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Groundcovers
Groundcovers are an attractive way to cover difficult areas such as under trees or steep slopes. They can also reduce the need for expensive mulch.
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Ajuga and other Groundcovers
Perennial groundvers can be attractive and useful and you don't have to restrict your choice to just Ivy or Vinca.
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Convert your lawn to groundcover
Test your devotion to your lawn. Is it time to convert from lawn to a groundcover garden?
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Groundcover, Wallcover, Eye-sore cover -- and Bonsai!
From groundcover to bonsai, the versatile ivy offers a variety of options for the wildscaper
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Groundcovers - Self-Seeders
Most plants that set viable seed will seed around a bit if they are happy. Some plants can cover a fair amount of ground via self-sown seed.
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Groundcovers for The New Woodland Garden
So many lovely perennials, biennials, bulbs and corms either tolerate or demand shade that I had no problem coming up with a list of more than 40 that would be suitable for this new garden.
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How Do Groundcovers Work
There are a number of plants which can be used for groundcovers in desert gardens.
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More Groundcovers
A couple of my favorite groundcovers and a couple of lovely thugs.
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Native Grasses as Groundcovers
Native grasses can replace turf, be grown on hillsides to help prevent erosion, and for a number of other purposes.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING GROUNDCOVER
Introduction to using groundcovers in wildscaping
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Top 10 Low-Water-Use Groundcovers
Here are the top 10 Low-Water-Use Native Groundcovers.
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West Coast Groundcovers - Mass Planting Where no Plant has Grown (well) Before
A groundcover guide - with information on planting, spacing, caring for, and groundcover links!
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Gardening In Shade - Introduction
Shade:. Shade can be cool, dappled, heavy, light, dank, dry and wet. It gives relief from summer’s unrelenting heat. Shade provides a home to some of the most beautiful of plants.
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Using Landscape Fabric
Landscape fabrics work for specific projects. Some plant groups thrive and are easier to maintain than other groups when used with these erosion and weed control fabrics.
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Bad Kitty!
Cats and lizards and birds, oh My! A wildscaper's strategy to keep them all safe and out of trouble.
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Even More Groundcovering Self-Seeders
Celandine, or wood poppies, are great at covering ground, as is the biennial Lunaria or money plant
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Foliage: The Living Palette - Part 3
As we dream of our gardens and what we want to do, we need to keep our aesthetic tools in mind. Foliage is one of the primary tools available to those of us who garden in shade. With it, we can weave a living tapestry. I've finally gotten a scanner and I've been playing with it. One of these days, I'll figure out the best way to use it. In the meantime, please bear with me if my page is slow to load.
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Galloping Ground Covers
Ajuga and Vinca cover ground at a gallop.
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Lawn Maintenance Solutions for Creaky Gardeners
Experts claim that the largest percentage of garden energy is expended on maintaining the lawn. Yet few people are willing to forego that bright carpet of greenery. Here are a few ways to keep it, but cut down on the upkeep.
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More Groundcovering Self-Seeders
Hardy begonias and Columbine - two of my favorite self-seeding perennials.
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Planting Under Trees - Part 3
Gardening in Shade - Planting Under Trees - Part 3 - Tough Groundcovers
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VENI, VIDI, VINCA
Periwinkles -- a groundcover for all reasons
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Cold Climate Broadleaf Evergreens
Choice of broadleaf evergreens for northern garden landscapes is limited since they lack winter survival adaptations. Description and images are included.
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Lawns in Desert Gardens
Contrary to much popular thought, lawns do have an appropriate place in a desert garden. They prevent erosion, help cool the environment, and offer a recreation area.
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Installing Landscape Fabric
Landscape fabric yields excellent results when we carefully analyze and then prepare project sites. Checklists are important and useful before planting and/or mulching.
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'Quicksilver', a Heucherella for Dry Shade
What's a perfect plant for dry shade? Martha Oliver, guest author and co-owner of The Primrose Path Nursery, tells about Heucherella 'Quicksilver' and several companion plants for your garden.
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Broad Leafed Evergreens - Aucuba
If you need an evergreen shrub for that really dark shady spot, then Aucuba is the one for you. Belonging to the same family as Dogwoods (Cornus), Cornaceae, but not resembling them in the least, are a small group of 3 to 7 species of evergreen shrubs native mostly to Japan.
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Bulbs for Shady Places -- Part 2
More early spring bulbs that do well in shady gardens.
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Bulbs for Shady Places -- Part 3
One more early spring bulb and some for mid-spring bloom in the shady garden.
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But, First ...
Despite what some "experts" would have you think, there is only one immutable gardening ‘Rule’. It may have other names in other places, but to me it is the "But, First" rule.
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Covering Ground At A Trot
Some groundcovering plants that don’t exactly gallop. There pace is more of a steady trot. These are all very easy to control if they put themselves where you don’t want them. Better manners, but steadily increasing cover without any effort on your part.
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Foliage - The Living Palette - Part 1
Plant foliage creates the form and texture of the garden. True, many plants also have stems and branches that contribute mightily to form and texture, but during the growing season, foliage is King.
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Give your garden a bubble bath!
Add a touch of water to your garden with a bubbler. It's easy to assemble and racoon-proof!
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Online Nurseries - Part 4
Online nursery featured: Niche Gardens and Paul Christian - Rare Plants
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Ornamental Grasses for Shade - Hakonechloa
Hakonechloa, one of the most graceful members of the grass family.
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Perennial Foliage For Early Winter
The tree and shrub leaves have drifted over my borders and most perennials in my garden have retreated underground, or into tight rosettes, for the winter. Nevertheless, a jaunt around the garden found several perennials whose leaves are still very much in evidence; aiding the evergreen trees and shrubs in furnishing the early winter garden.
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Plant Exchange
Q: What's more fun than sharing plants with another gardener? A: Sharing with a whole group of gardners at a Plant Exchange.
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Spring - Beauty and Beast - Part 2 - Beast
Spring's beauty ripens as the days lengthen and the sun strengthens. But, as there are two sides to every coin, so there are two sides to Spring. The Yin and Yang of Spring, so to speak. If the Yin is the beauty, the Yang is the beast.
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Such a Polite Garden!
What is a polite garden anyway? And why do so many people seem to insist that you plant them?
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Until April 11
Major changes are being proposed that will affect all plant lovers. Find out what they are and how you can make a difference.
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What Kind of Shade? - Part One - Shades of Shade
Definitions of shade aren't an exact science, but it's important to get a grasp on the shades of shade.
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Dr. Seuss Trees
"Show me some Dr. Seuss trees" a customer requested. Cascade Falls Weeping Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum ‘Cascade Falls’) is a good selection to accent water gardens.
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The Edible Garden
Fruit trees and vegetable plants are great garden choices but should be blended into the landscape. In other words you may not really want a totally edible garden.
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10 Ways to Easier Gardening
A little foresight and planning can help protect you from aches, pains and fatigue.
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Florida Beauties
Spring flowers blooming in Florida yards can create a fresh, energetic garden with little maintenance and low watering needs.
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Growing Sweet Woodruff
Sweet woodruff is a valuable herb in the garden. It's a perfect choice for those shady spots near trees and overhangs. It's also a natural insect repellent.
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Waterwise Garden Glossary
Here is a resource for Desert Garden readers, along with links to definitions and articles on Desert Gardens topics. Please feel free to use this list.
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Battling Bambi
It's difficult for the gardener to appreciate the finer qualities of Bambi while watching one knee-deep in a flower bed, munching away on precious plants. Success and failure in the battle with Bambi, including plants that my herd has not eaten.
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