Sick leaves, falling fruits, aphid infestations and the like do not always make cultivating berry bushes a joyful affair. However, with the right underplanting, pests can be deterred and the risk of disease can be significantly reduced.
What can be used to underplant berry bushes?
Berry bushes can be underplanted with ground cover plants, perennials, herbs, bulbous flowers, vegetables and grasses, with the underplantingremaining lowand the berry bushesnottoo manyrobbing nutrients should. Popular are:
- Wild strawberry or strawberry
- Lily of the valley or winter aconites
- Bush bean or lamb's lettuce
- Marigolds or marigolds
- Oregano or wormwood
- Feather grass or Pennisetum grass
Plant berry bushes with ground cover plants
The ground cover for underplanting the berry bushes are ideallyshallow-rootedand representno competitionin terms of thenutrients. Thanks to them, the berry bushes are shaded from below and suffer from drought less often. Excellent fit:
- Wild strawberry
- Strawberry
- Cushion Bellflower
- Forest Stitchwort
- Cinquefoil
- Cushion stonecrop
- Carpet Phlox
It is important that you have planted berry bushes on the trunk. Other berry bushes are more difficult to plant under because their shoots tend to hang or partially rest directly above the ground.
Planting berry bushes with perennials
Berry bushes on standard trunks can be easily planted withmedium-tall perennials and benefit from their beauty and shading in the root and trunk area. The following are suitable for underplanting:
- Dahlias
- Daylilies
- bleeding heart
- Gladiolus
Berry bushes that are located close to the ground on a half-trunk should be underplanted withlow perennials. These include:
- Marigolds
- Tagetes
- Camomile
- Yarrow
Planting berry bushes with herbs
Herbs are also a favorable form of underplanting berry bushes. Thanks to their essential oils and other active ingredients, they have the ability topestsaway from the berry bushestokeepCertain herbs can alsodiseasessuch as columnar rust on currantsprevent Ideal candidates from the herb corner are:
- Oregano
- Thyme
- Wormwood
- Lavender
- cress
Planting berry bushes with onion flowers
Bulb flowers have avisual value when accompanied by berry bushes. They appear when the bushes of gooseberries, blueberries, currants, etc. are still bare or are just beginning to sprout. They are perfect due to their small size and can even tolerate partial shade without any problems. Try:
- Lily of the valley,
- Grape hyacinths or
- Winterlingen.
Planting berry bushes with vegetables
There are some vegetable plants that have shallow roots and do not have particularly high nutrient requirements. They can be used to plant berry bushes in beds and have the advantage that they are even edible. Compatible with berry bushes include:
- Bush beans
- Lamb lettuce
- Arugula
Underplanting berry bushes with grasses
ornamental grassesdecoratea berry bed in a magical way. When they are at their best, the berry bushes are almost harvested. Thesmaller species that also like partial shade are particularly suitable here, such as:
- Feather grass
- Pennisetum grass
- Blue Fescue
- Bearskin Grass
Tip
Mulch berry bushes instead
Berry bushes love regular fertilizer applications, which is why underplanting is not always beneficial if their partners compete with them for nutrients. Therefore, a layer of mulch such as grass clippings is recommended if you want to avoid underplanting.
