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- Planting plantstones with hardy ground cover, perennials and shrubs
- Winter hard lavender
- Hardy upholstery plants for plant stones
- Hardy perennials for the plant stones
- Plant planting stones with winter hardy trees
- Tips
Lavender is ideal for planting plant stones
Planting plantstones with hardy ground cover, perennials and shrubs
Plant stones are used for embankment attachment, light shafts and bed borders. They not only serve as delimitation and consolidation, they can also be beautifully planted. If you do not want to replant your planets every year, you should choose hardy plants. Below is a list of the most beautiful hardy plants for planting stones.
Winter hard lavender
Particularly popular for the planting of plant stones is lavender. Although originally from the Mediterranean, today there are various varieties of lavender that are hardy even in our latitudes. The sun-hungry lavender smells pleasant, blooms long and rich purple and attracts numerous insects - the best option for plant rings in a sunny spot.
Hardy upholstery plants for plant stones
Upholstery plants, also called carpet plants or ground cover, form a beautiful dense carpet and thus cover the entire earth of the plant stones. This not only looks very attractive, but also leaves other plants no chance. In addition, cushion plants tend to grow over the edge and thus also green the vertical part of the plant rings. Here is a list of hardy, flowering groundcover:
Hardy perennials for the plant stones
Not particularly suitable for planting stones are single, high-quality perennials with little foliage such as lilies or garlic. This type of plant is lost in plant stones and out of place. Therefore, opt for low-growing, hardy perennials with lush foliage such as:
Plant planting stones with winter hardy trees
Small shrubs or shrubs are ideal for planting - and they are almost always winter hardy and often wintergreen, such as the evergreen broom heath, which flowers pink, purple or white until late in the fall. The boxwood or dwarf varieties of coniferous trees are also suitable for the planting of plant rings.
Tips
Combine hardy woody plants with ground cover and flowering perennials and get a beautiful plant wall of partially evergreen plants.