looking for a gd ground cover plant?grass for a woodland garden its on a slope acidic soil ,stoney and soil is clay like in colour spent all last summer weeding it now want to prevent it coming back there are other plants there aswell that im keeping
I have a mixture of groundcover plants on a shady bank with acidic soil, and let them fight it out for supremacy... Ajuga reptans, Bugle, is reliable and comes in variegated as well as purpley-green forms. I have oak fern, Gymnocarpium dryopteris, which spreads by underground stolons; it's not evergreen but its lacey fronds (only 6" tall) add to the overall effect. Gaultheria procumbens is evergreen and spreads to cover a considerable area in time, with bright red berries. Geranium macrorrhizum is evergreen and low-growing - you'll either love or hate the smell of the leaves! Mine flowers in dense shade. I also have Viola labradorica and a pink form of the wild dog violet, and also hardy cyclamen in the mix. In one area I just let the moss grow, and weed out other things. Funnily enough, I had the pink variegated deadnettle (Lamium) because it looked stunning growing with Ajuga 'Burgundy Glow', as ground cover under Rosa glauca, but it died. I didn't know you could kill deadnettle...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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How rampant do you want it? Vinca (periwinkle), Pachysandra terminalis, Bergenia cordifolia Purpurea, Epimediums.
I have variegated dead nettle. I love the foliage and will look great in a woodland garden. It will grow in heavy, acidic soil.
I have a mixture of groundcover plants on a shady bank with acidic soil, and let them fight it out for supremacy... Ajuga reptans, Bugle, is reliable and comes in variegated as well as purpley-green forms. I have oak fern, Gymnocarpium dryopteris, which spreads by underground stolons; it's not evergreen but its lacey fronds (only 6" tall) add to the overall effect. Gaultheria procumbens is evergreen and spreads to cover a considerable area in time, with bright red berries. Geranium macrorrhizum is evergreen and low-growing - you'll either love or hate the smell of the leaves! Mine flowers in dense shade. I also have Viola labradorica and a pink form of the wild dog violet, and also hardy cyclamen in the mix. In one area I just let the moss grow, and weed out other things. Funnily enough, I had the pink variegated deadnettle (Lamium) because it looked stunning growing with Ajuga 'Burgundy Glow', as ground cover under Rosa glauca, but it died. I didn't know you could kill deadnettle...
cheers guys i like the look of them especially the dead nettles might mix them up a bit
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