Groundcovers & Vines

How to Choose Plants that Use Less Water

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Many areas of the country are currently under drought conditions, and the rest of us could certainly benefit from a lower water bill. Choosing plants that require less water to maintain is a great way to save money while having a nice landscape. ... more »

How to Collect Seeds From Clematis

By DUSTYMILLS

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Saving seed from your clematis plant is not hard, unless you can't bring yourself to remove the beautiful seed heads from the plant. The seeds of the clematis develope from the flowers into a irregular circle of almost wirelike antenna. The seed ... more »

How to Design a Tree Stump into the Landscape

By Gardengates

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Tree stumps are very expensive to have removed. If you have one in your landscape that you don't want to have taken out, but consider ugly, here are a few ideas on how you can integrate the stump and turn it into an asset in your garden... more »

How to Grow Honeysuckle

By Gardengates

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Honeysuckles (Lonicera) are known for their wonderful perfume. Some have unusual colors and a number of them are rambling climbers that can cover large areas. There are many varieties available in the honeysuckle family. Different ones are ... more »

How to Grow Pumpkins and Squashes

By Gardengates

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You can plant these energetic growers from small plants or seed. There are many different varieties of pumpkin and squash from the delicious to the ornamental. These plants are not only easy to grow, but they grow FAST. That makes them great ... more »

How to Grow Raisins

By Gardengates

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Yes, I did say "raisins"! Raisins are dried grapes and one of the easiest plants to grow is a grape vine. Different varieties of grape grow better in different climates. 'Eating' grapes rather than wine grapes make the best tasting ... more »

How to Grow Vanilla

By Gardengates

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Vanilla was first cultivated in Central America. It is a climbing orchid that grows in warm, humid conditions. You can grow it for fun, but since the beans will only set if the flowers are hand pollinated, and processing the vanilla bean for ... more »

How to Identify Porcelain Berry Vine

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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It's all about the berries with the Porcelain berry vine. But this climbing woodland wonder can be invasive and many states have to work hard to keep it under control in their forest areas. But, would you know it if you saw it? Here are a few ... more »

How to Mulch

By Gardengates

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Mulch is a term for material that will cover the topsoil. Mulch is used to help plants grow because it works as a mediator of temperature changes and water evaporation. It can also work as a guarding layer to keep roots safe from physical ... more »

How to Pick Scuppernongs

By Inkling

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Scuppernongs are a type of grape that grow on a vine and usually are ripe for picking August through September. Known for their sweet flavor they are used in making jellies and wines but a favorite way to eat them is fresh from the vine... more »

How to Root Ivy and create an "Ivy" tree

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Ivy (hedera) is a vigorous-growing vine that lends itself well easily to "training." Following this article, you should be able to create an "ivy" tree... more »

How to Clone Ivy for Cheap Ground Cover

By Limowreck

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If you’re looking for lush, green ground cover it’s hard to go wrong with English Ivy. It’s hardy. It grows fast. It requires very little upkeep. However, if you’re looking to cover any substantial area, purchasing enough plants to do the job ... more »

How to Get Rid of Monkey Grass

By byllz

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Getting rid of monkey grass is hard to do. It looks nice on the borders of flowerbeds; if you are not careful it will take over the area you planted it in. Below are some cleaver ways to get rid of it. On my quest to get rid of it I came across ... more »

How to Grow Lamb's Ears (Stachys Byzantina)

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Lamb's ears is a mat-forming ground cover with woolly gray leaves that are delightful to touch. It's easy to pull out in areas you prefer not to have it, and the leaves have a delightful applelike scent. Lamb's ears thrives in USDA zones 4 to 8... more »

How to Grow Wintercreeper

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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If you are in need of a hardy and vigorous groundcover, consider wintercreeper. Also called Euonymus fortunei, it is an evergreen shrub that trails along the ground like a vine or attaches itself to vertical support with small roots much like an ... more »

How to Choose Plants for a Perennial Shade Garden

By sugaredup

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Finding plants that thrive in partial to full shade can be a challenge. Listed here are several plants that have interesting foliage, colorful blooms throughout the season and will thrive in zone 6 or warmer... more »

How to Grow a Porcelain Berry Vine

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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When instant gratification from a perennial vine is required, the porcelain berry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata) is first in line. This is a plant that can grow, flower, and set its fruit almost immediately upon planting. Deep green leaves are the ... more »

How to Grow Easy Upside Down Tomatoes

By Dr. Christopher J. Kline

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By turning tomato gardening upside down, space can be saved, pest problems can be solved and yields can be increased. This article will present an easy step-by-step process for planting upside down tomatoes... more »

How to Grow Rubus Pentalobus

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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A low-growing, evergreen ground cover, Rubus pentalobus has dark green leaves, which become burgundy-tinted in the fall. Its long, ground-hugging stems look good cascading down a slope, in a rockery or from the top of a wall. Rubus pentalobus ... more »

How to Grow Vines

By Gardengates

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There are all kinds of vines you can use in your garden. Here are some ways you can grow them to take advantage of their clambering growth habits... more »

How to Kill Kudzu

By honeybee

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The kudzu is an extremely aggressive vine that grows at a rate of almost a foot a day and quickly encompasses an ever-expanding area, killing everything as it goes. Once promoted to stop soil erosion, it has been downgraded to an evasive ... more »

How to Plant Vines

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Vines are lovely plants for landscaping. Because their height and width are limited by the structures they use for support, you can easily control their size. Because they grow vertically, they are useful for covering unsightly walls or fences ... more »

How to Prune Periwinkel Ground Cover

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Ground covers are a wonderful alternative to lawn. They bloom, are low-maintenance and will grow for many years and still look good. Ground covers such as periwinkle and hypericum require fertilizing and trimming at least on an annual basis to ... more »

How to Prune Specific Vines

By only1special1

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Vines are a beautiful part of our gardens. Whether they follow a trellis or grow along a fence, they need to be trained and pruned to grow where we want them to grow. Most vines need little pruning for a season or two as they grow into their ... more »

How to Build a Sunflower Stalk Trellis

By Dr. Christopher J. Kline

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Long ago American Indians used companion planting with Sunflowers and climbing crops like beans and peas. The sunflowers provided a natural trellis for the climbing plants. After the flower season, sunflower stalks can be put to good use in the ... more »

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