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Lyndell
True Blue Farmgirl
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Leah
Richwood
Ohio
USA
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 Posted - May 26 2014 : 06:07:57 AM
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I planted some bulbs (tulips) out by the road this year and they looked great but, oh, the weeds! We have built up an area with soil and I need something to plant in-between and/or on top of the bulbs that will crowd out the weeds so I don't have to be out there all the time weeding (I do enough of that in the veggie garden). I'll probably put some more bulbs in this fall, but I'd still like a groundcover of some sort that will be there when the bulbs die back. Wondering what you all use for this purpose?
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - May 27 2014 : 05:40:00 AM
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We have so many tulips planted and they multiply so we don't use anything. I have mine in a small garden along the front of our porch. I have other things in there as well but it doesn't sound like you have the space for that.
Lots of people use mulch to cover and it looks really nice when the plants die off.
Denise
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - May 28 2014 : 3:03:48 PM
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Nothing crowds out weeds! I know that you mean, though. Maybe you could dig up the bulbs and tubers in autumn, plant an evergreen shrub that likes the same kind of soil/sunlight/shade, then replant plant your bulbs around it in a pleasing configuration. Mulching should help with keeping the weeds down, but you might also need to surround this little garden with some of that plastic guard stuff, and spend a little time weed-sacking around it to keep it in shape.
Another idea is to plant stuff like echinacea (purple cone flower), calendula and so on, which self-seed and tend to have spreading bases that form around the time daffodils and tulips are up, which would keep weeds down. After that, you nice flowers. Birds will love the thistly echinacea seeds. I wouldn't harvest anything for internal consumption from near a roadway, though. |
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kysheeplady
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Teri
KY
USA
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What do you plant with/on top of bulbs?
