Recent times Russians are increasingly abandoning massive monuments and prefer to arrange the burial places of relatives in the old traditions and natural style, that is, using flowers. This is not an easy task, because a cemetery is a special territory with its own laws and regulations, so that not every plant will be appropriate here, and the prevailing conditions cannot be called simple. Therefore, before starting work, it is necessary to carefully consider which flowers are best to plant on the grave, so that in the future you will not encounter problems and the need to redo everything.
Floristry is a science that gives clear recommendations as to which flowers are appropriate in a given situation. There is also a section dedicated to mourning events. Iris is considered the most suitable for such circumstances., which for many centuries has traditionally been planted in burial places. There is a completely rational explanation for this, since this plant is distinguished by unpretentiousness in terms of growing conditions - it does not require serious care and even in conditions of lack of moisture it can bloom all summer.
Also calendula is considered appropriate for decorating graves. Initially, this name came to us from the German language, and in translation into Russian it means "flower of the dead." marigold flowers long time stay fresh and with proper care can become wonderful decoration graves.
Growing conditions
And yet, floristry, as a theoretical science, is not the best adviser on the question of which flowers should be planted on the grave. It would be more correct, when considering options, to build on the conditions that have developed in a particular section of the cemetery.
For example, there are no trees in many cemeteries, the graves are well lit and not every plant can take root in such conditions. On the other hand, heavily shaded areas where sunlight hardly penetrates are much more common. In such circumstances, a disembarkation would be more appropriate.
Another point that you should definitely pay attention to is the availability of water. Moisture-loving flowers can be planted in areas with a developed system of ditches. However, with a lack of moisture, it is better to give preference to those species that are able to grow and feel good on dry soils.
Solid carpet or individual plants
When choosing which flowers to plant on the grave, you need to decide how exactly you want to see the burial place of your relative. In general, all design options using plants can be divided into two large groups: in the form of a continuous carpet or individual plants, that is, bunches.
In the first case, varieties are chosen that are able to weave along the ground, covering it with a green carpet. The brightest representative of this category is periwinkle. blooming with blue and blue flowers small size. An additional advantage of this option is that weeds cannot break through the continuous cover. But there is a downside, and a very significant one. In its development, the plant, of course, will not be limited to the boundaries of one grave. and over time will begin to spread to neighboring ones.
Another solution is to use flowers growing in bunches. In addition to the iris, which has already been mentioned above in connection with mourning traditions, daffodils and tulips can be included in this category. They are very unpretentious, can do without regular watering and at the same time they are distinguished by high decorative qualities.
Perennials or annuals
Another aspect of the question of which flowers are best planted on graves concerns life spans. Professionals recommend giving preference to perennials, since otherwise the process of care becomes much more complicated, an annual renewal of the landings will be required, for which there is not always time.
In addition, the competent use of perennials opens up great opportunities in terms of the unusual design of the grave. So, in the central zone, low-growing varieties can be placed, for example, crocuses, echinacea, rudbeckia, sedum, colchicum, muscari, blueberries - they are all included in the ephemeroid group. But along the perimeter of the site, tall perennials can be planted, which will make it possible to mark the boundaries in an original way. It can be, phloxes, goldenrod, astilba, various ferns.
A problem that can be encountered when using rhizomatous varieties of perennials is their uncontrolled spread to nearby areas. This issue must be given special attention, regularly digging young shoots.
Finishing the conversation on the topic of colors appropriate for decorating the grave, I would like to note that created composition in no case should not be full of variety. Better to choose one color scheme otherwise, the feeling of grief and mourning may be lost. Same way it is not recommended to plant rare expensive plants- they can become the prey of unscrupulous people who can be found in any cemetery.
With the modern rhythm of life, people do not have the opportunity to visit cemeteries often. As a rule, such visits fall on certain dates: memorial week, birthday and death of the deceased.
So that the place of the last shelter of a loved one does not look faceless, various ornamental plants are placed next to the monument. What flowers can be planted in a cemetery, because not every culture is suitable for these purposes? Plantings decorating the burial must meet certain requirements.
What plants and flowers are best for grave decoration
When choosing plants for planting in a cemetery and having studied the photos and names of the species you like, you need to remember that regular watering and care will not work for them, since not every person has the opportunity to visit the churchyard too often.
