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groundcovers

The workhorses of the garden’s lowest tier, groundcovers must be tough and easy-care. Whether for sun, shade or even that toughest spot, dry shade, an archive of my most reliable and beautiful ones.

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cornell’s take on the native lawn, with todd bittner

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‘more plants is always better:’ immersive landscapes, with claudia west

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the best of the sedges, and how to use them (even mown!), with sam hoadley

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botanical treasures at far reaches farm nursery, with kelly dodson

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making the switch to native groundcovers, with duncan himmelman of mt. cuba

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growing hellebores, with judith knott tyler

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tips for planting under trees; using ‘pea brush’ and more: q&a with ken druse

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growing epimediums in the shade garden, with karen perkins

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a plant i’d order: hakonechloa ‘all gold’

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underplanting: making ‘a tapestry garden,’ with marietta o’byrne

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showy ferns to crave, with judith jones of fancy fronds nursery

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best phlox for gardeners and butterflies, with mt. cuba’s george coombs

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deer-resistant plants, with broken arrow’s adam wheeler

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recap: 10 thoughts on successful underplanting

‘planting in a post-wild world,’ with thomas rainer

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a plant i’d order: pulmonaria rubra

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fern secrets, fern sex and fern gardening, with tony avent

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andy brand’s passions: from rare epimedium to butterfly-sustaining weeds

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is 2013 the year of the succulent?

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growing hellebores and more, with barry glick

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plants that need a good p.r. person: q&a with tony avent of plant delights

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a plant i’d order: jeffersonia diphylla

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beloved conifer: prostrate japanese plum yew

need great groundcovers? who doesn’t!

'horticultural how-to and woo-woo' with margaret roach, head gardener