If your garden is on a slope, you can create a natural meadow or a sloping lawn. Otherwise, your options are limited as water drains quickly and many plants suffer. In general, however, it is better to lay out such a property in terraces and to support the different levels with low walls.
How do I design a flower bed on a slope?
A hillside flower bed should be terraced, with drought-tolerant plants planted at the top and shade-tolerant, moisture-tolerant perennials at the bottom. Different flower colors on each terrace create a harmonious depth in the garden.
Creating terraces and retaining walls
For these retaining walls, use materials that match the house. Houses built with bricks look better if garden walls and paths are made of bricks in similar colors. On the other hand, if you live in a stone house, try making the retaining walls and paths out of stone. Plastered houses look best when combined with concrete walls that have been plastered and painted. Modern exterior paint is available in a variety of excellent colors. All walls should be finished with a wall crown that extends over the wall by approximately four centimeters. Steps should be as wide and flat as possible and made of the same material as walls and paths.
Color design of the different terraces
Each terrace created here can be planted differently. For example, one level could be decorated with yellow and orange plants, a lower level with oranges, reds and purples, and lower again pale blue and bluish-purple tones could merge in the distance. In this way, you revisit the Hang theme with the choice of flower colors in different flower beds, creating creative depth.
Recommendations for a shady location
However, this color transition does not work so well in a shady location because you cannot use the required variety of plants. In this case, it might be advisable to descend from a symmetrical plane to a less uniform collection of mixed shrubs and perennials, or to a quiet seating area with a water feature or fountain.
Tip
When choosing plants for a bed on a slope, always remember that drought-tolerant flowering plants with a penchant for sun must always be planted in the upper area and both shade-tolerant and moisture-tolerant perennials must be planted in the lower area. The further up the slope a bed is, the sunnier and drier it is, as all the water always flows down the hill and accumulates at the base.