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clearing garden bed for new plants

donnas_gw
16 years ago

I have a large flower bed where several years ago I planted snapdragons and gladiolia bulbs. The snapdragons drop their seeds like crazy and it seems like I'm never going to get rid of all of the little ones that pop up every year. I've tried to remove all of the gladiolia bulbs (largest ones), but I can't get rid of the small bulbs that seem to multiply every year. I don't have anything against either of these flowers. I want to do something different with this flower bed. I want some type of shrub or conifer that is going to pretty much be maintainance free, but I know that snapdragons and gladiolas are going to pop up everywhere after I've planted whatever I've chosen. What should I do, line the flower bed with layers of newspaper first or something else? Will that take care of the little shoots for good? Bottom line is, I want a "clean" flowerbed to start with this spring. Please give me some advice. Thank you.

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