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- Creeping spindle as a hedge - jewelery and easy care
- The growth variety of the creeping spindle
- Your hedging potential
- Exclusively for low hedge design
- Undemanding at the location
The creeping spindle grows thick but slow
Creeping spindle as a hedge - jewelery and easy care
The creeping spindle is extremely popular as a ground cover, the climbing varieties are also an excellent alternative to the wall greening. However, the range of application of the perennial is not yet exhausted: it can also be cultivated as a small hedge.
The growth variety of the creeping spindle
Their creeping property has been anchored in the name of the creeping spindle. In fact, their slow but dense growth behavior can be aptly described with this attribute. Depending on the species, this versatile plant has the peculiarity of crawling along the ground as well as through the roots of its roots into the vertical. Therefore, it is most often used as a weed-inhibiting ground cover or as ornamental, easy-care wall cover.
Your hedging potential
For certain types of creeping spindles, however, a third type of cultivation is available: the hedge. Some varieties, if they are allowed to grow to the bush, about 40 to 100 cm high. This is not much and puts away the use as a hedge to the visible property demarcation. However, where low hedges are desired as accurate enclosures, creeping spindles are excellent. Because they bring with them some advantages:
The dense growth have all creeping spindle species in common. This is a huge advantage for hedging, especially with low bedding or grave borders. Because this can be achieved with regular cut a very neat contour. In addition, this rarely requires a cut, even if the hedge is to be very clearly shaped. Ideal conditions for those who can or want to spend very little time on their care.
Exclusively for low hedge design
The limited height of growth predestines the creeping spindle for all hedgerow boundaries that should not be obstructive. Ideal purposes are:
For graves, a hedgerow boundary can play an integral role - the low height prevents the tombstone and the inscription from becoming obscured at some point. The rarely necessary pruning is in view of occasional grave visits also very pleasant.
The low creeping hedge also leaves the view of the essential, in this case the inner planting, free even when bordering the bed or garden. The often pretty panached leaves, which show themselves in different colors depending on the season, and the whitish to reddish fruits also offer an attractive yet restrained visual appeal.
Undemanding at the location
The location requirements of the creeping spindle are also low: most varieties also thrive in shady places, are lime-tolerant and require only a moderately nutrient-rich soil.