Spreaders can be good. If they can be easily tugged out, it's always good to have a few spreaders to fill up spaces that might otherwise be susceptible to less easily removed weeds. Or things like Aquilegia that don't really swamp other plants and can be allowed to move around a bit.
Exactly what I'm looking for! Any ideas for decent spreaders to fill out the back of a border (looking for height of 1.2m and upwards)? I've been considering Eupatorium Chocolate as I like the dark leaf colour (front of border is Helenium Moerheim Beauty, VB and grasses such as Calamagrostis Karl Foerster).
I just need something to spread itself along the back - happy to pull up spreaders that encroach onto the front part of the border!
Edited to add: It's against a SW facing wall so plenty of afternoon sunshine, nice moist loamy soilÂ
@didyw Lily-of-the-valley was here when we came, growing (or clinging, almost)Â on a very steep hedgebank. The soil is saturated in winter and early spring but bone dry in summer. I once saw it in someone's garden which had natural limestone pavement. The Lily-of-the-valley grew in one of the narrow, water-worn grikes in the limestone, completely filling it. I guess there too, wet in winter, dry in summer. But usefully confined by rock!
Here I am waiting for the weather to get a bit warmer before I plant out the lily of the valley I purchased 🙈 looks like I'll have to find a pot for it instead of planting in groundÂ
I can’t get Japanese anemone going, but I’m going to have another go now I’ve moved. The festuca and the white allium look lovely in Google photos. I didn’t know allium could be a pita apart from the yellow one Moly, don’t like that, but I’m a bit anti-yellow.Â
Lysimachia Firecracker- runs like mad! thankfully easy to pull out but had made it to the lawn so will see what happens now- am about to plant some Lilly of the Valley- may have to reconsider. Love the comments about plant sales- so very very true. I am very intrigued by the grass like Aliums- this seems to be the first year I have hundreds of them. Do they have a specific name? will they flower?
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I just need something to spread itself along the back - happy to pull up spreaders that encroach onto the front part of the border!
Edited to add: It's against a SW facing wall so plenty of afternoon sunshine, nice moist loamy soilÂ
@B3 brilliant! I'm going to save that one for next year's April Fools