如何開始修剪花園

如何開始修剪花園

Many homeowners face a dilemma when it comes to having lush beds of blooming flowers and shrubs. They want to have vases of blooms indoors, but they don't want to ruin the look of the garden by creating gaps when they cut the flowers.

當談到擁有茂盛的花壇和灌木時，許多房主面臨著兩難。他們想讓花瓶在室內(nèi)開花，但他們不想在剪花的時候造成缺口，破壞花園的外觀。

Plant the right flowers and a bouquet will only be a few steps away. (Photo: Amy the Nurse [CC BY-ND 2.0]/Flickr)

If you're facing this choice, there's a way to have the best of both worlds: Start a cutting garden.

如果你面臨這樣的選擇，有一種兩全其美的方法:開始修剪花園。

Whereas garden beds and borders are designed for aesthetic appeal, you don't have to worry about how a cutting garden looks. Its sole purpose is to produce blooms to beautify the indoors.

雖然花園的床和邊界是為了美觀而設計的，但你不必擔心一個修剪整齊的花園是什么樣子。它的唯一目的是生產(chǎn)花卉美化室內(nèi)。

To create a cutting garden, just follow these five easy steps.

要創(chuàng)建一個修剪后的花園，只需遵循這五個簡單的步驟。

Just like an herb garden, a cutting garden can be exclusive or not — but you don't have to worry about how it looks. Nature has a way of looking good on its own. (Photo: thegardenbuzz [CC BY-ND 2.0]/Flickr)

1. Select a location. The best site will be one that gets plenty of sun, has rich soil and drains well. An ideal site might be one that borders a vegetable or herb garden since the "crop style" planting purpose of the cutting garden and the vegetable/herb beds will complement each other. Other considerations for sites include sunny spots along the back boundary, in a corner that hasn't been planted or behind or beside the garage. Small spaces can hold a lot of plants. As a general rule, a 3 by 6 foot bed will hold about 20 plants.

選擇一個位置。最好的地點是陽光充足、土壤肥沃、排水良好的地方。一個理想的地點可能是一個蔬菜或草本植物花園的邊界，因為“作物風格”的種植目的和蔬菜/草本植物將互相補充。對于場地的其他考慮包括沿著后邊界的陽光點，在一個沒有種植或在車庫后面或旁邊的角落。小空間可以容納很多植物。一般來說，一個3×6英尺的苗床可以種植20株植物。

2. Plan the garden. Once you know the dimensions of the cutting garden and the sun angles of the new bed, you can draw a design based on plant heights and bloom times. Plan for dense plantings with a mixture of color, stem lengths and textures that will bloom in spring, summer and fall. Be sure to draw a plan that avoids gaps. Remember your goal: It's to produce flowers to create great looks indoors, not in the cutting garden itself. Be creative in your design and be sure to include your favorite shrubs, annuals, perennials, herbs and bulbs.

花園的計劃。一旦你知道了花園的尺寸和新苗床的陽光角度，你就可以根據(jù)植物的高度和開花時間來畫一個設計。計劃種植密集的植物，混合顏色，莖長和紋理，將在春天，夏天和秋天開花。一定要制定一個避免差距的計劃。記住你的目標:在室內(nèi)種植鮮花來創(chuàng)造漂亮的外觀，而不是在修剪花園本身。在你的設計中要有創(chuàng)意，一定要包括你最喜歡的灌木、一年生植物、多年生植物、草本植物和球莖植物。

3. Prepare the soil. The cutting garden should have the same rich soil as your other garden beds. Add humus in the form of compost, peat moss or chopped leaves to a depth of 8-10 inches to improve clay or sandy soil.

準備土壤。修剪花園的土壤應該和其他花園的土壤一樣肥沃。以堆肥、泥炭苔蘚或切碎的葉子的形式添加腐殖質(zhì)到8-10英寸的深度，以改善粘土或砂土。

4. Plant the garden. Plant in rows according to your plan. This will provide for the easiest access and reduce the time and effort needed to weed, feed, fertilize, deadhead and harvest. If you wind up with unintended gaps, fill in with annuals or herbs.

植物花園。按照你的計劃種植。這將提供最簡單的方法，減少時間和精力所需的雜草，飼料，施肥，赤頭和收獲。如果你發(fā)現(xiàn)了意想不到的空隙，用一年生植物或草本植物填補。

5. Cut the flowers. Finally the best part! This is where planning and preparation pay off. Use the colors, stem lengths, textures of the foliage and floral fragrances to create appealing arrangements to enjoy and to impress your guests.

修剪花朵。最后最精彩的部分!這是計劃和準備的回報。根據(jù)花的顏色，莖的長度，樹葉的紋理和花香創(chuàng)造吸引人的安排，享受和給你的客人留下深刻印象。