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Ground cover plants - a group of low-growing (often creeping) plants that have the property of actively capturing and holding new areas [1] [2] . The term "carpet plants" is sometimes used.
Sometimes the term “carpet plants” is used for ground cover plants, but this is not entirely true, since initially carpet plants were understood to be only those that were used to form dense beautiful surfaces of a certain color, which made it possible to create multi-colored carpets with patterns, inscriptions or drawings , while not all of the "carpet plants" can be attributed to ground cover [3] .
Content
Feature
Usually such undemanding low-growing plants (15–20, but not more than 30 cm high ) are considered to be ground covers, which grow rapidly, completely covering the soil and suppressing weeds , and also have the properties of decorative stability, that is, they have a decorative appearance throughout the vegetative season (in tropical and subtropical regions - throughout the year) [4] [1] .
Usage
Ground cover plants are used to create bright spots on the lawn , decorate rockeries and soil between the plates of paths, borders in flower beds [1] .
Unlike lawns, which are usually resistant to trampling, there are no such requirements for areas where ground cover plants grow, and therefore it is not recommended to go to such areas [4] .
Since ground cover plants have the ability to protect the soil from blowing and flushing, they are used in land reclamation [2] .
Some ground cover plants
Evergreens are used primarily as groundcover - these can be either sprawling perennial grasses or dense shrubs . It is not necessary that they bloom, since such a requirement is not important for them in this group of plants. As temporary ground cover plants, annual plants , for example, nasturtium , can be used [4] .
- Gazania rigens - Harsh Gazania
- Hedera - Ivy (some species)
- Juniperus - Juniper (some species)
- Leucanthemum - Leucanthemum (some species)
- Lysimachia nummularia - Loosestrife coin
- Mentha - Mint (some types)
- Sagina subulata - bryophilus subulate
- Saxifraga - Saxifrage (some types)
- Tropaeolum - Nasturtium (some species)
- Vinca major - large periwinkle
- Vinca minor - Periwinkle small
Several types of ground cover plants can be grown simultaneously in one place, but it should be borne in mind that over time one species usually crowds out another [4] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Karpisonova, Rusinova, 2005 .
- ↑ 1 2 Ground cover plants (inaccessible link from 06/14/2016 [1152 days]) // Dictionary of Natural Sciences. Glossary.ru. (Retrieved May 6, 2012)
- ↑ Garrisononenko, 2005 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Botany, 2006 .
Literature
- Ground cover plants // Botany. Encyclopedia "All plants of the world": Per. from English = Botanica / ed. D. Grigoriev et al. - M .: Könemann, 2006 .-- S. 25. - 1020 p. - ISBN 3-8331-1621-8 .
- Garnizonenko T. S. Carpet plants; Ground cover plants // Handbook of a modern landscape designer . - Rostov-on-Don: Phoenix, 2005 .-- 313 p. - (Construction and design). - ISBN 5-222-06328-3 . (inaccessible link)
- Karpisonova R.A., Rusinova T.S. Ground cover plants. - Kladez Books, 2005 .-- 96 p. - 5,000 copies. - ISBN 5-93395-093-9 .