Have you ever gotten tired of mulching? Truth be told, while I love the look of a newly mulched garden, I really don't enjoy the work involved. Over the last several years, I've been adding ground covers to some areas. My hope is that over time, these ground cover perennials and evergreens will continue to spread, so that those areas will require little to no mulch. Which means less effort on my part to maintain a beautiful garden. Tell me are you team mulch, or team groundcover, or do you prefer a combination of both? Thanks for watching - Steph (Gardening in Massachusetts zone 6b) #gardening #gardeningtips My Amazon Store Where You Can Find Many of My Favorite Garden Items 👉 amzn.to/49F9RTU
Hi Margaret! I agree, less mulching is always a good thing. We're beginning edging this week so that hopefully we can get our mulch next week, and definitely not looking forward to moving that big pile.
I, too, love my Purple Dragon Lamium. Creeping Thyme is also one of my favorites. I left 5 small planting containers with dirt at the edges of my creeping thyme over the fall and winter, and I just planted those five clumps in another area of my garden. They grew up through the bottom of the containers. My sedum overtook my creeping phlox, so I just let it keep growing. It's a bit thuggish, but I like it. I enjoyed your video with examples of ground covers. Thank you.
I have many of the ones you mentioned too! One of my favs for really sunny spots is creeping thyme. ‘Thymus Annie Hall’ is my favorite variety of the creeping thymes. It’s an improvement of ‘Mother of Thyme’. Beautiful growing in between stepping stones and bonus-it stands up to my kids running through it,which is a major plus for me! 😊
You have just hit the nail on the head! I came across this video this morning just as I was reviewing my bed. Every spring once I know what’s coming up I put on a layer of mulch but I thought next year I would not add mulch and just add compost along with some ground covers. So how timely is this video for me. Thank you so much and I must say I love your no nonsense narration.
Creeping Jenny is the perfect ground cover. Turns golden yellow in the sun, and it grows so aggressively that weeds don't stand a chance. In the south, we have to grow it in part shade to keep it from taking over, but in your more moderate northern climate, it should not spread in an undesirable way since the shorter season puts it to sleep. It tends to like moisture, but it will take remarkable drought once established. Pretty amazing plant.
one other thing to note, you can pick a piiece of it, stick it somewhere in the ground, if it doesn't take off that year, it will the next. I'm in alabama and have it in a place that gets morning & early afternoon sun, surrounding roses.
I don't know if it's technically considered a ground-cover but I have a tricolor sage plant that I absolutely love. I bought it on a whim last year, and I wish I would have bought more because I haven't come across it again this year. It cascades over my landscaping stones so nicely.
Hi Steph! Amazing video as always! You are a natural! Thank you for all of the gardening advice and for sharing your beautiful garden with gardeners around the world.
Here in my California garden, my favorite ground cover is creeping thyme. It's especially useful because it can take foot traffic well, smells good when stepped on and is evergreen for me. I also have a low growing geranium with a white bloom that I don't know the name of, but I am able to divide it frequently, also evergreen for me. And I also have a sedum that is similar to the bronze one you showed, but this one is a silvery green.
Thanks for sharing. I'm looking for ground cover ideas that are drought resistant, can be stepped on and evergreen in Northern California. I'll look into creeping thyme and sedum. I have a few variegated low growing geraniums and will propagate more.
I have an ajuga ground cover and it has blue bloom spikes right now as well as I have a hardy geramanium that has pink blooms and it is doing really well. I think I will divide it up this fall. Thank you for your tour. Love your channel.
Le géranium macrorrhizum est le plus intéressant : il pousse très très vite, couvre les zones ingrates du jardin, « absorbe » les feuilles qui tombent des arbres donc plus besoin de les ratisser. Il ne disparaît pas beaucoup en hiver, se déplace facilement, n’est jamais malade. La varieté Spessart à fleurs blanches et rose pâle est la plus jolie. C’est un vrai couvre sol super efficace et les abeilles en raffolent.
Ajuga is the gift that keeps on giving, as well as Lamb’s Ear. Sedum is my favorite but I planted several varieties in pots. They serve containers well, especially Angelina and Lime Zinger.
I am just getting started with ground covers in the garden. I love them in my pots and now adding more to the garden. The one in the garden that I really enjoy is the Bugleweed Black Scallop. It’s so beautiful to me. Thanks for sharing the others as I need more ideas to add to the garden.
