Dwarf plants in a bottle. Flowers in bottles - we create a florarium with our own hands (100 photos)

How to make your room original, how to revive the interior? The task becomes even more difficult if the room is not too spacious. One of the solutions to this problem will be bottle garden. Such mini-greenhouses are also called "florarium", "garden under glass" - compositions of fresh flowers placed in various glass containers. Creating a miniature garden under glass can be not only a pleasant pastime, but also a stress reliever. In addition, growing plants in glass containers can turn from a hobby into a profession. After all, mini-greenhouses are currently in demand. If you have never been able to fulfill your dream of becoming a landscape designer, then it's time to do it now! The only difference is in the area of the created composition.

Making a bottle garden is easy

Choosing a container for our garden.

Here you can use whatever comes to your mind. Of course, think in advance - where the florarium will stand - it can be suspended, table or floor. Based on this, choose a vessel. It can be a glass of champagne or a huge aquarium.

The more unusual the shape of the vessel, the more interesting your composition will be.

If you decide to make a greenhouse in a bottle with a narrow neck, then get ready for the fact that caring for the florarium will be a little more difficult.

So, take a look around - maybe a decanter or a flask from a chemistry room is empty in vain?

What tools will you need to create a garden under glass?

Long tweezers - for a florarium with a narrow neck.
Scalpel or very sharp knife (sometimes you need to prune the flowers).
Spoon or other device for creating holes.
Mini - rake, or fork for leveling the ground.
A device for compacting the soil (a spool of thread or a wine cork, mounted on a long stick)
Sponge to wipe the walls of the vessel.
Spray gun for irrigation of florarium.
Prepare long sticks or knitting needles to which you attach your mini-tools to make it easier to reach the target if it is impossible to reach your hand into your garden.
In the event that the greenhouse is completely closed, then you need to take care of the hygrometer and thermometer.

Preparing the soil for the florarium

The most important thing is drainage. Here you can use expanded clay, fine coarse sand, shell rock. Keep in mind that our container is transparent, and drainage can also serve as a decor.

The soil for the garden can be different - it all depends on what plants you will plant. It is best to purchase ready-made soil for flowers in a specialized store. It is poured in a layer of 5 to 10 cm.

If you plan to create a garden in a bottle with a very narrow neck, or completely closed, in this case it is necessary to prepare activated (charcoal) charcoal (1 cm above the drainage is enough). It will eliminate unpleasant odors in case of excess condensation.

It is possible to use hydrogel balls instead of soil. In this case, it will not be necessary to water the plants, respectively, there will be no need for a drainage layer.

Selection of flowers for the bottle garden

Here you need to take into account many nuances:

For example, several color options for our greenhouse.

** Shade-loving: forest cactus, fern, Decembrist.
** “Loving the sun”: bromeliads, orchids (but you can’t put it under the direct rays of the sun!)
** Moisture-loving: violets, graceful fittonia.
** In the "dry" garden we plant: cacti, succulents, jade, agave.

One of the favorite plants for a greenhouse in a bottle are azalea and begonia with small leaves. Their huge variety will help decorate any florarium. Usually capricious arrowroot, grow well in the garden under glass.

You can be original and create a real terrarium - plant carnivorous plants - sarracenia or sundew, just do not forget to feed them with live insects. Such flowers are ideal for greenhouse conditions.

** Any bottle garden can be decorated with grass calamus or graceful hamedorea.

** Salaginella Krausa will help imitate moss.

All plants for a mini-garden in glass share the same parameters: unpretentiousness, shallow root system, height up to 25 cm, slow growth.

If your greenhouse is of considerable size, then the flowers can be displayed in pots, creating different levels for them in height.

If you have already decided that bottle garden- this is it, then take into account a few ideas for themed decoration:

1. For a high florarium, prepare more pebbles and stones to build a miniature alpine slide. Ivy will be a wonderful decoration.

2. If you choose moisture-loving plants, you can create a real jungle in the middle of your apartment. The garden container is fully planted. The main plant can be a palm tree, in addition, a coleus, a pilea.

3. Subject composition. There is no limit to fantasy here. It all depends on what decorative elements you find for the bottle garden. These can be animals on a farm, birds and insects in a river or swamp, small houses and gnomes, boats, wells ... etc. The size of such a garden can be different.

