Versatile perennials
In the gravel garden, perennials play the main role. They are perennial, herbaceous plants that sprout every year in spring from buds close to the ground or just below the ground. The different types of thistle, for example, definitely belong in a gravel garden, but also succulents such as the ice plant, the sedum plant or the fatty leaf. Short-lived perennials such as the dyer's chamomile, the crown-light carnation or the silky mullein provide visual highlights during the summer months.
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Ground cover for the gravel garden
Perennials that stay low and cover the ground, which sometimes form attractive carpets of plants, should also not be missing. Examples of the gravel garden are:
- Small-leaved prickly nut (Acarena microhylla)
- Silver hornwort (Cerastium tomentosum var.columnae)
- Sun rose (Helianthemum nummularium)
- Cambridge cranesbill (Geranium x cantabrigiense)
- Early flowering thyme (Thymus praecox)
Flowers according to the seasons
When choosing perennials, be sure to purchase species with different flowering times. The gravel garden blooms all year round and not just in certain months. There is a large selection of spring bloomers (e.g. peonies, spring honeysuckles, speedwell or pasque flower), summer bloomers (e.g. bluebells, knapweed, sword elephant, orange hedgehog head, flax, cinquefoil ...) and autumn flowers (e.g. B. various asters, sedum plants, dost). In addition to perennials, you should also use various bulbous and bulbous plants.
Woods and subshrubs
The drier the living environment, the rarer large trees are. That is why you should use shrubs that remain small in the gravel garden, which do not cast a deep shadow and do not press the neighboring plants too much. For example, columnar trees such as conifers or (rocket) juniper are very suitable, but the following are also perfect:
- Narrow-leaved Buddleia (Buddleja alternifolia)
- Butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii)
- Common bladder shrub (Colutea arborescens)
- Purple goat clover (Cytisus purpureus)
- Spanish gorse (Genista hispanica)
- Summer tamarisk (Tamarix ramosissima)
- Pike rose (Rosa glauca)
- Common Judas Tree (Cercis siliquastrum)
- Wig bush (cotinus coggyria)
- Sead tree (Juniperus sabina)
Subshrubs
These are long-lived plant species that form a woody framework near the ground, from which new, herbaceous shoots sprout every year in spring. Many Mediterranean herbs, for example, belong to this group. These types are particularly suitable for the gravel garden:
- Real wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
- Common lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
- Blue ruff, perovskie (Perovskia atriplicifolia)
- Lemon Thyme (Thymus x citriodorus)
- Spice Sage (Salvia officinalis)
- Evergreen candytuft (Iberis sempervirens)
- Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)
Tips
Many grasses are also predestined for the gravel garden. There are numerous interesting species, for example with blue leaves (e.g. blue fescue, magellan blue grass) or with pretty inflorescences or fruit stands (e.g. pennon grass, feather grass, silver ear grass).
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