A thing to bear in mind is that groundcover plants cover ground. They are usually thugs and when they've covered their allotted spot, they continue to spread
Broad beans. Tried, but each time they got covered with aphids. Admittedly, this year we had enough beans for a couple of meals, but I'd have been better off buying some at the local farm shop. I've promised myself I won't try to grow them again - until I forget.
@rowlandscastle444 I'm growing French Dwarf beans this year and although they're still quite small, they're still getting aphids. Saturday evening I was out there with a paintbrush and bowl of water taking them and their spawn for a swim.
@Lizzie27 I so feel your pain! I took a piece of hardy geranium St. Ola from my old garden, to plant in the new one. Flipping plant sends out runners everywhere and smothers any other ground cover I try to establish. I have to pull out yards and yards of root because even if I leave a titchy bit, it’ll return. Akin to ground elder!
Oooh... I have that (St. Ola) all over my garden. To be honest it is so low, and so tidy (if you trim it after flowering) that I have never been concerned about it.
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour".
I put a plum (well gage really) tree in the wrong place. The fruit is delicious but the tree is way too large and the suckering is becoming unmanageable. Suckers have now reached my house about 5-6m from the trunk but suspiciously close to the route of a drain. I think it probably has to come out. I'm sad as it was a present and had to live in a pot for a few years before I had a garden and I just didn't think long-term enough before planting it out.
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Admittedly, this year we had enough beans for a couple of meals, but I'd have been better off buying some at the local farm shop.
I've promised myself I won't try to grow them again - until I forget.
I so feel your pain!
I took a piece of hardy geranium St. Ola from my old garden, to plant in the new one. Flipping plant sends out runners everywhere and smothers any other ground cover I try to establish. I have to pull out yards and yards of root because even if I leave a titchy bit, it’ll return. Akin to ground elder!