Recently, when creating interiors in apartments, offices, florariums have become popular. Compositions of plants in a jar have an original and spectacular appearance. This miniature greenhouse in a transparent glass or plastic container is suitable for those who dream of having their own tropical garden in a city apartment. The composition does not take up much space, you can create it yourself.
Types of florariums
For the florarium, you can use ordinary glass jars, aquariums, transparent vessels or unusually shaped containers. They can be divided into several types:
- Bottled. Any vessel with a narrow neck and a wide bottom is suitable for it. Ordinary bottles are not used, as it is difficult to plant plants in them and give the composition a beautiful appearance. Plants that are not prone to rapid growth are placed in the vessels. Bottle compositions are commonly used in offices and other smallrooms where there is little space for traditional flower pots.
- Aquarium. For the florarium, an aquarium or other containers in the shape of a square or rectangle are used. Such vessels have advantages, it is convenient to place any plants and flowers in them during the budding period. Decorative drainage and other decorations are also used here. In apartments, such a florarium is most often installed.
- Wall mounted. It is difficult to make such a composition with your own hands; it is better to purchase a ready-made florarium. It is placed on plywood, plexiglass, using a variety of decorative elements.
- Mini florarium. They are created in several copies. Use Christmas balls, glasses and other small items suitable for placing a miniature plant garden.
For the florarium, not only plants are used, but also small flowers. They are chosen taking into account the general interior of the room.
Plants for compositions
To create a composition of plants in a jar, small forms with limited growth are selected. Any succulents that grow very slowly are well suited: young, aloe, gasteria, crassula, aeonium, crassula, haworthia.
For a closed ecosystem, plants that require minimal maintenance will be ideal. You can use crops that grow on sandy soil and do not require frequent watering: cacti, echeveria, stonecrop, orchid, lithops.
In addition to succulents, tropical forest crops are chosen for the florarium, which are used to growing in the shade and high humidity. To this groupinclude ground plants and moss.
Fitonia looks good in the composition - a plant for terrariums, creating a closed ecosystem around itself. You can plant aeonimus, which looks like a small tree. This plant does not require shaping.
When selecting plants in a glass jar, you need to focus on their compatibility. It is better for beginner florists to take related crops, they require the same care. For example, only succulents or hardwoods.
Materials for creating a mini-garden
To create a florarium, you need to prepare materials, special tools and a transparent container. You can make a composition in a glass flask, jar, glass household items or a special vessel (purchased in a store), but for beginners, it is easiest to create a mini-garden in an aquarium. To work with containers with a narrow neck, already certain skills are required.
Also, for the first experiment, it is better to take succulents from plants, they are extremely unpretentious and will not break during an unsuccessful movement during planting. The soil mixture is selected depending on the selected crops. Expanded clay, small pebbles, broken bricks or coarse river sand are used as drainage. The finishing layer of bright and original decorative sand looks very impressive.
To decorate plants in a jar, you can use figurines of exotic animals, ancient castles or lighthouses made of plastic, glass or polyresin. Planting is done with tweezers or a spoon. For watering plants, use a spray bottle or a syringe without a needle.
Creating a florarium for beginners
First, a drainage layer of selected materials must be placed in the container. It should be 1/3 of the ground. On top of the drainage, you can put colored pebbles. Then soil is poured into the container, moistened with water from a spray bottle.
Holes are made in the ground with a spoon for planting selected plants in a jar. The landing pattern must be selected in advance. Then plants are planted in the holes, and the soil around them is lightly tamped. For planting in containers with a narrow neck, use tweezers.
Plants placed in a jar must be poured with water from a syringe. The next step in creating a composition is the placement of decorative elements in it. Then the entire open surface is covered with moss, everyone is sprayed with water.
