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🌱 A ground cover 🌱 To plant below
to underplant

to underplant

6.5
Plant smaller plants beneath larger ones to cover the ground
  • verb
  • /ˈʌndərˌplænt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : plantar debajo
  • In the garden, I decided to underplant the tall sunflowers with vibrant zinnias to add more color.
  • underplanted with pansies
  • tulips underplanted

Examples

  • Many gardeners underplant tall shrubs with colorful ground cover to create a layered effect.

  • It is common to underplant large trees with ferns that thrive in the shade.

  • They decided to underplant the rose bushes with low-growing herbs for added interest.

  • We should underplant the oak tree with some ferns.

  • The gardener underplants roses beneath the larger shrubs.

  • You can underplant your vegetable beds with herbs to make the most of the space and improve growth.

  • To enhance the beauty of the old oak tree, we underplanted it with delicate bluebells and ferns.

Synonyms

to plant
vsto underplant
361 1.0

To put seeds or young plants into the soil so they grow

is specifically placing smaller, lower-growing species beneath or among larger trees or shrubs

How Dense

to crowd
175 1.6
to underplant
  • Specialized
6.5
to plant
361 1.0

Surface Forms

underplant infinitive
underplanted past
underplanted past participle
underplanting present participle
underplants third person singular

Morphology

underplant = plant (transparent) = under + plant

The verb is transparently formed by adding the productive prefix 'under-' to 'plant' to indicate planting beneath or among larger plants.

Etymology

Underplant comes from under ('below') and plant ('to put in the ground'), so to underplant is to put smaller plants beneath larger ones. A helpful image is filling the ground under a shrub with low plants to remember the verb.