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It is not difficult and is very expensive, the decoration of the terrace or balcony into an oasis to spend a long time and enjoy friendships.

The first is to protect it from strong winds, as it is located will know which side to be safeguarded. The hot winds dried the floors, if you are near the sea, the winds bring salts, which remain on the leaves to burn them.

Protection can be natural with green curtains, made from trees or vines. The shutters are used to separate, to support climbing plants and hanging pots.

Artificial shades can be made with polycarbonate sheet, which is a hard, transparent plastic, or other material accordingly. The shutters are very suitable for retaining wall, to separate and hanging pots.

Potted plants and hanging light, lighten a little the weight of the terrace. You can mix small and large plants with different colors, it is important to have plants that bloom at different times, so there will always be fresh flowers, otherwise it can change with the seasons.

The plants need more sun, where he should be more sun, and will need more shade to shade.

The terraces located to the east are the best for all plants. If you are facing north plants receive less light. It is important that larger plants are at the bottom and from there go down in height. A good measure is to plant in window boxes or in pots, herbs and fragrant plants, along with the windows so that your perfume from entering the house.

When space is larger, place a mirror to reflect the most beautiful plants and gives the illusion of more space. Some people even put artificial turf quality, to give the illusion of being in the field.

One of the great things about summer is that we can expand our living space without enlarging the house or make a costly renovation. In many cases not even have to decorate too. Simply clean the porch or terrace and Drop in a comfy chair. Others may want to make a room outside on the terrace or garden and can be done at minimum cost.

A comfortable outdoor furniture enhances any room outside, but need not be expensive. Two chairs and a table with four dining chairs will really comfortable our space.

Many products are available in a wide range of prices and come ready to assemble. A plastic furniture, very cheap, will last a few years and is easy to assemble and clean. And we can always make them look a little more stylish by adding cushions. We can also make a modest investment and buy pieces of cast aluminum or wrought iron, which last longer. Any of them should be kept inside during winter to last longer, but are made to stand outside in the summer months.

Other types of furniture more robust as those made of teak, redwood and eucalyptus (cheaper) will provide more years of service if properly maintained. You may need to give them a coat of varnish every summer, but otherwise do not require too much maintenance. All wood furniture, interior needs some place for storage during winter, it is important to bear this in mind before buying.

The wicker furniture is also very well outdoors, giving a classic touch, but does not get along with the elements. Must be protected from rain cushions wicker deteriorates the sun’s heat and humidity are not taken proper care. Of course, this is not a problem if our outdoor area is covered.

A table top with glass or porcelain will endure well all season. Cover it with an umbrella for protection from sun, we can find an umbrella that does not lose color. Some newer models have umbrella LED lights powered by solar energy that hung inside. These lights provide a fantastic light up to 8 hours after dark and are easy to maintain.

Finally, to enhance an outdoor space, flowers and plants are a necessity. We may put the classic terracotta pots to create a border around the space. Currently, new materials are being used to make pots lighter and easier to move. Each year, the shops are full of lots of models for outdoor solar lights, even if they live in a very hot area, most areas receive enough sunlight in summer and for these lights to work at night.

I propose a series of tips for creating your terrace a unique place to enjoy summer like never before. The organization and distribution is key to creating a gorgeous terrace and above all to maximize square footage.

So before buying anything, think about what you need, for example, a set of dining room and some chairs, and also where you will place the furniture. Take the necessary steps, and remember that it is important that reflections … Do not decide anything lightly! It is essential you choose the furniture or pieces that best for you depending on usage you’re going to give to your deck.

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The rose gardens are specialized gardens, which as its name implies, they exhibit only species and varieties of the genus Rosa. His love of this genre is because it carries should be the most beautiful flower, or at least most of the people are. We can find rose gardens display in countless public and private gardens in backyards, gardens, and there are also  small gardens with just a flower, an organization of competitions each year where it exhibits new varieties, hybrids, and area growers compete , the country or even events are held internationally.

There are also conservation rose gardens, botanical gardens, where old species or preserving wild. Since the dawn of civilization the genus Rosa has been valued for its fragrance, its beauty, and cosmetic uses. Recall that since the time of Cleopatra women embellished with products such as perfumes or natural clays. Besides this, the mystical and mythical symbolism that gave the old people is very important: the major civilizations of the West, as were the Romans and Greeks associated this beautiful flower of love to the goddesses Venus and Aphrodite, in even the doubts arose early Christians to use or not, since its association with pagan rites was important, but identified the five wounds of Christ with the five petals of the wild rose, but later also used red roses to symbolize the blood of the saints, and roses generally associated with the Virgin Mary.

As you can see, the weakness of this flower may be more important than religious ideas. The rose began to be cultivated in Europe in the nineteenth century, and this is where modern varieties arise roses, and they begin to be more popular and create the most beautiful rose gardens. For cultivation, we can then differentiate the old and modern roses. The old roses are stronger, have fewer pests, and were popular in Europe until they started new varieties brought from China and East in general, but the first hybrid tea rose from (in 1867) by Jean – Baptiste Guillot which became more popular to this genre marking the beginning of modernity.These roses are the most common in gardens and flower shop today, and its advantage is that it consisted of a hybridization of Chinese perpetual flowering roses, with other varieties of higher force of Europe itself. In all this time that has elapsed since the first hybridization, there are more than 30,000 varieties worldwide, and more appear each year. We can then classify them into wild roses (which are those that grow in nature), grown old roses (not hybridized, prior to 1867) and grown roses modern (post 1867). There are other types of roses according to their growth.

For creating gardens of roses, we must first see the space to use, then what we would like to place. Beyond that many species and varieties are widespread and others are typical of any area, roses have a great capacity for tolerance of different varieties of soil, then it will not be a factor that affects the choice of the Rose . But, as is a plant that should be in the sun, must have good irrigation.

Roses are typically used to form monospecific and bodies or groups of one color, or even bedding stuck to walls. Widely used hybrid tea and floribunda polyanthas, but if you want to make more compact masses for small areas, are very useful miniature roses. Of course, also be combined with other shrubs; for this are better old roses, which have larger and more vigorous (especially the European varieties). Another habit that can be found in roses, and that is very useful for the rose gardens, is the climbing habit. It appears among the varieties and gnarled vines, but the second is less vigorous and reaches a smaller size.

We can cover with this beautiful floor arches, walls, columns, statues, arbors, garden kiosks, and all that comes to mind (abuse is never good), always putting on smooth surfaces some support for growth. Another way to present this shrub in our gardens of roses is forming hedges with him. Again we find a great variety of species including old roses like Rosa hugonis, Rosa rubiginosa, Rosa rugosa. Another habit of this kind is to be a ground cover shrub not reaching more than 40 cm tall, climbing and even some varieties are good for this role. Rosa is not only a shrub, but can also grow as a tree, which is notable for its rounded crown, and may be gaudy in a big garden. It is important to note that Rosa varieties usually have thorns, and that if we conditionning the garden of our house, we should place any restrictions so that children do not hurt them.

Outdoor Furniture

To decorate and serve your terrace and garden is not enough to have a tables and chairs, these sets have been completed with small details that you will make your day more pleasant day 100% Yours to enjoy your outdoor area.

They can not miss the outdoor occasional furniture.

Side tables, storage trunks, carts, planters and other details!

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