I love seeing all these lovely plants!! Your garden shows the pleasure that you & yr. husband take in creating it - thank you for the great ideas for ground covers!
Beautiful gardens! I have barrenwort, which I love & sweet woodruff, lamiun 'white nancy', white anemone 'snowdrop'. Many varieties of geranium, so easy.
I also have ajuga chocolate chip. Started out with two 8 cell containers five years ago and now it's spread out everywhere. Love the flowers in spring.
I took one clump of violets from my parents yard many years ago. I’ve been able to do away with mulch in one garden bed. I’m starting to transplant to my other large bed to do away with the annual chore and cost of throwing down bags of mulch. Yes they pop up all over my yard but they can be popped out with a weed popper if need be. They also give bunnies something to eat instead of my plants . Oh and they choke out weeds like crazy. They are just stunning in spring with their tiny purple flowers.
I love Scotch Moss, especially when it blooms. It is a great ground cover but unfortunately it doesn’t live very long. I planted Ajuga 'Black Scallop' and ‘ Burgundy glow’ last fall. I also love October Daphne Stonecrop. The ground cover I hope to add this spring is Blue Creeping Sedum.
Great suggestions. I would add Speedwell Waterperry blue. Low profile with pretty blue flowers covering it in Spring. Takes sun or shade. Spreads easily but easily removed where it is not wanted. Comes in a white flower also.
Thanks for sharing the varieties of ground cover. I also use creeping thyme serphyllum in an extremely hot, dry area which is contained. It is so fragrant by our back door. Sedum Angelina is also a favorite in my garden. No muss, no fuss, no mulch!
Enjoyed this video,,,very informative..been working 3 yrs on a home I bought that had nothing in the yard ..back and front....its really coming together..as like you..I love to put color..plants..shrubs..and conifers.....
Those are some beautiful ground covers. European ginger is really hard to find in garden centres I've found but I'm still looking! I'm not a fan of all the plastic landscape cloth. It doesn't really stop weeds long term and it contributes to microplastic in the environment. And if you have mulch on top, weeds grow into the mulch and roots into the cloth, making it extremely difficult to remove the weeds. It's not necessary under a deep mulch (it stops the mulch being able to improve your soil) or under pavers.
Love your videos. So informative. Yes, I have ground cover. No, I don't loke t h em. Scottish Thistle. Morning Glory weed. Dandelions (steriod size). and every other pain in the neck weed of 6a-7 hardiness zone. Thus...I am a subscriber here to learn. Goal....minimal grass...more plants!👍
Loved this vid! Such beautiful plants which also serve a practical purpose. I have ajuga and urge it to spread as it is so unusual and great for the front border. I also enjoy creeping Jenny for similar reasons and its chartreuse color. Great job, Steph! Your garden is looking beautiful. Continued blessings…
I have the purple dragon and it spreads like crazy in our area. 6b western Colorado I have to trim it throughout the season so it doesn’t choke out my other plants . I actually dig up a ton this winter and only kept a little since it spreads so well. And it growing and spreading like crazy.
I have a slope under large trees that I have been filling in w ground cover because it’s sloped and shady so grass doesn’t grow well there at all. After 6 years it’s finally pretty filled in and it’s beautiful! I have vinca, ajuga, creeping Ginny, and some nettle. It’s all beautiful 🥰
I love to use ground covers in place of mulch, I have many varieties all around my garden. I’m happy to know about some of these options, especially the blooming ones. I have actually been restoring a long bed beside my driveway that was mulched for two decades, and it was actually more like dust than soil. Now that I’m thickly planting the space and not using shredded mulch, the soil is really shaping up. My favorite shade ground cover is pachysandra, some say it’s invasive, but if I can easily pull it and it doesn’t climb, I don’t categorize it as such. Great video, thanks! 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱😀
I ended up getting some Lamium to put in some small containers that I put on the deck . I’ll transplant them to the garden at the end. I noticed your Jacob’s Lader is looking beautiful. Great video. ❤❤❤
Great choices for ground cover. I have all of them in my zone 6a Michigan garden and I can vouch for each one of them. They are so fantastic and great performers.
