Garden design, planning and concepts for plant compositions

If you have already finished building your weekend cottage, now is the time to think about how exactly you want to design your garden. Most likely, countless questions are popping into your head and won't leave you alone for a minute. We want to help you with some great tips and also show pictures of how to create a modern oneGarden designwith plant compositions. But we also want to say in advance that you have to choose the plants for your garden yourself and grow them there. There are no ready-made recipes, we can only give you some good advice. Because a modern garden has long been a part of our individuality; it clearly shows the specific and creative design solutions of its author. But there are rules, knowing which will certainly make your task easier. Trends in contemporary landscape design often prescribe plant compositions according to various principles.

Attractive garden design with seasonal flowers

For example, the seasonal compositions in groups emphasize the characteristic plant species of the season. Many plants and flowers are shown monthly in a phase of flowering or in a state of decorative foliage, when they are characterized by fruits or branches. Lovers of such compositions study the seasonal changes in plants. Some examples of seasonal plants include the following: flowering wild boar (Sorbus aucuparia), lush flowering spiraea, pipe bush (Philadelphus coronarius), aromatic elderberry (Sambucus nigra), blooming and wonderfully fragrant roses of various varieties and much more.Seasonal flowersand plant species are usually well-known representatives of the local flora. You can add groups of imported plants that adapt well to the soil and climate conditions of your region. It is important that your group of plants looks natural and their decorative signs reflect the peculiarities of the current season.

Design exotic plant groups

Your individualGarden designwith plant compositions can also be based on the principle of the geographical origin of plant species. In these cases, important insights into the origins of species can be learned. The formation of such garden compositions must be created carefully and taking into account the requirements of the plants. Many thermophilic and pretentious flower species can also be planted in containers. A commonly used way to create exotic plant groups is as follows: use native plants as the basis for the composition, then add a few very decorative accents using exotic species.

Idyllic seating area in the garden, surrounded by various bushes

Plant compositions can also be developed based on the biological principle. This approach is based on the general botanical characteristics of plant species. The plant groups are based together on similar species and their cultivars. A classic example of this are wonderful compositions of different rose bushes, where many varieties of the same species are added to the composition. No less interesting are the compositions of evergreen species, based on the same principle.

Garden design with decorative plants

The range of possibilities for such a combination of plants and flowers is rich enough, but there are significant limitations. The first condition is that the decorative plants and their different varieties must be in harmony with each other. Second, some species, although related, grow in radically different environmental conditions and therefore cannot be integrated into the same composition. In the so-called ecological plant compositions, living conditions determine the composition of the plant groups. In these cases, the choice of plant is determined by its requirements for solar radiation, pH of the soil and its mechanical structure, moisture and the like. For example, the royal rose only blooms in sunny places, while the fern loves shady natural areas.EvergreensConifers thrive in humus soil mixed with sand, hostas prefer moist clay soil, rhododendrons prefer acid-containing peat.

Designing the garden under optimal environmental conditions

Regardless of the combinations you include them in, the plants will not change their nature. In most compositions built on ecological principles, these principles must be respected, otherwise very aesthetically harmonious combinations may appear as incompatible eco-combinations.

Stylish plant arrangements in the front garden

You can also arrange and arrange the types of plants and flowers in your garden according to many other principles. You can also design the plant compositions in a modern style. The ideas are truly endless, as are the natural colors and shapes in our garden. Enjoy this diversity and sometimes draw new ideas directly from nature! We hope you have fun designing your garden!

Modern garden design and decorations

Blooming oasis with waterfall

Architectural garden elements

Garden design with a slight country house flair

Symmetry as a design principle

Flower beds with geometric design