COMPOSITION SOLUTIONS FOR THE CREATING FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS IN THE KROPYVNYTSKY CITY

Abstract

According to the conducted research, 61 species of plants belonging to 42 genera and 30 families have been identified in the flower plantations of the city of Kropyvnytskyi. The most numerous are representatives of the families Asteraceae Dum. (eight species), Liliaceae Juss. (six species), Cupressaceae (six species), Lamiaceae Lindl. (five species), Crassulaceae DC. (three species), Geraniaceae Juss. (three species). Other families are represented by one or two species. There are 15 species of annual plants, 49 species of perennials. An analysis of the species diversity of flower gardens in Kropyvnytskyi revealed that the most common annuals in the floral design of the central part of the city are Petunia x hybrida Vilm., Coleus scutellarioides (L.) Benth., Tagetes erecta L., Begonia semperflorens hort., Cineraria maritima L., Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad., Pelargonium peltatum (L.), Pelargonium zonale Wild., Pelargonium × hortorum L.H.Bailey, Salvia splendens L. and perennials Salvia officinalis L., Gaillardia x hybrida Kobold., Sedum reflexum L., Hylotelephium spectabile (Boreau) H.Ohba, Tulipa hybridus L., Iris hybrida hort., Muscari botryoides (L.) Mill.. The projective coverage of flower gardens is dominated by plants with decorative foliage, as well as annual plants that form decorative flowers or inflorescences. The borders of some parterre flower beds are surrounded by clipped borders of Berberis vulgaris L., Berberis thunbergii DC., Buxus sempervirens L., Ligustrum vulgare L., Spiraea media F.Schmidt, Spiraea x vanhouttei (Briot) Zab., Juniperus sabina L., Juniperus sabina ‘Tamariscifolia’, Juniperus virginiana L., Juniperus virginiana ‘Blue Arrow’, Juniperus horizontalis Moench. ‘Forest Blue’, Juniperus horizontalis ‘Prince of Wales’, Thuja occidentalis L. ‘Danica’. Among all the flower arrangements of the city, the most spectacular are the flower beds in the central part of the city, such as in front of the city council building, Cathedral Square, Theater Square, Taras Shevchenko Square, and Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Square. The vast majority of flower beds are made in a regular style. Mostly these are rectangular flower beds, as well as in the form of a circle. The largest flower gardens in the city by area are the flower garden in the 101st microdistrict (1512 m2), the flower bed on the alley between Volkova and Patsaeva streets (930 m2), the flower garden near the airport (900 m2), the flower bed between Kosmonavta Popova and Generala Zhadova streets (687.5 m2), the flower garden in the parkmonument of local significance, the Kovalivskyi park (678 m2), the flower garden on Heroes of Maidan Square (560 m2). Other flower gardens have much smaller areas. All flower gardens in Kropyvnytskyi are polychrome in color. Their color scheme and ornamentation change every year depending on the designer's ideas, as well as the range of seedlings planted. In the squares in front of the City Executive Committee, Heroes of Maidan, Teatralna, in the square named after Khmelnytskyi, 102 hanging flowerpots and 14 installations with flowers were installed. The use of modular flower beds is becoming more popular every year, so their area is planned to be increased.