Growing Great Groundcovers
Whether you’re tired of mowing, dealing with shady spots where a lawn will not grow, or just want a low-growing plant for the landscape, groundcovers might be the solution you are looking for! Join us in this episode to find out some of our favorite groundcovers for central Florida yards.
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Your garden checklist
Locate a place in your landscape that is in need of a great groundcover. Once you have done that, use UF/IFAS information (and what we provided in today’s podcast) to select a groundcover that will work in that place. Let us know how you are growing a great groundcover by tagging us @PolkGardening on Facebook or Instagram.
Learn more
- Find your local UF/IFAS Extension office
- If you are not in Polk County, Contact your local UF/IFAS Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Plant Clinic
- Your Central Florida Yard newsletter
- Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @PolkGardening
- Groundcovers
- Florida peperomia (Peperomia obtusifolia)
- FFL Plant Guide
- FFL Lawn Ornaments (Groundcovers)
For more information, contact UF/IFAS Extension Polk County at (863) 519-1041 or visit us online at http://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/polk. The Plant Clinic is open Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-4:00 pm to answer your gardening and landscaping questions. Give us a call or email us at polkmg@ifas.ufl.edu.
If you are not in Polk County, Contact your local UF/IFAS Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Plant Clinic.
The Florida Master Gardener Volunteer Program is a volunteer-driven program that benefits UF/IFAS Extension and the citizens of Florida. The program extends the vision of the University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, all the while protecting and sustaining natural resources and environmental systems, enhancing the development of human resources, and improving the quality of human life through the development of knowledge in agricultural, human and natural resources and making that knowledge accessible.
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