4. Garden for one plant. This flower can be brightly blooming, like a violet or an azalea, or it can look like a “ship of the desert” if one cactus, sansevier or stone flowers are planted in sandy soil.

Creating a garden under glass does not take much time. Caring for him is also no more difficult than for. Such a bottle garden even has its advantages: in the created microclimate, it will perfectly survive your long absence.

And, of course, the florarium is a real highlight of any interior!

Now watch this video tutorial from experienced designers on how to create a garden under glass.

Many people want to grow real tropical crops at home, but this is often simply not possible. Almost all plants of this group are demanding for care, they do not need drafts, they need the highest possible humidity. Because of this feature, the British, back in the 19th century, began to look for a way to recreate such conditions, because they really wanted to grow amazing plants. The solution to this problem was a glass box, more like an aquarium with a lid. Light passed through it perfectly, but the air was closed.

Due to the evaporation of moisture in a closed space, the "aquarium with a lid" always kept the same humidity. This method made it possible for the demanding British to grow most exotic crops at home.

Such a box not only turned out to be an excellent invention, it even migrated to our century. However, it has been improved a bit. Today's florists plant exotic plants in transparent closed containers, which are called florariums. Another name for this amazing art is a garden in a bottle. But as practice shows, not only a bottle can be a container.

Perhaps you think that such unusual miniature compositions are bought in a special store, but it is impossible to make them yourself... This is a real delusion! To make a florarium with your own hands, you need to stock up on the right vessel and suitable exotic plants.

What capacity is suitable for creating a florarium?

Here you can use your imagination. For this purpose, a different container is suitable, the main one is that it is rather big, with a wide bottom and a narrow neck. She can serve as a bottle of alcoholic beverages, various vessels, an aquarium or a jar for cereals. If exotic plants prefer maximum humidity, then opt for a vessel with a hermetic seal.

The smaller the throat, the more moisture there will be. But do not overdo it, as the neck should completely allow you to care for the crops in the florarium. Inside a non-hermetic container, ventilation will be regular, so the humidity in it is low.

How to choose the right plants for your garden in a bottle

Buy only those plants that do not grow. Otherwise, you will have to transplant cultures to another florarium, and you will lose time and extra money.

Do not forget that this container with plants plays a decorative function, which means that it does not need to be heavily covered with soil. It should be only at the bottom, even 1/5 of the capacity is a lot. It is for this reason that plants in the florarium should not be with a wide root system.

Only moisture-loving cultures will feel comfortable, because glass containers will always have high humidity. This means that plants should love moisture and marshy soil. It’s not even worth saying that growing cacti in an airtight container is the wrong thing to do, the plant will simply die.

It is best to cultivate decorative and deciduous plants. Flowering crops are best grown in open-necked containers, as it is simply necessary to remove faded flowers. These include: saintpaulias and orchids. Other compositions in the mini-garden can be made from dracaena, dwarf ficuses, royal begonias or pellets.

How to make a florarium with your own hands

1. Preparation of high-quality fertile soil. At the bottom of the bottle we lay 2 centimeters of drainage (expanded clay, small pebbles, crushed stone). After that, the soil substrate + activated or charcoal is poured (about 8 centimeters). Coal acts as a disinfectant, it does not allow the appearance of rot on the root system. Separately, the soil substrate should be distinguished; it should not contain clay and heavy soils. The earth is allowed only light and breathable. A garden in a bottle must breathe, only in this case it will grow and flourish.

2. Planting plants. Using a small cutlery, we make a recess in the substrate, carefully plant an exotic culture in it. If you cannot do this because of a very narrow neck, then use tweezers.

3. Garden decoration in a bottle. You can use a couple of unusual snags, stones, or any miniature garden figures. This similarity will make a garden in a bottle a complete replacement for a living garden.

4. Caring for the florarium. The first watering is carried out immediately after planting exotic crops. The soil must be watered very carefully, as the water should not stagnate for a long time. Water is poured along the walls of the container.

