Ground cover
A ground cover is understood to be a low plant ( perennial , rose , shrubbery ) that - as the name suggests - covers the ground, i.e. This means that with this plant an open area overgrows quickly and is then easy to care for (because weeds can then no longer settle) can be seen for years.
Ground covers are particularly suitable for unfavorable garden areas - such as slopes, the shaded area under trees or the edge of lawns. The best known are probably the dwarf medlars ( cotoneaster ) planted a million times - especially in public green areas . Ground cover roses form a separate class of roses , although the name ground cover is sometimes a bit misleading here as they do not reliably cover the entire ground. Good ground cover are u. a .: acaena ( Acaena ) Waldsteinie (Gold strawberry) ( Waldsteinia ), saxifrage ( Saxifraga ), Epimedium ( Epimedium ) Low St. John's Wort ( Hypericum calycinum ), Geranium species ( Geranium ), Small periwinkle ( Vinca minor ), tiarella ( Tiarella ) Thyme , fat man ( Pachysandra ), snow heather ( Erica carnea ), boxwood ( Buxus sempervirens ). Hedera helix , the common ivy , is also very suitable as a ground cover. All sufficiently hardy varieties are suitable for this. The maintenance effort is low.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ingobert Heieck : The ivy as a ground cover ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , German Ivy Society eV
Web links
- Basic knowledge: Ground cover in the home garden , State Technical School for Agriculture Landshut-Schönbrunn, specializing in gardening and landscaping (PDF file; 274 kB)
- Winter or evergreen ground cover in the garden , Gartentipps24.de
- Deutsche Efeugesellschaft eV Descriptions of many types and varieties of ivy