Fragrant carpet: 5 best perennials, ground cover for flower beds and gardens

Do you want to decorate the area or territory of the house surrounded by flowers, close to harbor land? So much so that the soil itself could not be seen? Come to the aid covering plants - low-growing (up to 20 cm), rarely medium growth (up to 40 cm) varieties of ornamental flowers for the flower beds and garden. "Ground cover" grow into a thick fragrant carpet or bulky pads. And yet can often boast beautiful flowering.

This article - the top 5 in my opinion perennial groundcover plants. Each of them has its own charm and value to the landscape design. In fact there are many more. Soon I will write a separate article on the lowest creeping ground cover plants - subscribe to the channel, so as not to miss!

Climbing and evergreen periwinkle

Green carpet leathery leaves year round and delicate bluish flowers in the spring and early summer - a periwinkle. In botany, it belongs to the creeping shrubs, because the plant has stiff shoots. Periwinkle is surprisingly unpretentious and rapidly growing. He is evergreen, so even in winter because of the snow may look out leaflets.

There are 12 varieties, from which derived ornamental varieties. You can find plants with pink, white and even two-tone paint. Such as periwinkle pink. View the "Big" is notable for long shoots up to 40 cm and a motley leaves - green with an almost pure white edging. But the most common type of landscape design - periwinkle. Despite its apparent simplicity, looks from a win-win!

by the way: The beliefs of different peoples considered periwinkle flower of love. Other superstitions claim that small plant is capable to scare away evil spirits. The people of Europe a delicate flower was a symbol of eternal youth, because it retains its appearance year round.

bright Heuchera

Elegant Heuchera - the tallest plant in our collection. Its height is 40-50 cm. Different decorative leaves of various shades, hiding under a land. They perfectly match the original colors high. Rate on photo 2 varieties!

Heuchera - "a child of the mountains." You do not have to be regularly watered the flower and the more feed. Special requirements in the Heuchera not, because by nature the plant is not used to agro-technical delights. You can plant it and in the sun and in the shade.

Heuchera are widely used in landscape design, most often to create modular compositions. It will take a worthy place in a mixed flower bed on the first positions, creating an unusual border. I like the option of landing Heuchera along the garden paths.

Simple, bright, tasteful: irreplaceable saxifrage

Saxifrage - a plant that forms a dense carpet of bright or islands with white or pink flowers. Height - no more than 20 cm, are usually much lower. Excellent growing in poor soils, loves the sun and partial shade.

With saxifrage you can decorate every corner of the garden. Scratch? Let there instead of earth adorn miniature flowers. Great for curbs and landscaping under a small tree. Flowering occurs at the end of spring-early summer. Another advantageous variant of using a compact saxifrage - in rock gardens and rockeries.

Phlox styloid: flourishing field in the garden

If you are in the first place - a magnificent flowering, do not go around doing the phlox styloid. Unlike their more famous relatives, compact plant - height of adult specimens does not exceed 20 cm. And all this - in bright and abundant flowering, you can appreciate in the photo:

Hard phlox stems tend to criss-cross the land, so it is advantageous to use for decorating natural or humps on the site. It looks great in the Alpine hills and single landing - fast gaining all new and a new territory in the garden, so you may need to control.

Stachys, or stahis, sheep ears: who said no flowers anywhere?

When I first started practicing landscaping the empty plot, I thought: flowering plants - it's everything you need for beauty! Roses, peonies, phlox high - all this and more! Plus no less bright annuals... But over time I realized: no decorative foliage plants look unfinished composition... and boring?

I really like the woolly Stachys and "silver" leaves with fluff. "Sheep ears" are growing quite rapidly and tightly to hide under a land. By the way, stahis more and blooms, but inexpressive. I love the plant for its foliage! If you liked the collection, please put "Thumbs up!" They read more: 7 of the best flowers for planting under trees