Do not forget that airtight bottles should be closed with a cork, after a while condensation may appear on the walls of the vessel. He says that there was waterlogging. Wipe off these drops with a dry cloth and open the lid for a short time. As soon as you get rid of the condensate, you do not need to carry out special care for the garden in the bottle. In the summer, once every 10 days, the lid is opened and the plant is sprayed. By observing all these conditions, you will notice that the humid climate persists.

If drops appear again on the walls of the vessel, then it must be ventilated.

For example, you chose not a closed, but an open garden in a bottle - then you will have to water it much more often.

It doesn't matter what capacity you prefer, if you choose the right slow growing plants, they will retain their decorative effect for a long time. Naturally, a garden in a bottle is not as unpretentious as simple artificial flowers, however, you can easily leave them unattended even for a week! And not every grower can afford this.

Plants are needed by people not only as a source of food and oxygen. The human psyche and his brain need to contemplate these green treasures of nature, such a spectacle not only satisfies aesthetic needs, but also has a beneficial effect on mood and well-being. This is well known to residents of big cities, who treat gardens, parks, squares with special warmth. Plants in apartments and offices are also common, bringing at least a little bit of wildlife to the stone jungle. One of the great ways to set up a green space in an urban habitat is to make a miniature garden in a bottle.

A mini garden in a glass bottle is an ideal solution for those plants that are sensitive to air humidity. It is no secret that many of the green friends of the city dweller do not tolerate the dryness that occurs during the operation of central heating. Fans of very humid air will feel much better being in a closed space, and the vessel can even be sealed hermetically! Such a community is able to exist for quite a long time, due to the balance of oxygen and hydrocarbon that occurs inside. Creating a garden in a bottle with your own hands will take time and patience, but it will look unusual and stylish.

Drainage and earth are poured at the bottom of the vessel. You will also need charcoal, which is absolutely necessary if the container is closed. Moss looks good in such gardens. Beautiful compositions are obtained by adding picturesque stones, pieces of wood, driftwood to plants. You can also use miniature figurines, by analogy with garden figures.

Step 2: choose plants

For the composition, plants with beautiful foliage are usually chosen. Flowering is not the most appropriate element for a closed container: the petals will quickly fall off, and the plants will have to be removed. You can make such a garden colorful due to variegated forms. By combining dark green, yellowish, whitish, striped and speckled leaves, amazing combinations and effects can be achieved. Another vector for creativity is the form. In a monochrome mass, as in a black and white photograph, the whims of nature, which has created a variety of amazing outlines, will look especially advantageous.

The garden on the corner of the desk is a reality!

Plants for a garden in a bottle are selected small, slowly increasing green mass, with a small root system and increased demands on air humidity. In addition, they must be sufficiently shade-tolerant, since there is not too much light inside the vessel. First of all, these are ferns, which are simply created for a closed, damp, semi-dark space. Amazing adiantums, pteris and pellets will feel comfortable in such conditions and delight for a long time with their elegant delicate foliage.

It is also worth paying attention to selyaginella - an excellent ground cover plant for a mini-garden. If the capacity is large enough, then you can take a small-leaved begonia, such a plant will look good in the center of the composition. You can also plant some bromeliad in the bottle or decorate it with a miniature orchid. Another genus of plants that are characterized by slow growth, spectacular leaf shape and relative unpretentiousness is ivy.

You can often see a photo of a garden in a bottle, consisting of succulents. Since these desert dwellers are not accustomed to high humidity, they require special care: the soil for them is selected very carefully, watered extremely rarely and all dead residues are removed in a timely manner. Such measures will help to avoid rotting and fungal diseases.

Step 3: compose the composition

In order to make a garden in a bottle, almost any glass container is suitable, from an aquarium to a flask or glass. In addition, you will need:

wooden sticks;
spoon with an elongated handle;
thread spool;
thick paper funnel;
safety razor or other sharp cutting tool;
a piece of thick wire with a sponge at the end, which can be used to clean the glass.

