Plant stone wall in the garden
Is the stone wall in the garden just too bare for you? With a little skill and the right plants, you can embellish the wall so that it becomes a pretty eye-catcher. However, this only works with so-called dry stone walls.
Unfortunately, if all the joints in the stone wall are filled with mortar, rock garden plants have no chance. Even if these plants are very undemanding, they still need a minimum of soil and water to stay alive. However, if the stone wall in your garden is a dry stone wall where the stones are simple are placed on top of each other, you are guaranteed to find a lot of open joints in which the plants can be accommodated can.
How to plant a stone wall
- Hanging plants on a stone wall look particularly pretty. As for the beds in your garden, you should plan the planting of the wall. Are you striving for a specific color concept or do you prefer colorful mixes?
- Also, think about how much of the stone wall should still be visible after the planting. Of course, the rock garden plants need at least one to two years to reach their final size. Still, don't overdo it with the number of plants you buy. If in doubt, you can add a few more plants next year.
- After you get your rock garden plants at a garden center or nursery, be sure to water them well before planting them in the stone wall. To do this, fill a bucket with water and put the pots in it. If the soil is very dry, the pots initially float on the surface of the water. Wait for them to sink. So you can be sure that the earth is penetratingly wet.
- Now carefully take the plants out of the pots and carefully wrap the root balls in newspaper. The newsprint helps to keep the earth moist longer in the future and improves the hold of the plants in the wall. This is particularly advantageous if the rock garden plants are still very small and do not yet have too many roots.
- If there are larger joints or gaps in the stone wall that you want to plant, you can also add a little extra potting soil to the newspaper.
- Then carefully press the wrapped root balls into the joints provided. Take a few steps back from the stone wall and see if you like the way the plants are distributed.
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When you have placed all the rock garden plants firmly in the wall, you have to be careful in the first few weeks that the young plants do not dry out too much. Since you would possibly wash the plants out of the joints when watering with a watering can, use It is best to use a spray bottle for watering and carefully spray water into the planted joints can.
