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Favorite Groundcovers to Plant Now

Favorite Groundcovers to Plant Now

Let’s all make some jazz hands for…GROUNDCOVERS! I know, I know, they may seem boring or like a filler, an afterthought, a placeholder for something more exciting.  Hakonechloa But they can be a main attraction when they look as dazzling as the glowing and cascading...

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Groundcover spree

Groundcover spree

This weekend I felt like a high roller. Picture less Vegas vacation, diamonds, cars and rolling around on piles of cash. More rolling around on piles of groundcovers and you've got the idea. We're among gardeners here. You guys get it. Thanks to Tamara of Chickadee...

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Unexpected groundcovers

Unexpected groundcovers

Groundcovers are... The icing on the cake? The bow on the present? The cherry on the sundae? Whatever cliche fits best, they deserve some special attention. Last week I realized how important groundcovers are to pulling together a garden, and I've been looking for...

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Ode to groundcovers

Ode to groundcovers

I am a gardener on a mission. This year my garden is in rehab following some bad decisions and bad luck that left it roughed up last year, and I'm feeling like a gardener impostor, moving among all these great gardeners while my yard is a big ol' weedy dust bowl. But...

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