Status: 11.08.2023, 12:07 p.m.
By: Ines Alms
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Whether in the bed, as a lawn substitute or on the grave: Most ground cover plants are easy to care for. Some decorative specimens are especially fond of the place in the sun.
1 / 10Heather elk (Dianthus deltoides) is available in numerous shades of rosé. They are very prolific. © Zoonar/Imago2 / 10Field thyme or quendel is a magnificently flowering example of a sun-loving ground cover with low water requirements - and also a fine kitchen spice. © alimdi/Imago3 / 10And every day at noon, the ice plant (Delosperma cooperi) greets you with its rising flowers – the more sun, the more lush. Thanks to the thick-fleshed leaves, it can cope without water for a very long time. © imagebroker/Imago4 / 10It is drought-tolerant and does not like waterlogging at all: From May to September, the tall catnip (Nepeta) is not stingy with its lavender-blue flowers. © Harald Lange/Imago5 / 10The finger shrub (Potentilla fruticosa) is white, orange or pink flowered. With a height of up to one meter, the shrub, which bears flowers until autumn, is always an eye-catcher. You only have to reach for the watering can if it grows in a container. © blickwinkel/Imago6 / 10The nodding fat hen (Sedum rupestre) is also very attractive to bumblebees and other insects. The robust perennial also copes well as greenery on hot roofs. © Wirestock/Imago7 / 10Upholstery phlox (Phlox subulata) is very popular in rock gardens for a reason: an unpretentious perennial that thrives well in dry, sunny locations. © AFLO/Imago8 / 10Like many species of Honorary Prize, the Spiked Honorary Prize (Veronica spicata) with its flower candles is not only very attractive, but also well suited to dry soil and blazing sun. © Shotshop/Imago
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My area9 / 10The creeping gypsophila (Gypsophila repens) is very delicate and, like its tall relatives, very heat-loving. Natural irrigation from the rain is enough for him. © agefotostock/Imago10 / 10The felt-like carpet hornwort (Cerastium tomentosum) feels most comfortable in blazing sun. The watering can can usually also be saved. © Zoonar/Imago
If you carry a lot of watering cans of water to your flowers in hot summers, you may have planted the wrong varieties. This is because there are beautifully flowering, mostly hardy ground covers throughout the entire growing season, which can cope well with a very sunny location and dry soils.
Often, an occasional (natural) rain shower is enough for the undemanding plants to keep them afloat in summer - only in the tub on the terrace or balcony should you take care of them a little more. Even though many of the plants are suitable as lawn substitutes, they often appreciate a sandy, well-drained soil – such as in rock gardens.