How to use sustainable, low-maintenance, low-water groundcovers to replace your turf - 40 alternative choices for: - No Mowing. - No fertilizing. - No pesticides. - No problem!
How to use sustainable, low-maintenance, low-water groundcovers to replace your turf - 40 alternative choices for: - No Mowing. - No fertilizing. - No pesticides. - No problem!
Groundcover Revolution features 40 eco-friendly alternatives to a turfgrass lawn so you can stop mowing, watering, and fertilizing while enhancing biodiversity and creating a beautiful landscape.
Groundcover Revolution features 40 eco-friendly alternatives to a turfgrass lawn so you can stop mowing, watering, and fertilizing while enhancing biodiversity and creating a beautiful landscape.
Kathy Jentz, author of The Urban Garden and Groundcover Revolution, is editor and publisher of Washington Gardener magazine and the Green Media columnist for the Mid-Atlantic Grower newspaper. She is also the host of the popular podcast, GardenDC, which received the GardenComm 2023 Laurel Media Awards Gold Award in the Digital Media: Podcast Series category. In addition, she edits the quarterly Water Garden Journal, the official publication of the International Waterlily & Water Gardening Society. Kathy’s work has been featured in numerous publications, including the Washington Examiner newspaper, Pathways magazine, and Washington Women magazine. She appears on regular gardening guest spots on Channel 9, Channel 4, as well as WTOP, WAMU, and WOWD-LP radio stations in Washington, DC.
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1 WHY REPLACE TURFGRASS LAWNS 2 BENEFITS OF GROUNDCOVERS 3 HOW TO SELECT THE RIGHT GROUNDCOVER FOR YOUR SITUATION 4 INSTALLING AND MAINTAINING GROUNDCOVERS 5 GROUNDCOVER PROFILES Bugleweed Ajuga reptans Pussytoes Antennaria spp. Wild Ginger Asarum canadense Hardy Begonia Begonia grandis Brunnera Brunnera macrophylla Japanese Sedge Carex morrowii Pennsylvania Sedge Carex pensylvanica River Oats Chasmanthium latifolium Green and Gold Chrysogonum virginianum Lily-of-the-Valley Convallaria majalis Epimedium Epimedium spp. Blue Fescue ‘Elijah Blue’ Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’ Strawberry Fragaria spp. Cranesbill Geranium Geranium macrorrhizum Hellebore Helleborus spp. Heuchera Heuchera spp. Hosta Hosta spp. Quaker Ladies Houstonia caerulea Mosses Hypnum spp. Dwarf Crested Iris Iris cristata Winter Jasmine Jasminum nudiflorum Creeping Juniper Juniperus horizontalis Lamium Lamium maculatum Liriope Liriope muscari Creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia Dwarf Mondo Grass Ophiopogon japonicus ‘Nanus’ Prickly Pear Opuntia spp. Pachysandra Pachysandra procumbens Golden Ragwort Packera aurea Creeping Phlox Phlox stolonifera Solomon’s Seal Polygonatum spp. Christmas Fern Polystichum acrostichoides Groundcover Roses Rosa spp. Creeping Rosemary Salvia rosmarinus ‘Prostratus’ and Creeping Thyme Thymus praecox Creeping Raspberry Rubus hayata-koidzumii Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia spp. Stonecrop Sedum ternatum Lamb’s Ear Stachys byzantina Dwarf Comfrey Symphytum ibericum Wild Violet Viola spp. COVERING GROUND IF NOTHING WILL GROW THERE Sources and Resources About the Author Acknowledgments Photo Credits Index
