How to create a garden of fragrances on the site...

How to create a garden of fragrances on the site: the wisdom of growing fragrant herbsSmells play a great deal in the life of any person. If you do not like the innate incense of other people, then they will not be close to you, since it is impossible to persuade yourself to inhale incessantly that which is unpleasant to you. The real artless method to fill your existence with positive energy is to bring up spicy grass. Which can exist more beautiful than a whole symphony of smells, which is enough to outline you since the morning. An additional advantage of aromatic herbs will be that for their base often make different pharmaceutical drugs and balms. And spices are used in food. We will tell you, like to make a park of smells with your own hands, and which plants to choose for this.
A short historical connection
For the area of ​​the monasteries of Western Europe, in the old days, patios of square form were made. The paths in such courtyards were placed crosswise, and the plantings had strict geometric shapes.
Here we often planted pharmaceutical herbs, from which various drugs were prepared. Later, plants were planted with wondrous smells for the creation of incense. Monastic gardens with aromatic and pharmaceutical plants are allowed and to date to see in Europe. They keep the bait beautiful traditions
Landings were divided according to the sides of the world, which corresponded to the patio sectors. Sometimes the grass was planted according to the principle of their parameters and the next introduction: pharmaceutical, beautiful, fragrant, etc .. Thanks to the traditions of the monastery gardens, there were cuttings, and later the opinion of a closed fragrant courtyard.
Why do we need a whole garden?
Feeling is the only important channel through which we receive information relative to the world around us. In the course of the day, we once excessively inhale and exhale the atmosphere, receiving the message we need. Feeling grants the feeling of freedom to man. We have a delightful power, following from the familiar smell, plunge into memoirs and dreams
The magic fortress of smells lies in their ability to influence certain parts of the brain that shape our spirit. Gradually, for our own sake, we associate acquired smells with the feelings and events that we have with them.
Using this gift, it is allowed to influence the spirit, to excite the emotions we need. Even a real menacing and angry day with the influence of the right odor can not prevent the flow of vivacity and positive.
Advantages and drawbacks of such a solution
The fragrant park is a unique view of landscape design. Usually he perceives the shape of several flower beds that emit sweet or refreshing smells.
Advantages of aromatic corners are as follows:
Such a resting place for your site can protect the necessary therapeutic effect: to invigorate or relax, to conserve diligence;
your suburban part will acquire an unusual originality, it is quite unlike the others
smells not only form a spirit, but also have healing effects
if you select florets as carriers, then you can torture not only aromatic, but visual pleasure.
Once quickly we list the pros, then we will not forget to mention the shortcomings. More precisely, about the book for which you should pay homage, creating your own fragrant place.
The shortcomings of this idea are not so abundant:
Each lure of the idea of ​​the wonderful. For example, men may not share female love in intoxicatingly-sweet spirits. And the lure of the addiction lady will transfer to the park, the family may face serious difficulties. To prevent this, the verdict on the development of a fragrant plot should be taken by all together. You do not buy spirits for yourself, which undeniably irritate your"second half"? One of the options for a compromise can begin the division of the site for the male and female zones. Let the lady sniff the lure of beloved lilies and roses, and the man is delighted with mint, spruce and pine.
The fragrant zone should not be extremely closed. This will increase the concentration of flavor before critical values, which, in turn, can spoil the rest and badly affect health. Let the wind help you spread smells, making them pleasant.
It should be very cautious to choose plants for planting. It's not enough that some of them provoke an allergic reaction, they can act for certain functions of your body. For example, jasmine, cloves and lovage increase overall excitability. Think about whether it will not affect your health.
You see, in the composition of the shortcomings there are insurmountable. Suffice it to take into account all the above aspects and cons of this idea will simply disappear. For the sake of creating a garden of smells, there are actually no obstacles, not counting the personal intolerance of a particular flavor, but in fact it is always permissible to exclude it
Determine the visibility of the dominant flavor
Before we delve into what plants we will plant for our site, we need the light that we want to get in the end. Let's define with a kind of a smell, who do those or other cultures:
Broken: rosemary, sage, lavender, mint.
Пряный: fennel, australia, azalea, nail.
Sugar: elder, trefoil, heliotrope, honeysuckle
Sweet: Musk rose, hawthorn, barberry.
Fruity: geranium, hyacinth, magnolia.
Red: Individual varieties of honeysuckle, peony, rose.
High-flown: iris, fragrant peas, lilac, wisteria.
