. Geichera in landscape design is able to create such a colorful composition that photo ideas amaze with their diversity.
It will perfectly fill the free space or make a harmonious calm transition from one plant to another with the help of unique leaves.
A separately planted geyhera will play the role of an accent in landscape design or, on the contrary, will mask the emptiness in the flower bed during the entire flower period.
By choosing varieties according to the color scheme, you can perfectly decorate the problem area.
Most importantly, the beauty of geyhera does not depend on the weather. In the cold and in the heat, it equally adds fabulousness with its lush and dense bushes.
Heuchera is ideally combined in landscape design with other plants and elements of rock gardens, rockeries, stone buildings.
Planted in decorative flowerpots and containers, it will perfectly decorate the terrace, gazebo or patio.
In landscape design, due to the strict form and accuracy of the bushes, it also serves to create borders. In the near-trunk areas, in group plantings and as a tapeworm, geyhera definitely wins.
In the landscape design of the site, geyhera, as a colorful addition, can be combined with almost any type of plant.
She will get along next to atsilba and brunera, chrysanthemums and ornamental cereals, daylilies and hostas, irises, geraniums, primrose, sedium or ferns. In these combinations, it can play the role of balance with a large saturated color palette of the flower bed. In another case, with its unique duet of form and color, it will help to slightly dilute the concentration of bright colors.
Popular representatives of geyhera
In landscape design, the ability of a plant to change the shade of leaves during the flowering period is greatly appreciated. At first they are lighter, in the end they become much darker. Therefore, the garden is always beautiful. Often summer residents use geyhera leaves to decorate their home environment. They are combined with various autumn color leaves and placed in a vase. What species are most often used in landscape design?
blood red
It belongs to mountain varieties, very hardy and unpretentious. It is the ancestor of many modern varieties. The second name is coral bell. Shrub with very dense leaves, round shape and serrated. In landscape design, a look with cream or white spots on the leaves is often used. Blood red geyhera flowers are small pink or red bells.
They have medicinal properties.
American
Forest view. It also has a second name – mountain geranium. Likes shade and rich soil. American geyhera flowers have a beautiful yellow-green color. In landscape design, it is valued for its original heart-shaped leaves with a brown-purple underside.
hairy
Refers to forest species. A feature of this variety are velvety large leaves and fluffy flower stalks. The flowers are very delicate shades – pink, creamy green.
Cylindrical
This variety of mountain geyher is much larger than the others. The green, heart-shaped leaves show a silvery pattern. It got its name from the shape of the inflorescence. The flowers are also large and collected in a shape resembling a cylinder.
There are many varieties of this variety of geyhera, each with a peculiar shade of flowers.
small-flowered
Favorite view of landscape designers. They consider it the most spectacular of the geyher. The leaves resemble maple in shape, and the colors are very unusual. For example, bronze or purple, some have silver spots. The flowers are small, expressive creamy pink with orange anthers.
Hybrid
The name itself suggests that this variety of geyher belongs to the mixed type. In landscape design, they use the entire palette of possible shades and shapes of leaves that hybrid geyhera is rich in. The flowers also have a different color, so the popularity of the plant is very high.
Gooseberry
This geyhera is distinguished by the small size of the leaves. They can be five-bladed or three-bladed, but always assembled into a socket. The stems are long, 60 cm high, ending in large white flowers.
The listed varieties are divided into many varieties that are successfully used in landscape design. Let’s take a look at the most common ones:
Caramel
Justifies its name with honey-yellow color of the leaves. And light pink flowers complete the sweet picture.
Marmalade
The leaves are light purple on the inside and yellow-orange on top. Very beautiful variety with small greenish flowers.
Black bird
Succulent maroon leaves will give a nice touch in the garden landscape design. Sometimes the color reaches a black tint and resembles the wings of a raven.
purple castle
This variety is suitable for lovers of more strict forms. Ivy-shaped leaves with a dark purple color are very effectively combined with cream bells.
Cherry Cola
Here a combination of red-brown tones of leaves and pink flowers is selected. This variety can decorate any flower arrangement.
It is important not only to choose the right variety, but also to provide competent care for the plants. Only in this case, geyher will be a unique addition to the landscape design of the site.
How to grow geyhera without problems
The main criterion for the healthy appearance of geyhera in landscaping projects is the right place to plant. The plant loves partial shade and protection from the wind. However, some varieties prefer good lighting. Before creating a composition, you should familiarize yourself with the requirements of certain types. Most of the representatives of the flower are unpretentious to weather conditions and the type of soil, but it is better to plant a geyhera on drained nutrient soil. This is due to the fact that with stagnant water, the roots can rot and the plant will die.
The winter hardiness of the plant depends on the health of the roots. In order for the growth of the root system to be uniform, it is necessary to hill up the geyhers once a year. And after 5 years, the bushes are transplanted.
It is dug up, divided into parts and seated. This procedure must be done in the spring before the plant has time to release new shoots and leaves. Mulching with oak leaves helps geyher to winter well. Leaves cannot be cut for the winter period, otherwise the plant will not survive.
Heuchera are propagated by dividing the bushes, seeds and cuttings. For inexperienced gardeners, it is better to purchase a ready-made plant to avoid difficulties with sowing. In addition, grown from seeds, geyhera do not always fully possess the characteristics of the variety.
The main pests that can cause trouble are slugs and snails. If timely preventive maintenance is carried out, then problems will not arise.
The main reasons for the weakening of geyhera are considered to be an excess of organic nutrients, moisture, or increased acidity of the soil. But for summer residents, these are simple questions. Therefore, geyher in the landscape design of sites are found everywhere. With age, the plant retains its original shape, so in landscape design it is used to create geometric strict forms.
Do not be afraid to make a mistake in choosing a place. She will transfer the transplant painlessly, and you will be able to find the best option. Geichera in landscape design is combined with almost any plant and harmoniously fits into any style.