First, drainage is poured into the bottle through a funnel, the thickness of which should be at least 3 cm, and the top layer should consist of charcoal. After that, a substrate is laid on it, previously abundantly moistened with water. The composition of the substrate depends on the plants that are supposed to be planted in the bottle.
The composition of the garden should be thought out in advance, since it will be quite difficult to change objects from place to place in the process of work, and besides, delicate miniature plants can be damaged. First, they land on the edges, then in the center, large specimens should be brought into the bottle before small ones.
Plant plants one at a time, each time digging a small hole with a spoon. Having taken the future inhabitant of the bottle out of the pot, he is carefully cut off with an earthen lump so that it becomes smaller, all the more so the rapid growth of the green mass is undesirable. If the neck of the bottle is narrow, then the plant is brought inside, holding it between wooden sticks.
When planting is completed, the ground is rammed with a coil mounted on a stick, the glass is cleaned with a sponge and the entire composition is sprayed with water from a spray bottle. Now the bottle can be corked and put in a bright place - the garden in the bottle is ready. It is undesirable to place it in direct sunlight - this will provoke too much evaporation, high humidity and can cause rotting of plants. Some residents of a mini-garden in a bottle can grow actively, and they have to be cut from time to time.

How to create a florarium with your own hands

Houseplants in glass containers - the hobby is not new and the fashion for them either left or returned. Currently, interest in such gardens is reviving again. I think that the main reason for this hobby is their beauty, originality and the desire of people to create a piece of wild nature at home, living sort of by itself. Another reason for their current popularity is probably the ability to freely purchase containers of any size and configuration.

Garden in a bottle

In addition, finding interesting plants is also much easier now than, for example, in Soviet times. The fashion for gardens in a bottle can be a great help in starting a business for breeding and selling florariums. For women who love to grow indoor flowers, this is a great opportunity to turn their hobby into an additional income, or even a real one. business without investment at home. Such work will bring not only joy, but also a lot of money.

florarium with lighting on the wall

Containers for flowers

There are many options for containers for florariums. For them, small aquariums, bottles and cans of spirits and juices, various transparent objects are used. By the way, you can invent something original yourself and order it at special production facilities or in workshops.

Glasses (for cognac, wine and even beer), where one or two plants are planted. Usually this option is used to decorate the desktop.
Rectangular containers. They are most convenient for planting and caring for plants, but are not as decorative as round ones. Although near the wall and with good lighting, they can be a wonderful highlight of the interior, depicting a piece of wildlife, such as a wet jungle with vines and ferns, or, conversely, a dry desert with succulents and cacti.
Round containers. Usually it is something like a round aquarium, with a fairly large opening. The sizes are very different, from 10 cm in diameter to 50 or even 70.
Bottles with a narrow neck. These are the most interesting and, which is important for us, the most expensive because of the difficulty of creating beautiful container compositions in them. It is they who, with due skill, will bring the creator money.
original containers. This is an option for those who think that a simple bottle or glass is not creative enough. So, for them, compositions are created in light bulbs, ceiling lamps, toilet bowls and other strange objects. And the less capacity is suitable for growing flowers, the better for these originals.

flowers in various containers

Garden soil in a bottle

Drainage should be poured at the bottom of the vessel, it is coarse sand, small pebbles, expanded clay, shell rock, or even something artificial and bright. The main thing is that the drainage looks good, because the container is transparent and the slightest flaw can lead to the fact that no one will buy your work.

You may also need charcoal, it will absorb plant secretions and prevent the appearance of a putrid odor in the vessel with excess moisture.

Plants in colored hydrogel

The soil is taken either purely leafy or with the addition of sand and peat, but in any case without fertilizers, because the slower the inhabitants of this little world grow, the longer it will retain its decorative effect. Before work, the soil is scalded with boiling water or spilled with a pink solution of potassium permanganate. Capacity, drainage, decorative elements, before work, rinse well with soda, scald with boiling water and dry. This is done in order not to bring pathogenic microbes inside.

In general, if everything is done correctly, then the "tropics" will live without transplanting and pruning for a year and a half, depending on the plant species and the size of the container. A garden with succulents is probably even longer, as many of them grow quite slowly. Somehow I came across information on the Internet that he had lived in England for 18 years, but, unfortunately, neither the size of the bottle nor the composition of the plants could be found out.

Hydrogel can also be used for the florarium, but we must remember that its lifespan is a little more than six months. True, it is ideal for creating a decorative composition with bright colors intended for a gift.

