Content
- Flower bed appealingly designed with gravel
- Plan and prepare
- Which perennials and plants belong in the pebble bed?
- Plant and care
- Tips
Ground cover and gravel are a nice combination
Flower bed appealingly designed with gravel
A colorful flowerbed to loosen up the garden and direct the view of the beholder. The perennials help to structure the garden and create visual highlights. However, perennial beds make a lot of work, but can be significantly reduced with the creation of a gravel bed. How to make a pebble appealing and which plants feel comfortable there, you will find in the following article.
Plan and prepare
First, it is important to find a suitable location and select the pasen plants. The ideal place for a pebble bed should be sunny, as it is especially good for drought-tolerant shrubs - which in turn need plenty of sun. The soil should have a high clay content, but at the same time be permeable and loose. If this is not the case, then add a drainage layer before planting and improve the excavation with plenty of sand and compost. In addition, lay a weed fleece, which prevents the growth of weeds. Do not forget to cut planting holes for the planned perennial plantings! Only on this fleece lay the gravel layer.
Which perennials and plants belong in the pebble bed?
Semi- and dwarf shrubs as well as ornamental grasses combine with high and low perennials according to your taste. In the pebble bed, Mediterranean plants such as lavender, but also roses, peonies, carnations, greens or ornamental lilies, are particularly striking. Basically it is allowed, what pleases - the plants should fit only to the location. If you also pay attention to different flowering times, you will enjoy many months of colorful splendor.
Plant and care
Once laid out, a pebble bed does very little work. You should occasionally pour and fertilize it only according to the water and nutrient requirements of the plants. Pouring also has the pleasant side effect of removing any dirt adhering to the stones. In addition, the gravel should be regularly rearranged, on the occasion of which you can immediately loosen the underlying soil for better ventilation. In addition, since gravel weathers, you should replace it about every three to five years.
Tips
Instead of gravel you can also use other rock material and mulch material such as bark mulch. These also suppress the growth of weeds.