underplant
Grow below canopy
To underplant is to set smaller plants beneath taller ones, creating layers in a garden: She underplanted the roses with lavender.
The technique maximizes space and can suppress weeds.
Underplanting also means planting an area with fewer plants than it could support, or establishing young trees beneath an existing forest canopy to ensure future growth.
Shade-tolerant ornamental perennials
- fernsSpore-bearing vascular plants
- pachysandraEvergreen ground-hugging plant
- helleboresPoisonous winter-flowering perennials
- cyclamenTuberous plant, reflexed petals
snowdrops · bluebells · crocus · primroses · foxgloves · ivy · begonias · coleus
Low plants blanketing soil
- shade-tolerantGrows well in shadow
- layeringForming successive strata
- intercroppingSimultaneous multi-crop cultivation
- infillMaterial closing gaps
bulbs · perennials · annuals · filler · spacing · density · coverage · establishment
Darkness from blocked light
- overstoryTopmost forest layer
- trunkMain stem or storage
- branchesLimbs of trees
- deciduousSheds foliage seasonally
evergreen · shrubs · standards · roses · fruit-trees · woodland · understory
Covering soil protectively
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
- drainageLiquid removal system
- humusDecayed organic soil matter
- microclimateLocalized atmospheric zone
hostas
Shade-tolerant ornamental perennials
- fernsSpore-bearing vascular plants
- pachysandraEvergreen ground-hugging plant
- helleboresPoisonous winter-flowering perennials
cyclamen · snowdrops · bluebells · crocus · primroses · foxgloves · ivy · begonias · coleus
groundcover
Low plants blanketing soil
- shade-tolerantGrows well in shadow
- layeringForming successive strata
- intercroppingSimultaneous multi-crop cultivation
infill · bulbs · perennials · annuals · filler · spacing · density · coverage · establishment · transplanting
shade
Darkness from blocked light
deciduous · evergreen · shrubs · standards · roses · fruit-trees · woodland · understory
mulching
Covering soil protectively
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