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  • Use the ‘Dwarf’ Forsythia as a Groundcover or for Smaller Landscapes

    The ‘Dwarf’ Forsythia has attractive bright yellow flowers that are produced in early spring on a low growing compact plant, and it can be used as a groundcover . It is valued for its blooms that appear from top to bottom, and looks like a ball of gold in the spring. ‘Dwarf ‘Forsythia is a rapid grower...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 03-14-2010

  • ‘Tom Thumb’ Creeping Cotoneaster used as a ground cover

    This charming plant has miniature, simple leaves and a very compact form, ‘ Tom Thumb’ Cotoneaster can be used as a ground cover-type shrub since it grows to a height of about 1 foot tall and 4-6 feet wide. It will draw attention with its shiny dense foliage and diminutive size! ‘Tom Thumb’ grows low...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 02-22-2010

  • Groundcover Plant Combination

    Combine Lantana ‘Bandana Orange Sunrise’ with the ‘Bandana Rose’ for a groundcover. If you live in a very hot, sunny, dry area with poor soil conditions, these Lantana will work for you. They make a wonderful groundcover when they spread over the ground with their abundance of vibrant colored flowers...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 01-22-2010

  • Annual and Perennial Vines

    Vines encompass so many functions that it isn’t necessary to restrict them to a limited use. Vines can wreath a trellis, scale a fence, prevent slope erosion, and provide privacy and shade. One of great benefits of growing vines is that they take up little ground space! You have a choice between fast...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 12-14-2009

  • Cover plant for a difficult area

    Are you looking for a plant to cover a large bed in a difficult area? ' Snow on the Mountain ' quickly spreads all over the place! It forms a dense, weed-proof carpet that is easy to grow in very difficult conditions. Since it can be invasive, I made sure that my beds had barriers to help control...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 11-23-2009

  • Plant Sedum ‘Fulda Glow’ for an excellent groundcover

    Sedum ‘Fulda Glow’ creates a striking color of beautiful bronze-red foliage that persists all season long. It is an easy to grow, drought tolerant sedum with rose red flowers that appear on short stalks over the plant in late summer. These flowers are then followed by reddish seed pods. Being a vigorous...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 11-21-2009

  • Plant and Grow an Exceptional Daylily, ‘Fooled Me’

    The Fooled Me Daylily blooms in midsummer with extended flowering that lasts at least 16 hours each. With a diameter of 5.5 inches, this golden beauty creates a wonderful visual interest. Its award winning blooms boast "pie crust" crimped golden yellow edges with a deep red eyezone and a green...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 10-27-2009

  • Growing the Bright and Hardy Woadwaxen

    Are you looking for a colorful groundcover that is easy to grow and maintain? Woadwaxen plants fit in both the low-water and low-maintenance categories. A colorful plant, it provides a profusion of bright yellow flowers that drape on this low arching beauty in May -July., depending on the variety. It...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 09-21-2009

  • Growing the Daphne Spirea Shrub

    A prolific bloomer, this Daphne Spirea is covered with clusters of flowers in summer. Its striking foliage forms a dense mounded shape. It is a low, spreading deciduous shrub useful as a groundcover, low hedge or over walls and embankments. It has showy, pink flat flower clusters all summer long. Remove...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 09-19-2009

  • Growing Cotoneaster

    Cotoneaster shrubs will climb over rocks and walls and are well-loved for their showy berries. Many Cotoneasters have attractive pink or white flowers as well. (No thorns!) In other words, they are grown for their attractive leaves, red or white flowers, and small, red or black fruits. Most Cotoneasters...
    Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 09-13-2009
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