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What would be the hardiest groundcovers to use next to a sal****er swimming pool in
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wrote in message ... What would be the hardiest groundcovers to use next to a sal****er swimming pool in Sydney? It is a sunny position. I want a dense groundcover to stop the weeds. Capers (Capparis spinosa rupestris) grows to a metre Lomandra native mat rush NZ Spinach Santolina |
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... What would be the hardiest groundcovers to use next to a sal****er swimming pool in Sydney? It is a sunny position. I want a dense groundcover to stop the weeds. i have some purple ajuga (aka bugle flower) which is the hardiest, most weed-excluding ground cover i have ever seen. it doesn't care if you walk on it (although you'd eventually wear a path, i suppose). possible points against: when flowering, it's covered in bees, & some people seem to attract bees, which could be comical (yet unfortunate) near a swimming pool. i'm also unsure how it feels about salt, but considering its general unstoppability, i'd say that's not too much of a problem (particularly since it wouldn't get _that_ much salt on it). ground-covering verbenas are also pretty vigorous & basically impossible to kill, but don't exclude weeds quite so effectively. kylie |
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What would be the hardiest groundcovers to use next to a sal****er swimming pool in Sydney? It is a sunny position. I want a dense groundcover to stop the weeds. Wandering Jew, if it can be contained http://www.weeds.asn.au/weeds/txts/wand_jew.htm -- Anne Chambers South Australia anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com |
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On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:43:46 +1000, "David Hare-Scott" wrote:
What would be the hardiest groundcovers to use next to a sal****er swimming pool in Sydney? It is a sunny position. I want a dense groundcover to stop the weeds. How far from the pool? Will it experience the patter of little feet? What is the soil like? What have you tried there? It is a new pool, I had 5 m of garden mix delivered so the soil will be very good. I haven't tried anything yet, but the plants will be between 1 and 2 m from the pool so they will probably get splashed. There are things that will grow in salty soil but they are not likely to take foot traffic and they are not that dense that they will exclude everything else. Maybe somebody else can name a miracle plant that will do the job but I would be thinking of astroturf or pavers. I had one idea in case people tread on them, juniperus conferta, very spiky! :-) |
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On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:37:43 +0800, Loosecanon wrote:
Lomandra native mat rush Is there a beach version of this? The ones I know are fresh water only and all have spiky tips and can cut hands if you are not careful. that is the large easy to grow ones. the lovely small ones do mat well, but are exceedingly slow growing and I'm sure they are not impact resistant. |
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"terryc" wrote in message ... On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:37:43 +0800, Loosecanon wrote: Lomandra native mat rush Is there a beach version of this? The ones I know are fresh water only and all have spiky tips and can cut hands if you are not careful. that is the large easy to grow ones. the lovely small ones do mat well, but are exceedingly slow growing and I'm sure they are not impact resistant. Probably no beach version but they grow in sand and clay. They can handle wet and dry conditions. They are not growing in the pool so should be able to handle the occassional overflow from bombies. My experience is that they grow quick and tuft out but maybe that is Perth's climate being ideal. I have seen these cut down to 15cm and back up to normal height in a year. They are at a medium height so would detract people walking on them. You can mulch around them to which will keep the weeds down until they are established. |
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On 16/06/2010 4:23 PM, Anne Chambers wrote:
wrote: What would be the hardiest groundcovers to use next to a sal****er swimming pool in Sydney? It is a sunny position. I want a dense groundcover to stop the weeds. Wandering Jew, if it can be contained http://www.weeds.asn.au/weeds/txts/wand_jew.htm No wandering jew please. It will takeover. Try some of the low growing Aussie native plants. Eremophila maculata "Spotted Emu-Brush" Arid Outback A compact rounded shrub 4'x4'. Narrow shiny green leaves and spotted long red tubular flowers winter and spring. Followed by glossy oval fruits. Grows well in light to medium soil in full sun or partial shade, an attractive rockery and tub plant. Well established in Phoenix gardens. Plant In clusters for best effect. |
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What would be the hardiest groundcovers to use next to a sal****er swimming pool in Sydney? It is a sunny position. I want a dense groundcover to stop the weeds. Harbourside, couch grows in the beach sand where it now and then gets covered with salt water. Buffalo does well on soil which occasionally gets inundated by salt water. Pennywort seems to thrive in wet soil very close to the waterline. -- John Savage (my news address is not valid for email) |
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On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:17:56 GMT, "0tterbot" wrote:
wrote in message .. . What would be the hardiest groundcovers to use next to a sal****er swimming pool in Sydney? It is a sunny position. I want a dense groundcover to stop the weeds. i have some purple ajuga (aka bugle flower) which is the hardiest, most weed-excluding ground cover i have ever seen. it doesn't care if you walk on it (although you'd eventually wear a path, i suppose). possible points against: when flowering, it's covered in bees, & some people seem to attract bees, which could be comical (yet unfortunate) near a swimming pool. Or quite disasterous and deadly, if someone is, or becomes allergic to bee stings. i'm also unsure how it feels about salt, but considering its general unstoppability, i'd say that's not too much of a problem (particularly since it wouldn't get _that_ much salt on it). ground-covering verbenas are also pretty vigorous & basically impossible to kill, but don't exclude weeds quite so effectively. kylie |
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Anne Chambers wrote:
wrote: On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:30:50 +1000, wrote: What would be the hardiest groundcovers to use next to a sal****er swimming pool in Sydney? It is a sunny position. I want a dense groundcover to stop the weeds. Concrete ?? Painted green ? Green paint will wear off and require re-painting. Add green colour to the concrete and it will last forever. David |
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