Grumbling About Ground Cover

Do let your ground cover know, who’s the boss. Remember to yearly clean out and toss, All that new growth so you don’t become cross. It’s the same when we take the time to floss.

These two yards are examples of how ground cover and perennial plants are beautiful one week/year and out of control the next. Perennials grow back year after year and annuals are re-planted each year. When our home/yard was new, I begged for starts from friends and family. Slyly under their breath it was a way of thinning the pack.

Oh how pretty the plants were at first. Now after twenty-five plus years, I am cursing the day I asked for many of these. One is called Bishop's Weed, for good reason. Although pretty, it's like a weed. Another, Jupiter's Beard, sends seeds everywhere and the purple flowering plant is everywhere. Therefore, each year a good clean-out takes place. With twenty plus different plants it takes awhile to accomplish the task.

After lots of hard work, they have a smaller footprint and I am in control for a few weeks at least. Then it's on to the babying annuals to grow.