Therefore, flowers and shrubs should have the following qualities:
In addition, flowers and shrubs should not require frequent division and transplantation, the introduction of special dressings and the creation of shelters for the winter. And it is also necessary that the culture can maintain a decorative appearance not only during the flowering period, but also look beautiful and neat after it is completed.
Advice. To decorate burials, it is worth choosing inexpensive plants of common varieties, since various exotics, even if they survive in such conditions, can be stolen by dishonest visitors to the churchyard.
carpet plants for cemetery
Many prefer carpet plants for planting in the cemetery. These crops spread freely along the ground, creating a beautiful cover that, in addition to giving the burial a well-groomed appearance, prevents the growth of weeds. But the choice of "green carpets" that can take root in the graveyard is not so great.
This weaving-stemmed plant with dense green leaves and bright blue flowers will take root in adverse conditions and give the grave a neat appearance. In addition, periwinkle will completely suppress weeds, eliminating the need for weeding.
Its only drawback can be called the fact that it quickly spreads over the territory, and easily "captures" neighboring areas.
Rosularia (rosette)
This perennial from the Tolstyankov family cannot be called a "green carpet" in the full sense of the word. Plantings consist of many closely spaced rosettes, resembling rose flowers in shape, no more than 10 cm high, with blunt, rounded leaves of a dark green color scheme. Growing, they form a dense cover.
Such a culture will sprout even on stony soil, and at the beginning of summer it will be decorated with flowers of delicate shades. It is best to plant rosularia in semi-shady areas.
Important! If the periwinkle can survive in any such conditions, then the rosette should be planted in areas with a temperate climate. She won't bear severe frosts, and in a warm winter, its roots will rot.
bunch flowers
Cultures growing in neat bushes are also suitable for filling the space around the monument. The following types of flowers are most adapted to "living" in the cemetery.
Iris
This culture, which is popularly called "killer whale" or "cockerel", has several hundred varieties. The leaves of irises are flat and thin, collected in a bunch at the base, and they are almost absent on the stems.
The flowers are solitary, their petals can be painted in a wide variety of shades: white, yellow, orange, pink, blue, lilac or purple. This culture is often planted on graveyards, and due to this, irises are sometimes called "flowers of the dead."
Beautiful delicate flower with white, yellowish or sunny orange petals and narrow dark green leaves and will not require special care. In spring, it will bloom one of the first, and will decorate the burial place until the beginning of May.
And when the buds fall, the low bush will look neat and will be a good backdrop for crops with a later flowering period located in the neighborhood.
Tulip
Another early flowering plant is the tulip. Its bushes are low, with green-bluish elongated leaves, thick stems and single flowers that appear in early April, and sometimes in late March.
Today, there are many varieties of this culture, and you can choose flowers with white, cream, yellow, pink, red, crimson, lilac, purple and even black petals.
Advice. If it is possible to allocate a little more time for the care of the grave, after the tulips fade, flowering annual crops can be placed in the same bed.
Trees and shrubs for the cemetery
In addition to flowers, you can plant trees or shrubs near the grave. The advantage is that they do not require much maintenance other than seasonal pruning. In addition, most trees are long-lived and will shelter the burial site from sunlight and winds for more than half a century, and sometimes longer. From the whole variety of such plants, you can choose the following types of them.
Weeping birch
This is beautiful tree with branches flowing down and snow-white bark takes root in any climatic conditions. Some varieties of drooping birch can grow up to 30 m, but there are also more compact varieties.
The leaves of the drooping weeping birch have a dark green tint in summer, and in autumn they become bright yellow and remain on the branches until frost. Such a tree loves light and can live up to 120 years.
weeping willow
This beautiful tree with thin and flexible yellow-ocher twigs, covered with narrow green leaves, is decorated with “earrings” or small inflorescences in spring.
There are more than 300 varieties of willow, some specimens are real giants, growing up to 30-40 m, but there are also dwarf varieties, most suitable for landing in the cemetery. And you can also buy a willow in the form of a shrub.
This is an evergreen coniferous plant from the Cypress family, reaching from 1 to 3 m in length. There are other tree-like varieties of juniper, the height of which will be from 4 to 12 m.
The bark of these plants is red-brown, with a brown tint, and the leaves are needle-shaped or scaly, collected in whorls of several pieces. In the second year after planting, the culture is decorated with berries-cones containing up to 10 juniper seeds.
This tree is also called "trembling poplar". It has a columnar trunk with a smooth light green bark and rounded or diamond-shaped leaves ranging in size from 3 to 7 cm. Some varieties of aspen can grow up to 35 meters in height, and the girth of the trunk reaches 1 m.
