Walkway Border Shrubs

The soft edges of the plant make it a perfect choice for borders in need of softening. Most ornamental thymes flower adding small specks of color in the summer and are relatively low maintenance plants.

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Walkway border shrubs

The low maintenance option is to spread organic mulch such as shredded bark. For example space a shrub that grows to 4 feet wide at least 2 feet from a walkway. The low maintenance drought tolerant flowering lady s mantle provides lovely groundcover in walkways or underneath trees.

12 perfect plants for walkways 1. Cranesbills are a beautiful touch to any pathway. A stone bench complements the color and style of the materials in the path.

Do you want to put a border between your walkway and lawn. Use it as a boxwood alternative for defining borders in your garden or as an attention grabbing walkway edge. Or maybe a plant border against the driveway.

When planting a border choose evergreen plants or a mix of plants. Fill in open ground between young shrubs with fast growing annuals and perennials space holders that provide temporary color and cover ground until the shrubs fill out. Dwarf shrubs for small spaces.

Scents and blooms steal the show along this lushly planted walkway. A north american native tiny tot thuja is an evergreen shrub that won t be available in garden centers until next spring. Ground cover is a simple option to fill in the border areas along walkways.

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