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Favorite Ground Cover Plants for Any Yard Space

Ground covers are highly desirable in the landscape. They can make a plain area into a blooming mat of beauty. They can fill in cracks between stepping stones, spill over landscape stone, or even replace a high-maintenance lawn. Ground cover can offer water-saving living mulch and will cut down the amount of weeds that you have to pull, making your gardening job a lot easier. There are plenty of types of plants that make great ground covers, but several are staples that fill needs that are common, and are still well behaved enough to live happily in a well-tended garden. Here are some...

How to Landscape around Decks, Patios and Porches

Choosing the correct plants for landscaping around decks, patios and porches can often be a daunting task. Here we list plants in the settings that best fit for size, interest, color and texture. Once the weather warms and decks, patios and porches are back in use, queries begin coming in requesting assistance in landscaping these areas. So, I thought it would be a good idea to offer these suggestions to all of our readers. The first task is to sit on your patio, porch or deck and actually look out (away from the exterior walls). What do you see? Do you see an open neverending lawn or, maybe...

Plants for Borders and Edging

Selecting plants for bordering or edging a garden or path can be just as frustrating as accessorizing a room or an outfit. You want the overall picture to look pulled together with your choices. I like to divide plants for this purpose into two divisions: compact and spreaders . These plants grow in the 3 foot and under height range. Compact plants are just that. They will grow within a defined space only getting slightly larger over the following years. If the area needs a strong barrier, consider a low growing shrub or grass such as Hameln Grass, Spiraea Gold Mound, Cotoneaster Little...

Plants for Grave Sites

Plants for grave sites is a common question that I receive. While it's probably a rural thing, I grew up helping my mom and dad maintain the graves of passed family members, recent and old. Over the years, I have seen what works and doesn't work for planting at the grave site. Before planting anything, do take the time to check with the cemetery board or maintenance staff. They may have some guidelines about what can or cannot be planted. It is doubtful that they would want trees planted anywhere so the only tree selections here are for small growing varieties that...

How to Plant Woodland Spaces with Colorful Plants That Bloom in Spring

If you have wooded areas around your home, you may be looking how to plant your woodlands spaces with colorful plants that bloom in early spring. Spring really brightens up wooded areas with lots of colors just bursting out a big “Hello!” I think that is what sparks us to want to add color to shaded areas . The artist part of us comes out wanting to splash color into our surroundings and the fun part is that it doesn’t stop with spring just as Claude Monet did at his garden in Giverny . He even planted his woodland areas with colorful plants . Monet's pond garden as well was carefully planned...

March Gardening Schedule Tips

Spring! Its almost here!!! Take time to smell the earth awakening from its winter hibernation. New plans, new plants,and soon all is green in the world. With so much to do in the garden at this time of year, you may feel a bit overwhelmed. I have alway sfound it much easier to divide my projects into achievable goals that produce easily recognized results. I know, I know its all in the mind .....but it sure makes it seem to me i have accomplished something when I not only check it off my list but also seee the results with my own eyes. MARCH Trees and shrubs can be planted as soon as the...

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