Aspen lives from 80 to 90 years, but there are cases when the age of such a tree "passed" for a century and a half. Culture feels best in areas with a temperate and cold climate.
Mountain ash
This crop is a shrub or tree that can reach 12 m in height. The crown of the mountain ash is rounded, and the bark is smooth and shiny, painted in a yellow-gray or light brown hue.
The rowan leaves are long, up to 20 cm, on the outside they are darker than on the inside, and in autumn they become golden or red. The tree blooms with white flowers, collected in shields with a girth of up to 10 cm. Orange-red fruits ripen by the end of summer or early autumn.
In nature, there are about 100 types of mountain ash, but all varieties are united by poor tolerance for gassed and smoky air, as well as intolerance to waterlogged soil.
Thuja or life tree- This is a coniferous plant from the Cypress family, presented in the form of a shrub or tree.
Young crops have needle-like and soft needles of a light green hue, while in older crops it gradually darkens. Already in the first year, fruits in the form of oblong cones with flat seeds will ripen on a tree or bush.
Such a culture is unpretentious in care and tolerates even the coldest winters.
Advice. It is worth planting large trees in a cemetery only if the site allocated for burial is large enough to place the planting away from the monument. This is due to the fact that the roots of large plants grow and can ruin the tombstone.
Perennial flowers suitable for planting in a cemetery
To make the grave look neat and tidy for a long time, it is worth decorating the area with perennial plants that will retain their decorative appearance for several years. Flowers suitable for planting in a cemetery include the following varieties.
It is a herbaceous perennial with erect stems and simple, pinnate or serrated leaves. They can be emerald or red-green, depending on the variety.
Astilba blooms from June to August. During this period, panicles appear on the bushes from 10 to 60 cm in length. Their color can be different: white, red, pink or purple. The plant develops well in the shade and is resistant to waterlogging.
This is tall plant up to 120 cm in length with straight stems and large triangular or heart-shaped leaves. Their color can be green, red-brown or greenish-purple.
Buzulnik inflorescences are basket-shaped and up to 10 cm in diameter, and the color of the flowers is yellow, orange or red. The flowering period of the culture lasts from June to early September.
It's bulbous perennials blooming in early spring. During this period, on low bushes up to 30 cm tall, cone-shaped panicles appear with white, yellow, pink, red, blue, blue or lilac flowers.
The culture is resistant to adverse conditions, able to grow in the shade and endure waterlogging during the rainy season.
These undersized bushes with basal leaves gathered in a bunch during flowering are decorated with goblet flowers. This period falls on early spring, and last 21-28 days.
In nature, there are almost two dozen varieties of crocuses. The shades of the petals are very diverse: white, yellow, cream, orange, blue, purple and purple.
Snowdrop or galanthus is the earliest spring plant. Usually on low, up to 20 cm, bushes, 2-3 oblong leaves appear, shiny or matte, painted in shades from light green to dark green.
Galanthus flowers are white, consisting of 3 petals and having a bell-shaped form.
This culture is perennial or annual, and is distinguished by endurance, unpretentiousness and undemanding to the composition of the soil.
Primrose blooms in a variety of shades, from white to deep burgundy. During this period, small neat inflorescences are formed on the bushes in the form of a pyramid, ball or umbrella.
The second name of this culture is scylla. These are bulbous perennials with linear basal leaves and inflorescences in the form of brushes, consisting of single flowers. As a rule, their petals are painted in white, pink or purple, but blue scillas are most common.
A feature of the culture is that its leaves droop in cold and cloudy weather, and in sunny days located almost vertically.
Phlox
Most varieties of phlox are perennials, but there are also annual varieties. These are low bushes with elongated ovate leaves and medium-sized flowers from 2 to 4 cm in diameter. They are funnel-shaped and collected in large inflorescences, up to 90 pieces each.
The shade of the petals can be the most diverse, depending on the variety. There are phloxes with early, medium and late flowering.
The listed varieties of flowers will not only decorate the burial and give it a well-groomed and tidy appearance, but also do not require special care.
Annuals and biennials that can be planted on the grave
You can periodically change the design of the flower bed near the grave if you plant annual or biennial plants. The following varieties will be able to take root in the cemetery.
These are bright, elegant and delicate flowers, consisting of three rounded petals. Depending on the variety, pansies come in various shades, and the flowers bloom in late April and persist all summer.
