Top Reasons For Garden Walling
Have you ever seen garden walling and thought it enhanced the look of the garden? Have you ever wondered why a person would take the time to construct a wall around their garden? This article will take a brief look at some of the most common reasons people put walls around their gardens and what they use to construct them.
The most popular reason gardeners put a wall around their garden is decorative. Plain and simple, they are hoping to enhance the overall look of their garden. Ornamental grasses are commonly planted close together in order to form decorative garden walling. Most ornamental grasses change colors as the season progresses, giving a garden a different look all the time. If you chop the grasses flush to the ground come the end of the gardening season, they will grow back beautifully the following spring. They will not ever need to be replanted.
Some gardeners go with bushes, to form hedges, to build a wall around their gardens. There are many different varieties of bushes that are used in this manner such as Rose of Sharon. Rose of Sharon, when planted closed together, can form a beautiful garden wall that requires very little maintenance. Once the pretty flowers bloom and fall off, all these bushes need is a little pruning to keep them under control.
Holly bushes are also a popular bushed used to make hedges to form garden walls. Although the holly bushes do not bloom pretty flowers like the Rose of Sharon, they remain green all year long, and produce attractive red berries that look really pretty next to the dark green leaves. They are also a fast growing bush that can be easily pruned.
Ornamental grasses and hedge rows not only add to the beauty of a garden, they also act as good barriers. Sometimes the wind can damage fragile plants, causing gardeners to look for a solution. In locations where high winds are the norm, garden walling is almost necessary to protect any garden.
Another common reason people use garden walling is to prevent animals from ruining their plants. Animals like such as groundhogs and rabbits love to eat many kinds of garden plants. When this is the case, hedges and ornamental grasses will not do the trick. They will not prevent the entry of animals into the garden.
In order for garden walling to be effective in keeping animals out of the garden, it must be constructed with solid material. This material can include: fencing (steel or wooden), garden bricks, and wooden rail road ties.
There are many other reasons why people choose to build walls around their gardens that were not discussed. No matter what the reason is behind constructing one, you are not limited in what you can choose to build it with.
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