VIDEO: Planting stone plants correctly

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special subsoil and growing conditions for stone plants

  • Lean, gravelly soil is best because these plants do not want rich, nutrient-rich soils.
  • The soil must be permeable to water, there must be no waterlogging.
  • Most stone plants want sunny spots.
  • Depending on the location, you should choose the right plants in the garden center, possibly by color, so that you get a nice mix.
  • Stone plants such as: houseleek, stonecrop, rock stone herb, blue pillow, pasque flower, heather carnation, upholstered phlox, St. John's wort, bitterwort, saxifrage and candytuft are recommended.
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Preparing the bed for stone plants

  • Coarse gravel and sandy earth, which is nice and loose, are suitable as a substrate.
  • The plants usually have rather shallow roots, i.e. they are not buried deep, because then they would rot and die quickly.
  • The higher-growing plants are placed behind the lower-growing ones so that they do not take away the light from these plants.
  • If the bed is very sloping you should have a small border in the form of stones or even below a small dry stone wall otherwise the water would quickly wash away the earth with heavy rain.

How do you plant the stone plants correctly?

  • It is important that you do not choose a hot, sunny day, rather wait for a cloudy sky, because the plants must first develop a root system.
  • The plants have to be watered, but not too much, because these stone plants do not like wet feet.
  • Plant the plants from top to bottom, otherwise it will be inconvenient for you to have to plant downhill.
  • Choose beautiful color combinations or green plants with alternating colorful variants.
  • Pay attention to the flowering time so that you always have something blooming on the stone bed throughout the gardening year.

The stone bed with the stone plants is very easy to care for once the plants have grown, you should only have regular grass and weed remove so that the plants get enough air and light.

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