The culture looks compact, the bushes reach a height of 15 to 30 cm, and the flowers have a diameter of 3-4 cm. Pansies can be either annual, biennial or perennial.
Carnation Turkish or bearded
It is a herbaceous biennial with knotty stems 30 to 75 cm high and green or blue-green leaves.
Bearded carnation inflorescences can be simple, double or semi-double and have a diameter of 1.5 to 3 cm. The shade of the petals is white, cream, pink, red, and there are also bicolor varieties with a border or “eye”.
The flowers of the culture, collected in corymbose inflorescences with a girth of up to 12 cm, appear in June and persist until the end of summer.
These are low modest bushes with rounded basal foliage and a leafless stem. Daisy flowers are single, semi-double or double, and vary in color and size depending on the variety.
In culture, there are about one and a half dozen varieties of this crop. Daisies are annuals and perennials.
Bright, delicate and pretty forget-me-nots grow from 10 to 40 cm in height. Their bushes are covered with pointed leaves and numerous flowers, painted in white, cream, pink, blue and blue. Most often there are plants with a bright blue or sky-blue shade of petals.
The flowering period of forget-me-not falls in May and lasts until mid-summer. The culture has a tendency to self-sowing, when the fruits ripened in autumn crack and the seeds fall into the ground.
Using the listed plants, you can make beautiful flower bed, which will decorate the place of the last shelter of a loved one. When choosing crops, it is necessary to focus not only on your own taste, but also try to choose flowers, trees or shrubs that the deceased liked.
All over the world, it is customary to wear flowers to the grave of the deceased in memory of a person, many decorate the burial place with perennials that are not demanding on moisture, the sun and can grow during the summer. A simple green carpet of greenery weaving along the ground or evergreen shrubs, tart spray chrysanthemums or rapidly growing hostas, dwarf birches or thin aspens trembling in the wind ... What is best to plant on the grave of a loved one so as not to violate centuries-old traditions?
What flowers are suitable for a cemetery
In the East, irises are the flowers of the dead, our traditions have long been intertwined, so many people come to honor the memory of the dead with these purple and blue flowers. This is one of best options answering the question of what flowers to plant in the cemetery.
For the Greeks, sadness is a dark violet and pansies, for the Germans it is a sunflower, in Russia it is a strawberry that birds eat, figuratively speaking, dissolving sadness and sorrow. If tradition and symbolism are so important to you, stick to your choice. But remember that all plants should be unpretentious and decorative for a long time. We can't visit gravesites every week to weed graves, so pay attention to stunted perennials such as calendula, rudbeckia, echinacea. Borders from sedum, low phloxes look great.
If you manage to clean the cemetery several times a year, pay attention spring planting- tulips and daffodils, forget-me-nots and liverwort. They begin to bloom immediately after the snow melts, it is especially pleasant to see how bright green shoots cut through from under last year's foliage, brightening up the still bare, unsightly soil. Special attention give plants dwarf forms, as the size of the fence will not allow them to grow in breadth.
Bloom or form?
Flowers for the grave should not be full of their diversity, although you can pick up such as periwinkle so that the ground is covered with a green carpet, and above it there are blue-blue small flowers. This type of plant will not allow weeds to break through the dense periwinkle root system. Early daffodils, irises and tulips feel great without moisture. They grow in bunches, which means that on Radonitsa you don’t have to buy artificial bouquets to decorate the grave.
The cemetery land is poor, it is never fertilized, so it is unlikely that you will be able to grow any elite varieties of roses here, but thuja, juniper, decorative birches and aspens, which root system shallow and does not damage the monument itself, it will take root with minimal effort on your part.
When there is no time to take care of the plants, around the entire perimeter of the grave, young or bent grass are planted - small grasses, in which the tops need to be plucked once a season.
If the grave is located in an old cemetery, where there is a lot of shade, forest varieties of snowdrops, scilla, tiarella, waldsteinia, and daisies will take root there.
For arid regions, we recommend planting carnations, gypsophila, armenia, yarrow, alissum, thyme, and decorative spurges in the cemetery. With constant care, you can easily take care of annuals, watering them and weeding them from time to time, not forgetting that fresh flowers are designed to remind a person of his immortal soul.
Our memory of the departed, memories of them is the most important thing that remains when a loved one is no longer around. For the departed, it’s probably not so important what the place where they rest looks like, but we, the living and remembering, want this place, where we can think, remember, and sometimes tell them something, to be beautiful, well-groomed, cozy and pleasing to the eye.
