In any garden correctly selected soil cover perennials will look appropriate. Such plants practically do not need care, and for design decisions they are simply irreplaceable, as they give the chance to realize even the most daring ideas for arrangement of a garden. Ground-cover plants-perennials are bright accents, allowing not only to decorate the plot, but also to bring practical benefits to the soil. They prevent the loss of moisture, erosion, create and regulate in the area the optimal microclimate. In addition, perennial soil cover plants relieve site owners from frequent loosening of the soil and numerous propoloks.
Variety of ground cover perennials
As already mentioned, perennial ground cover flowers are unpretentious plants. If they grow in suitable conditions, then there is no need to apply special agrotechnical techniques. All that should be done by the gardener is to clean the plot in the spring and, as necessary, cut off the overgrown plants. Planting on the site ground-cover perennials that blossom all summer (the yellow and sulphurous crustaceans, the exceptional dicentral, the mountaineer related, the bryozo-phylum, the phyllaceous styloid, the spotted spot-moss, the ground- covering varieties of roses ), one can forget about caring for them, since they are not afraid either drought, neither lack of sun, nor soil poor in mineral substances. Even fierce frosts not sheltered for winter plants tolerate well.
To groundcover plants include deciduous, undersized evergreen perennials, climbing, herbaceous perennials, as well as ornamental grasses and even ferns. These plants have one feature - shoots and rhizomes take root quickly, capturing large areas. Over time, the site where they are planted, turns into a dense green carpet.
In countries with a temperate climate, evergreens are popular that adorn the plot all year round (ivy, periwinkle, horizontal creeping juniper, gaultery, pachisander, etc.). In addition, these plants inhibit and the growth of weeds on the site. If there are many shady or semi-shady places on the site, then shade-tolerant soil cover perennials are the ideal solution. Having planted bushes, for example, decorative strawberries, hot dogs or zhivichki creeping, you can enjoy the green carpet year-round. The site is flooded with sunlight? Then soil-cover drought-resistant perennials, which include the eight-petalled dryad, hybrid, hybrid and dolphin geranium.
Features of care
In the cultivation of ground cover plants there is one feature - once every five years it is necessary to renew the curtain, as it overgrows with weeds, which can not be eradicated without preliminary excavation of plants. As for fertilizers, they do not need plants. In addition, their excess leads to a weakening of perennials, loss of color and abundance of flowering. Feeding
Planning the planting of ground-cover perennials in your area, it is necessary to take into account the fact that they grow quickly enough to form a dense green carpet. For example, four geranium bushes in two years will completely cover one square meter of the surface. It is not necessary to plant several types of perennials, as they can create unfavorable conditions for each other. If you want a color game, it is better to create it with the help of annual plants with a powerful and deep fleshy root system (funky, daylily, hazel-hen, foxglove , narcissus). Other plants among the dense plexus of the roots of perennials will not survive.