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- Dwarf medlar - an easy-care and decorative groundcover
- A first-class ground cover
- Easy care and frugal
- A highlight that other ground coverers do not have
- Tips & Tricks
Dwarf medlar - an easy-care and decorative groundcover
The dwarf medlar stands in many gardens, front gardens and is often found on roads. Their value as ground cover is not to be despised. It is considered extremely modest. But what are the additional features that characterize it?
A first-class ground cover
A richly ramified, dense and closed growth results over time. The dwarf medlar prefers proximity to the ground. Flat to low lying, it spreads. Every year she gains 10 cm of growth. Within a few years, if this plant was planted to several at a proper distance, a carpet-like overall picture emerges.
With this growth, the dwarf medlar is ideal for greening slopes and embankments, for beds, as a gap filler in perennial beds and rockeries and for roadsides. Because she feels comfortable almost everywhere, even the darkest locations with the worst soils can be upgraded with her.
Easy care and frugal
If it grows out of its growth (it likes to multiply over foothills), it can be cut back in April. As a rule, she tolerates cutting very well.
Other features that distinguish this ground-covering plant include:
A highlight that other ground coverers do not have
In addition to the delicate white flowers in early summer, the dwarf medlar especially surprises with its numerous fruits. They make them an exceptionally decorative groundcover. Through it, it stands out from other plants and sets striking contrasts.
The spherical fruits are formed in late summer and are often preserved over the winter. They are berry-like, faintly poisonous and with their fiery red to red-brown color over the lush green foliage immediately catch the eye.
Tips & Tricks
Caution: Dwarf medlars are among the plants that are highly susceptible to fire blight. They are considered the main hosts of this bacterial disease. Therefore regularly check the plants for an infestation.
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