Pathways – wonderful threads that unite garden areas. How to make them bloom and look ornate?

Plants used

1. Spruce prickly spruce (Picea pungens);
2. Juniperus chinensis;
3. Purple willow (Salix purpurea ‘Nana’);
4. Alpine bluegill (Erynqium alpmum);
5. Fassen’s catnip (Nepeta x faassenii);
6. Coreopsis verticillata (Coreopsis verticillata);
7. Thyme shamrock (Achilleafilipendulina ‘CoronationGold’);
8. Penstemon bearded (Penstemon barbatus).

flower bed on both sides of a path in a slightly sloping plot

If there is a slight height difference on the plot, it is best to make steps – they are both convenient and fit into the design of the garden plot in the best way. And a flower bed on both sides of the garden path with steps, will make the height difference even more organic.

Plants to be used

1. Thyme shamrock – Achillea filipendulina ‘Coronation Gold’;
2. Iris sibirica;
3. Bergenia crussifolia;
4. Hosta ventricosa;
5. Hosta sieboldiana;
6. Carpathian bellflower – Campanula carpatica;
7. Campanula persicifolia;
8. Delphinium cultured (cultivars) – Delphinium x cultorum;
9. Stachys woolly – Stachys lanala;
10. Veronica longifolia;
11. Aconitum clobuccum – Aconilum napellus;
12. Miscanthus sacchariflorus.

The flower bed is designed for a one-way view: the flowers are arranged in ascending order – at the path itself, low species, and as you move away from it – high. In addition, the plants for the flower bed are selected so that the flower bed will be ornamental from early spring to late fall.

Plants used

1. Carnation grayish blue – Dianthus gratianopolitanus;
2. Helenium aulumnaie;
3. Gravilat Chile – Geum chiloense;
4. Delphinium hybrid – Delphinium x cultorum;
5. Trollius europaeus – Trollius europaeus;
6. Lichnis chalcedonica;
7. Monarda hybrida – Monarda x hybrida;
8. Sedum acre; Sedum causticum;
9. Paeonia officinalis;
10. Artemisia ludoviciana – Artemisia ludoviciana;
11. Cilia (or primrose);
12. Phlox panicum (or Astilbe, Physostegia, Aquilegia) – all varieties white (soft pink);
13. Stachys or white liatris;
14. Echinacea;
15. Phlox spreading (white) or matricaria.

Symmetrical flower bed by the road

Plants to be used

1. Iris hybrid – Iris x hybrids hort.;
2. Trollius europaeus;
3. Aquilegia hybrid – Aquilegia x hybrida hort.;
4. Aster novi-belgii;
5. Gaillardia aristata;
6. Armeria maritima;
7. Carpathian bellflower – Campanula carpatica;
8. Sisyrinchiym angusufolium;
9. Bieberstein’s ascot – Cerastium biebersteinii;
10. Phlox sublunata.

The emphasis in this flower garden is on spring. It gets its best in April.

Plants to be used

1. Anemone blanda While Splendour’;
2. Hepatica nobilis;
3. Scilla sibirica;
4. Spruce prickly – Picea pungens ‘Glauca globosa’;
5. Spiraea gray – Spiraea x cinerea ‘Grefsheim’;
6. Thuja occidentalis ‘Smaraqd’;;
7. Helleborus orientalis ‘Early Purple’;;
8. Spiraea japonica ‘Golclflame’;
9. Pulmonaria saccharalu;
10. Goat willow – Salix caprea Pendula’;
11. Porsythia x intermedia;
12. Arabis alpine – Arabis alpine;
13. Juniperus squamata ‘Bluo Carpel’;;
14. Corydalissolkla.