Vines, Low-Growing Landscape Plants

Learn about ground covers, vines, low-growing annuals, perennials, herbs and other landscape plants. By "low-growing" I mean to exclude trees and tall shrubs. Intro to soil management, companion planting for landscape plants, sun and soil requirements for specific ground covers and other landscape plants, and the use of ground covers in areas with problems such as erosion included.

                Plants for Shaded Areas @Herb Plants (13)Annual Flowers (15)Unusual Landscape Plants (14)Ground Covers (23)Ornamental Grasses (5)Perennial Flowers (44)Wildflowers (5)Flowering Bulbs (5)Poisonous Plants (26)Gardening Books @Holiday Plants (15)Tropical Plants (22)Edible Landscape Plants (12)Vines (17) Types of Flowers: What to Grow Where Carefully matching the types of flowers you'll be growing with the space where they'll be growing is essential to sound landscaping. Light and soil requirements should always be considered before deciding which types of flowers to buy for your yard. Plant Pictures Each entry in this gallery of plant pictures is used as a representative for the whole group. When you click on one of the plants featured in the photo gallery, you'll be led to information about similar specimens and how to use them in your landscaping. Pictures of Vines Let these climbing vine pictures serve to generate ideas for your own landscaping. My pictures of vines include flowering types and evergreen types. 10 Full-Sun Plants Full-sun plants with drought-tolerance that are perennials are often perfect for rock gardens, for instance. Learn what qualifies as full-sun plants before you buy your perennials at the nursery. Vine Plants and Other Low-Growers An index to articles on groundcovers and other low-growing landscaping plants. Since lawn grass, shrubs and trees are covered elsewhere, these resources focus on other landscaping plants, such as annual flowers, perennials, vine plants and groundcovers. Vine Plants for Flowers, Groundcover: A Vine for Every Need For ground covers: vinca vine. For fall color: bittersweet. For hanging baskets: sweet potato vine. For disguising fences: morning glory. For eating: grapevines. For siding walls: Virginia creeper. For adorning lampposts: clematis. For rambling over walls: the "hummingbirds' favorite," trumpet vines. For erosion control: winter creeper. For arbors: wisteria vine. Plan for Sunny Perennial Beds: Drought-Tolerant Plants A low-maintenance, water-wise, yet still attractive plan for a sunny area calls for the use of drought-tolerant landscape plants. This article describes several perennials suitable for such a landscape plan, and a link is provided to a drawing of the landscape plan itself, showing how to arrange them. Photos of the perennial plants are included. Foliage Plants Colorful flowers look wonderful in a yard, but foliage plants boast a reliabilty that colorful flowers do not. You can count on foliage plants to "be there for you," long after blooms have faded. Climbing Hydrangea Vines Some landscape plants are problem solvers: they seem to fill a need that many homeowners have scratched their heads over. Climbing hydrangeas are just such a plant. They're an answer to a question I've been asked numerous times: What flowering vine will thrive in a shady area? Landscape Plants by Color: Flower Photos This article provides an introduction to the application of color theory in landscaping, as well as links to flower photos, grouped by color (not all the examples covered are low-growing, as the article aims at offering a diversity of plant types). Made in the Shade: Shade Gardening Made Easy There's a shade plant suitable for every landscape design need. Don't fight the shade, trying to grow sun-loving plants there: take the easy, sensible approach, and plant shade plants there! Tips on shade gardening for do it yourselfers. Salvia Flowers Although the scarlet version of these landscape plants is the best known, salvia flowers do come in other colors, including blue, white, salmon, pink, purple, lavender, burgundy and orange. Salvia flowers, in their native lands, are perennials. What Factors Influence Site Selection for Landscape Plants? Site selection is critical for those who want to grow landscape plants successfully. Proper site selection for landscape plants can minimize maintenance hassles later