Surely the spring cleaning of the graves is already over - last year's leaves, needles, branches were removed, the bushes were cut and the equipment that survived the winter was checked.
And now the time has come when it is necessary to come to grips with the design of graves dear to our hearts. I want this place to be beautiful. all year round and did not require weekly care on our part.
The answer to the question of what to plant in a cemetery always depends on so many factors. How close do we live to the cemetery and how often do we visit it? Are we the only people who look after the graves? Where is the grave located - in a place open to the sun, on a hillock, in a lowland, in a forest, etc. The choice of both design and planted plants often depends on the answers to questions.
So, let's try everything in order.
The grave is still fresh, but the work is waiting
For some time after the funeral, people are usually still acutely experiencing the loss of a loved one, and often they are faced with such responsibilities for the first time. A sea of questions appears, and the advice of acquaintances seems illogical and contradictory.
Even those who are not at all religious become interested in the traditions and rituals associated with cemeteries. In Latvia, it is most often customary to remove wilted flowers from the grave after some time, bury the ribbons in the ground or lay them out on the grave mound, cover the mound with fresh needles or flowers. If the family of the deceased is religious, then flowers and wreaths are not removed from the grave for 40 days.
It is believed that for some time after the burial, the earth settles, so the monument is erected and the grave is planted with greenery most often a year later, next spring.
While the funeral bouquets wither, it is already necessary to decide where the monument will be located, where and what kind of perennial plants you will plant, where you will put a bench, whether there will be a box for inventory, reinforced and locked with a lock, etc. It is advisable immediately after the first harvesting of wilted flowers (unless, of course, it is winter in the yard) to bring black soil or a special substrate for cemeteries and put it in the place where we will plant the plants. Planning will simply help you decide for yourself and understand how we want to see this place. While the earth settles, we can cover the imported black soil with coniferous branches so that it is not blown away by the wind.
Of course, the design is determined not only by taste and views on what the place of memory of our loved ones should be, but also by finding the grave in certain conditions - shade, sun, humidity, frequency of visits. Many would like to see green grass on the tombstone, but refuse this idea, realizing that it must be mowed regularly. And in many old, shaded cemeteries, almost nothing grows at all, so it remains to use only stones, pebbles, sand, slabs, etc. there.
In addition, we remember that no matter how unpleasant, wild and insulting it may be, they steal from cemeteries ...
Therefore, it is probably not worth planting large, expensive or rare plants, and it is also desirable to strengthen the tombstone, bench, inventory box.
Briefly about the planning and arrangement of the burial place
A place in a graveyard is like a garden where memories of a person live, so planning can be a very emotional moment filled with a special mood. Whether such a garden becomes ascetic, with only one grave, or a classic family burial, with several places, a bench, flower vases and candlesticks - it depends on the taste of the one who arranges it.
Let's look again where our garden is. A hill, a hollow, a coniferous or deciduous forest, a sunny or shaded place - all this determines the choice of materials and plants. To make it easy to care for, you need to think about some things. For example, covering - if around the grave grow coniferous trees, then the falling needles will clog the pebbles, so we will choose another coating (sand, slabs, etc.). If a dusty road passes nearby, then the polished monument will soon lose beautiful view. If the earth is acidic, then you need to plant plants that love such soil. When choosing flowers, we take into account how often we can water them. These are just examples of what to look out for.
You can just take, draw a place in the cemetery and sketch out planning ideas on paper. So it will immediately become clearer.
The place between the graves is usually covered with sand or grant, less often - lawn, pebbles, gravel, mulch. You can not fill everything with material, but only where we walk, place large slabs or make a path of smaller tiles. It is desirable to coordinate the material and color of the coating with the monument.
Color spectrum
The choice of color is also important, but do not get carried away with a variety of colors. It is desirable that there be one or two colors and some kind of accent. The background is usually green color, it is combined with gray, pink, purple. For an accent, white, yellow, red are perfect. These colors will always look good on a dark background. On the sunny place bright colors always stand out, and light colors on a shaded one.
You can also simply make a place of memory like a green lawn with a tombstone, a place for a candle and a flower vase. Then you don't have to worry that something is not weeded, not watered, it will burn ... thus granting time that can be spent on caring for cemeteries to living relatives in order to talk and remember the events associated with the departed.
Plant selection
This is always the hardest part for me. And every year I want something new ...