Of course, you realize that the proposed graduation has a relatively relative nature, yet it is considered classical and therefore is given here. Red incense is the base of many spirits, but it's worth discussing with other family members, will not they be against it in order to fulfill it dominant in the garden
Selecting plants for aromatic gardens
Now, if you gave importance to a certain smell, you can also discuss certain herbs, often forming fragrant flower beds.
Thyme, thyme, Bogorodskaya grass
Thyme is often called Bogorodskaya grass, as this is a discreet, but very fragrant plant used for Russia for the decoration of the iconographic image of the Blessed Virgin. However, thyme was valued even in pagan times, if it was considered capable not only of curing people, but also of living.
Fragrant thyme was appreciated in Old Greece and Rome: its dry twigs were set on fire and fumigated with smoke from the premises, driving away the ills and all evil spirits. His healthy soul and can really kill nasty smells and has medicinal qualities and balsamic effect. Sensitive and insecure people of psychoanalysts are advised thyme as a source of energy and positive feelings. In addition, thyme contains substances that restore men's health
The ancient Romans bathed in the thyme's broth, believing that they are charged with energy by such a macaroon. In addition, it was added to the food as a flavor. Gramotey Theophrastus, who founded botany, dedicated a whole agreement to the thyme. According to Europe, this spice spread due to Benedictine monks who grew it in their own gardens.
Now thyme is used in cooking, medicine. It is also used in the production of alcoholic beverages, and for the sake of preserving goods. Thyme is rich in essential oils, and therefore has such a pronounced smell. Oil of thyme is used in cosmetology and pharmaceutics.
Of the abundance of species and species of thyme for the site, it is best to choose covering thyme. It grows great, and in June-July it blooms with purple flowers. Thyme is often decorated with alpine hills and a place along the walkway.
Sage - brilliant and contrast
A liquid aromatic park is without sage. It has abundant varieties, endlessly blooms and is often used for the creation of contrasting transitions in design. This plant became more popular in the Renaissance. However, it is still popular as a spice and as a part of pharmaceuticals.
Consume it in cooking, while using it in dried and fresh form. It is a frequent participant of various culinary consistencies due to its own brightest and pleasant smell. Naturally, like and at least some other drug, drugs with sage are shown in the distance is not much. This should be kept in mind and not be operated by self-treatment
The ether, found in sage, glorified him in cosmetology and perfumery. As a perfume, it can be in certain sorts of tobacco, in sausage products, tea or in some types of cheese. Add it and be a pickled herring.
Salvia has medicinal qualities: astringent and hemostatic. With it through treat a wide range of diseases of internal organs. Outwardly, it helps to be treated with purulent wounds and bruises. With it, inhalations are made, since it has antibacterial qualities.
Lavender is a visitor from the Mediterranean
The sky-blue or purple flowers of lavender are well known to us according to the countless images of this plant. In Russia it sank from the Mediterranean. Even the oldest Romans, taking baths, used it as a flavor.
Lavender is a good disinfectant, it can relieve spasms and soothe. The bathroom with her, taken before bedtime, will relieve slackness and stress. Moreover, it is intensively used in perfumery and cosmetology, is used in soap making, and lavender oil helps to burns, abrasions and small scratches. Bunches of fragrant lavender were also used in Old Greece: with the help of their dwellings they were given a new flower shower
Specifically, lavender is loved to add to different dishes of Spanish, Italian and French chefs. It is an excellent complement to sauces, lamb dishes and fish delicacies. In the dried and crushed lavender, they use a kind of spice and a nice addition to tea.
Raising lavender in central Russia is not so simple. We need some tricks. Namely, for the sake of planting it is necessary to choose cold-resistant varieties. For the winter, lavender should be hidden, but it should be done carefully, so that the warm grass does not soprela. Lavender loves good light and takes a dispassionate climate in a favorable way. But the water for her sake is destructive.
The undemanding and charming mint
Probably, specifically mint is the oldest plant, the characteristics of which were estimated by a man in accordance with the dignity. This herb is mentioned in the cuneiform tablets of Assyria and Egypt. About her read Avicenna and Hippocrates. Her essential oils are used in medicine, perfumes, and the food industry.
Mint is added to different spirits. Use it and as a flavorful seasoning for various dishes. In cooking it is used in dried and fresh form. Peppermint is widely used in official medicine. From it do not only lollipops through a cough.
