Questions tagged [ground-cover]
Plants intended to cover an area of ground.
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Succession planting for bluebells
I have a small semi-shaded patch of garden, where I have sown common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) seed over several years; they are now growing well, possibly going to flower for the first ...
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What are these fragile green plants with small yellow blooms in Santa Fe?
We are having cold Winter temperatures below 10 °F at night and I find a thick patch of these fragile green plants, some with small yellow blooms, all in a part of the yard that we do not water. ...
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What ground cover plants can thrive under my rain barrel spigot?
I have a rain barrel with a spigot in my yard. I try to be careful, but the ground around the spigot is taking a beating. It gets pounded by water from the spigot and I tread on it frequently and ...
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Can I save the berries from a Big Blue Liriope (Liriope muscari) and plant them next spring?
I have a big blue liriope (Liriope muscari) in my yard, and the flowers have changed to berries. I imagine the normal propagation method is to split the adult plant after it grows large enough, but if ...
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need plants to cover and area
"I need hanging plants that can withstand some sun for a garden wall I want to cover (I've looked into Silver Falls Plant). Any other recommendations? Also, plants that can be found in Costa Rica....
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Thin Pachysandra = Volutella Blight? How can I fix these areas?
I live in zone 6a (Ohio) and just purchased my first house April 2017. We have had problems with the Pachysandra in the landscaping around the home. It seems to be thinned out and weak in some of ...
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Can spotted dead-nettle and pachysandra coexist?
I am propagating both pachysandra and spotted dead-nettle (I'm pretty sure the variety is Chequers) from cuttings to replace the mulch beds in my backyard. I am in Ohio, US.
Will the pachysandra choke ...
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Ground cover under bird feeders, how to plan so no birdseed germinates?
How can we plan for the ground we have underneath our current bird feeders such that bird seeds won't grow?
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We currently have bird feeders setup in our lawn. These feeders attract: finches, ...
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Okay to have groundcover at base of trees and shrubs?
I am an inexperienced gardener looking for some advice on whether to pare back the groundcover from around the base of trees and shrubs.
My garden was planted by landscapers around a year ago for my ...
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What is the best way to remove grass from my ground cover Sedum?
I have a bed of Improved Golden Sedum that is healthy in every way, but wants to go back to lawn. This is difficult to weed, because the grass has a very dense shallow root system, while the Sedum has ...
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Creeping thyme as lawn cover for large lawns?
I've read some articles on how creeping thyme can be used as lawn-cover instead of grass. It all sounds too good to be true. (No mowing, stays green even during dry times, blocks out other weeds...etc)...
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Grass with indoor potted plants
I have never seen any ground cover plants with houseplants. Why not?
In my specific case, I have some young dragon trees and some leftover seeds for "Easter grass" (Timothy). Will I ...
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What low height plants have a good root system?
I need to remove a bunch of junk weeds / trees on my sloping property blocking a beautiful view. I realize the root system is preventing some erosion into the nearby lake. I plan to cut at the trunk.
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What's the best way to sow groundcover & perennial seeds together?
I am planning to sow seed of ground-cover plants & perennials in drifts.
I have never done this before, so I am not sure if what I am planning makes sense.
For each drift, I want to use Pelted ...
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Ground cover ideas for a large area besides white clover
I need ground cover for a large area over 1000-sqf (the area is fenced). I live in the middle of Vancouver Island, so I get lots of rain, but there are periods of dry-spells in the summer (my soil ...
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Should I tear holes in woven landscape fabric to cover ground of existing raspberry plants?
It turns out that raspberry plants multiply like a weed. Initially they were in a 1ft x 6ft plot. Now they spread to the adjacent 8ft x 8ft plot.
I'm not complaining. I wish it were possible to move ...
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Are woven geotextile fabric really permeable?
I plan to build a garden path covered with pine barks. To prevent weeds there should be some kind of ground cover under the barks, and this cover must be water permeable. I bought a woven geotextile ...
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What Is This Low-Spreading Plant w. Palmately Lobed Leaves?
This plant is growing wild on our property in the Santa Rosa Plain in Sonoma County, California. It has 5-lobed palmate leaves with notched edges and small pink flowers. Low-spreading plant seems to ...
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How to grow Trailing Rosemary as a ground cover in very heavy clay?
I want to cover a large area that is on a steep slope with ground cover. There is absolutely no soil at all, it's all pure clay: hard rock when dry and soft when wet.
I was thinking of putting a ...
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What is this pungent plant with spikes of purple flowers?
This plant is flowering in our garden. The leaves are gray/green. It has small spikes of purple flowers all over, which are a few inches tall.
It has a peculiarly rich smell which I rather love, but ...
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Can something else grow after We spray/pour herbicide to kill a plant?
So I am facing a dilemma regarding what do to with bushes behind my house. A little background here. The bushes that I am talking about are in HOA controlled area and they are Acacia bushes.
They are ...
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What is this mass of ground cover with rose-pink "bead" head flowers [closed]
I have this ground cover plant all over my mostly shady back yard. It is tiny, flat, close to the ground with dark green pointy leaves and a little taller stem with rosy pink "bead" flowers on top. I ...
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Can I plant Asian Star Jasmine near house foundation?
I've seen some conflicting opinions on this.
From Gardens Alive:
Good air circulation is key to both healthy home and horticulture. You should always leave a foot of open space around the ...
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ideas for redoing flowerbed
I was thinking of redoing this flowerbed, since it looks kinda terrible :D
The white-ish stuff is a pretty resilient ground-cover, although not very pretty.
