Abstract. Soil enriched by peat or compost with applied ground beddings (of bark, sawdust, conifer needles) had advantageous influence on coverage of plot area by Creeping Wintergreen plants. Soil enriched with peat as well as peat with simultaneous application of conifer needles bedding offered the best conditions for coverage of plot area by plants (respectively 52.57 and 50.24%).

Creeping wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens L.)
as an alternative ground cover shrub

Summary

The study was carried out during the years 2000-2004 at the experimental garden of the University of Warmia and Mazuria in Olsztyn. As experimental material was used the Creeping Wintergreen cultivated on the following combinations of bedding ground and bedding: 1) control, 2) soil + peat, 3) soil + peat + bedding of bark, 4) soil + peat + bedding of sawdust, 5) soil + peat + bedding of conifer needles, 6) soil + compost, 7) soil + compost + bedding of bark, 8) soil + compost + bedding of sawdust, 9) soil + compost + bedding of conifer needles.

Soil enriched with peat or compost with applied ground beddings (of bark, sawdust, conifer needles) had an advantageous influence on coverage of plot area by Creeping Wintergreen plants. Soil enriched on the peat as well as with peat with simultaneous application of conifer needles bedding offered the best conditions for coverage of plot area by plants.