NOURISHED BY NATURE IN SITKA, ALASKA... GARDENING, FISHING, HUNTING, GATHERING, PREPARING AND PRESERVING
FLOWERS - GROUND COVERS My definition of a GROUND COVER is any low growing perennial plant that spreads out, a little or a lot, and maintains a healthy, dense cover throughout the season. Once established, ground covers only require a bit of fertilizer in spring and, of course, a little weeding. I can't help but admire and appreciate the tenacity of ground covers. So many reappear year after year requiring so little effort on my part. We are fortunate to have a lot of workable ground around our home. As with most property in this part of the world, it did not start out that way. An immense amount of energy went into clearing, terracing, stacking wall rock, soil building and soil enrichment. After decades of dedicated labor, most of the ground around our home has transformed into vegetable gardens, flower beds, berry patches and areas with fruit trees. Round and about all of this are perennial flowers and lots of ground covers. The ground cover plants fill openings in ...