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10 Best Low-Maintenance Ground Cover Plants
These hardworking landscape plants make gorgeous ground covers, whether you want to fill in gaps or replace turf grass ...
While creeping thyme makes an attractive ground cover plant, it is not the right plant for covering the soil beneath a shade ...
Creeping phlox may put up with speckled shade ... And while they won’t keel over in partial sun, six to eight hours a day is best. Plant daffodil bulbs in the late fall and expect them to ...
Creeping jenny is a favorite of beginner gardeners as well as experienced landscapers because it’s a fast-growing ground cover plant that doesn’t require fussy watering schedules or maintenance.
As with all flowering plants, it’s best to deadhead blooms once they’re spent, but lamb’s ear will keep on going either way. Creeping Jenny is a delightful and hardy ground cover (plus ...
Be sure to plant your creeping phlox in soil with good drainage and plenty of organic matter. While Phlox stolonifera can handle either neutral or acidic soil, Phlox subulata grows best in soil with a ...
While many ground cover plants need full sun to thrive, this one does well in areas with lots of shady trees, and it blooms ...
Remove any remaining plant material to prevent regrowth. The best time to hand-pull creeping Charlie is in the spring before the plant has flowered, but you can weed anytime throughout the year.
Creeping Charlie ... effective for coating weed leaves while minimizing risk to desirable plants close by. Some weeds are best pulled or dug, such as this tree seedling growing in evergreens.
Ground cover plants are beautiful, easy-to-maintain alternatives to lawn grass and are ideal for homeowners whose lawns don’t get enough sunlight for grass to grow. Beautiful flowers ...