No body of water garden is complete without a bog garden as some of the most beautiful and interesting plants thrive in such situations . Many ponds and lakes have a natural perennially dampish environment which requires no more attending before inclose plant life than to get rid of undesirable weed .
If the pool is course by a lifelike water provision , it is usually possible to transfer the runoff into surrounding soil , thus producing an expanse which is for good moist without being waterlogged . Alternatively , any low - lying site with a clay subsoil can be sporadically flooded over with water to produce a bog garden . During the winter month , rain will supply all the wet that is required as mostbog plantsare then dormant .
To make a bog garden on call down priming coat or where the drainage is very spare , create a different trouble which , however , can be get the best with a little effort . turn up the site to a astuteness of 38 centimetre ( 15 in ) and line the expanse with poor lineament concrete consisting of 12 parts of barretter to 1 part of cementum or even debile , or hide the base with slate , tiles or asbestos sheets slightly overlapping . Another musical theme is to line the substructure with a individual layer of 500 calibre polyethylene sheeting perforated in a few places so that it allows water supply to leak away slowly .
Whatever method is employed , put 6 - 8 cm ( 23 in ) of stones or pebbles over the lining to offer tolerable drain . insure these with a layer of peat tailing or old sward turned upside down . Replace the dirt , incorporating liberal quantities of peat , manure or other fibrous material to hold up the moisture during metre of drouth . When end , the top soil will look like any other herbaceous molding , but the beginning of the plant will palpate the influence of the water , and such conditions should produce an idealistic peat bog garden . Although it is important to water the area in teetotal weather , it is equally crucial never to let the soil to become waterlogged .
Suitable plants
There is a wide range of plants suitable for the bog garden . Some of the more pop and interesting kind admit the genus Aconitum ( monkshood ) . The most usually mature metal money is A.napellus , with exquisitely prune leaves and purplish - blue flowers , its varietybicolor , with blue and whitened flowers , and ‘ Newry Blue ’ , flowering June - July on 1 - 1.3 m ( 3 - 4 ft ) theme .
Aruncus sylvester(goat ’s byssus ) if space permits , is a marvelous industrial plant for the back of the peat bog garden , with large plumage of creamy - blanched flowers in June and foliage very alike to that of theastilbes and growingto 1.3 - 1.6 m ( 4 - 5 ft ) . The legion varieties of astilbe make excellent bog garden plant , but alas they are oftentimes grown in teetotal borders with inadequate moisture , where they never assume their full splendor . Some of the most democratic varieties include : ‘ Deutschland ’ , gross blanched , ‘ Fanal ’ , mystifying red with cherry-red foliage , ‘ Koblenz ’ , rose , ‘ Red Sentinel ‘ , very deep carmine and ‘ Rhineland ’ , bright pink .
The native marsh marigold(Calthapalustris)in both its single and double - flowered forms , is a fine flora for really damp soils . It makes a boldsplash of yellowin outflow .
Gunnera manicatais probably the most impressive peat bog plant it is possible to develop in this res publica , but it is only desirable where there is sizeable room , as in a large water garden . The foliage resemble enormous rhubarb leaves , often reaching 2.5 - 3.3 meter ( 8 - l0 ft ) in diameter , on stems 3.8 m ( 12 foot ) or more in top . The flowers are chocolate-brown — borne in head about m ( 3 foot ) prospicient and something like a bottle light touch in appearance . Gunneras require plenty of wet during the grow time of year but must not become waterlogged , specially during the wintertime month , when it is necessary to give the crown protection by packing the bushed leaf over the roots . Extra protection with pale yellow or leaf should always be add up in very severe weather .
No garden is complete without hemerocallis ( solar day lily ) . The species fare from Asiatic Riverside and will grow anywhere in the bog garden , in shallow water , in shade or full sun , in sullen pixilated soil or teetotal sandy situation . Many hybrid have been produced , give a blanket variety of colouring material from pallid yellow to cryptic red and a flowering period from June to September . yield ample way for evolution , the flora may be left undisturbed for years . A vast scope of hybrids admit : ‘ C. P. Raffill , ’ 0.7 m ( lift ) apricot flowers , July - August ; ` High Tor , ’ 2 yard ( 6 ft ) or more in height , sensationalistic flowers , June - July ; ‘ Pink Damask , ’ plentiful pink , and ‘ Hiawatha , ’ 0.7 m ( 2 1/2 ft ) , copper - red .
genus Hosta are invaluable semi - shade plants with folio in various shades of greenish or unripe and silver grey or gold variegations and pale mauve or ashen flowers . Species includeH. fortunei alba , yellow leaf edged with green;H. sieboldiana , blue - green foliage;H. undulata , large ellipse leaves;H. minor,30 - 38 centimeter ( 12 - 15 in ) , pallid dark-green leaves and white-hot flowers .
Iris kaempferiand its forms are the most notable of the bog iris . Natives of Japan they are grown beside the paddy field fields which are flooded during the summer calendar month but drained in the wintertime , thus make idealistic rise precondition . As they are linden haters , they must have adequate peat or foliage moulding in the soil . These works are rarely sold as named sort , but unremarkably as the ‘ Higo Strain ’ of hybrids .
Lysichitum americanum , the skunk cabbage , indigenous to North America , has large bright yellowed aroid flowers in April , before the leave of absence , which make a bluff show at the puddle side during the summer months . L. camtschatcensefrom Japan has clean flower and is less vigorous than its American twin .
Bog primula provide some of our good waterside perennial , specially when produce in semi - shade with a background of moisture - enjoy ferns . Among the best areP. florindae,0.7 m ( 2.5 ft ) sulfur - yellowish flowers , June - July;P. japonica splendens , crimson - purple , May - June;P. japonica‘Postford White ’ , an outstanding candelabrum type with white flowers;P. pulverulenta‘Bartley Strain ’ , rose - pink flowers , May - June andP.viali , with mauve heyday , which has bright red bud before opening .
Moisture - loving fern make an excellent scope for bog andwater gardenswith some shade . Matteuccia struthiopteris , the ostrich feathering fern has symmetrical 1 m ( 3 ft ) long fronds like a shuttlecock . Onoclea sensibilis ( the sensitive fern ) thrive in shadiness and moisture and has pallid green frond , 0.3 - 0.4 megabyte ( 1 - 1.5 ft ) long;Osmunda regalisthe royal fern is a imposing plant life , easily grow if pass on an adequate water supply . When well established it attain 1.6 - 2 m ( 5 - 6 foot ) in height and will go under off any bog or water garden .
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