- Easy-care gravel or stone beds
- Clever combination of flowering plants and grasses
- Privacy screen with flower borders planted in front of it
Typical of a modern-style flower bed are clear shapes and few, but accentuated plants. You will not find rampant perennial beds here, and a natural design is not typical. Instead, the modern garden should primarily serve relaxation and therefore be easy to maintain.
Gravel and stone often adorn modern gardens
Easy-care gravel or stone beds
Modern-style flower beds are typically covered with gravel or other stones, so that the bed always looks tidy and cared for without much effort - weeds don't stand a chance here, especially if a weed fleece (€21.70) is placed underneath. In the middle of this stone bed, place individual plants that catch the eye with a special shape or color. A small stream or a water feature also fit perfectly into such an ensemble. However, it is important that gravel and stones are regularly cleaned with a strong jet of water, as they get dirty quickly and otherwise look unsightly.
Clever combination of flowering plants and grasses
An absolute must in a modern garden are grasses that are cleverly combined with flowering perennials or subshrubs. Ferns such as the lady fern also provide a green fixed point. Incidentally, the flower bed does not have to be reserved for perennials and shrubs: groups of three small trees planted together, for example silver birches with their interestingly colored bark, perfectly complement the easy-care bed - provided, of course, it is big enough. Furthermore, the plants do not have to be planted directly in the ground. Large square or rectangular containers can be planted with exotic-looking flowering plants such as palm lilies, canna lilies or hostas and arranged in harmonious groups.
Privacy screen with flower borders planted in front of it
Privacy is important in a modern garden, which is rarely designed with hedges, but rather with the help of fences, walls, gabions, etc. The narrow bed strip in front of such a boundary is ideal for selective planting with a few but meaningful flowering plants and grasses.
tips
When creating a gravel bed, you don't have to limit yourself to white or gray pebbles. Instead, you buy the stones in different colors and shapes and design the flower bed like a colorful mosaic.