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If you find your yard full of bare spots, don't spread more grass seed just yet. Instead, consider planting this fruit-producing, flowering ground cover.
Strawberries . 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.
While few plants thrive and flower in the absence of light, this ground cover will happily carpet the shadier parts of your ...
If you're looking for a plant to cover ground, consider an Oregon native that doesn't need much water, the Oregon State University Extension Service suggests. Three kinds of wild strawberries are ...
CORVALLIS — If you’re looking for a groundcover that is native to Oregon and doesn’t require much water, three native wild strawberries are available. You might be able to look ...
Wild Strawberry. For a sweet treat, consider wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana). ... Ground covers may be small, but their impact is big. With thoughtful selection, ...
Quick ground covers have their place -- perhaps in your garden. Be aware of what you need a plant to do and how the plant grows, so you can select the best ground cover for the job. Oct 8, 2008 ...
Ground covers are the Persian carpets of the garden, adding a layer of richness underneath it all. ... Beach strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis), a Northwest native, ...
In Central New York, Cover strawberry plants in winter . Updated: Nov. 08, 2009, 11:10 a.m. ... In midsummer I had moved the plants from the ground into a "holding container" ...