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Tired Of Ugly Mulch? Try Some Ground Cover

January 8th, 2010 Herbman

New landscapes can have a number of planting problems. Sometimes after the landscaper leaves you can have a bit of a moonscape of mulch to look at. Get busy and plant some ground cover! You can never have too much ground cover. Use ground cover to help fill in between plants, fountains and garden decor, or around stepping stones.
Before you start planting just anything you need to choose your ground cover based on the light, water, and traffic conditions in your garden. Here are just a few of the many ground cover ideas a gardener in a northern climate garden might want to consider.
If you have a sunny garden you might want to consider planting some sedum. It comes in a variety of color shades and growth habits. Because sedum is drought tolerant it will do great in poor soil conditions. It is often used on a lot of those new fangled green roof tops to give you an idea of what kind of environment it likes. Hot, hot and hot! It is not a good choice around a path, though, as it can not handle being disturbed at great length.
Thyme, the popular kitchen herb, is another great ground cover plant for a sunny garden. Thyme is great for an area that gets some foot traffic because it smells good when you step on it. Your garden will have an English Cottage feel with this kitchen herb that comes in many different varieties to suit your needs…to name a few.
Pachysandra is an excellent ground cover choice for a shady garden. Pachysandra is a good deep shade ground cover that can handle some partial sun. Pachysandra is a good choice under a walnut tree which can be difficult to plant under. It has a neat growth habit that is easy to control.And it is less invasive than it’s popular nemesis called vinca: vinca is a garden no no because of its rampant invasiveness into woodland areas-so when in doubt choose pachysandra.
Wild ginger is a great choice for the shady woodland garden. It has handsome dark green circular leaves and forms a dense matte with little ground hugging flowers that are popular with toads and woodland critters. Plant it around the base of a bird feeder to hide the cast off seeds. Supposedly there are some evergreen varieties.
No matter what the conditions in your garden, the right ground cover will enhance the look of your landscape. Ground covers help cool the roots of plants in your garden and hide unsightly looking detraction. Use ground cover to pull all the elements of your garden together. Put some gazing balls in a patch of ground cover for an easy garden decoration idea and just enjoy!

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