In spring there are a few tulips. What ...
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what is this Yosemite ground cover plant?
I saw this plant on the ground near Sentinal Dome at Yosemite. Can someone please tell me what it is? I'd like to try growing it.
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Identify central European ground cover
I'd like to know what the green ground plant is. It grows very densely and has some sort of flowers under the leaves. It grows in central Europe.
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What is this ground cover that looks like tiny cactus
I found this in my front yard probably grew by previous owner. I am in Pacific Northwest.
What is this plant? Do they grow larger or stay small like that? How fast do they grow to cover more ground?
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What is this potential lawn replacement plant?
I found this plant invading an unirrigated school yard lawn in Everett, Washington (USDA zone 8a):
This plant is very effectively competing with the grass and might make a good lawn replacement. The ...
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Need perennial cover crop/grass suggestion
We don't live in our native town through out the year and instead visit on some days of the year, but have some help from people who do live to water plants growing in our house there, occasionally.
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Ground cover for this area
I have just completed a drainage project (trench lined with landscape cloth, #2 stone, perforated pipe in a long "sock," more #2 stone, then #3 round stone on top). The stone goes right up to the ...
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What is this tiny blue/purple flower with thin, vinelike stems, in Charles City, Virginia?
Update 6/4/ 2017: I am so happy that the ID "Eryngium prostratum – Creeping Eryngo" was found by Lorel C., and am awarding her the bounty.
I also wish that that people could please vote for Christy B....
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Should I use creeping types of plants to cover walking paths in my veggie gardens?
I'm wanting to suppress weeds in my garden with creeping plants, and am wondering if I should get varieties of short plants for my garden so they spread to cover the entire garden so I can go around ...
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What is this reddish tundra ground-covering plant?
The image is from the Scoresby region of Greenland. I am trying to get a name for the red ground cover plant. The yellow tufts might or might not be a different version of it?
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Is overhead watering bad for all flowering plants?
What about ground covers that flower (e.g. dianthus)? I understand that a little bit of an overhead shower is needed now and then but ground covers are just too low and wide spread to be watered from ...
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Which will produce a neater block of low mass planting, Lonicera pileata or L. nitida?
For massed plantings, with the aim of clipping into a neat ground-covering block 500-600mm high (not a hedge), is Lonicera pileata or L. nitida species superior? What are the best cultivars for this ...
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Control of oxalis corniculata
I have a "plague" of Oxalis corniculata in the middle of Vinca minor. Is there any way to eliminate it chemically or just tearing it off?
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Can someone help identify these two groundcover plants?
I am trying to identify the purple flowers (and the groundcover plant that they grow from.) The light green leaves on the left of the photo are NOT the same plant. Those leaves are the same as the ...
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Train Parthenocissus quinquefolia as ground cover - possible?
I planted a virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) just beside a large tree, and it developed two strong straight shoots (7-8 feet long) this year so far - one going up the tree, and another ...
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What grows beneath Lapageria?
Lapageria, a forest native of southern Chile, prefers acidic, organic, damp, shaded, cool, well-drained soil.
I wonder if there's a suitable native groundcover to match. What smaller plants grow ...
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Effectiveness of Using Wood Chips (a la "Back to Eden") as a garden mulch/covering?
This year I revamped about half of my garden space using the biodynamic method found in John Jeavon's material. I now have the other half and after seeing the Back to Eden film I am really intrigued ...
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Ground Cover Identification
What type of ground cover is this? Is it a weed? Very low growing in patches on my lawn.
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What is this groundcover?
My neighbor's landscaper planted this groundcover (in southern California) which she told me was a thyme. It spreads like wildfire and has a tiny white flower with a raised purple center, but it ...
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Can anybody identify this plant? [closed]
It's a groundcover plant, only about 10 cm tall. As you can see the leaves are bi-colour, sage greenish on the upper side and purple underneath. The leaves are sword like, and how it looks is almost ...
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What is this ground-hugging dense flowering plant?
What is this ground-hugging dense flowering plant?
What appears as a sort of stair in the photo is actually a concrete container for this plant (which is invisible, entirely covered by the plant), ...
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Keeping creeping thyme, or other ground cover, weed free (aka thyme vs. clover)
I have a path with flagstone, with the gap between the stones being around an inch or so. I've had creeping thyme growing between the stones, but it's been a huge battle keeping other plants, ...
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Do deer eat Creeping phlox (Phlox subulata)?
I'm finding mixed answers to this question across the web, so I'm hoping someone can respond with personal experience.
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Does Kinnikinnick require soil amendment for planting
I intend to plant some ground cover on a small steep bank. The bank faces east and receives some shade from nearby trees and also some full sun. The total area is 180 sqft. There are 3 shrubs and a ...
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Bring pachysandra back to life
A large patch of my pachysandra covering was ripped up by trucks last May. See the white oval in the picture.
I was expecting it to come back during the summer but I didn't. What can I do the bring ...
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I do not want to mow the lawn, how can I have a lawn without having to mow?
I have a lawn, but I limit my mowing. Plants do not grow well in the sandy soil. Weeds grow extremely well.
The climate is moist, humid spring, summer and fall. Winter is snow and ice. There is lots ...
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Mixed ground covers - best care
I e got mixed ground covers planted around stepping stones. The area is not walked on that much. The ground covers seem to die every so often.
I’m interested in care for these as I feel sometimes ...