Written by
Sabina
If pulling up weeds is a hobby of yours, you might as well skip this article and grab your hoe. But if you’d rather not spend hours on that never-ending task, read on.
Fight plants with plants
We have a great alternative to weeding in order to combat weeds: plant groundcover. This creates a beautiful living carpet amongst your other plants, stopping the weeds from getting enough sunlight to make their way out of the soil.
Groundcover
Groundcover plants are ‘low’ plants that - as the name suggests - cover the ground with their creeping runners. They don’t need much maintenance, and they bring even more greenery to your garden. They also make an ideal hiding place for hedgehogs, for example. They also provide a defence against cats, stopping them from endlessly digging up the soil.
Examples of groundcover
To be clear: perennials, shrubs, conifers and annuals can all serve as groundcover.Choose a plant that you find attractive and that matches (the position of) your garden. These 10 plants are good examples of groundcover:
- Checkerberry
- Ivy
- Blue fescue
- Thyme
- Spindle tree
- Sedum
- Forget-me-not
- Campanula
- Aster
- Strawberry (depending on variety, and not evergreen)