Plant Care Tools in a Bottle

Tools for the job

If the vessel has a large opening, then all the tools used for indoor plants will work here, but if planted in bottles with a narrow neck, then special tools will be required.

Scoop for the earth (from a spoon or a children's scoop)
Sharp knife for cutting plants;
Coil for compacting the earth;
Sponge for cleaning the walls of the bottle;
2 knitting needles or sticks - instead of fingers
small spray bottle

decorative elements

First of all, these are, of course, the containers and plants themselves, but since they often try to depict a miniature landscape inside, various stones, snags, sea shells, coconut fiber, bark, all kinds of houses, grottoes, bridges, figures of people and animals, and etc.

By the way, I give an idea that, while writing this article, came to my mind - the creation of a landscape in the style of "Jurassic Park". Stones, driftwood, ferns, creepers and a figurine of two dinosaurs. Fortunately, dinosaurs of all sizes and colors are now sold in toy and souvenir shops.

Another option is "Pandora's Piece" - drainage and scenery of bright colors with a predominance of ultramarine and plants as similar as possible to the jungle vegetation from the movie "Avatar".

Why not an alien landscape?

Florarium, designed to depict a piece of the Egyptian Nile in the apartment, is best created in a container with a large hole. Clay soil is poured at the bottom, cyperus is planted in it, the soil is sprinkled with sand and everything is carefully poured with water so that it takes about 1/4 or 1/5 of the vessel. If the container is large enough, then you can plant a dwarf water lily there, if not, then it will be enough to bring a handful of duckweed from the nearest reservoir, rinse it thoroughly with running water and add to the composition.

Bottle gardens

natural florarium

This type is ecological, it is created by human hands, like a small corner of wildlife. In the photo you can see the view of this type of garden, which will perfectly decorate the interior of your home. Plants in such a small garden represent a rocky landscape or a miniature forest, a semi-desert and much more. Look at the photo for several options, each of which is unique. The main message of such a garden in a glass bottle is that it is very similar to the natural landscape. Very often, gardeners make beautiful florariums, where a unique collection of plants grows. You can decorate it with several types of the same variety, for example, orchids, and then such a garden will be called an orchidarium. Any gardener can make it on their own, all you need is patience and some skills.

Forest florarium

The landscape of tropical rainforests is the main idea of \u200b\u200bsuch a composition for a plant. To create a composition in a similar stylistic direction, you need to find a large container, since you can use many varieties of plants that came to us from the tropics to create a composition. Regarding the type of container, it will not matter here, since the mini-landscape will need to be made inside the container. Very often, this type of florarium is created as a showcase florarium. On the video you can see its production.

During the selection of plantings for this variety of compositions in the form of wildlife, it must be taken into account that all selected plants must have almost identical requirements for atmospheric humidity, lighting and soil conditions. Such a garden should have a small shape and medium height. In addition, remember that varieties that have painted leaves and a decorative form must be used in moderation.

Selection of plants for the garden in a bottle

Keep in mind an important point: the best plants for forming such a mini garden are maranite, peperomia, pellionia, fittonia, and so on.

To create a more authentic looking rainforest landscape, you need to plant plants not next to each other, but in several tiers, and besides, it is imperative to take into account the need for sunlight and the height of any plant. A picturesque snag, climbing plant varieties and so on will look very elegant in glassware. Quite often, gardeners hang pots on tiers in which orchids, bromeliads are planted, besides, the surface of the pots must certainly be covered with bark or moss used to mask. Thus, you will get a more attractive appearance. It is necessary to plant bud plants on the substrate, however, the composition can be supplemented with a moderate number of pebbles that have an original shape.

Desert landscape garden

It is also called a deserter. If you decide to opt for this type, then you will be able to use dishes with a wide mouth for these purposes, since succulents are not afraid of dry room air. Although you can use a closed terrarium where desert plants are grown.

In such compositions, as in others, ground cover stands out among the plantings, which act as a background. In order to create a ground cover and obtain a natural appearance of the composition, it is possible to use lithops or creeping crassula. As a structural plant, you can use tree-like aloe, which is found in everyone in the house.

