16 Best Edible Ground Covers for a Sustainable Foodscape
网页2024年2月13日 · 16 Edible Ground Covers to Spruce Up Your Vegetable Garden and Satisfy Your Palate. 1. Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) 2. Low Bush Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) 3. New Zealand Spinach (Tetragonia tetragonioides) 4. Lemon thyme (Thymus citriodorus) 5. Wingpod Purslane (Portulaca umbraticola) 6. Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) 7.
19 Tasty Fruiting (Low-Growing) Ground Covers - Food Forest Living
网页2023年11月27日 · When looking for fruiting ground covers, it’s clear you’re after something that grows low to the ground, just as edible and delicious as strawberries, but want to find anything else other than strawberries! I’ve included all the tastiest low-growing fruits that mature no higher than 1 foot tall and are all great as ground covers.
Bearberry: Low-Growing Perennial Groundcover - Epic Gardening
网页2023年6月22日 · Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, most often referred to as bearberry, is the perfect edible ground cover for anyone struggling with poor soil or rocky soil conditions in their landscape. Its common name comes from what happens to most of these plants – apparently bears love the fruit that the plant produces and will …
11 Edible Ground Cover Plants for Backyards and Gardens - Treehugger
网页2023年3月31日 · Ground cover plants can replace grass lawns with edible alternatives. Many of these hardy low-lying plants are edible, native species that will spruce up not just your backyard...
Cotoneaster Horizontalis: Beautiful Berries & Foliage - Epic …
网页2022年11月11日 · Cotoneaster horizontalis, or rockspray cotoneaster, is a fantastic border shrub. With our tips, growing this low-lying cover plant is simple! Written by Lorin Nielsen Last updated: November 11, 2022 | 9 min read. Contents. Are you looking for something just a bit different by way of ground cover?
Plant These Fruiting Ground Covers in Your Forest Garden - Treehugger
网页2021年8月11日 · Perhaps the best known fruiting ground cover plant is strawberry. But in a forest garden or food forest, garden strawberries (Fragraria x ananassa) are not always the best option. Instead,...
Partridge Berry Ground Cover - Native Wildflowers Nursery
网页2014年2月11日 · Partridge Berry or Squaw Vine is a native perennial ground cover that will add interest to that not so attractive shady spot under the trees. It features a small, woody, trailing vine with 6 to 12 inch, thin, stringing stems.
Rubus calycinoides (Creeping Raspberry) - Gardenia
网页Rubus calycinoides (Creeping Raspberry) is an evergreen groundcover forming a dense carpet adorned with long spreading branches clothed in lustrous, emerald green, thickly textured leaves. Rounded, they have 3-5 broad, ruffled-edged lobes and display felted, whitish undersides. They may turn raspberry-red with the onset of cool fall nights.
Cotoneaster care and growing guide: expert advice | Gardeningetc
网页2022年12月18日 · Mature size: 2-15ft (60cm-4.5m) Soil type: Any well-drained soil. Soil pH: Slightly acid, neutral or slightly alkaline. Time to plant: Spring, fall. Flowering time: Early summer. Flower color: White, sometimes pinkish. Hardiness zones: USDA Z2-7 (RHS H5-7) Scientific name: Cotoneaster. Common name: Cotoneaster. C. atropurpureus covers a …
Creeping Raspberry - A Perfect Fit For The Edible Landscape
网页2012年2月15日 · Creeping Raspberry, also known as Creeping Bramble, Creeping Rubus and Crinkle-Leaf Creeper, is an evergreen ground cover shrub native to Taiwan. It goes by more than one botanical name: Rubus pentalobus or R. calycinoides. "Rubus" means red, and is the name given to the bramble genus. "Penatlobus" refers to its five-lobed leaves.