Last year was first year I bought two ground cover sedums, Rock N Low Boogie Wookiee stonecrop, to see if I liked them… love them! Planning to add more this year…. Thanks for showing so many varieties.
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing the other varieties you grow, those are great choices as well! I love ferns, creeping jenny and phlox also and have some in my garden 🌱
This year my creeping Jenny is really spreading and adding color. Also John Creech sedum has spread and is about to bloom. Excited to have ground covers and not so much mulch!
Great video, Steph! I love groundcovers! They check all the boxes, easy, beautiful and weed free! I have most of the ones you showed as well as The Blue Spruce sedum. That and the Angelina sedum are my favorites! I have the flowering Lamb's Ear but now I need to find the Helen Von Stein! Yours is beautiful! 💚
Steph, I’ve been loving all of the videos you’ve been making! This one especially was perfect timing! I love geraniums because they’re shade and juglone tolerant under my mature black walnut trees! ❤
I have many of the ground covers you mentioned and would have a hard time picking a favorite. I have the chocolate chip, a variegated and an ajuga call toucan with chartreuse foliage. Just planted an orchid frost lamium and golden feathers solomons seal. Also have a hardy geranium with chocolate foliage and violet flowers. My blue rug juniper has spread down a hillside and is perfect for that site. I never thought of hellebores as ground cover but you are right. I can never seem to get enough of them. I love to plant them in containers for the winter and then put them in the landscape in spring.
I enjoyed watching your video and the information shared about ground covers which cuts down on mulching. I have planted creeping phlox as a ground cover and thinking about trying thyme. The previous owners here had sedum in their garden that is colorful as well. Interesting certain types of ajuga are not invasive, I am doing over the gardens here so appreciate all your suggestions and especially like your lambs ears, dead nettle, and European ginger. Have a great day & thanks again for the info!
Love your video. I find that when I plant ground covers in my garden they always get a bit out of control. I'm getting away from mulch in my beds and use compost for top dressing and only use mulch in my pathways or stone between my rocks. I'm not ever using landscape fabric again. I used it many years ago when I first installed my one acre gardens and I still find pieces of it flying around from underneath my paths. It never prevents weeds and ends up breaking down rather fast and just makes a mess. I'd rather just weed and not have pieces of landscape fabric all around my gardens showing here and there after 25 years. Nothing works like proper weeding with a good sharp weeding knife.
Please look at Blue Star Creeper ground cover. It is absolutely beautiful! It is also an evergreen down to zone 5. It's a bit pricy but I divided mine up when I purchased them.
Good information! I like them all, less mulch is a great goal. I’ve heard that gardeners in the UK don’t understand why us Americans highlight our open soil spaces with mulch. Since I heard that, it does make me consider less much!
I live in zone 7B. Great video. So when I moved into my house in 2003, I did have front/side/back lawns. But drought conditions and hardwood trees caused the grass to die and not bounce back. I tried all sorts of things and reseeded each year. No luck. So I gave up. Luckily I have a small property so I decided to just plant perennials. It has taken a while and a pretty penny but my property is coming along. I love Hellebores/sedum/ajuga and anything evergreen. Makes the maintenance a bit lower. I did plant vinca and asiatic jasmine and while they can look nice, they are so invasive that it is a good news/bad news situation...covers a lot of ground (and quickly) but looks a bit too ragged/viney for me. I am going to try Lambs Ears. Like it.
Hi Susan, I understand what you mean. Vinca can be tough. I had a friend with some and it got a bit wild. I hope you like lambs ear. Thanks for watching.
I have been thinking of adding ground cover so I have less mulch to spread. I'm loving the lamuim and thinking it might be a good choice but loving the others you showed.
We are also trying to up our groundcover game.. but largely leaning on natives because of their adaptability AND availability as starts or plugs to cover wider areas…. The tiarella Elizabeth Oliver is relatively easy to establish in shady areas and in sunnier spots, barren strawberry….