But here, as in any garden, you need to choose plants that match each other in color, texture, style, size. For example, fragrant thyme grows in a sunny place and looks great with low coniferous bushes.
There is no place for capricious plants in the cemetery. Here you need to plant unpretentious plants that do not require special care and bloom at different times. You can see what grows on neighboring graves to understand how they look and feel in a given place. Remember that under pines the ground is acidic, and under deciduous trees it is alkaline.
Saxifrages (very drought-resistant), awl-shaped phloxes (they bloom for a long time and look like a beautiful carpet), as well as various summer flowers - begonias, marigolds, pansies, petunias and others, are most often planted on the graves themselves.
For an ornamental pattern, plants that form a bush, for example, saxifrage of various colors, are suitable. In a sunny place, flowering annuals can be planted every spring.
Daisies and horned violets look beautiful and are quite unpretentious.
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We plant in the spring, after frost, choosing strong seedlings that have just begun to bloom. But remember that annuals in dry weather require watering, and also consume a lot of nutrients from the soil. A lot of flowers for lush flowering need to pinch off old flowers.
If the grave is not limited to a tombstone and is not accentuated, it can be arranged as a flower bed with various plants, marking the path with separate stone slabs.
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We plant plants in groups, in a group there are several plants, so as not to break up the composition and so that each plant shows its beauty. A group of small flowers is formed by 5-9 plants, and of large ones - 3-7 plants. Higher ones are further away, in the background, and low and small ones are in the foreground. From larger plants, for example, rhododendrons and lilies will fill the air with a bitter aroma, and mountain ash and heather will cause nostalgic thoughts. From roses, it is advised to plant those varieties that do not need to be covered in winter.
Tapeworms- These are plants endowed with a special visual or philosophical meaning, which are planted separately from the rest. Usually this is the main focus of the composition or an additional element.
Tapeworms can be trees, bushes or flowers. Usually choose plants with bright foliage, flowers, decorative trunk or shoots. The mood is set by the shape, size or color of such a plant.
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If you do not want to bring fresh cut flowers every week, then instead of a vase, you can install a wide and shallow flowerpot and plant flowers there. Spring-flowering are primroses, ericas, pansies; summer - all kinds of flowering annuals, whatever your heart desires, and in autumn and winter, heather and silver cineraria look beautiful.
But remember that a cemetery is not a place for collections, and every possible plant should not be present here.
It is especially necessary to take care of the plants especially carefully at least the first month after planting - regularly water, weed and feed with fertilizers.
Beautiful and hardy plants
I will try to give a list of plants that can survive in conditions of irregular care. Of course, these are not all possible, but the most common. I will indicate the Latin names next to it, so that if necessary, look up how the plant is called in Latvian, and choose exactly what you liked.
1. For a sunny place:
- Caragana frutex - bush caragana
- Crataegus horrida - hawthorn
- Ligustrum vulgare - privet
- Thuja occidentalis "Globosa" - a variety of Western thuja
- Pentaphylloides fruticosa - shrub cinquefoil
- Berberis thunbergii - Thunberg barberry
- For plantations:
- Calluna vulgaris - heather
- Cotoneaster dammerii - Dammer's cotoneaster
- Cotoneaster horizontalis - horizontal cotoneaster
- Spiraea japonica - Japanese spirea
- Weigela florida "Purpurea Nana" - weigela variety
- Erica carnea - Erica variety
- Juniperus Sabina - juniper variety
- Juniperus communis - juniper
- Perennials:
- thymus - thyme
- Hutchinsia alpina - Alpine Hutchinsia
- Sedum - stonecrop
- Phlox subulata - subulate phlox
- Astilbe - astilba
- Bergenia - bergenia
- Sempervivum - young or stone rose or tenacious
- Cerastшum biebersteinii - sapling
- Dicentra eximia - dicentra
- Tapeworms:
- Chamaecyparis pisifera "Filifera Nana" - cypress variety
- Hydrangea paniculata "Grandiflora" - hydrangea variety
- Rosa - rose
- Philadelphus - mock orange
2. For a partially shaded area:
- For trimmed hedges:
- Cotoneaster lucidus - cotoneaster
- Ligustrum vulgare - privet
- Buxus sempervirens - evergreen boxwood
- Thuja occidentalis - Western thuja, different varieties
