Light ditches often look bare and gray - both from inside through the window and from outside. However, if you put a few plants, the view will immediately change significantly. Find out here how and with what you can plant your light ditch.

Steep light trenches can be planted with climbing plants

Create the light ditch

There are several ways to design a light ditch:

  • Embankment-like with an even gradient downwards
  • stair-like with several steps
  • stepped with plant stones
  • a mixture of two or more of the above

All variants are ideal for planting. If you decide to use an embankment type, it is advisable to secure the soil and plants with an embankment mat to prevent slipping while the plants take root. In the case of a stepped structure, this is unnecessary.

Which plants for the light ditch?

As the name suggests, a light trench provides light. Therefore, it is of great importance that you do not grow large plants that will block the light. It is therefore best to use small plants for the light garden or to cut back the plants regularly. Also, keep in mind that a light ditch rarely gets direct sun. Therefore, you should put shade-loving plants. It also makes sense to grow hardy plants so that you don't have to replant the light ditch every spring.
The following are particularly relevant:

  • succulents
  • cushion plants
  • small, shade-tolerant flowers

Carpet-forming plants are particularly beautiful, as they cover the entire area with greenery in a very short time. Here is a small selection of the most beautiful, shade-loving ground covers:

Surname blossom heyday particularities
Vinca minor Bluish From May to September periwinkle
ivy Evergreen, poisonous
Runner-forming Waldsteinia yellow From April to June periwinkle
Gold colored crawling spindle Beautiful leaf pattern, evergreen
Carpet Dogwood White May to June Decorative fruits
Caucasus forget-me-nots blue April to June Some varieties with beautiful leaf patterns
creeping medlar White May to June Beautiful, red fruits, evergreen
elf flower White, blue, pink, yellow, red… April to May Very fine flowers

Beautiful design ideas for the planted light ditch

The rock garden light moat

Create a beautiful stone landscape with succulents, various large boulders and pebbles. Low-growing grasses also fit well here.

The blooming Lichtgraben

Combine different flowering ground covers with different flowering times so that you can look forward to a blooming ditch landscape all year round.

Wintergreen moat of light

If you want to look at a green landscape even in winter, choose evergreen plants such as ivy, creeping spindle or creeping medlar.

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Garden design