@HookedandRooted ☘️ Your plants are so healthy! Gorgeous hellebores! I am currently obsessed with ajugas & lamiums. I have big dreams for _MY_ European Ginger but it’s taking its sweet, sweet time! 😝
I have a ground cover, Creeping Jenny, and I don't like it...but I do like your Sedum and the colors give great interest. Thank you for highlighting the ground covers.❤ ❤❤ ❤❤❤❤
So much going on in your garden. I too love Sedum and it's so easy to pull out if it gets in places you don't want it and the bees love the yellow blooms. Great choice on the Juniper for the sloped area of your property. Always curious where folks are on the continent. I'm on the west coast in Canada and I'm guessing your on the East Coast US? Your Maples are lovely.
hello , im new on your channel , so you will see me liked all your videos lol, i love plants, you have a beautiful garden , the convination of diferent texture and plans (and your japanese maple💗)all soo beautiful... so i enjoy your videos so much , it give some kind of peace 😊 have a beatiful day 🍂🍁🌸
I started a new garden last Fall and I appreciate you sharing the ground covers that you are using.....so hard to choose just one! I am also in zone 6A in the great lakes. Are you planting your hellebores in the sun? I have mine under a tree.....are yours doing well in the sun? Does the European ginger bloom for you? I really like the Lamium purple dragon- the foliage is attractive.
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Have you ever gotten tired of mulching? Truth be told, while I love the look of a newly mulched garden, I really don't enjoy the work involved. Over the last several years, I've been adding ground covers to some areas. My hope is that over time, these ground cover perennials and evergreens will continue to spread, so that those areas will require little to no mulch. Which means less effort on my part to maintain a beautiful garden. Tell me are you team mulch, or team groundcover, or do you prefer a combination of both? Thanks for watching - Steph (Gardening in Massachusetts zone 6b) #gardening #gardeningtips
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I just wanted to compliment you on your presentation skills! Articulate, speaks reasonably quick and provided lots of info. Good job!
Thank you so much for your kind words 🥰
Beautiful garden
Thank you for putting names on the screen!
That's my goal! Adding mulch to our beds year in and year out is a true pain - and I'm not getting any younger, lol!
Hi Margaret! I agree, less mulching is always a good thing. We're beginning edging this week so that hopefully we can get our mulch next week, and definitely not looking forward to moving that big pile.
My favorite is Sweet Woodruff. I love the pretty white flowers and the smell of the flowers in the spring.
You cannot beat Sweet Woodruff, it ticks all the boxes. Excellent ground cover--I was coming on to make that suggestion myself.
I, too, love my Purple Dragon Lamium. Creeping Thyme is also one of my favorites. I left 5 small planting containers with dirt at the edges of my creeping thyme over the fall and winter, and I just planted those five clumps in another area of my garden. They grew up through the bottom of the containers. My sedum overtook my creeping phlox, so I just let it keep growing. It's a bit thuggish, but I like it. I enjoyed your video with examples of ground covers. Thank you.
Your presentation was perfection! You’ve done such a beautiful job. Thank you for sharing
This is the next goal for my garden adding a bunch of ground cover in open spaces. I’m over buying all this mulch yours are beautiful
I like the purple dragon Steph!👍🏼👍🏼
I have many of the ones you mentioned too! One of my favs for really sunny spots is creeping thyme. ‘Thymus Annie Hall’ is my favorite variety of the creeping thymes. It’s an improvement of ‘Mother of Thyme’. Beautiful growing in between stepping stones and bonus-it stands up to my kids running through it,which is a major plus for me! 😊
That sounds like a great Variety Joanna! I'll check it out. Thanks for sharing 🌱
I have silver leaf Artesia and lots of sedum varieties! Love sedum
You have just hit the nail on the head! I came across this video this morning just as I was reviewing my bed. Every spring once I know what’s coming up I put on a layer of mulch but I thought next year I would not add mulch and just add compost along with some ground covers. So how timely is this video for me. Thank you so much and I must say I love your no nonsense narration.
Creeping Jenny is the perfect ground cover. Turns golden yellow in the sun, and it grows so aggressively that weeds don't stand a chance. In the south, we have to grow it in part shade to keep it from taking over, but in your more moderate northern climate, it should not spread in an undesirable way since the shorter season puts it to sleep. It tends to like moisture, but it will take remarkable drought once established. Pretty amazing plant.
It’s also very easy to pull when it goes where you don’t want it to!
Extremely invasive.
one other thing to note, you can pick a piiece of it, stick it somewhere in the ground, if it doesn't take off that year, it will the next. I'm in alabama and have it in a place that gets morning & early afternoon sun, surrounding roses.
