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Index- Wildflower Gardening Web Index
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Wildflower
Groundcover
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Many low growing
wild flowers are
ground carpeting |
| In the wild, many low growing
wild flowers are
ground carpeting, because they are 'browsed', eaten by animals or live in
places where the wind or salt restricts them from growing tall. |
| Few of our wild
flowers are true ground cover plants able to restricting the growth of other plants.
Wild flowers mainly tend to be weeds. But wild
flowers plants if planted & managed well cover the soil restricting
the growth of weeds.
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| At DBN we blend a range of wild
flowers, to create wild floral ground
covers. |
| Some plant species,
while capable of growing to four feet, are species which tolerate cutting
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'browsing' and will continue to flower as shorter plants. |
| What ever the mixture, groundcover will assist in the low maintenance
gardening. Ground cover once established will restrict or eliminate
most unwanted weeds. |
| Ground cover can prevent the soil drying out and if allowed to deposit
its dead leaves around itself will feed the soil and nearby plants. |
| Slugs and snails will feed happily in ground cover so it is a good place
to have them as they are not so dependent on more choice tender garden favourites. |
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Ground cover is very low cost and establishes quickly, especially when
planted into a weed free mulch. |
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The rule
is always plant a wild flower or a native species that will grow bigger
than the weed that is in its place" |
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There are weeds that ground cover just
won't suppress like vigorous Coltsfoot, Nettle, Couch Grass, Ground Elder and
Creeping Bindweed. In truth a tree is
ground cover that will suppress all of the weeds you mention.
The rule
is always plant a wild flower or a native species that will grow bigger
than the weed that is in its place Plants like Coltsfoot and Ground Elder are themselves excellent
ground cover for large areas, sadly not suitable for the garden, but
we use them on our larger landscape projects. If you want to
eliminate these tough plants from your garden, use a newspaper
mulch.
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