Poor Soils: 10 Ornamental Plants for Poor Soils
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Choosing plants that can please the eye even on poor soils is not as difficult as it might seem. If you look closely at the best garden herbaceous perennials and shrubs, then there are quite a lot of species that can do with modest soil, which also have enviable drought resistance.
Poor soils: causes of soil depletion
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Soil poverty is determined by the fact that the amount of attractive and nutritious substances in it gradually decreases. As a result, the soil gradually ceases to be a favorable environment for growing a large number of plants. Then the gardener and florist is faced with the question of what kind of plants exist so that they can easily and quickly take root even in the most scarce soils. However, if the right crops are selected, it can create a colorful landscape and attractive landscaping of the site, even in such unpleasant and depleted conditions.
Poor soils in a vegetable garden, garden and on a personal plot can be very different. Depending on why the soil has lost its useful and fertile qualities, soils can be conditionally divided into several subspecies:
- Oppressed soils, which from the very beginning were improperly exploited by the gardener, which led to the loss of useful resources. Initially, such soils had high fertility and other useful qualities, but suffered as a result of neglect of them. In general, like any garden soils, the soil can recover and return to its original state only with the introduction of specially selected preparations and fertilizers, as well as with an emergency change in the types and methods of processing such soil;
- Poor soils, which at the level of their natural origin from the very beginning were distinguished by the scarcity of useful components and substances. As a rule, these are sandy or stony soils that are not able to retain moisture, which may be simply necessary for some crops. In addition, these soils do not have any nutrients, so in general they need additional support so that at least something can be grown on them.
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Of course, as soon as the gardener is faced with the problem of poor soil, he is looking for plant options that will somehow take root in it, will be able to give beautiful and rich inflorescences. Most often, you have to choose not quite ordinary and typical plants, which can still become a worthy decoration of the site, make the landscape really unusual, unique and original. Below we will give a list of those plants that can be equipped on poor soil, and which do not have any special whims in care.
But first, it is worth focusing on the fact that, in general, of decorative ornaments, it is perfect for arranging a poor area of soil. It can be alpine slides or rockeries, rocky flower beds or dry streams, which look very original on the site and distinguish it favorably from all other territories of the backyard area. It can also be a landscape array of different sizes, meadows with large plants, a flower bed that does not require special attention and appropriate care. It could also just be a herb garden that is most commonly used in cooking.
Description of plants for poor soils
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The choice of plants and flowers for poor soils, despite such a rather complex, but at the same time urgent problem, is very large.We will offer several plant options that are favorites for flower gardens in poor and depleted soil:
- Large-flowered guillardia
- Oregano ordinary;
- Goldenrod (both common and some of its varieties);
- Steller's wormwood;
- Erythematosus (varieties of flat-leaved erythematosus, as well as Bourget's erythematosus);
- Purple mullein;
- Yarrows, which take root in depleted soils, even regardless of their variety and size;
- Tenacious - fully justifies its name, which indicates that this plant is quite convenient to take root in various soil, even if it is not endowed with a large amount of nutrients;
- Sedum is an exotic plant that is great for beautiful and memorable landscapes;
- Common meadowsweet, which is undemanding, so the plant is well suited for poor soil. However, it must be borne in mind that in frequent cases the plant needs abundant watering.