Please do not plant creeping Jenny. Is non-native and it is very invasive.
I find creeping Jenny very aggressive and somewhat of a bully. Easy enough to pull.. I have it everywhere and I’ve always “weeding it out”
Hellebores for me, the blooms are so spectacular!
I don't know if it's technically considered a ground-cover but I have a tricolor sage plant that I absolutely love. I bought it on a whim last year, and I wish I would have bought more because I haven't come across it again this year. It cascades over my landscaping stones so nicely.
I just bought one in Wisconsin at a local garden center! So pretty
I have been looking for ground cover ideas. You have given me a lot of great options! Thank you.
That's great to hear Tamara! Thanks for watching 🌱
Nice work ! Great camera person! Good editing. Quick identification of species and printed names on the screen.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for your kind words.
Hi Steph! Amazing video as always! You are a natural! Thank you for all of the gardening advice and for sharing your beautiful garden with gardeners around the world.
Thank you so much!
Here in my California garden, my favorite ground cover is creeping thyme. It's especially useful because it can take foot traffic well, smells good when stepped on and is evergreen for me. I also have a low growing geranium with a white bloom that I don't know the name of, but I am able to divide it frequently, also evergreen for me. And I also have a sedum that is similar to the bronze one you showed, but this one is a silvery green.
Thanks for sharing. I'm looking for ground cover ideas that are drought resistant, can be stepped on and evergreen in Northern California. I'll look into creeping thyme and sedum. I have a few variegated low growing geraniums and will propagate more.
Really appreciate the honest take on mulching! Your garden looks beautiful with those perennials and evergreens.
I love your garden, the birdsong and Maverick. Thank you.
I have an ajuga ground cover and it has blue bloom spikes right now as well as I have a hardy geramanium that has pink blooms and it is doing really well. I think I will divide it up this fall. Thank you for your tour. Love your channel.
I love pachysandra for dry areas, always evergreen. Longwood and Winterthur have huge areas under trees with this cover.
Oh! Thank you! I totally forgot about pachysandra! I had a huge plot of it at my former house. I wish I had taken some with me!
It's great to find out you are also in zone 6! Gives me ideas for plants that I can actually grow.😊😊😊😊 Thanks
Oh, thanks! I was wondering! I’m in zone 5b or 6!
STEPH, your ga4den beds are looking really good !! I'm aiming for more ground covers because at 74 less mulching is a good thing !! 😊
Thank you so much Linda! I agree, mulching less at any age is a great thing. More time enjoying our gardens, and less time working in them 😉💚
I love groundcovers but my one caveat is that weeds tend to grow in the middle of them and they have to be weeded.
I have almost all of them you mentioned, my hope is eventually a lot less mulch!
I have Kinnikinnick and it really spreads fast, but I keep mine in check. I don't have any Helebores yet. Yours are beautiful!!❤ Happy gardening!🎉
Le géranium macrorrhizum est le plus intéressant : il pousse très très vite, couvre les zones ingrates du jardin, « absorbe » les feuilles qui tombent des arbres donc plus besoin de les ratisser. Il ne disparaît pas beaucoup en hiver, se déplace facilement, n’est jamais malade. La varieté Spessart à fleurs blanches et rose pâle est la plus jolie. C’est un vrai couvre sol super efficace et les abeilles en raffolent.
I really like the Pacific Blue juniper. It has a nice blue tint and it spreads wonderfully
I am a huge fan of ice plants as groundcovers!
Ajuga is the gift that keeps on giving, as well as Lamb’s Ear. Sedum is my favorite but I planted several varieties in pots. They serve containers well, especially Angelina and Lime Zinger.
Thanks for your response. You are one of my favorite!
I am just getting started with ground covers in the garden. I love them in my pots and now adding more to the garden. The one in the garden that I really enjoy is the Bugleweed Black Scallop. It’s so beautiful to me. Thanks for sharing the others as I need more ideas to add to the garden.
Absolutely agree lambs ear is great for groundcover and texture
I love seeing all these lovely plants!! Your garden shows the pleasure that you & yr. husband take in creating it - thank you for the great ideas for ground covers!
Thank you so much!
Beautiful gardens! I have barrenwort, which I love & sweet woodruff, lamiun 'white nancy', white anemone 'snowdrop'. Many varieties of geranium, so easy.
