In autumn, dignified grave planting takes on a significant importance, because there are high holidays coming up with Dead Sunday and All Saints Day. With an arrangement of colorful autumn bloomers and evergreen, hardy perennials, you can create a well-kept resting place until spring. Get inspired here with easy-care plants for the autumn grave.
Planting time is from September to October
So that a resting place shows its most beautiful side in November, the plants are planted in the warm autumn soil. In September and October, the temperatures in the soil are at the ideal level for plants to root quickly.
Autumn bloomers invite you to linger and reverently
With colorful grave decorations, relatives express their loving memory of the deceased all year round. Thanks to the following blooming autumn beauties, your resting place doesn't have to miss out on pretty splashes of color during the high holidays in November:
- Cushion aster (Aster dumosus) with dense flowers and pretty decorative leaves; Growth height 35-40 cm
- Autumn cyclamen (Cyclamen hederifolium), pretty flowers for partially shaded locations; Growth height 10-15 cm
- Pansies (Viola) and horned violets (Viola cornuta), tireless, continuous bloomers until the first frost; 10-20cm
- Christmas rose (Helleborus niger) presents itself with white and pink cupped flowers from November to February; 15-25cm
With bud bloomers you can add striking splashes of color throughout the winter. The winter heather (Erica darleyensis) reliably fulfills this task. The premium variety 'White Perfection' impresses with white flowers from November to April, which harmonize wonderfully with the pink bud flowers of the variety 'Isabell'.
Hardy perennials for a well-kept, representative grave design
When people stream into the cemetery on All Saints' Day and Sunday of the Dead, the graves shine in their most beautiful attire. To ensure that the lovingly prepared resting places maintain their well-kept appearance until spring, we recommend integrating the following hardy, evergreen perennials into the planting plan:
- Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) impresses with its evergreen leaves and red berry decorations; 10-20cm
- Gold ivy (Hedera helix 'Goldheart'), the ideal ground cover with golden yellow, green-edged leaves; 15-20cm
- Rape myrtle (Leucothoe 'Scarletta'), small evergreen shrub, with scarlet leaves in winter; 20-30cm
- Red moss stonecrop (Sedum album 'Coral Carpet'), wonderful ground cover with coral-red winter foliage; 5-10cm
The ideal problem solver for planting shady gravesites is the spotted deadnettle (Lamium maculatum). The oval, delicately hairy decorative leaves shine with a green frame that surrounds a silvery-white center. Combined with the native, wintergreen ornamental grass forest marbel (Luzula sylvatica), they create an eye-catching appearance in resting places with little light.
Tip
Before you implement a new grave design, please consult the cemetery regulations. This set of rules explains, among other things, what needs to be taken into account when planting resting places. Since responsibility falls to the local community, regional variations occur from place to place. A quick look at the statutes will prevent annoying conflicts with the cemetery administration.
