Designing gardens is never a piece of cake. We need to be patient and earnest while we are working in our gardens. A beautiful garden spells out charm and sophistication the moment you or your guests walk in through the front door. Artificial gardens in the balconies of skyscrapers or plush green retreats at the back of your house make you live amidst nature right in your home. Gardens have been the favorite spot for almost all age groups since time immemorial.These open spaces of lush green stretches pave way for creating memories with your kids, family, and pets. The better care we take of these cute plots the more cheerful and handsome it becomes. Here I have compiled a list of rare plants and decorative items, these striking garden decor ideas for homes and office are totally economical which will certainly make your garden the center of peace and tranquillity for your soul. And I promise they are really unfussy and hassle-free and totally economical.
- Decorative pots: The classy pots today make a style statement for your gardens. The elegant looking pots with astounding designs prove the fact that today design is not limited to clothes or houses.
- Hanging planters: The hanging planters are an essential for flats and office balconies. These colorful plants hanging on your balconies makes your home look incredibly classy and beautiful from outside as well as from the inside. Choose from a wide variety of plants and pots and fix them in a synchronic pattern to add chic to your cute little garden.
- Swings: These awesome swings will allow you to lose yourself in the tranquillity of the little nature’s basket right in your humble abode. There are very few things in the world more relaxing than an evening spent on a swing watching the sunset. The moment you sit in one of those classy and comfortable swings you are sure to travel into the musical and mystical layers of nature as the swing swings in its rhythm.When choosing them you have mostly three choices to go for:
- Good Looking Canopy Swings: These swings have built-in shades. They generally have a plush seating and is excellent for homes with vinyl sidings. Choose colors like green and blue that easily fuses with the background and gives the feel of a natural wonder.
- Exotic Swings: The contemporary looking this one-seater hanging chairs looks chic and are very relaxing. They are best to put down your feet and enjoy tea on winter mornings or summer evenings while reading a book.They are made of recycled cotton and look light and breezy.They are very easy to attach to low branches.
- Basic Wooden Swings: These are the least expensive ones. Basic five foot wide swings hung from sturdy structures. You can paint these into any color of your choice over the raw wood surface.
- Birdhouses: These small and elegant birdhouses make your garden a quintessential abode of nature and its natural beauties. Just sitting and watching your birds singing, chirping, playing and feeding each other will bring in jovial and cheerful vibe into your life and your garden.You might want to decorate these birdhouses using myriad colors of your choice or think out of the box and use seashells or pebbles or even thatch to give these tiny little nests the ultimate attractions of your lawns or gardens. Hang them on tree branches when the paint dries and mix it within the canopy of the trees to give a natural look.
- Bonsai: Bonsai are miniature trees in containers or pots.The famous Bonsai’s you can go or are as follows,
- Japanese maple: It is the most chosen variety of Bonsai. It has stunning lobed leaves that just soothe any visitors.
- Bodhi Trees (Ficus Religiosa): It is a tough plant that grows soon and forms aerial roots. It has gorgeous shiny heart-shaped foliage that appears bronze in color.
- Cotoneaster horizontalis: These plants are formed in cascade style or planted on rocks. Hence they are also called ‘Rock Cotoneaster’. They have a long-lasting color.
- Bougainvillea plant: One of the essential parts of your garden, the flowers brings in fresh hope and colorful exuberance while you are just strolling or sitting in your garden. The soft and delicate fuchsia petals of Bougainvillea, against green leaves and pastel blue sky is a sure shot therapy to uplift your mood on any melancholic or exhausting day.
- Perennial Flowers: Perennial flowering plants are your best friends to design your gardens.They look much cooler against the usual seasonal ones and never go out of bloom. They keep up the sprightly ambiance of gardens irrespective of the annual seasons. They pump out beautiful foliage and flowers year after year.Though there are many varieties to choose from you can go with the following options also. They are easily available, very unfussy and grow without much effort. Plant them in early spring or early fall for a healthy start.
- Alstroemeria (Peruvian Lily): These come in shades of purple with dark flecks and lasts long. They are also used in bouquets. Alstroemeria Aurea blooms also in shades of orange and yellow.
- Euphorbia (characias Wulfnii): They have upright stems crowded with narrow blue-green leaves.
- Gloriosa Daisy (Rudbeckia hirta): Deep golden petals radiates from chocolate centers.
- Gaura(G. Lindheimeri): Also called Beeblosom grows into stunning mauve or white foliage.
- Colourful foliage plants: Colourful foliage never goes out of bloom even when other flowers. They have stunning beauty to arrest any heart right away.They are also great for ornamentation atop cottages and walls and vinyl sidings.
- Coleus: The most common and best plant. They do really well in beds and borders. It comes in a variety of colors.
- Smoke Bush: Grows in striking colors and creates a wonderful look wherever placed.
- Nine Bark: Requires very little care and gifts you with striking red and auburn foliage all year long.
These were some interesting decorative plants ideas for a picturesque garden decor. Tell me how you did it.I'd love to know your experiences.
Happy decorating dear!!