- Ribes alpinum - alpine currant
- Ribes aureum - golden currant
- Taxus baccata - yew berry
- Pinus mugo var. Pumilio - mountain pine
- For a free-growing hedge:
- Thuja occidentalis "Salaspils" - a variety of Western arborvitae
- Chaemacyparis - cypress
- For plantations:
- Calluna vulgaris - heather
- Salix repens "Nitida" - willow variety
- Vinca minor - small periwinkle
- Juniperus - juniper
- Thuja occidentalis "Danica" - a variety of Western arborvitae
- Thuja occidentalis "Aurea" - a variety of Western arborvitae
- Taxus baccata “Repandens” – berry yew
- Perennials:
- Bellis perennis - perennial daisy
- Bergenia - bergenia
- Geranium sanguineum - blood red geranium
- Primula - primrose
- Stachys byzantina - cleaner
- Hosta - hosta (but snails love it)
- Saxifraga x arendsii - saxifrage
- Tapeworms:
- Hydrangea arborescens "Grandiflora" - hydrangea variety
- Rhododendron - rhododendron
3. For a shady place:
- For trimmed hedges:
- Thuja occidentalis - Western thuja
- Ribes alpinum - alpine currant
- Taxus baccata - yew berry
- Chaemacyparis - cypress
- For plantations:
- Hedera helix - ivy
- Mahonia aguifolium - Mahonia
- Euonymus fortunei - euonymus
- Vinca minor - periwinkle
- Taxus baccata "Summergold" - a variety of yew berry
- Perennials:
- hosta
- Asarum europaeum - European hoof
- Saxifraga umbrosa - saxifrage
- Viola odorata - fragrant violet
- Tapeworms:
- Larix deciduas "Pendula" - a variety of hanging (or weeping) larch
- Caragana arborescens “Pendula”
- Betula pendula “Youngii” – pendulous birch variety
- Salix caprea "Pendula" - drooping willow variety
- Salix integra "Pendula" - a variety of drooping willow
- Salix x sepulcralis "Chrysocoma" - drooping willow variety
- Sorbus acuparia "Pendula" - a variety of mountain ash
- Fraxinus excelsior "Pendula" - a variety of drooping ash
- Ulmus glabra "Camperdown" - mountain elm variety
And finally. What should be done to make less thieves ruin cemeteries? You can ask the local government to organize raids on a particular cemetery. In big cities, keeping track of thieves is much more difficult. Therefore, if possible, you should try to avoid plants used in flower arrangements and bouquets. For example, plant varieties of Christmas trees with small branches that are not used in wreaths.
If, nevertheless, there is a desire to plant some kind of yew, boxwood, mahonia or rhododendron, you can try to attach a freshly planted root ball to pegs, rods or decks buried in the ground. This will help avoid "just walking by" theft. It is still possible in the first couple of years, until the plant is properly strengthened and grows into the ground, to stain its leaves with paint of a dirty tone, which makes the plant look sick. After a few years, new foliage will hide these spots.
I hope my advice will help you create such a garden for your departed loved ones, where you can come and remember all those with bright thoughts, light nostalgia and tenderness. good moments associated with people dear to our hearts. Good luck!
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Each person, visiting the burial place of a loved one, wants to see his grave well-groomed - after all, this is all that we can do for a person who has left us. It is very important to choose the right plants that will decorate the grave. For these purposes, low, creeping grass is best suited. When choosing grass for planting, you need to remember that it should require minimal maintenance, since we do not always have the opportunity to visit the cemetery often.
Grass must meet the following requirements:
- grow on any type of soil;
- withstand low winter and high summer temperatures;
- withstand prolonged droughts and heavy rains;
- not be exposed to diseases and harmful insects;
- do not require transplants,
- to be undersized, to cover the grave mound with a continuous carpet.
There are many varieties of lawn grasses.
What grass to plant on the grave? First, it's forever green perennial herbs. These include:
- Periwinkle
In height reaches no more than 20 centimeters. It forms a very dense cover, clogging weeds and other herbs, not for nothing that its translation from Latin means “winner”. The length of the roots is about 1.5 meters. Flowering begins in May, blooms for about two months.
- Fortune's Euonymus
The plant is decorated with leaves, the edges of which are variegated in yellow or white. In central Russia, it practically does not bloom.
Easily propagated by creeping shoots, does not require constant care.
3. Iberis evergreen
A very beautiful fragrant shrub resembling a cloud in shape, very branched. The height does not exceed 50 centimeters. It has dark green leaves. Small inflorescences of flowers are collected in umbrellas. Flowers happen different shades- white, cream, lilac, depending on the variety.
