As a deep rooter, the blood plum can be easily planted under. This is worth it to create contrasts to your striking exterior and to create an overall picture that is even more eye-catching.
Which plants are suitable for underplanting the blood plum?
Perennials, ground covers, shrubs, grasses and onion flowers are particularly suitable for underplanting the blood plum. These should bemaximum 150 cmtall. We like to use:
- Cherry plum or dogwood
- Columbine or autumn anemone
- Bergenia or cranesbill
- Tulips or lilies of the valley
Planting blood plums with perennials
Perennials that produce numerous colorful flowers create great contrasts to the blood plum. In order for this to be successful across the board, the perennials should beflat-rooted, preferably inpart shadeand with therunnersof the blood plum. Perennials with white flowers contrast the dark red foliage of the blood plum phenomenally. Pink, light red and yellow also look wonderful in combination with the dark red blood plum. For example, the following candidates are suitable here:
- Star Umbel
- Foam Blossom
- Aquilegia
- Autumn Anemone
- Elf Flower
- Jacob's Ladder
Planting blood plums with ground cover plants
Since blood plum root suckers tend to protrude on the surface, appropriate ground cover plants should be robust andresistant enough to handle them. The abundant yellow and white flowering ground cover plants are beautiful and form an entire carpet with their flowers. Pink ground cover plants also create a beautiful visual combination with the blood plum. Fabulously decorative at the foot of the blood plum:
- Waldsteinie
- Bergenie
- Storksbill
- Purple bells
Planting blood plums with trees
Woods that create ashallow root systemare suitable underplanting for the deep-rooted blood plum on half-stem or standard stems. Choosesmallerflowering bushes and use them to emphasize the appearance of the blood plum. White Flowers underline the dark red fantastically:
- Cherry plum
- Purple Dogwood
- Rock Pear
- Pipe Bush
- Blackthorn
Further intoxicating areyellow flowering shrubs as underplanting:
- fingerbush
- Mahony
- Cornelian cherry
- Barberry
Planting blood plums with bulbous flowers
The blood plum comes to life in the bed when it is planted under bulb flowers that areat the same timewith itin bloom or its foliage underline in late spring. White, yellow, red and violet bulb flowers are ideal for this. Try
- Tulips,
- Daffodils,
- Lily of the valley,
- or crocuses.
Planting blood plums with grasses
Grasses usually have shallow roots and do not steal the show from the blood plum.low grassesup to a height of around 100 cm are particularly suitable for underplanting, which feel comfortable inpartial shade. These include:
- Forest Marbel
- Sedges
- Feather grass
- Bearskin Grass
- Blue Fescue
Tip
Combine different types of plants with each other
Underplanting is even more impressive and advantageous if, for example, you plant ground cover, perennials and grasses under the blood plum. The interaction of several plants of different sizes makes the whole thing more exciting and creates an impressive depth effect.
