Since you'll probably be designing the grave for All Saints' Day soon, you might as well decide on frost-hardy cemetery plants that will look pretty all winter long. Which plants are suitable for winter-hardy grave planting? What not only looks very pretty, but is also robust?
There are not only evergreen plants that are suitable for winter grave design in abundance. Even flowering specimens can be easily found and used as living grave decorations.
Plant winter-hardy grave plants in autumn
Don't wait too long to plant new cemetery plants. Even robust species usually need a certain amount of time to grow so that they can survive the winter without any problems. Autumn or spring are therefore usually the preferred and optimal times to implement winter-hardy grave planting. Even after the grave has been planted for All Saints' Day, you still have the option of replanting. What's for themGrave planting in autumn/winterSuitable for single graves, double graves and urn graves?
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Robust ground cover for the grave
Plants that cover the entire area and are easy to care for are the first choice for many people. No wonder, because the nice and dense carpet they form also prevents weeds. There is a large selection for grave plantingGround cover plants that are hardy.
Which flowers are suitable for the grave:
- ivy (Ivy helix), particularly tolerates moist shade
- Elfenblume (Epimedium)
- fat man (Pachysandra terminalis)
- houseleek (Forever living)
- Evergreen (Vinca), for evergreen grave planting
- cat paw (Antennaria dioica)
- Kriechender Günsel (Ajuga Reptans)
- creeping spindle (Euonymus fortunei), also tolerates dry shade
- Purple Fat Leaf Rose Carpet (A multi-stemmed plant), also for border planting
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- mock berry (Gaultheria)
- prickly nuts (Acaena)
- Sternmoos (Sagina subulata)
- Sedum
- Teppichphlox (Phlox subulata)
- Thymian (Thymus)
- Winterling (Eranthis winter)
Perennials as plants for the grave and other flowering specimens
If the structure of a flat surface, albeit with flowers or beautiful foliage, is a little too monotonous for winter-hardy grave planting, you can loosen up the planting with the help of taller plant species. Perennials that are hardy are a good choice. Not many are evergreen all winter long. But some of them usually last quite a long time before they die and sprout again in the spring. Which flowers can go on the grave now?
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Beautiful, hardy perennials for grave planting:
- bearskin fescue (Festuca gautieri)
- Bartblume (Caryopteris)
- Bergen (Bergen)
- Christrose (Helleborus niger)
- Do it
- hostas (Hosta)
- Gartenazalee (Azalea)
- Memorial (Omphalodes verna)
- Gunsel (Ajuga Reptans)
- Hairy Fur Fern (Cheilanthes lanosa)
- Kissenaster (Aster dumosus)
- Margerite (Leucanthemum)
- porcelain flowers (Saxifraga cities)
- Purple Fat Leaf Rose Carpet (A multi-stemmed plant), also for border planting
- pansies (Viola), some varieties also suitable as ground cover; Wild pansies and horned violets are particularly frost hardy
- Storchschnabel (Geranium cantabrigiense)
- Bleeding Heart (Spectacular lamprocapnos)
- Dwarf rose
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Depending on whether you are planting a small grave or have more space available for hardy grave planting in the form of a double grave, you can also choose hardy small perennials for cemeteries that take up little space but can still be used as accents or for more structure push through.
Creating texture with grasses
Grasses are now also very popular for grave design and give the grave a certain modern, but also light and airy flair. However, not all ornamental grasses are suitable, not because they are difficult to care for. Rather, there are species that are quite invasive and will sooner or later displace the surrounding flowers if planted permanently. Therefore, choose wisely if you want your grave design to be easy to care for (invasive plant species are also not permitted in cemeteries).
You can create beautiful graves with these ornamental grasses as grave plants:
- Miscanthus (Miscanthus sinensis)
- Pennisetum (Pennisetum alopecuroides)
- Mahogany (Red hooks)
- Pampasgras (Cortaderia weep)
- Fescue species (Fescue)
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Woody plants for hardy grave planting that is easy to care for all year round
There are some robust trees that are made for cemetery planting and are therefore often used. Dwarf species are particularly well suited, not only for small urn graves (as solitary plants), but also for single and double graves. Small trees are also very suitable for border planting.
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Winter-hardy plants for grave planting as solitaires or for the grave border:
- boxwood (Buxus sempervirens)
- yew (Yew)
- Japanese maple (Maple palmate)
- Himalaya-Zeder (Deodara cedar)
- Japanese maple (Acer japonicum)
- Japanese holly (Ilex crenata)
- Lavender (Lavendula), small shrub
- Scheinzypresse (Chamaecyparis)
- snow heath (Eric the meat)
- Thuja
- juniper (Juniperus)
- dwarf pine (Pinus montana)
Some of these trees can grow quite large and are therefore more suitable for double graves, for example. Therefore, find out in advance about the maximum height of the trees selected for winter-hardy grave planting.
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Tip for designing with the selected flowers for graves
Although the flowers are decorative in themselves, you can play with patterns and colors to make the grave look even more aesthetic. Green plants are also suitable for this purpose by playing with the different colors of the foliage. For example, grave flowers can be planted diagonally in a row or you can create specific shapes. For example, heart-shaped grave plants are very popular and can be created with any flowering plants. Feel free to combine it with one or two grave decorations or withgravel and stones.
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