Want a wonderfully vibrant garden with lots of plants? Garden trends are greener than ever because greenery makes your garden healthy, climate-proof and, above all, very attractive to people and animals. It looks like this trend is here to stay, so remove those tiles from your garden and plant more perennials. Turn your garden into an oasis of green.
Inviting greenery
A green garden with a nice variety of perennials is beautiful to look at. It’s also quite inviting and makes you want to head outside as soon as the weather permits! A lush, green garden is also a pleasant place to be even on hot days because greenery provides a cooling effect. And heavy downpours, which have become more frequent due to climate change, will not be a problem: rainwater can easily soak into the ground between the plants.
Planting in autumn
Autumn is an ideal time to plant perennials. The soil is still warm from the summer, which stimulates root growth, and the plants have sufficient time to settle before winter sets in. This means that they head into spring strong and healthy and your garden will get off to a flying start for the next growing season.
Kick-start your green garden
A green garden starts with healthy soil. If necessary, improve it with compost or organic fertiliser and then choose your preferred plants. Just be sure that they are suited for the conditions in your garden, such as the amount of sun or shade. Garden phlox (Phlox), Peruvian lily (Alstroemeria), poppy anemone (Anemone), bugbane (Cimicifuga), knotweed (Persicaria), burnet (Sanguisorba) and summer aster (Kalimeris) are some good examples of true sun worshippers. But there are also plenty of perennials that grow well in shade, such as barrenwort (Epimedium) and autumn anemone (Anemone).
A boost for biodiversity
Butterflies, bees and other beneficial insects love green gardens with lots of flowering plants where they can find plenty of food. If you want to boost the biodiversity, also choose wild plants such as foxgloves (Digitalis), dead-nettles (Lamium) and purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria). These all bloom beautifully and attract plenty of butterflies and bees.
