Guide to Garden Carpet

Do you have a spot in your garden that needs a little pick me up? For instance, many people complain about the ground underneath a tree in the front yard where nothing wants to grow. what you are seeking is a ground cover. A ground cover is a wonderful creeping plant that will take over a large section of the ground without much work from you.

Try picking a location that is under a bush, tree or around plants. Some gardeners like to place a ground cover under bushes instead of planting annuals each year. A ground cover is great for any location that needs a little color or filling in. They are great around plants to be planted instead of using mulch since they keep in the moisture and decrease weeds.

First of all, take a peek outside throughout the day and evaluate how much sunlight the chosen area actually gets. You will need to determine the total amount of sunlight that the location gets each day to determine what type of ground cover can be used. For instance, the location directly under a bush in a front yard may get full sunlight the entire day however the ground underneath (because of shadows), it may only get two hours of sunlight per day.

For shady locations, the location will have less than six hours of sunlight and will not endure the hot afternoon sunlight. For locations that get almost no sunlight, try using ground covering plants such as Sweet Box, Lily-of-the-Valley, Irish Moss, Pearlwort, Plantain Lily, Tufted Pansy and so on.

For sun to part shade locations, the location will have right around half the day with sunlight and half with shade. Try using Cottage pink, Creeping Baby's Breath, Coral Bells, Candytuft, Mountain Alyssum, Lemon Thyme and so on.

For sunny locations, the location will have more than six hours of sunlight and will thrive upon the hot afternoon sunlight. Try using Basket-of-gold, Gold moss Sedum, Rock Soapwort, 'Dragon's Blood' Sedum, Lamb's ear, Creeping Juniper, Silver Lace Vine and so on.

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