- What flowers make good borders?
- How do you prepare a border for planting?
- How do you fill a garden border cheaply?
- What should I plant on my front walkway?
- Which plants like full sun?
- Should flower bed be higher than lawn?
- What is the best flower bed edging?
- How deep should borders be?
- How do you keep borders tidy?
What flowers make good borders?
7 Plants to Use for Borders
- Tricolor Sage. This perennial herb is just gorgeous! ...
- Nasturtiums. I plant plenty of nasturtiums every year. ...
- Moss Phlox. Moss phlox is such a low-maintenance plant. ...
- Laguna™ Sky Blue Lobelia. I'm not one to pick favorites, but I do love the color blue. ...
- Goldilocks Rocks® Bidens. ...
- Sweet Alyssum. ...
- Lemon Ball Stonecrop.
How do you prepare a border for planting?
Preparing a New Bed or Border
- Straight or curved? It may seem obvious to lay out the borders in your garden to follow the fence line. ...
- Removing the turf. If the area of your new bed or border is covered in grass, then the first job is to remove it. ...
- Get rid of the weeds. ...
- Conditioning the soil.
How do you fill a garden border cheaply?
Divide perennials and bulbs
Dig them up, split them and replant around the garden for more, and more vigorous, plants. Divide perennial plants in spring or autumn, and bulbs as soon as flowering is finished. It is possible to create a striking herbaceous border on a budget.
What should I plant on my front walkway?
12 Perfect Plants for Walkways
- Astilbes. Astilbes are good walkway plants. ...
- Big blue lilyturf. Big blue lilyturf also called Liriope is also a good choice to plant in a walkway. ...
- Cranesbills. Cranesbills are a beautiful touch to any pathway. ...
- Daylilies. ...
- Heart-leaved Bergenia. ...
- Hostas. ...
- King Edward Yarrow. ...
- Lavender.
Which plants like full sun?
Plant combinations for full sun
- Agastache and Eryngium.
- Brown-red chocolate cosmos with purple verbena.
- A mixed planter of cardoon, scabious and nepeta.
- Silver artemisia foliage and yellow achillea flowers.
- Red salvias with pink sedums.
- Pink dahlia in a pot with carex.
- Silver, furry lamb's ears with purple salvia.
Should flower bed be higher than lawn?
The best way to make planting beds is to keep the soil at or below the original level. Beside the sidewalk it should be 3 inches below the level of the sidewalk so that mulch can be added. Being lower than the lawn grass also works better than being too high.
What is the best flower bed edging?
deep strips of steel, aluminum or plastic. The metal lawn edging bends easily into smooth, graceful curves and stops the spread of grass roots. However, painted aluminum and steel offer the sleekest, most refined garden edging look because they almost disappear against the grass and garden bed.
How deep should borders be?
You'll need to create a trench at a suitable depth (at least 4cm deep) so that you can still mow the lawn without sifting up the soil. If you prefer, you can separate your borders by lining them with an edging material.
How do you keep borders tidy?
Whether you've dug out a new border or are tending to an existing one, it is relatively simple to keep up tidy turf edging. Every time you mow the lawn, make sure to trim the edges too. Use long handled edging shears or an electric trimmer for the easiest ways to cut the border grass without even having to bend down.
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