These considerations must include whether it is a solitary planting or perhaps a cover planting that hides a property line or a somewhat beautiful building got to. It is also important to know from the outset what dimensions the woody plants are allowed to attain, so that the space is not blown up by their size and views are retained.
Akebien
Summer to evergreen climber. Leaves mostly long-stalked, fingered. Flowers in axillary racemes, monoecious. The fruit is a cucumber-like berry of a striking color, many-seeded. The acebias are undemanding climbing plants that thrive in any soil, just not too wet. Sun and partial shade are equally well tolerated. Are not particularly sensitive to stepping on the planting discs; completely bald from below. In order to pull them on walls, wires have to be stretched, also climbing over bushes or small trees. Plant as close to the path as possible because of the dainty flowers and striking fruits.
Andromeda, lavender heather, rosemary heather
Low shrubs with evergreen, alternate leaves. The flowers are in terminal umbels, compressed-jug-shaped, 5-lobed hem. The fruit is a spherical, small, 5-compartment capsule. The real lavender heaths require very boggy, moist to fresh soil in a partially shaded to shady location. The plants are very hostile to lime. The floor must never be allowed to dry out for a long period of time.
Barberry
Deciduous or evergreen shrubs that often become very tall with age, with simple, alternate leaves, the inner band and the wood is yellow; on the short shoots the leaves are tufted, on long shoots they are also transformed into one- to multi-part thorns. The flowers are yellow, often in clustered clusters. The fruit is a blue to black, rarely red berry with few seeds. There are around 200 species in Europe and North Africa, North America and East Asia. The genus name is traced back to the Arabic name of this plant. In places that are too humid or during very long, cold rainy seasons, the Berberitz varieties become infected with Verticillium alboatrum via the roots and the root neck. As a result of this wilt disease, which can hardly be combated, the leaves turn brown or reddish brown, curl up and fall off. This phenomenon occurs particularly in dry periods that set in after longer periods of rain.
Common heather, Ericiceae
Evergreen, low, heavily branched, small shrubs. The leaves are small, almost scaly. Flowers bell-shaped; the calyx is colored in contrast to Erica, where it remains uncolored. The fruit is a rounded capsule. One species is common throughout Europe and northeastern Asia Minor. Calluna needs a sunny, poor and preferably acidic location in the garden. It fails completely on good soils or when applying fertilizer. You therefore prepare the garden soil with sand and peat, you need about 15 plants for 1 m². The best time to plant is in spring, as it will grow better than in autumn.
Hedera, ivy
Evergreen, climbing trees that hold onto with aerial roots. The leaves are alternate, simple, on long shoots also lobed to toothed; entire on the fruiting shoots. Flowers in corymbs. The fruit is a fleshy, mostly 5-seeded berry. 5 species and countless varieties are represented in Europe, North Africa and Asia. The generic name is derived from the Greek word edein = to sit, referring to being stuck on walls. Occasionally, many, sometimes rare, varieties are cultivated in tree nurseries, but they rarely bloom and are not always hardy.
Ivy will grow in any non-acidic soil as soon as there is enough shade. If the location is too sunny, the soil must be fresher and more humus, otherwise the growth remains unsatisfactory. Soil improvement with compost soil, lack of lime, leaf soil and fertilizers have a beneficial effect. The ivy species are often used as very industrial soil greeners (9 specimens per m), whereby they Can cover large areas, but often together with hardly eradicable root weeds occurrence. They should be planted on large trees more than before, because giant trees covered with ivy are an impressive sight during winter.
Iberis L., candytuft
Perennials or evergreen dwarf shrubs with prostrate stems that are erect at the tip; runners. The leaves are summer or evergreen, alternating, thick, with entire margins to notched. Flowers in terminal, compressed racemes. The fruit is a slightly winged pod. The genus name is derived from Iberia (Spain), where some species are native. The evergreen candytuft (because the flower looks like a bow, a so-called. Beffchen, looks) are valuable spring bloomers for the perennial beds, they can be used for borders, even in rock gardens. They require full sun, thrive in any strong soil, even on lime. Only pure sandy soil leads to stunted growth. Cutting back with the hedge trimmer after flowering (half the length of the shoot) forces dense tillering and a rich set of flowers.
Lavdndula L., lavender
Evergreen, gray-haired small trees or shrubs, of which about 20 species are known, the range of which extends from the Canary Islands to India. Under our climatic conditions only L. angustifolia hard; the growing L. latifolia freezes to death. The generic name refers to the Latin lavare = to wash. Lavender extract is still added to washing water today and is also used in the perfume industry.
Lavender is often used in stone and heather gardens, also as a loose border of perennial beds, where it is very adorned with the silver-gray foliage and the delicate lavender-colored flowers and has few demands. You can also pull it to small, cut hedges - similar to a boxwood edge, where it goes particularly well with pink and red flowers; However, you then have to do without the lavender blossom. Lavender loves dry, well-drained, possibly loamy, calcareous soil in full sun. Even in partial shade it does not grow very happily, the leaves become greener. Lavender occasionally freezes to death in extreme cold, strong winds and no snow; it is easier to provide protection at such locations.
rhododendron
The close relationship with the Ponticum hybrids can already be seen in the general appearance, because the varieties in this group are crosses of Ponticum hybrids with R. molle, where the dense growth, flowering time before budding in early to mid-May, and double corolla are characteristic. In some varieties, the double corolla is also two-colored. Rhododendrons love locations that are sheltered from the wind and that do not warm up very much, so it is best to have terrain sloping to the north or northeast, and the proximity of water bodies is also beneficial. Air dryness, which is common in large cities, narrow courtyards and on the south side of buildings, has an effect unfavorable and needs improvement, at least through good, lime-poor irrigation and ground cover Plantings.
