Spoon stones are often used to fortify embankments. But naked they don't look very handsome. In the following we explain step by step how to plant your spoon stones and which plants are suitable for this.

Spoon stones should be planted with plants that require little water

Build a slope reinforcement step by step and plant the spoon stones

1. Create foundation

A "wall" of spoon stones also needs a foundation so that they don't sag. To do this, dig a ditch that is 80 cm deep and about 20 cm wide and fill it halfway with crushed stone or gravel as a drainage layer. A drainage pipe is laid in the gravel layer on the slope side. The other half of the trench is filled with concrete. A vertical drainage layer should be laid between the spoon stones and the slope so that the water is channeled into the ground.

2. Set spoon stones

After the foundation has dried out, the bottom row of spoon stones is set. Be sure to have a spirit level handy to ensure horizontal alignment.
Then the spoon stones are filled with good garden soil and the area between the spoon stones and the slope is filled with gravel. Then the second row of spoon stones is placed a few centimeters backwards on the bottom row.
Also fill this row with good soil and fill in the drainage layer before continuing with the third row (if necessary).

3. Plant spoon stones

Once all the spoon stones are in place and filled with soil, it's time to start planting.

The most beautiful plants for the Löffelstein planting

Cushion-forming, low plants that can cope with drought and form flat roots are suitable for planting spoon stones. Here are the top 10 blooming beauties for spoon stones:

Surname flower color location
1. Blue Pillow flowers bluish-violet needs a lot of sun
2. Goose cress white filigree flowers, evergreen needs sun
3. Thrifts available in different colors for sunny locations
4. Chickweed White sunny
5. Hanging Pad Bellflower white or bluish sunny locations
6. Carpet chickweed white, silvery leaves sunny
7. Pot of gold golden flowers sunny
8. Alpine Liver Balm: pink needs sun
9. Blood Cranesbill pink sunny, can also cope with partial shade
10. Carpet Gypsophila White sunny

Almost all of the above spoon stone plants need plenty of sun to thrive. Significantly fewer plants are suitable for spoon stones on the north side, for example:

  • Gold droplets (blooms yellow)
  • Creeping spindle (beautiful leaf coloring)
  • Wall cymbal (flowers soft violet)
  • Porcelain flowers (flowers soft pink)
  • Vinca menor (flowers violet)

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