Ornamental Horticulture

Carpet beds

The art of growing ground cover plants closely and trimming them to a design or alphabetical letters is called a carpet bed. Colourful foliage as edge plants is found to be more suitable for this purpose.
Plants for carpet beds should possess the following characteristics:

1. Perennial in nature
2. Should have quick recuperative quality
3. Should withstand frequent pruning
4. Should withstand summer sun and heavy rains
5. Should withstand drought e.g. Alternenthera