How to equip a winter garden on the balcony

If the useful area does not allow to keep in her room colors, or you can not buy the cottage, there is a way: improvement in the balcony or loggia conservatory.

Next to the plants on the balcony, you can arrange recreation and relaxation area: green plants create a favorable climate for improving the physical and psychological state.

Conditions for its creation

Before you can create a winter garden balcony or loggia pre-prepared. To do this:

1. Check the integrity of the construction of balconies. If you intend setting on the balcony of volume pots, you need to check the allowable weight that can withstand the floor slab.

2. Glazing of balconies and loggias, if it was not done earlier.

3. All the cracks, seams, cracks must be repaired.

4. Put on a balcony or loggia radiators or hang from the ceiling air conditioner for temperature regulation.

How to choose plants

All plants are grown under different environmental conditions. Therefore, in order to choose the right green spaces, you need to know on which side of the world there is a balcony.

· On the north side of a plant, resistant to low temperatures and that do not require bright lighting (ficus, begonias, ivy, gardenia).

· The southern side is characterized by abundant light and heat. Therefore, here are themselves feel good palm trees, tangerines, ample plants, cactus. The windows must be blinds. Balcony on the south side should always be ventilated.

· On the east side, you can place the coffee tree, dieffenbachia, ficus, ginger. These are the plants that sustain moderate lighting in the morning and in the afternoon abundant. Blinds help pritenit green spaces from overheating.

· The west side is good because it keeps the heat around the clock here. But the blinds still needed on this balcony. Plants for the west side: monstera, groundsel, fuchsia, coconut.

How to place a plant

Large trees, palm trees are located in outdoor pots, but no more than 2-3 on the same balcony.

The small size of the plant is necessary to put in beautiful pots and place on racks, shelves. Next to it is appropriate to place the decoration items.

Climbing plants are hung on the walls in hanging pots. They can also be positioned on the ceiling.

Arrange green spaces is necessary so that they do not interfere with the passage, do not block the door, did not touch the head. Small plants should be closer to the light, more are on the background.

Create a winter garden - not an easy task. However, having studied the rules Florist cope with this mission.

But, while not forgetting that the plants need constant care: watering, fertilizing, spraying the leaves, airing balcony. And then the winter garden will turn into a work of art!