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It s hard to know what to plant on a slope. Slopes that are too steep to safely mow can become eroded and turn into an eyesore filled with weeds and invasive flowers and shrubs.
The key is to select the right plants for the slope and to maintain them well. Here are some plants to consider.
Most gardeners want low growing, creeping plants to cover a slope, but not turn into a jungle. For shrubs, one of the best are low growing junipers. Varieties, such as Blue Rug and Bar Harbor , slowly spread over time. The evergreen foliage breaks the rain so less erosion occurs and it blocks the light so fewer weeds germinate. Gro Low Sumac is a colorful creeping shrub. This sumac has deciduous leaves, and the stems creep and root along a slope holding the soil. The foliage turns a brilliant red in fall. Forsythia and cotoneaster are good bank holders. For best results, choose dwarf forsythia, such as Arnold s Dwarf , and cotoneasters, such as Little Gem , that only grow a few feet
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While we re still a good month away from starting tomato seeds indoors, it s not too early to plan what varieties to grow. Growing tomato plants from seed indoors is easy if you have a light setup. They only take about 6 weeks of indoor growing to be ready to plant and you get to choose from a wide range of varieties.
One of the problems gardeners often encounter with tomato plants are leaf blight diseases. Luckily, there are a number of early and late blight tolerant and resistant varieties on the market. So, try some of these this year in your garden.