Control grass growing in your flower beds before it depletes resources your plants need. From installing edging to adding a layer of mulch, here's what to do.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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… ...

Q: I moved here from dry West Texas. Last summer I built beds for my new home with metal edging, but they stay wet. G.T.,Spring A: Beds raised 6 or more inches provide better drainage in our ...

Have you noticed that grass refuses to thrive in your lawn, but it's lush and green in your flower beds? Unless you’re ready to give up the blooms and create another area to mow, the grass has ...