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About Ground Covers

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About Ground Covers

What is a Ground Cover

Ground Cover Plants

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Ground Cover Plants
Ground cover plants can add a touch of greenery to an otherwise soil filled garden. A groundcover will easily bridge the gap between larger plants. This gap often is filled with unattractive bare space. Proper choice of a groundcover plant will still, however, allow the eye to focus on the larger, more important plants, and not lead the eye way.

Ground cover plants propagate using several different methods. Some of them will spread by creating underground root structures that sprout up in new locations. Other ground cover plants will have surface runners, which move along a surface and sprout new roots. Some ground cover plants may need to be propagated by division of larger plants into several smaller plants and replanted.

Nearly all ground cover plants are perennial and will return year after year with the proper care given during the growing season. Each groundcover plant has different need as far as sunlight and watering go. Some groundcover plants need fertilizer, while other may be hindered by its use. It is important to know which ground cover is being used and what it needs to thrive.

Ground cover plants also thrive in a variety of climates. There is a ground cover for nearly every zone in the world. Choosing a ground cover that thrives in the zone it will be planted in is very important as well to the future life of the cover. Ground cover plants are usually easy to care for and will improve the appearance of any garden, while also saving time and money.

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