الثلاثاء، 9 فبراير 2016

10 ground cover plants as an alternative to lawn

When planning a garden design and ground cover have to not selected plants, you will get acquainted with the 10 plant varieties most commonly used. Some of the plants in our collections have beautiful flowers, others are useful herbs and spices commonly used. They are all relatively easy to clean and especially recommended for novice plant enthusiasts.


In our collection you will find important information about the right time and the right place for the planting, so that the best result is achieved for your garden.

Evergreen ground cover plants are preferred
One of the popular ground cover plant is the early flowering thyme (Thymus praecox), which stains your garden with its beautiful flowers in delicate Purple by May to July. It prefers full sun locations and is not demanding to the hardness of the ground. Even without flowers, he looks beautiful with its pretty leaves with silvery-green color.

Ground cover plants - flowers and herbs in your garden
The creeping Günsel 'Black Scallop' (Ajuga 'Black Scallop') You can because of its long flowering period - from April to August - and its natural height that reaches 30 cm, choose as a ground cover in your garden. Its inflorescence grows erect like a candle to square stems. It tastes fantastic in salads or sweet fruits such as bananas, mangoes or melons.
Creeping Speedwell 'Sunshine' - sunlight on cloudy days

Creeping Speedwell 'Sunshine' (Veronica repens) forms dense concrete, which are very hardwearing. It is therefore well suited for planting between tread plates. Optimal for this ground cover plant is the nutrient rich and permeable soil.

A chamomile tea, please!
The German chamomile (chamaemelum nobile) must as an absolute classic among the medicinal plants in any garden is missing. Can be good or as ancillary plant in Nutzbeet or as an ornamental flower in discounts.

Sternmoos (Sagina subulata) - perfect for the garden path
The stone moss is a flat, very fast-growing and highly crush resistant groundcover that forms dense miniature lawn. He is barely 2 cm high, and is covered in early summer with numerous white florets.


A flower that is native to southern Africa, is the Red Ice Plant (Delosperma cooperi). She is also one of the hardiest species of its plants and needed in our latitudes only a slight frost protection. It blooms depending on the climatic conditions in the field between June and September.

Grapes lily - a decorative garden friend
The grapes Lily (Liriope spicata) is a ground cover that rapidly multiplies by runners and low maintenance needs. The height of their grass-like leaves can reach 20 cm.

A ground cover of the wild meadows
As its Latin name suggests, the white clover (Trifolium repens) forms creeping, rooted shoots to the ground. It grows with no special care on wet and nutrient-rich soil.

A ground cover, the honey fragrance donates
The filzige chickweed (Cerastium tomentosum) actually belongs to the carnation family and is recognized as floriferous rock garden perennial. This evergreen, herbaceous plant is distinguished by its airy blossoms cloud and graufilziges foliage.

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