The Top 10 Things to know about Plants

A large area of land covered by grasses with very few trees is called plain. Explanation: A plain is a large flat area of land with very few trees on it.

Frequency: The definition of a prairie is a large open area of grassland. An extensive flat or rolling area dominated by grasses, especially the grasslands that once covered much of central North America.

A grassland is a biome, an area of land that mostly has grasses.

greenness. noun. the quality of an area that has a lot of grass, plants or trees.

• There are about a quarter million different plant species.
• They dominate ecosystems all over the Earth.
• They release life giving oxygen into the environment.
• They have organs.
• They move.
• They make their own food.
• They communicate.
• They make plant babies in weird and wonderful ways.

bloom. noun. a lot of flowers or plants together.

pasture Add to list Share. As a noun, a pasture is a field where animals such as horses and cattle can graze, or feed. Pasture can also refer to the grasses or other plants that grow in a pasture.

Shady locations benefit from: Japanese Pachysandra. Vinca. Beach Strawberry….Either seed the area with wildflowers native to your region or choose some ornamental perennials that are hardy to your area such as:

• Violets.
• Daylilies.
• Deadnettle.
• Roses.
• Spring bulbs.
• Coneflower.
• Russian Sage.

Our Favorite Flowering Ground Covers

• Bugleweed (Ajuga reptans)
• Canadian anemone (Anemone canadensis)
• Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens)
• Creeping Phlox (Phlox subulata)
• Creeping Thyme (Thymus serphyllum)
• Deadnettle (Lamium maculatum)
• Hosta (Hosta sieboldiana)
• Horned Violet (Viola cornuta)

Spreading from stolons (underground stems), it will grow into a colony about 2 feet across in a couple of years. Not as aggressive as some, you may want to spread it around; that’s easy to do, just plunge your trowel into the earth and take a hunk (making sure that you have some of the roots).

Some of the best varieties are the non culinary types, such as red creeping thyme, mother-of-thyme, and wooly thyme. All three grow as dense mats of pretty foliage. Another bonus: Thyme is deer- and rabbit-resistant.

If you’ve got spaces between raised beds and you just don’t want grass there, plant a ground cover instead. You won’t have to fight with weeds or irritating grasses, and they’re easier to maintain. Ground cover plants can really look lovely surrounding stepping stones or pathways.

Wildflowers generally don’t choke out anything, except themselves when they are planted too heavily. If the “weeds” in question are grasses, then the answer is quite simple. You can spray the area with “Grass Getter” which will kill the grass, but not harm your wildflowers.

Wild Flora into Grass: In an ideal world, all wildflower sowings should be made into clean, weed-free ground. However, it is possible, given time, to introduce species into established grass.

There is no need to remove the dead grass—just dig it in along with whatever amendments and extra soil you have added. The dead grass will naturally decompose and add nutrients to the soil.

Spray the unwanted grass with herbicide appropriate for the situation. A non-selective herbicide such as glyphosate can offer excellent control of grass growing by itself or all plants in an area where you wish to kill all vegetation. Thoroughly cover the grass foliage with herbicide, but not to the point of runoff.

Landscape fabric can kill grass if used properly. Gardeners can use landscape fabric to kill large areas of grassy weed growth without employing herbicides that may harm surrounding plants.

Remove turf from narrow, hard-to-water strips and replace it with pretty, drought-tolerant plants. Remove turf from between and behind shrubs; replace it with mulch. Remove a few feet of the grass along the driveway and sidewalk.

Roll weed cloth over the soil before planting the xeriscape. Cut holes in the cloth for the plantings. Add 3 to 4 inches of mulch to the xeriscape. While mulch does not eliminate weeds, it limits weed growth.

The most thorough way to get rid of grass is to physically remove it, roots and all, using a spade or shovel. Alternatively, you can use a sod cutter, but in any case, you have to pick up the chunks or strips of grass and shake off the soil.