dry garden groundcovers - anyone?
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Groundcover rose for dry, steep, western facing hillside
Comments (4)Google "Earth Kind" roses - there are universities in various places that have tested roses with nothing - no spraying, no food, and no additional water after the first year. The Earth Kind roses are the ones that did well with that. After you find that list, I would look each one up to see if it is low enough for your purposes. Remember, even those roses will need water to get established for the first summer or two. Jackie...See MoreLooking for Invaisive Groundcover for Dry Shade
Comments (17)Another that will spread wildly in dry shade is euphorbia -- robbii or chameleon are both good. They have neat succulent foliage, a bit less than a foot tall, with a cluster of chartreuse green (robbii) or maroon (chameleon) brachts above most of the summer. One plant will make a three foot circle in a summer. I am currently digging a bunch of e. robbii out of my iris beds, so let me know if you want it and I'll send you as much as you'd like -- I love it under my pinetrees up the slope. LynnT...See MoreHas Anyone Used Cranesbill as a Groundcover?
Comments (0)I have a pretty big hillside that I need to plant with some type of ground cover. The site has clay soil and gets several hours of direct sun in the morning but then it gets dappled sun for the remainder of the day. Does anyone out there in GardenWeb land have any hints for the use of Cranesbill as groundcover? I'm also wondering where to buy it, etc. Does it attract hummingbirds at all? I'm thinking of the Rozanne Cranesbill and then maybe a pink variety also. Your thoughts?...See MoreGroundcovers for self weeding gardens.
Comments (11)I'd like to see a moss that keeps weeds out - I spend a lot of time weeding mossy areas, and I can tell you from experience that it's much more difficult than weeding a mulched area. I have some violets, but they travel a lot more than I'd like; I really don't like them in the lawn, which is already full of dandelions, and I think a plant that spreads that widely is more of a pest than it's worth. Vinca definitely does not keep out grass - or maple seedlings. Furthermore, it climbs up shrubs, which looks really messy. I'm an informal gardener, and tend to let things grow "naturally" and have found vinca in mixed beds (i.e. shrubs, trees, and perennials) is a mistake, at least for my style of gardening. Maybe someone who LIKES to weed and trim would enjoy it more... the flowers are nice, the foliage is pretty, but I'll take European ginger or hellebores, any day of the week instead. Groundcovers are good. They're not a panacea, though, and we should be honest about their shortcomings. Too many magazines gloss over the problems and make promises that are simply not realistic - maybe we're so used to seeing that kind of "plant promotion" in print that we tend to do it ourselves; let's not....See MoreNeed2SeeGreen 10 (SoCal)
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