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Lawn plant filler.
madpenguin
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Is there a small creeping (but controllable) evergreen plant that I could use on a couple of patches of lawn that never seem to take to seed or turf.
Next door has Helxine growing in a patch which looks good but I know this is not really good in lawns and I have to keep on top of it in the garden!
It needs to be something mowable,likes shade and dry and would only be at the edges.
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I think you may struggle to find an alternative that's mowable. In the back of my brain somewhere I recall grasses are the only plants that grow their leaves from the base. Plants generally grow from their tops, which you would mow-off quite frequently.
Chamomile may work, but not sure it likes shade
Billericay - Essex
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https://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/Heath_Pearlwort_Lawn/
http://www.lawnhealth.co.uk/lawn-weeds/identification/procumbent-pearlwort-sagina-procumbens/
That's an interesting one! I would probably use it if I was going to do a small lawn with no grass but don't know if it would be good as a 'filler'.
I have been doing some thinking and might go for ordinary lawn daisies!
I have given up on the idea of a perfect weed free lawn so have already pinched daisies from my Mum's lawn and transferred to mine,so I might pinch a few more and add to the bare spots at the edge!!
Sounds like a very good idea.
I believe there are other ways..
I have a geranium under a tree in the lawn it does quite well and I do go over the edges with the mower to 'prune' it
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I've left daisies in places where grass is struggling so sounds good to me.
I have daisies, clover, yarrow, ground ivy, self-heal, bird'sfoot trefoil, and any number of others
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