Hi Stef 🌺. I love all these groundcovers in your garden . I have sedum , Iceplant , Lewisia ,afrecan daisy ... Have a wonderful day. 🌺🌻🌺
That's wonderful Lina! They are great alternatives to having to use too much mulch. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day!
I also have ajuga chocolate chip. Started out with two 8 cell containers five years ago and now it's spread out everywhere. Love the flowers in spring.
Always so happy to see a new video! You and George are the best!
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I took one clump of violets from my parents yard many years ago. I’ve been able to do away with mulch in one garden bed. I’m starting to transplant to my other large bed to do away with the annual chore and cost of throwing down bags of mulch. Yes they pop up all over my yard but they can be popped out with a weed popper if need be. They also give bunnies something to eat instead of my plants . Oh and they choke out weeds like crazy. They are just stunning in spring with their tiny purple flowers.
I love helebore and you've got a beautiful variety of plants. Thank you ❤
I love Scotch Moss, especially when it blooms. It is a great ground cover but unfortunately it doesn’t live very long. I planted Ajuga 'Black Scallop' and ‘ Burgundy glow’ last fall. I also love October Daphne Stonecrop. The ground cover I hope to add this spring is Blue Creeping Sedum.
Great suggestions. I would add Speedwell Waterperry blue. Low profile with pretty blue flowers covering it in Spring. Takes sun or shade. Spreads easily but easily removed where it is not wanted. Comes in a white flower also.
Thanks for sharing the varieties of ground cover. I also use creeping thyme serphyllum in an extremely hot, dry area which is contained. It is so fragrant by our back door. Sedum Angelina is also a favorite in my garden. No muss, no fuss, no mulch!
I love my Water Perry Speedwell for sun. And Tidal Blue Veronica as well
Thank you so much for sharing Angela!
Enjoyed this video,,,very informative..been working 3 yrs on a home I bought that had nothing in the yard ..back and front....its really coming together..as like you..I love to put color..plants..shrubs..and conifers.....
I’m hooked and rooted too! Much love from Chicago❤️❤️❤️
I agree with your assessment on more plants,,,and flower coverages
Those are some beautiful ground covers. European ginger is really hard to find in garden centres I've found but I'm still looking! I'm not a fan of all the plastic landscape cloth. It doesn't really stop weeds long term and it contributes to microplastic in the environment. And if you have mulch on top, weeds grow into the mulch and roots into the cloth, making it extremely difficult to remove the weeds. It's not necessary under a deep mulch (it stops the mulch being able to improve your soil) or under pavers.
Love your videos. So informative.
Yes, I have ground cover.
No, I don't loke t h em.
Scottish Thistle.
Morning Glory weed.
Dandelions (steriod size).
and every other pain in the neck weed of 6a-7 hardiness zone.
Thus...I am a subscriber here to learn.
Goal....minimal grass...more plants!👍
Loved this vid! Such beautiful plants which also serve a practical purpose. I have ajuga and urge it to spread as it is so unusual and great for the front border. I also enjoy creeping Jenny for similar reasons and its chartreuse color. Great job, Steph! Your garden is looking beautiful. Continued blessings…
Lemon coral sedum is my new favorite groundcover!
Thanks for showing your ground covers & info.love the lambs ear, blue rug juniper & the sedium. 💚🌱😊
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching Patricia! 🌱
I love all these selections they’re beautiful every year 🍃🌺🍃
I have the purple dragon and it spreads like crazy in our area. 6b western Colorado I have to trim it throughout the season so it doesn’t choke out my other plants . I actually dig up a ton this winter and only kept a little since it spreads so well. And it growing and spreading like crazy.
I have a slope under large trees that I have been filling in w ground cover because it’s sloped and shady so grass doesn’t grow well there at all. After 6 years it’s finally pretty filled in and it’s beautiful! I have vinca, ajuga, creeping Ginny, and some nettle. It’s all beautiful 🥰
Your garden is amazing, I loved the video on perennials for beginners Thank You
So many lovely choices! I hope to incorporate several soon!!
