Plants hold the soil on the slope and thus prevent erosion. But hillside planting should be well thought out, especially with regard to the choice of plants and the irrigation system. Below you will find helpful tips on how to plant your slope with low maintenance and a selection of robust plants for embankments.

Meadow flowers are easy to care for and robust

What you should pay attention to when choosing plants for the slope

If you want to make your slope as easy to maintain as possible, you should definitely keep these things in mind:

  • The plants should be hardy and perennial. Otherwise, you will have to replant every year.
  • The location must be optimally adapted to the plants so that they thrive well.
  • Plant plants with similar site requirements, especially in terms of water requirements. Plant mainly plants with low water requirements.

Which plants are suitable for hillside planting?

Groundcovers are particularly well suited for embankment planting because they form a net-like structure that prevents erosion, protects the soil from moisture loss and prevents weed growth. We have put together the most beautiful ground covers for you here.

Furthermore, deep-rooted shrubs and small trees are a wonderful addition, as they dig deep into the ground and thus give good stability to the slope. A list of the most beautiful deep-rooted shrubs can be found here.

Meadow flowers and grasses also sometimes form deep roots and thus have a positive effect on the stability of the slope. For example, here are the questions:

  • Cocksfoot
  • tall fescue
  • red clover
  • sweet clover
  • pigeon scabious
  • ryegrass
  • white clover
  • Meadow daisy
  • meadow fescue

Irrigation of the slope

The most important thing to save yourself work on slope maintenance is an automatic irrigation system.(32.95€) You can use commercially available systems with various nozzles that are anchored in the ground, or you can build your own irrigation system. To do this, lay hoses horizontally across the slope at a vertical distance of about one to two meters and poke a few fine holes in the hose every meter or five feet. Check the result by turning on the tap and checking that there is enough water everywhere so that after about 30 minutes all areas are watered.
It is also advisable to choose plants with low water requirements.

Beautiful plant combination for every slope

When selecting the plants, their location requirements are essential. While most plants thrive on east- or west-facing slopes, north and south-facing slopes are more problematic. Here are a few suggestions for planting on slopes with lots of sun and slopes with no sun at all.

Plant southern slopes

The following sun-loving plants are suitable for south-facing slopes:

ground cover

  • lady's mantle
  • gold basket
  • Small periwinkle
  • creep spindle
  • snake knotweed
  • summer pier
  • star moss
  • cranesbill
  • carpet sedum
  • thyme

shrubs

  • broom
  • Firethorn
  • cinquefoil
  • Common juniper
  • honeysuckle
  • dog rose
  • mahonia
  • paper bush
  • Thuja
  • bird cherry
  • witch hazel

flower

  • Burning Love
  • speedwell
  • aconite
  • sedum
  • Funkie
  • joint flower
  • lavender
  • autumn anemone
  • Indian nettle
  • girl eye
  • daisy
  • splendor pier
  • cowslip
  • scabiosis
  • sun bride
  • coneflower
  • masterwort
  • ornamental onion

grasses

  • bearskin grass
  • blue fescue
  • Blue Ray Oats
  • broad-headed grass
  • Chinese reed
  • diamond grass
  • flame grass
  • Japan sedge
  • lamp cleaning grass
  • Morning Star Sedge
  • pampas grass
  • moor grass
  • rainbow fescue
  • riding grass
  • iridescent grass
  • sedge
  • zebra reed

Plants for north slopes

North slopes get almost no sun. The choice of plants is therefore somewhat limited.

ground cover

  • fat man
  • ivy
  • elf flower
  • False mandrake root
  • Caucasus forget-me-nots
  • Small periwinkle
  • crawling bugle
  • creep spindle
  • foam bloom (stolon forming)
  • Carpet Dogwood
  • Carpet Medlar
  • woodruff
  • Waldsteinia (stoloniferous)
  • cotoneaster

shrubs

  • ball hydrangea
  • boxwood
  • Harlequin willow
  • honeysuckle
  • Evergreen Snowball
  • cherry laurel
  • creeping medlar
  • Spoon of Ilex
  • ranunculus
  • Red-stemmed garden bamboo
  • Black-green privet
  • holly
  • shrub ivy

flower

  • Alps Columbine
  • aconite
  • Tiered primrose
  • European Globeflower
  • Funkie
  • splendor pier
  • snow marble
  • masterwort

grasses and ferns

  • broad-headed grass
  • Colorful Japanese sedge
  • filigree fern
  • golden sedge
  • Stag's Tongue Fern
  • peacock wheel fern
  • Giant Chinese reed
  • shadow sedge
  • forest marbel
  • forest sedge

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