When you have the time to edge your flower bed, you may wonder if it's the best time of year to do so. Our expert shares the best time to install edging.

It’s time to level up your garden. Here's how to successfully edge your flower beds in four easy steps. Getty Images Edged flower beds aren’t necessary (though the best gardens have them), but ...

To keep grass from creeping into your flower beds, edging should be deep enough to block rhizomes. Typically, rhizomes grow just beneath the soil's surface, so burying your edging about 1 or 2 ...

The idea was to bury them in the ground to provide a guide and barrier between the lawn and flower beds. However, the combination of the different seasons and our soil the plastic never lasted long ...

Physical Methods to Prevent Grass from Creeping into Flower Beds. Adding edging or a physical barrier between a flower bed and the lawn can help discourage grass from leaping into the bed as it grows.

To prevent grasses from invading flower beds, the edging must extend at least 2 inches or more below the soil surface. Even then, the edging will require a certain degree of monitoring and routine ...

Good gardeners draw the fine line between flower beds and the rest of the garden in the most ingenious ways. Rocks, conch shells, glazed or terra-cotta tiles, low boxwood hedges, stout planks and ...

Then edge the bed and manage the weeds. You can cover the bed with clear plastic for 6 to 8 weeks during the hottest part of the growing season for non-chemical control of weeds.

Good gardeners draw the fine line between flower beds and the rest of the garden in the most ingenious ways. Rocks, conch shells, glazed or terra-cotta tiles, low boxwood hedges, stout planks and s… ...

Clint says to bury the edging at least 3-4" deep so that the underground rhizomes of the grass can't get through. But there are still above-ground stolons/runners that crawl and spread.

Most flower gardeners have either beds or borders or both. By definition, ... In formal gardens they are often edged in boxwood, but in cottage-style gardens, ...