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Bright green foliage and white or pink flowers - these features make the harlequin willow a beautiful eye-catcher in your garden. With the right underplanting, you can ensure even more harmonious color contrasts. However, the ground-covering plants should not only be color-coordinated with the harlequin willow. For a functioning "community" both plants must be adequately cared for. Here you can find out which plants are suitable and what needs to be considered when planting a harlequin willow.
If the harlequin willow is grown as a standard, it can be planted under
What to look out for when planting?
Otherwise, only flowers that thrive well in the shade are suitable for planting under willows. With their mighty treetops, the deciduous trees take away a lot of sunlight from their subtenants. Since the harlequin willow is a small ornamental shrub, you do not have to worry about this disadvantage. However, you have to pay attention to two things:
- Harlequin willows form a shallow root system
- Special requirements for harlequin willows in tubs
Do not damage roots when planting
The harlequin willow roots just below the surface of the earth. On the one hand, the narrow root strands offer little space for underplanting, and on the other hand you must not cut off any root strands when planting the flowers.
Plant harlequin willow in the tub
In the tub, the harlequin willow gets fewer nutrients than in the topsoil. In particular, if other nutrient consumers in the pot make the same demands on the supply, you must fertilize the tree more.
manual
- Find a suitable spot by digging lightly into the ground with the spade.
- If you don't meet any resistance, you've found what you're looking for.
- Put the underplanting in the ground there.
- Mulch the soil as traditional garden soil does not provide enough nutrients.
Suitable plants
The following plants not only create a beautiful look as underplanting of the harlequin willow, but also adapt to the needs of the tree:
- boxwood
- sedge
- forget Me Not
- lily of the valley
- Horned Violet