As the feast of the saints approaches, many want to clean up the graves of their loved ones. Here you will find beautiful grave plants for All Saints' Day.
When summer is coming to an end and autumn is slowly moving in, All Saints' Day is not far away. Especially in the cemeteries you quickly notice that this Christian holiday is approaching: After the summer plants on the graves have slowly faded, many of the bereaved wish that the grave of their loved ones is beautifully prepared again for All Saints' Day. In this article, we explain why we actually decorate our graves on All Saints' Day and which plants are best suited for planting them.
Why do you prepare the grave for All Saints' Day?
All Saints' Day, traditionally celebrated in the Western Church on November 1, is a Christian holiday commemorating all saints and martyrs. However, the custom of preparing the graves for All Saints' Day goes back to another holiday: on November 2nd, just one day later, the church celebrates the feast of All Souls - a day of remembrance for all the deceased. On this day, the graves are blessed by the priest and are therefore specially prepared by the bereaved and decorated with floral arrangements and grave lights. However, since All Saints' Day (in contrast to All Souls' Day) is a public holiday in many federal states, the graves in many places are blessed a day earlier.
The most beautiful grave plantings for All Saints Day
In addition to wreaths of flowers, plant bowls and memorial candles, many relatives want to decorate the grave of their loved ones with a completely new planting. It is advisable (due to the season) to focus on autumn flowers and frost-hardy plants. But plants with symbolic meaning are also often used. We have put together for you the seven most beautiful plants for the grave design on All Saints' Day.
7. Horned Violet
The Horned Violet (Violacornuta) is extremely popular in grave design. No wonder, after all, the plant is extremely robust and is considered a tireless bloomer. Depending on the species, it can bloom from April to late autumn. In order to make sure that the plants have not withered before the memorial day, it can be worthwhile not planting the horned violets until autumn. Then the plants will enchant you with their colorful flowers on All Saints' Day.
Although the heyday of the purple bells (Heuchera cultivars) is already over on All Saints' Day, the plant is still a great addition to the grave design: with its often conspicuously red colored leaves The purple bells can be used wonderfully for the autumnal planting of the grave and harmonizes perfectly with bright autumn flowers such as the horned violet. Their robustness and absolute winter hardiness also make the purple bells so attractive.
5. Aster
The aster (Aster) is perfect for a colorful grave design, even in autumn. With its intensely bright colors, it is a real eye-catcher from August to late autumn and is therefore often used on All Saints' Day. Especially in combination with the bud heather (Calluna vulgaris), the pretty autumn flower becomes a real eye-catcher that quickly attracts everyone's attention.
Marguerites (Argyranthemum frutescens) are extremely popular because of their pretty flowers - but unfortunately they are already faded by autumn. Luckily, autumn magerites (Leucanthemella serotina) don't have this problem, because they don't start flowering until September, so they still shine in all their glory on All Saints' Day. But the autumn daisy has even more advantages: it is not only beautiful, but also very robust and extremely frost-hardy. When designing a grave, the pretty autumn flower is best combined with colorful asters.
3. Bud heather
Even if the bud heather (Calluna vulgaris) does not have the most spectacular flowers, the plant with its lilac-colored buds is quite a beauty. PopularThe heather is, however, because it blooms not only in autumn, but throughout the winter. The plant is not only suitable for All Saints' Day, but can also be used as an attractive grave plant for the winter. In addition, the heath has a great symbolism: the perennial plant stands for constancy and loy alty.
Pansies (Viola wittrockiana) have become an integral part of grave design. No wonder, after all, the plant can be used almost universally. Depending on the time chosen for planting, pansies bloom either in spring or in autumn. In addition, you can plant it alone in tuffs, but also combine it with other autumn flowers such as heather, horned violet or lattice herb (Muehlenbeckia complexa). The symbolic meaning of the pansy also comes into play, especially on All Saints' Day: the plant stands for remembrance and remembrance and is therefore made for this day of remembrance.
1. Chrysanthemum
Love, even after death - this beautiful symbolism is inherent in the chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum). The plant is therefore popular in grave design, especially on All Saints' Day. And the autumn flower cuts a fine figure in other respects too: With its diverse, bright colors and the pretty, large flowers, it is a real eye-catcher, which is suitable for planting on the grave alone, but also in combination with other autumn flowers.
In order to be able to look forward to a beautiful grave for a long time, it is worth investing in easy-care plants. We present the best plants for grave design in this article.