This fall I plan to plant equisetum in a planter built next to the pool. I am
making a larger pond and removing the pond from that planter box. That large
stand of horsetail will look beautiful and nothing will fall in the pool.

It's a structurally beautiful, jurassic plant.

Victoria


On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 08:13:37 +1000, "Peter Jason" opined:

Green concrete is the way to go.


"Amberbock" wrote in message
m...
Mint!... Cant get it out. I planted it without knowing it was so invasive
and now....
I'm pulling it out like mad!
Dorothy

"Dave Gower" wrote in message
...
I have an area in front of my house that is surrounded by driveway, so
any
plant would be confined no matter how invasive it is. Right now it is
full
of lilies of the valley, which are certainly invasive but they don't
like
it
there and get ratty looking by mid-summer.

So I'm looking for suggestions. Something different, interesting and
bullet-proof, requiring zero maintenance once established. Won't be
walked
on much by people, but dogs will use the area. It's raised and steeply
sloped so not easy to mow.

The area is 20 ft by 10 feet, east facing, partial sun, lots of water
off
a
porch roof. Zone 5 (Eastern Ontario). Sandy, well drained soil.

I saw a type of bamboo grass on a PBS gardening show, which is the kind
of
thing that might work. It looked quite attractive.

Any ideas?