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Ground cover question.

Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
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I intend underplanting a shady area to help suppress weeds. I've ordered Bugle (Ajuga Reptans) and Sweet Woodruff (Asperula oderata).
If i plant them together, will one overwhelm the other, or should i plant them in different areas?
I think i know the answer, but it would be good to hear from others that have planted them.
Sunny Dundee

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  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    We have both and the sweet woodruff has spread into other areas but we don't mind. They grow well together but the bugle can take over and so has to be checked now and then. The insects love both plants.
  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
    bertrand-mabel said:
    We have both and the sweet woodruff has spread into other areas but we don't mind. They grow well together but the bugle can take over and so has to be checked now and then. The insects love both plants.
    I thought the taller Woodruff might swamp the Bugle, so good to hear that isn't the case. I'll mix them as i plant them then. Thanks.
    Sunny Dundee
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Our Sweet Woodruff has spread over quite a large area since the tree was pollarded and more light is reaching that corner. We don’t have much else in that corner, but it’s certainly not allowing any weeds to take hold. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
    Dovefromabove said:
    Our Sweet Woodruff has spread over quite a large area since the tree was pollarded and more light is reaching that corner. We don’t have much else in that corner, but it’s certainly not allowing any weeds to take hold. 
    Good to hear. Thanks.
    Sunny Dundee
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    As a bonus, a German friend makes the most wonderful drink from it

    https://germanfoods.org/recipes/green-maibowle/

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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