Create a flower bed in front of the house

Location and soil conditions on a house wall

The site conditions in front of a house wall are often difficult, especially when it comes to the floor. The substrate is dry, stores little moisture, is often with gravel or sand and, to make matters worse, very calcareous in many cases. Above all, plants thrive here that can cope well with these conditions, that love drought and lime and are otherwise rather tough. The other location conditions depend on whether there is a lot of or little sun and what color the house itself is painted in. A bright, south-facing house wall, for example, is ideal for heat-tolerant and sun-hungry plants that can also deal with heat build-up. A north face, on the other hand, receives little light, so you have to go here shade-tolerant plants there - who have to cope with drought on top of that.

The most beautiful perennials and flowers for a house wall

Which perennials and flowers you choose for your bed in front of the house primarily depends on how much sun the selected area receives every day. For sunny flower beds For example, steppe candles (Eremurus stenophyllus), various types of sage (Salvia officinalis), Milkweed (Euphorbia polychroma), Woll-Ziest (Stachys byzantina), lavender (Lavandula) or thyme varieties Thyme (Thymus). Shady flower beds in front of the house, on the other hand, can be made with a table leaf (Astilboides tabularis), Splendid spar (Astilbe Arendsii hybrids), Purple bells (Heuchera x brizoides), forest goat's beard (Aruncus dioicus), hostas (Hosta) and record sheet (Rodgersia aesculifolia).

How to design a narrow bed in front of a house wall

So that all these beautiful flowers come into their own, you should often plan and design the long and narrow bed obey the following rules:

• Don't plant too many different species at once.
• Limit yourself to two to five species that you plant in turns.
• If the strip in front of the house is wide enough, you can put several rows.
• High-growing perennials always come to the rear, flatter ones to the front.
• Choose tall and bushy species as possible.
• Perennials that stay low often appear lost in front of a high house wall.