- Why create a stone bed?
- Different types of stone beds
- Which plants feel comfortable in the stone bed?
- How to create a stone bed
Flower beds can not only be creatively designed by using different perennials and other plants, inanimate decorative elements also create an individual picture. Stones are particularly popular here, especially since stone and gravel beds are considered to be particularly easy to care for.
Stones are a beautiful decorative element for the flower bed
Why create a stone bed?
Stone and gravel beds are by no means mere deserts of stone broken up by a few plants. Instead, you can use the stones like mulching material, so that stubborn weeds don't stand a chance and you have less work with your flower bed. In addition, beds mulched with stones always look clear and tidy - an important design point in both modern gardens and Japanese gardens, in which gravel often even replaces the element of water. The planted perennials are of course given enough space and air to feel comfortable in the bed. How many plants you put in is entirely up to your taste and ideas.
Different types of stone beds
The choice of stones or stone types determines the appearance of the stone bed. It's practically infinite. Different stone types and colors, grain sizes as well as gravel, rubble and crushed stone create very individual design options. You can create the bed in a very modern way - for example with differently colored pebbles arranged in geometric shapes and dotted planting of perennials - or as a wild natural garden with a mulch cover made of natural stone gravel, one or the other boulder in between and possibly a natural stone wall.
Which plants feel comfortable in the stone bed?
Not all plants are made for living in a rock bed. Drought-tolerant perennials in particular feel at home here, as the substrate dries out due to the stone cover. Mediterranean shrubs and herbs, but also many mountain plants are just right for this use.
How to create a stone bed
When creating the stone bed, however, it is not enough to simply spread gravel or crushed stone between the perennials. Instead, you should create the flower bed from scratch, first laying a weed mat (€21.70) under the layer of stones. This is followed by a layer of topsoil in which the selected plants are planted. Any boulders and other decorative elements should now be placed before the stones are brought out as the last step.
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Instead of creating a real stone bed, you can simply integrate one or more beautiful boulders into the flower bed.