I love to use ground covers in place of mulch, I have many varieties all around my garden. I’m happy to know about some of these options, especially the blooming ones. I have actually been restoring a long bed beside my driveway that was mulched for two decades, and it was actually more like dust than soil. Now that I’m thickly planting the space and not using shredded mulch, the soil is really shaping up. My favorite shade ground cover is pachysandra, some say it’s invasive, but if I can easily pull it and it doesn’t climb, I don’t categorize it as such. Great video, thanks! 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱😀
I ended up getting some Lamium to put in some small containers that I put on the deck . I’ll transplant them to the garden at the end. I noticed your Jacob’s Lader is looking beautiful. Great video. ❤❤❤
Thanks for showing the ground covers you have in your garden! All look beautiful! My choice would be the lambs ear variety you have in your garden.
I just bought the juniper I can’t wait to plant it. I have so many favorites too. I really like creeping Jenny and the lambs ear
European Ginger is probably my favorite groundcover…I find mine grows best in dappled light and rich soil, Steph. 😊
Thank you so much Carolyn! Its a beautiful one 🌱
Great choices for ground cover. I have all of them in my zone 6a Michigan garden and I can vouch for each one of them. They are so fantastic and great performers.
Thank you so much!! So glad you enjoy them in your garden as well 🌱
My favorite ground covers are Ceratostigma and Geranium macrorizome
Thank you so much for sharing! I planted some Ceratostigma (plumbago) last fall! Its starting to return for me here. 🌱
Last year was first year I bought two ground cover sedums, Rock N Low Boogie Wookiee stonecrop, to see if I liked them… love them! Planning to add more this year…. Thanks for showing so many varieties.
Hi Cheryl! Those sound so pretty! sedums make great ground covers.
Hi Steph I grow everyone you mentioned… also with wooddrift, candytuft, ferns, creeping Jenny & creeping phlox.
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing the other varieties you grow, those are great choices as well! I love ferns, creeping jenny and phlox also and have some in my garden 🌱
This year my creeping Jenny is really spreading and adding color. Also John Creech sedum has spread and is about to bloom. Excited to have ground covers and not so much mulch!
On that slope I would try a rock garden combination dry river bed.
This video is right on time. I am deciding on ground covers are great.
I love the lamium your friend gave you it looks really cool with a stripe
Ajuga is a favorite of mine. Easy to grow and thrive in my hot, humid climate. The purple dragon is beautiful. I like annual if possible.
Great suggestions for ground covers Steph. I prefer ground covers to mulch. I love hellebores too.
I agree Sue! I plan to incorporate more and more as time goes on.
Great video, Steph! I love groundcovers! They check all the boxes, easy, beautiful and weed free! I have most of the ones you showed as well as The Blue Spruce sedum. That and the Angelina sedum are my favorites! I have the flowering Lamb's Ear but now I need to find the Helen Von Stein! Yours is beautiful! 💚
Steph, I’ve been loving all of the videos you’ve been making! This one especially was perfect timing! I love geraniums because they’re shade and juglone tolerant under my mature black walnut trees! ❤
I have many of the ground covers you mentioned and would have a hard time picking a favorite. I have the chocolate chip, a variegated and an ajuga call toucan with chartreuse foliage. Just planted an orchid frost lamium and golden feathers solomons seal. Also have a hardy geranium with chocolate foliage and violet flowers. My blue rug juniper has spread down a hillside and is perfect for that site. I never thought of hellebores as ground cover but you are right. I can never seem to get enough of them. I love to plant them in containers for the winter and then put them in the landscape in spring.
I enjoyed watching your video and the information shared about ground covers which cuts down on mulching. I have planted creeping phlox as a ground cover and thinking about trying thyme. The previous owners here had sedum in their garden that is colorful as well. Interesting certain types of ajuga are not invasive, I am doing over the gardens here so appreciate all your suggestions and especially like your lambs ears, dead nettle, and European ginger. Have a great day & thanks again for the info!
I have a variegated purple flowering ajuga that I love! They're so easy and add early spring interest.
I agree! 🌱
Love your video. I find that when I plant ground covers in my garden they always get a bit out of control. I'm getting away from mulch in my beds and use compost for top dressing and only use mulch in my pathways or stone between my rocks. I'm not ever using landscape fabric again. I used it many years ago when I first installed my one acre gardens and I still find pieces of it flying around from underneath my paths. It never prevents weeds and ends up breaking down rather fast and just makes a mess. I'd rather just weed and not have pieces of landscape fabric all around my gardens showing here and there after 25 years. Nothing works like proper weeding with a good sharp weeding knife.
