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Beautiful gardens with stones and flowers
We show you the best options for decorating gardens with stones and flowers. The best designs to renew this magical place and give the best impression.
Flowers and stones will always go hand in hand when decorating a garden, nothing like generating that magical and natural atmosphere that can delight your guests just by seeing it.
How to start building my garden with stones and flowers?
Let's start by validating the size of the space, with how much land you have to know the distribution of the stones and flowers in addition to the rest of the accessories.
For this we will need a tape measure and we will measure the entire space that will serve as a garden. With these measurements we will know the amount of natural stones that we will need. Remember that the stones are also acquired by square meters.
Let's not forget the spaces that will remain for planting the flowers, a possible source or spaces of grass that we can incorporate.
What kind of stones can I use for my garden?
decomposed granite
One of the most modern and sought after options in garden decoration. Many use it to replace the grass in the garden and create more minimalist designs.
We will leave you an image so you can see the reference, the decomposed granite comes in sizes from 3 mm to 22 mm. In the same way you can find different colors in earthy tones.
river rocks
By chance, you may have visited a river and have some of these at home. The truth is that it is very good for our garden to be decorated with these rocks.
Certainly, they are much larger and heavier than granite, but the decorations to be made are excellent. Can I buy them? Of course yes, when it is not possible to go to the river we can buy them in garden implement stores or stone sales of all kinds at good prices.
brick chips
Garden designs with stones that are made with chips are great. They really are brick scraps that can be used creatively for decoration.
These chips help you control weed growth, provide moisture to plants and best of all, they do not attract insects.
Types of flowers to decorate gardens with stones
Now, for the use of plants and the correct location we must determine what type of flowers we can use.
Here you will also validate the irrigation they need, if they are in the sun or in the shade and the extended care for them.
hydrangeas
These beautiful flowering plants delight us with their beauty in home gardens. They can be grown in the ground and do not require excessive care. In addition, seeing them bloom is an act of total beauty that gives life and shine to our garden.
carnations
A favorite plant of many gardening moms, carnations can thrive in direct sunlight. You can sow them in summer and fall.
Outdoors it flowers every 2 months, while indoors or in internal gardens it can flower all year round. These are beautiful plants that give light to our gardens.
beautiful daisies
One of the most sought after and used options, so beautiful and unique, they are very strong against the sun's rays and do not require much care. Daisies can be watered once or twice a day without overdoing the amount of water you use. We recommend sowing them in spring.
petunia from south america
A whole family of beautiful colorful flowers, they live and shine with the help of the sun, it really does not affect them at all. You must take into account that they are ideal for gardens with stones, since exposing them to the sun is what makes them shine.
honey flower
This is a beautiful ground cover plant, its beauty leads us to use it in our garden as it is a fantastic and ornamental plant. During the summer it requires a lot of watering ; however, the rest of the year they remain strong and dazzling.
Extra accessories for flower stone gardens
Special pots: here we can act by painting the pots in our own style.
Wooden carts: these are never lacking in our gardens and can give that special touch, it will look great with some flowers on it to decorate.
Fountain or artificial river: if it is within your reach you can make an artificial river with natural stones, this idea would give your garden a deeper connection with nature.
Lighting: it never hurts to think of headlights or any type of lighting that gives your garden a pleasant and magical touch at night.
If you found the stones and flowers that you can incorporate into your garden, imagine adding some extra accessories. We can be talking about recycled objects or our own creations that give originality to your space.