An important point: it is necessary to select such varieties of plants that are more expressive, outwardly combined with the selected dishes, since as a result only they will set the stylistic direction and appearance of the composition that we want to get as a result of such simple manipulations.

Those plants that are planted on the middle tier should be in acceptable harmony with the "structuralists", complement the entire attractive appearance of these plants. In the next plan, we plant a squat aloe or mammillaria. Be sure to use decorative materials, such as gravel and more. We add that the pebbles should not have a round shape, let them be dominated by broken lines.

Features of a garden in a bottle

A mini-garden in a bottle is an excellent solution for those varieties of plants that easily tolerate moisture in the atmosphere. Everyone knows that most green plants die from the dry climate that occurs during heating. Plants that prefer a humid climate will grow well in confined spaces, and the container can also be hermetically sealed. Such compositions can decorate your home and please the eye for a very long time, due to the balance of air that occurs in the container. Forming a garden in bottles takes time, and in order to get the original version, we offer you an interesting master class that will teach anyone how to make such beautiful compositions as in the photo. Such a flower garden will look unusual and very beautiful.

Drainage in a bottle

In order to make a beautiful composition, you need to use beautiful varieties of plants. Flowering is an unacceptable decor in order to close the dishes: the leaves will instantly fall off, and the flowers will need to be removed. You can make a colorful version of the composition of the mini-garden using variegated plants. By combining white, striped and other types of leaves, you can get an unusual combination and beautiful appearance of such a container. Another option for creativity is the form. In a monochromatic mass, something like a black and white image, the delights of nature, which creates various unusual shapes, will look very beautiful.

Necessary details of a mini-garden

Consider exactly what details can come in handy in order to create a miniature garden in any capacity. However, you can do it yourself. To do this, see the master class.

First, a layer of drainage is laid out on the base of the container.
In addition, wood ash is useful, which is needed when our bottle is chosen closed. An excellent solution in such cases is the use of moss.
An excellent composition can be obtained by decorating plants with picturesque stones, pieces of wood, driftwood. You can also use miniature figurines, something like garden figurines.
Plants for such a small garden must be selected in small sizes, which slowly increase the mass of greenery, with a small root system and high demands on air humidity. In addition, they need to choose more shade-tolerant varieties, since there is practically no sunlight in the container. Of course, this is a fern that is intended to be used for planting in such humid, semi-dark areas. You can also use other equally attractive plants that will perfectly complement the decor of your garden.
In addition, you can opt for selaginella, which is a beautiful plant - it can be used for mini-gardens.
If the bottle is very large, then you can plant a small-leaved begonia in it. It will give the composition a great look. You can plant a plant in a closed container, for example, a bromeliad. Quite often you can see a garden in a bottle, which is made on the basis of a succulent. Since these plants come from deserts, they do not like moisture, they need careful care: the soil for them is chosen quite carefully, watered occasionally and generally remove all the remains that have died. Such measures can help to avoid decay.
To create a garden in bottles, you can use any glassware as a basis.

Garden care in a bottle

Also stock up on the following materials:

wooden stick;
a spoon with an elongated handle;
coil;
funnels;
razor;
piece of wire.

Consider the stages of work on the formation of a garden from a glass bottle:

First, we fill the container through the funnels with soil, approximately 2.5 centimeters thick, and charcoal can be used as the top layer. Then a substrate is laid on it, which we pre-wet abundantly.
At first, carefully think over the composition of the garden in your bottle, since it will be very difficult to move objects from one area to another during work, in addition, it is possible to damage delicate plant varieties.
Planting is carried out as follows: first we plant plants at the edges, then in the central part, large specimens must be brought into the bottle before small varieties of plants.
Planting plants should be one at a time, while each time you have to dig small holes with a spoon. Having taken out the future inhabitant of the bottle from the pots, they carefully cut off a clod of earth for him. This is done so that it is smaller, because the rapid growth of a mass of greenery is undesirable for us. If the bottle has a narrow neck, then the plants must be brought inside by planting it between wooden sticks.
After planting the plants, we compact the soil with a coil, which we plant on sticks, it is recommended to clean the glass with a sponge and spray the composition with a liquid. At this stage, the container can be corked and left in a bright room.