{"id":391,"date":"2015-01-29T00:45:23","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T07:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=391"},"modified":"2015-01-26T04:02:40","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T11:02:40","slug":"gardeners-tips-on-ground-cover-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/gardeners-tips-on-ground-cover-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardeners Tips on Ground Cover Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/pachysandra-terminalis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-415\" title=\"pachysandra-terminalis\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/pachysandra-terminalis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/pachysandra-terminalis.jpg 2304w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/pachysandra-terminalis-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Reasons to consider ground cover for your garden<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ground cover can be designed to be low maintenance<\/li>\n<li>Good cover will soften edges and sides of paths<\/li>\n<li>Soil on slopes or banking can be held in place<\/li>\n<li>Difficult areas with access problems can be covered in style<\/li>\n<li>Bare soil can be unsightly unless covered<\/li>\n<li>Good plant selection can make a feature of ground cover<\/li>\n<li>Ground cover can add balance and harmony within the garden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Vinca ground cover by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4516869381\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4011\/4516869381_f3683c14df.jpg\" alt=\"Vinca ground cover\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Plants for Ground Cover Situations<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Auga reptans blue flower spikes aka Bugle &#8216;burgundy glow&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Vinca major and minor &#8211; both evergreen periwinkles<\/li>\n<li>Pachysandra terminalis &#8211; whirling evergreen leaves<\/li>\n<li>Epimedium rubrum &#8211; green flushed red<\/li>\n<li>Euonymus fortunei &#8211; Emerald &#8216;n&#8217; gold broad yellow margins<\/li>\n<li>Geranium renardii G macrorhizum useful but not spectacular<\/li>\n<li>Deadnettle lamium maculatum aureum &#8211; variegated leaf with purple flowers<\/li>\n<li>Ivy for deep shade or variegated forms for light shade<\/li>\n<li>Ophiopogon planiscapus &#8211; Black mondo grass<\/li>\n<li>Epimedium Niveum &#8211; White Flowers<\/li>\n<li>Juniper Squamata &#8211; blue needles and prostrate habit<\/li>\n<li>Viburnum Davidii &#8211; Mound forming sweet scented flowers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Ground cover March Heather by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4459627510\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4070\/4459627510_df916598e4.jpg\" alt=\"Ground cover March Heather\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Build your Confidence<\/h3>\n<p>There are no absolutes in gardening. If something doesn&#8217;t work to your satisfaction try something else. I use low heather and ling to cover some rough ground. There are roses sold as ground cover and any number of other plants may suit your requirements so give it a try.<\/p>\n<p>Conifers with a horizontal nature can form\u00c2\u00a0 very effective<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5303338105\/in\/photostream\/\"> ground cover<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reasons to consider ground cover for your garden Ground cover can be designed to be low maintenance Good cover will soften edges and sides of paths Soil on slopes or banking can be held in place Difficult areas with access problems can be covered in style Bare soil can be unsightly unless covered Good plant selection can make a feature of ground cover Ground cover can add balance and harmony within the garden Plants for Ground Cover Situations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,17,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design","category-gardening","category-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}