Garden designer Fi Boyle recommends seven ground-cover plants for slopes, with choices for different soil, light and moisture conditions.
7 Plants For Sloping Gardens To Fill Your Banks With Rich Colour And Interest
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5 Things People With A Tidy Autumn Garden Always Have – These Tools Will Help You Achieve A Neat, Organised Outdoor Space
Garden experts recommend leaf-clearing tools, composting, sharp secateurs, outdoor storage and a mower to keep autumn gardens tidy and safer.
Sloping Garden Design Lessons From An Award-winning Former Quarry Garden
A terraced former quarry garden that won a public-vote award shows how surveys, retaining walls and repeated materials can make steep ground usable.
3 Beautiful Plants That Will Transform Your Shady, North-facing Garden, Even If It Gets Very Little Sunlight
A gardening report recommends rhododendrons, hydrangeas and camellias for adding flowers and foliage to shady, north-facing spaces.
16 Whimsical Solar Lights That Will Make Your Fall Containers Glow And Sparkle After Dark
Homes & Gardens rounds up 16 decorative solar lights for fall pots, from mushroom stakes to cat-and-pumpkin designs. Product performance details are limited.
Want A Backyard Like Mandy Moore’s? These Statement-Making Cacti Aren’t Just For Hot Climates
Landscape experts explain how to choose and place statement cacti inspired by Mandy Moore’s Pasadena garden, including cold-hardy options.
This Illinois Garden Feels Like A Hidden Corner Of The Italian Countryside – But Its Clever Design Works With The Woodland Landscape
A 24,000-square-foot Riverwoods garden pairs Italian countryside-inspired design with woodland terrain, food-growing beds and a multipurpose greenhouse.
Michelle Obama’s Twig Tree Is Perfect For The Holidays – Here’s How To Make Your Own From Garden Cuttings
A Gardening Know How report outlines how to recreate Michelle Obama’s understated holiday twig tree with garden cuttings, a sturdy container and LED lights.
Forget Butterfly Bush – This Beautiful Swap Is Non-Invasive And Wildlife Loves It Even More
Buttonbush is a U.S.-native shrub with pollinator-friendly flowers and bird-supporting fruit, but it grows best in moist soil.
Petals & Roots: The Container Plant Recipe I Always Return To For Long-Lasting Color And Fall Beauty
Homes & Gardens’ Rachel Bull shares a layered fall container recipe using coneflower, sedum, heather, trailing thyme and ornamental grass.
