Beneath the deep shade of the boreal conifers, the forest floor is cold, dark, and damp. The ground cover varies from bare patches of partially decayed conifer needles and debris to a profusion of ...

Working our way down from the top storey, the final two layers of a forest garden are the herbaceous perennial ... I wander through and harvest at above ground level. Martin Crawford at the ...

Have you just spent another large portion of your weekend removing weeds from around your yard and thinking there must be a ...

Kurapia (Lippia nodiflora) is related to verbena and is a low-growing flowering herbaceous ground cover. It tolerates partial shade, but when planted in full sun it will produce cute little white ...

My parent’s forest garden ... sunny pollinator mix of annuals and herbaceous perennials from a local native plant nursery. These plants can cover the ground, activate the soil biology to ...

Finding the perfect low-growing plant that is easy to tend and fits your landscape needs is challenging, but one popular ...

His research covers three plant groups - herbaceous, woody and succulent plants. When introducing ground covers it's also important to assess - as with any new plant - whether or not they have the ...

Hannah demonstrates the food forest concept – taking a multi-layered ... this will spread down the slope creating a ground cover while providing fresh greens. Inside the warrigal circle she ...

Ground covers are great to add throughout your yard ... grows 3 to 6 inches tall and up to 3 feet wide. This plant is an herbaceous perennial that blooms all year long, with a peak bloom in ...

When people think of a forest, they envision a large area of ... plants that deter pests and encourage pollinators. The ground cover layer has low-growing plants, such as strawberries, that ...