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Default Low-growing rapid-spreading ground cover for poor, dry, stony, alkaline soil. (Sunny but windy, Southern plot)?

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Jim xzy wrote:
Jeff Layman wrote in
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8 possibilities he
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector...nm=&sn=188&as=
183&st=163&ms=166&aa=171&gdt=69&hg=135&op=2


Thank for the suggestions. The lavender and wormwood might suit. I'm also
very interested in these:


They would, but are not very low-growing. Winter savory and even
the marjorams are, but hyssop doesn't cover ground well. Those
(and the thymes) are all related, and all can handle those conditions.

Aegopodium Variegatum


Invasive.

Thymus coccineus


Similar ones include the native T. serpyllum, T. doefleri (sp?) and
others. All will do.

Delosperma cooperi (hardy ice plant)


Very tender. Maybe not your problem.

Vinca minor (periwinkle)


Doesn't handle drought well, but survives it. Invasive.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.