It doesn't always have to be lawn: There are a variety of options for planting lawn pavers, some even bloom - despite regular traffic. Below we have collected the best options for lawn pavers for you.
Which plants are suitable for planting lawn pavers?
Robust, native wildflowers such as mountain sandbells, heath carnation or sun rose as well as ornamental grasses such as clump red fescue or sheep's fescue are suitable for planting lawn pavers. A mixture of a little compost and gravel provides the optimal basis for plant growth.
Green for the lawn pavers
If you don't want to sow a boring, normal lawn, you can sow one of these pretty ornamental grasses, for example:
- Horst red fescue
- Sheep fescue
- Eyelash Pearl Grass
Blooming for the lawn pavers
If you not only want to cover the lawn pavers with greenery but also add flowers, you can buy special flower gravel lawn online (€108.00 at Amazon) or you can make a robust flower mix yourself. The flowers must be robust and survive on very few nutrients. The best options for this are native wildflowers; They are also hardy, so you don't have to sow again every year. The following flowers are also possible:
| Name | Flower color | Flowering time |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain Sandbells | Blue | June to August |
| Gamander (sheepsweed) | Pink | May to September |
| Heidennelke | Bright pink, white or red | June to September |
| Carthusian Carnation | Bright pink | June to September |
| Small or large Braunelle | Pink, white or purple | June to October |
| Little Hawkweed | Yellow | May to October |
| Nodding Catchfly | White | May to September |
| Purple Stonecrop (Great Stonecrop) | Pink to violet | August to October |
| Round-leaved bellflower | Blue, rarely white | June to September |
| Sand thyme (Quendel) | Pink | June to September |
| Hot Stonecrop (Hot Stonecrop) | Yellow | June to August |
| Sun Beauty | Yellow, white, pink, orange | May to October |
| Staudenlein | Blueish | June to August |
| Saxifrage Rock Carnation | White | June to September |
| White Stonecrop (White Stonecrop) | White | June to September |
| Wild Marjoram | Delicate pink | June to September |
Soil between grass pavers?
Plants need soil to grow. But not all plants need the same amount of soil. You should choose plants that have the lowest possible nutrient requirements and can live in sandy soils. The plants in the flower gravel mix only need 3 to 5% compost. The rest can be gravel.
The busier the entrance, the more difficult
If you have several cars that drive over the grass pavers several times a day, it will be difficult for anything to gain a foothold there. Instead, you could fill the lawn pavers with beautiful pebbles. Or you can fill the areas over which the wheels roll with pebbles and only plant the space between these two lines and to the side of them.
