Things Needed
Tip
If budget is an event , buy fewer plants and rely more on seeds . Many annuals and perennials grow well from seeds . dig out up the intact layer and add soil amendments . Plant the bed in sections work out from the shopping mall of the layer to each goal , alternating side . The seam will end up more evenly planted than if you start at one end and work out to the other . If possible water from beneath the plant using a soaker hose or irrigation rather than above . You ’ll save water and there will be less plant breakage .
Warning
Do n’t over - extend yourself and endeavor to plant the total bed all at once , your back will thank you for it .
Whether brusque or tall , conventional or informal , free form or clipped , hedges count more attractive with plants in front of them . The plants add depth and interest to what otherwise would be a plain row of tall bushes . Hedges guide a pathway , pass to a focal dot , provide privacy , or obscure a fencing . stop your hedgerow with a mete of peak or other plants . It ’s not difficult if you plan ahead and work carefully . When finished , your hedging will look as if it was professionally landscaped .
Step 1
Design the bed in front of the edge to equalise the style of the hedge . If the flair is schematic and curtail the bed should be straight lined or symmetrically curved . If the hedge is free word form the bottom can be curve and undulating . The bedding should be at least 3 feet extensive to give way for the plant life to grow . Use the hose to trace the desired shape , or the flour , if the bed is longer than the hose . Put the flour in a Ziploc purse . Snip off one end so the flour flows from the udder and leaves a blank mark on the dry land .
Step 2
Prepare the bedding . turn over out the bed following the outline of the hosiery or flour . Do n’t dig within 12 inch of the hedging . That will protect the radical of the hedging from being damage . Remove any Gunter Wilhelm Grass or sward . Place the sod radical side up in another bed or garden arena . This will belt down the sens and the sodomite can be re used as mulch . lend peat moss , organic materials , compost and plant food to meliorate and enrich the soil . The grunge has to now provide nutrients to both the constitute hedge and the young plants . Turn over the soil again to work in the soil amendments . take away any rock candy as you go . Rake smooth .
Step 3
Select plants that congratulate or counterpoint with the hedging . Choose plants that have subsequent flowering season such as daffodils for early spring , tulips for belated outpouring , zinnias and cosmos for summertime , chrysanthemum and aster for fall . If all immature non unfolding works are your alternative , choice plants that have counterpoint leaf soma and color to the hedge .
Step 4
Stagger the plants rather than planting in a straight row like short soldiers . Place taller maturate works directly in front of the hedgerow about 12 inches away , then medium height plant , and finally border works like sweet alyssum at the front of the raw bed . The marvelous plants wo n’t block the sun for the poor plants .
Step 5
Water the bed well and keep it moist until the new plants are well established and all the seedlings have sprouted .
Step 6
Finish the seam with a covering of mulch to look nice and keep up moisture . The bed may also be border with fencing , a mowing slip , bricks , or a rock delimitation .
