Plant lavender to cover the ground
Lavender is not a classic ground cover - after all, the plant grows naturally upwards and does not crawl along the ground - but can still be planted to cover the ground. As a result, you will be able to grow a more or less low hedge, which is wonderfully suitable as an edging for beds or as a path delimitation. To achieve this goal, you will need roughly per square meter between 12 to 16 plantsthat you plant as evenly spaced as possible from one another. The best time to plant is the late spring or early summer. Hardy Lavender varieties can also be used in August. Before you get down to work, however, you should first consider the Soil conditions in your garden check. Lavender needs sandy to stony, nutrient-poor soil. Heavy clay or peat soils, on the other hand, are not very suitable. Besides, the Lavender a sun lover and prefers a full sun.
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Suitable types of lavender
Above all, they are suitable as ground cover the low-growing lavender varieties the hardy species "Lavandula angustifolia", the so-called real lavender. Varieties such as "Hidecote Blue", "Peter Pan" or "Dwarf Blue" are only between 25 and 40 centimeters high. They are not only available in the typical lavender blue, but also in white or pink blooming.
Maintain lavender hedges
Lavender is a perennial shrubthat tends to become lignified. So that you can enjoy your hedge for many years to come, you should take care of it accordingly. Lavender bushes should be used at least once, better still cut twice a year will. Otherwise, they will bald and literally fall apart. In spring - if the weather is good, as early as March, if possible - cut your plants down by about two thirds, but without cutting into the old wood. A second cut takes place in summer, at the latest by the beginning of August, when the bushes gradually wither. This second, not quite as drastic, pruning stimulates the plants to flower a second time.
Tips & Tricks
Some would like to put ground-covering lavender between their roses to keep aphids and ants away and to get the rampant weeds under control. Unfortunately get along Roses and lavender not due to the very different demands on care and soil conditions. Weeds can also become a problem because the lavender doesn't keep them away. Instead, you need to weed regularly.
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