Useful For Edging Herb: some cases, edging is purely ornamental, but in others it s needed to keep surface materials such as gravel and bark n place, and to keep soil from overflowing from the beds.
NOT ALL surfaces need to be edged but it often adds the finishing touch. Use bricks or tiles or, for a more informal, rustic effect, logs. Plants themselves can also be used as edging. Low clipped hedges of box go particularly well with brick or stone surfaces. Lavender is a more decorative choice and it can also be clipped into neat shapes.
Use edging around flowerbeds to stop the soil overflowing on to surrounding areas, especially gravel or paths laid with chipped bark. Edging also helps prevent the edges of hard surfaces breaking away or sinking.
Bricks set in a number of ways are commonly used for edging, as is stone, but you can also use logs in a woodland setting. Tiles also serve the purpose well.
Propagation and growing: treat sweet marjoram as a half-hardy annual. Sow seed under protection in early spring. Set out hardened-off plants in early summer in light but fertile soil in a sunny position. Sweet marjoram is useful for edging herb beds or raised beds of aromatic plants. Perennial species can be increased by cuttings of basal shoots taken in spring.See Also Edging Plants:READY-MADE panels are simply nailed between the posts. Prop each panel on bricks or offcuts of wood so that it is level before driving the nails home. You can prevent the panel edging plants from splitting by drilling pilot holes for the nails first.
You can also buy U-shaped brackets for nailing to the posts. These allow the panels to be dropped into place and then secured with nails driven through the brackets. Where cement posts are used, the panels simply slot in from the top.
Most ready-made panels are held together by short, thin nails or even staples, so if one needs shortening it is a relatively easy job to prise off the edging plants, cut the panel to length with a hand or power saw and nail the edging plants back on.
GOLD FIELDS are any of a group of annual, yel¬low-flowered plants mostly native to California. Gold fields make up the genus Baeria (sometimes called Actinolepis, Eriophyllum, or Hymenoxis) of the composite, or daisy, family (Compositae); there are more than 20 species. Some species are used for edging plants garden borders. Gold fields also make attractive dried cut flowers.
On The Other Hand See Small Edging:THESE FASCINATING roses have small flowers and a miniature stature suitable for, among other things, edging borders, planting in rock gardens and planting in containers. There are also dwarf polyantha roses characterized by their bushy, compact habit.
Many different types of container are available in clay, plastic and fiberglass. Stone urns can become special features, while wooden Tubs can liven up a dull patio. Hanging containers can be made from plastic, terracotta and different metals. As a general rule, pots with a diameter smaller than 9in should not be used for hot,dry situations. Some vases and urns, though attractive, have relatively small planting areas. Always check that they will give sufficient depth of soil or compost to accommodate plant root systems both in the center and at the edges—4in is only just sufficient for small edging plants.
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