Plants for steep banks

Discover how to landscape on difficult terrains by planting forsythias, burning bush, spirea, creeping juniper, and other shrubs for slopes and erosion control.

How to plant a steep, sunny bank | The Telegraph

Banks are always a problem, when gardening: rain erodes the soil, while failing to actually water the plants, and it can be really hard to get a good coverage of plants going. In my experience, if terracing is not an option, it's best to get the shrubs in first, weeding around them until their roots are strongly established: then it's easier to get the understorey planted, once the shrubs can protect the smaller plants from rain. But I like a challenge... and I have one garden which…

With more extreme storms and weather, erosion control is a serious concern. Here is a list of perennial plants to protect your yard and soil.

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Browse short articles about planting banks and slopes to create coverage and soil stability from The Plant Company, the plant experts.

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Ground cover plants are excellent for a range of situations in the garden, from covering steep banks to brightening up bare patches of soil beneath trees and shrubs. Here we suggest our top tips and plants for creating ground cover in your garden.

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I wrote recently about establishing shrubs on slopes, with the throwaway comment that if terracing is not an option, establishing shrubs first is the easiest way to get started. Of course, that generated the question "How, exactly, do you establish a shrub on a steep slope when the soil keeps getting washed away by the rain?" Oh dear, slap on the wrist for me: this is exactly what I hate most about gardening columns, and gardening books: they blithely tell you what to do, without telling you…

If you're anything like me, you've dealt with those bare patches in your garden that just refuse to look good no matter what you try. Ground cover plants can

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