She goes into the number of ointments, drops and pills, as it has analgesic and vasodilating properties. Mint is used in the form of decoctions and essences, it eliminates through a strong migraine and through problems with the digestive organs. Mint is excellent in salads and sauces, marinades and baked goods. Drinks with the addition of wondrous mint have a very special flavor
Growing mint is not extremely difficult: it grows vividly and is undemanding. If it is necessary to avoid the excessive spread of this grass, it can be planted unswervingly in pots. In this case, the rhizome does not have enough ability to speak.
Rosemary - sea cold
Thin little leaves that are unreasonably similar to needles, and flattering spicy incense - in this description it's hard not to find out rosemary. His homeland is also the Mediterranean. Its Latin name means"sea freshness". Nowadays it is known not only in Europe.
The spirit of rosemary is like a mixture of essences of lemon, eucalyptus, camphor and pine. He goes into the number of the most diverse consistencies, the favorites in cooking. This, for example, the French seasonings of"grass of Provence". For its base, vinegar and various sauces are prepared, which are served with meat dishes.
With all this, rosemary retains its own resinous incense, even to be a long-term culinary treatment. To eat the surplus of methods to prepare fragrant and savory dishes, simply adding a little olive oil and a couple of leaves of"sea freshness". Proudly not to overdo it, since fragrant leaves are capable of smelling the smell of the dish itself, which, usually, is not necessary. Rosemary - this spice has been recognized and widely distributed. In its wild form it is now permitted to meet in Southern Europe
In the spring and at the very beginning, the age of the rosemary is covered with delicate florets of blue color. The issue of his feeding is that he is not able to bear Russian winters even in a sheltered form. He needs a plus temperature. But in the criteria of a balcony or a warmed veranda, rosemary will survive. And already in the summer it is allowed to openly postpone in the ground.
Hibernia hyssop therapeutic
In Europe, Asia and even in North Africa, hyssop is curative and is now allowed to meet in the wild. In Russia, it grows in the steppe and forest-steppe zone. Even in the time of Avicenna and Hippocrates, he was described as an awesome expectorant. Nowadays, hyssop insists together with figs and honey and use colds as a medicine.
Essential oils, emitted by hyssop, can clean rooms through infections, they are used and as an effective property for the sake of combating pediculosis. In July - August, this honey is covered with flowers. At this time, and begins its mixture. Excellent dried hyssop can be used for 2 months. In early Christianity, hyssop was used as a condiment during the period of fasting. They, together with the salt, were rewarded with earnings
Hyssop can be planted in light grassy soil in the form of seeds or cuttings. In the north-western part of and in the Non-Black Earth region, it is better to extract seedlings grown from seeds to be 18-20 ° C in the dark and in conditions of constant humidity for this purpose. Seed germination occurs two weeks after the seeding date.

Previously, like to transplant seedlings, for a meter of land area should make 1 tablespoon of fertilizer type"Effect"and before 2 kg of manure. The beds should be dug for the shovel bayonet, leveled and trampled down a little. Seedlings are planted in rows, leaving them between each 30 cm, and between rows - 60 cm.
Oregano - winter marjoram
The winter marjoram oregano is named because of its resistance to winters and frosts. This is a honey plant, which grows in Russia everywhere, not including, probably, the Last North. Oregan prefers to grow for an open stony area, in floodplain meadows, for forest edges and for open glades. It is widely used in medicine. In most cases, oregano use a kind of spice. In cooking, her leaves are added to meat dishes, vegetables and potatoes. Staying oregano in tea or sauce makes his style more saturated, fuller opening the capacity of the dish or drink. Very much oregano in the composition of home baking. If it is extracted to be made marinades, then all domestic preservation is better preserved
Oregano prefers rich lands of neutral acidity. Cultivate as a honey and a source of ether. Fruit of oregano with the help of seedlings. Her plantations require a substitution in 3-5 years. For this herb is characterized by flattering spirit and astringent, slightly astringent, style.
Like to take care of because of the"fragrant garden"?
No special care is required. Always like it is usually: plants require care, fertilizing and watering. If you just plan the planting, be sure to carefully dig up the site, say goodbye to all the weeds and sprinkle the soil with all-encompassing fertilizers that will be beneficial to all the plants planned for planting.
If you are planning to design a flower bed that likes to smell, then it is allowed to perform it also long-flowering. For this, one should choose flowers with different periods of flowering. First of the season you can amuse lilies of the valley, hyacinths and daffodils. Then the torch will pick up tobacco, peas and mirabilis. And finish the season phloxes , mables and carnations.
It's a pity that the video is incapable of giving spirit, but you can estimate the appearance of the garden: