"David" wrote in message
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There's an area of waste land at the end of my garden. It's actually a
steep bank and is quite difficult to stand on it without sliding down. It's
covered with bramble plants and I've started cutting out the brambles. The
ground underneath is clear of weeds due to the bramble canopy. Is there
anything I could plant in the ground that would provide good ground cover,
keep the weeds down, and not grow too high, up to 20 feet would be alright.
I haven't money to buy plants, so I was thinking that maybe there's
something in the countryside that I could use like hawthorn, etc. Any
ideas?

Foxgloves, just start throwing the seed down now, but if you have only cut
down the brambles then you will have the brambles back by next year.
--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)