I like the Sedum as a ground cover they look really nice.
Thanks Ana! 🌱
Can you please do a video on your Japanese maples, their special features and why you chose them?
Coming soon!! They are just about all leafed out.
Greeting's from Ireland, I grow ajuga and brunerra jack frost in pot's and orvala in the garden bed.
Here in Zone 9b in SoCal Ivy geraniums provide a perfect pop for a colorful ground cover drift.
Please look at Blue Star Creeper ground cover. It is absolutely beautiful! It is also an evergreen down to zone 5. It's a bit pricy but I divided mine up when I purchased them.
Thank you so much for the suggestion, I'll look that one up.
Good information! I like them all, less mulch is a great goal.
I’ve heard that gardeners in the UK don’t understand why us Americans highlight our open soil spaces with mulch. Since I heard that, it does make me consider less much!
Hi Jean! Very true. Some gardeners prefer to plant very densely to crowd out weeds. If we look around in nature, things grow close to each other 🌱
I live in zone 7B. Great video. So when I moved into my house in 2003, I did have front/side/back lawns. But drought conditions and hardwood trees caused the grass to die and not bounce back. I tried all sorts of things and reseeded each year. No luck. So I gave up. Luckily I have a small property so I decided to just plant perennials. It has taken a while and a pretty penny but my property is coming along. I love Hellebores/sedum/ajuga and anything evergreen. Makes the maintenance a bit lower. I did plant vinca and asiatic jasmine and while they can look nice, they are so invasive that it is a good news/bad news situation...covers a lot of ground (and quickly) but looks a bit too ragged/viney for me. I am going to try Lambs Ears. Like it.
Hi Susan, I understand what you mean. Vinca can be tough. I had a friend with some and it got a bit wild. I hope you like lambs ear. Thanks for watching.
I have been thinking of adding ground cover so I have less mulch to spread. I'm loving the lamuim and thinking it might be a good choice but loving the others you showed.
We are also trying to up our groundcover game.. but largely leaning on natives because of their adaptability AND availability as starts or plugs to cover wider areas…. The tiarella Elizabeth Oliver is relatively easy to establish in shady areas and in sunnier spots, barren strawberry….
I do love the sedum and creeping Jenny does well in my zone 8a garden. Lamium has been a struggle for me but I really like it. Thanks 😊
Thank you for your video, am definitely gonna try some of these.
Magical I love it
@HookedandRooted ☘️ Your plants are so healthy! Gorgeous hellebores! I am currently obsessed with ajugas & lamiums. I have big dreams for _MY_ European Ginger but it’s taking its sweet, sweet time! 😝
I have a ground cover, Creeping Jenny, and I don't like it...but I do like your Sedum and the colors give great interest. Thank you for highlighting the ground covers.❤ ❤❤ ❤❤❤❤
Thanks Steph, great question from the 'camera man' hellebores it is.
So much going on in your garden. I too love Sedum and it's so easy to pull out if it gets in places you don't want it and the bees love the yellow blooms. Great choice on the Juniper for the sloped area of your property. Always curious where folks are on the continent. I'm on the west coast in Canada and I'm guessing your on the East Coast US? Your Maples are lovely.
I love ajuga too Steph! I have some in my garden and they are filling in nicely. I won't have to mulch as much this year! 😁
A ton of great information in 10 minutes!!! Love it! Liked and subscribed. ❤
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Great content. I got so much inspiration from this video. I'm really enjoying your channel and appreciate that yours is unique!
hello , im new on your channel , so you will see me liked all your videos lol, i love plants, you have a beautiful garden , the convination of diferent texture and plans (and your japanese maple💗)all soo beautiful... so i enjoy your videos so much , it give some kind of peace 😊 have a beatiful day 🍂🍁🌸
Thank you so very much for your kind words, and welcome to my channel 😊
I started a new garden last Fall and I appreciate you sharing the ground covers that you are using.....so hard to choose just one! I am also in zone 6A in the great lakes. Are you planting your hellebores in the sun? I have mine under a tree.....are yours doing well in the sun? Does the European ginger bloom for you? I really like the Lamium purple dragon- the foliage is attractive.