The chaotic placement of juniper bushes on the site does not give such a visible aesthetic effect as planting according to a special scheme. With different types of flowers, plants and other conifers, juniper bushes produce unusual, but very beautiful combinations. That is why planting according to special schemes is very popular among gardeners. The juniper looks most advantageous with such "neighbors" as barberry, hydrangea, spirea, thuja, hosta, as well as with various flowers and compositions on the flower beds.

Juniper with perennials

Perennials are plants that are able to winter and again continue their life cycle. Together with juniper, they form a ready-made beautiful composition that will perfectly fit into the design of any site and even the smallest flower bed. For many years there are not only representatives of the species of conifers, but also ordinary flowering plants, including climbing ones. An example is the oval-shaped landing pattern.

Within the boundaries of a circle or oval at the landing site, such compositional components are placed as:

• a large flowering shrub, for example, Forsythia (known for its bright yellow flowers);
• not far from forsythia, a juniper bush, preferably tall and with a cone-shaped crown;
• tulips and thuja are planted around juniper bushes;
• the next circle is a dicenter, a buttercup herbaceous perennial;
• and, finally, they place the most undersized participants in the landscape composition - primrose, daffodils, alissum, frankincense, daisies, as well as undersized tulip varieties.

Important! The most important criterion for the formation of flower beds: the selection of plants that prefer soil of the same type. Then caring for them will be easy.

Plants planted according to this pattern look harmonious and seem to be arranged in descending order: from the most lush, voluminous and tallest, to lower-growing ones. This flowerbed is colorful and vibrant, a large number of components makes it ideal for a summer house or a small private house.

Juniper and coniferous plants

Juniper planting next to other conifers is practiced very often. The main thing here is to choose the components: the quantity can be arbitrary, the only prerequisite is the contrast of the colors of the needles and the height levels of the bushes. When cascading the formation of a flower bed or garden section, the first to plant cone-shaped high subspecies of juniper bushes, and then in descending order are medium-sized and low-growing.

It is also possible to combine several species of juniperus under the condition of a suitable soil type (if the species love different soil acidity, it will be quite difficult to maintain the composition in a viable state).

Did you know? To visually enlarge the plot, designers often use dwarf tree shapes and undersized shrubs. This effect is called the Alice in Wonderland effect.

Conventionally, all layout types are divided into:

• landscape (all elements are arranged in a chaotic order - flowers, bushes, trees);
• symmetric (two or more types of fir trees with the same number of juniper bushes);
• for zoning (example: spruce, thuja, juniper).

Juniper Compositions with Thuja

In combination with thuja trees near juniper bushes, other plants, for example, hydrangea grandiflora, are also allowed. An approximate layout: in the center they plant a Cossack variety (Danub), and on the sides of the thuja are western (Woodvari), in the background it is permissible to place cone-shaped thujas of the Smaragd subspecies with needles brighter than Woodvari.

Recommended flowering plants: petunias, jasmine, daisies.

Juniper with hosts

Hosts with shrubs form the so-called contrast flower garden. Usually they occupy the extreme part of the circuit. Shape - circle, cascade, oval. For combination with hosts, Virgin Juniper is suitable, as well as Japanese astilba, astilba cappuccino, barberry, heicherella, iris. Allowed landing around the perimeter of the plot with spruce, cypress. Recommended flowering plants: daffodils, tulips, all bulb.

Usually they occupy the extreme part of the circuit.

Juniper and Barberry

Other shrubs and plants, such as thuja or pine trees, may also be present in this combination. When choosing varieties, they most often pay attention to Thunberg barberry, rocky (Skyrocket) and medium juniper (Mint Julep). The number of elements in a flower bed is usually 5, 6 or 7. The larger size of plant compositions is used in the design of large sections. Recommended flowering plants are rhododendrons, hydrangeas, primrose.

Designers recommend giving preference to dwarf barberries, for example, Arthropurpurea Nana, Harlequin, Kobold, Minor, Aurea. They have a thicker crown and are characterized by slow growth.

Juniper and Hydrangea

Hydrangea is a great companion for juniper bushes. First of all, because of its chic flowering, as well as the contrast that it creates. A good neighborhood gives panicle hydrangea with virgin or scaly.

Rectangular tall flower bed with spirea

This type of flowerbed can be presented in several variations:

• high stone capacity (marble, granite) with sides, inside which the earth is poured and juniper, other conifers and spirea are planted on it;
• a construction of stone and mesh with an earthen “pillow inside”;
• a classic rectangular flowerbed located on a hill and fenced off by a fence;
• composition along the fence or garden path.

Did you know? The name "spirea" comes from the ancient Greek word "spiral", because the shoots of the bush naturally twist.

Of course, there are a lot of options. The general rule for all such schemes is that low grades are placed along the edges, higher ones in depth. This principle also applies to cascading design gardening solutions. Varieties of spirea for combination with juniper: nippon, gray, birch leaf, Wangutta.

1. Thuja western "Globosa" 2. Cypress kororisovy 3. Spiraea Bumalda "Froebelli" 4. Juniper scaly "Blue Сarpet" 5. Iris hybrid.

Observing the rules for the formation of flower beds and landscape compositions, you can get a truly spectacular decoration of the garden. Designers call the best combinations of colors yellow-green, yellow-white, emerald-lemon, as well as combinations of needles with red, violet, yellow and orange flowering plants.