Withstands a long absence of moisture, does not require fertile soil.
Flowering begins in May and lasts about two months.
4. Goryanka Colchis
Due to the unusual shape of the flower, the grass in Germany is called the "flower of the elves." Long creeping rhizomes allow the plant to cover large areas. It has dark green leaves and yellow, unpretentious forms, flowers that form brushes. The height does not exceed 40 centimeters. Blooms in May for about two weeks. Shelter for the winter with dry leaves is desirable.
5. Saxifrage soddy.
During flowering, the plant looks like a beautiful carpet with floral pattern. Flowers have 5 petals, paniculate inflorescences are collected from them, which are directed upwards. Colors can be of different shades - white, yellow, lilac, red. The average height is 50 centimeters. Propagated independently by the separation of basal rosettes. Settles in very quickly. Blooms for three months, starting in May. You can use woody ground cover plants, which include:
1. Cotoneaster horizontal.
By name, you can determine that this plant is creeping. Gracefully shaped. The height does not exceed 50 centimeters. The shoots are dense, reminiscent of the ridge of a fish. The leaves are dark green. Does not require special care, resistant to frost.
2. Juniper horizontal.
The plant is a creeping shrub with many shoots. It has needle-shaped needles of silver color or gray-green, black cones. In the spring it is most beautiful, as it has a bluish tint of needles. There are about 60 varieties of the plant. Does not demand leaving, grows on any soils.
from herbaceous perennials:
1. European hoof
An unusual, very beautiful plant, no more than 15 centimeters high with juicy green leaves in the shape of a horse's hoof. Forms a fine dense carpet.
The leaves grow on a long curly stem Brown, buds appear at the base of the leaves in autumn. In spring, the plant blooms, in autumn, fruits appear in the form of a box with seeds. These seeds are eaten by ants.
The plant tolerates frost well, grows on different types of soil.
2. Stonecrops (sedums)
The plant can grow almost without the presence of water, on depleted soils. At the same time, it forms a dense unusually beautiful carpet. The leaves are sharp at the edges, collected in rosettes, the flowers form umbrellas. The plant propagates easily using seeds, cuttings and dividing the bushes of an adult plant.
- tenacious creeping
The name of this plant contains information that it grows in all weather conditions, does not choose soil, diseases and harmful insects bypass it. A dense cover of grass does not allow seeds of weeds to break through to the surface of the earth.
With the help of this grass, a unique living carpet is created.
Plant height does not exceed 30 centimeters.
A perennial plant with a very long flowering and wonderful aroma. Very attractive grey-green foliage with teeth along the edge. Forms a dense carpet of flowers of white, pink, yellow shades. Plant height does not exceed 30 centimeters. The stems of the plant are long, the shoots take root, thereby occupying all large area. The plant does not require careful care, but does not like waterlogging.
5. Monetary loosestrife (meadow tea)
A perennial plant with a horizontally arranged stem, the length of which is about 30 centimeters. Pale green oval leaves and yellow solitary flowers form a continuous surface cover. The plant is perennial. Propagated by shoots with roots that quickly take root. It blooms for about 20 days in different months, depending on growing conditions. Tolerates winter cold and heat in summer. Grows on any kind of soil.
6. Carnation grass
Very showy plant bright colors various shades depending on the variety. The flowers are small, about 1.5 cm in diameter. Their shape is the same as that of a garden carnation. The stem rises above the ground by no more than 15 centimeters. Blooms throughout the summer. The leaves are elongated, small in size. It reproduces by self-seeding. The plant tolerates harsh winters, dry summers. Does not require fertile soil.
Choosing what grass to plant on the grave , should not be neglected use case rolled lawn. For these purposes, specialists grow special lawn grasses, then, together with the top layer of earth, they are rolled up and placed at the burial site. The advantages of this method are that a continuous, perfectly even surface cover is guaranteed, there are no weeds, and you do not need to buy planting material yourself.
Often, when growing grass for rolls, mixtures of grasses such as meadow bluegrass, red and sheep fescue, shoot-bearing bent grass, creeping clover, and perennial ryegrass are used. They meet all the requirements for herbs for decorating graves. This is short stature, resistance to very low and very high temperatures, undemanding to soils, immunity to diseases. What grass to plant on the grave , everyone decides individually, based on the availability of time to visit the churchyard, material resources, age characteristics.