Ground cover for marginal area
Will S
10 months ago
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Ground cover for very large area
Comments (4)I found a link in my search for ground covers. Jeepers Creepers website. unsure of the reliability but this site has a lot of covers. I suggest you do research regarding invasiveness and other factors. Here is a link that might be useful: plants that you can walk on...See MoreGround cover ideas/help for large area
Comments (6)Funny enough, I just planted some Sedum ternatum which prefers part shade. I'm not sure how it would do in dense shade. It's also a US native, which I was very excited to discover. It has such a pretty shape to it. I planted it on the north side of my house and it seems to be doing well so far. I included a link about it below. Here is a link that might be useful: Sedum ternatum...See MoreSweet Potato Ground Cover in DFW area
Comments (7)Because Winter freezes are a threat to the vines, maybe it would be better to plan on a Spring project for these. In February you might buy some big sweet p. at the grocery store and stand them up inside a tall glass that is half filled with water. The glasses are placed inside near a sunny window, and the new shoots and roots will start developing. When the shoots become 6 to 8 inches tall, they can be broken off and planted in separate tall cups with potting soil and likewise kept inside near a sunny window. They will root and grow some. Once the last frost is done, the rooted shoots can be transplanted into good, fertile organic soil and they will soon enough have vines growing everywhere. The clipped vines can be cooked like spinach and are good eating....See MoreNeed advice on irritating large area of ground cover
Comments (5)Where are you located? Common bacopa is really Sutera cordata, an annual in most climates except those that are frost free. True bacopa, Bacopa monnieri, aka waterhyssop, is an aquatic species, native to wetlands. Neither would make a very good permanent ground cover and both would require copious irrigation to flourish. An inch of water daily is a heavy requirement for a groundcover!! The best GC's are those that you can plant and forget after a short period of establishment. A more permanent, evergreen and very drought tolerant groundcover would be a better choice but would need to know where exactly you are located to make a suitable suggestion....See MoreWill S
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