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10-02-2007, 04:53 PM
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Which ground covers will spread fast?
Hello,
Which of these potential ground covers will spread fast? Which will take over grass? (Yes, I want them to do both!) lobelia irish moss scotch moss baby tears alyssum boston ivy virginia creeper Chrysogonum virginianum golden star vinca creeping phlox Ceratostigma plumbaginoides conditions: USDA zone 4/5 (old reckoning) USDA zone 6 (new reckoning) AHS heat zone 4/5 Sunset zone 43 dark organic/clay soil half shade, half sun Thank you!! Ted Shoemaker certified Gray Thumb |
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10-02-2007, 06:02 PM
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Which ground covers will spread fast?
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Hello, Which of these potential ground covers will spread fast? Which will take over grass? (Yes, I want them to do both!) lobelia irish moss scotch moss baby tears alyssum boston ivy virginia creeper Chrysogonum virginianum golden star vinca creeping phlox Ceratostigma plumbaginoides conditions: USDA zone 4/5 (old reckoning) USDA zone 6 (new reckoning) AHS heat zone 4/5 Sunset zone 43 dark organic/clay soil half shade, half sun Thank you!! Ted Shoemaker certified Gray Thumb On my property Virginia creeper from your list is quite effective at spreading over territory. Vinca is less so but at least offers some blue flowers. But the winner here is English ivy which I have to treat like the weed that it is but spraying it with "industrial-strength" herbicides scarcely inconvenience it and manually ripping it out by the roots is nearly impossible. -- John McGaw [Knoxville, TN, USA] http://johnmcgaw.com |
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12-02-2007, 12:02 AM
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Which ground covers will spread fast?
On Feb 10, 8:53 am, "
wrote: Hello, Which of these potential ground covers will spread fast? Which will take over grass? (Yes, I want them to do both!) lobelia irish moss scotch moss baby tears alyssum boston ivy virginia creeper Chrysogonum virginianum golden star vinca creeping phlox Ceratostigma plumbaginoides conditions: USDA zone 4/5 (old reckoning) USDA zone 6 (new reckoning) AHS heat zone 4/5 Sunset zone 43 dark organic/clay soil half shade, half sun Thank you!! Ted Shoemaker certified Gray Thumb Lobelia and alyssum are annuals and I wouldn't reccomend irish & scotch moss ans baby tears need some shade, a lot of water and are slow phlox is slow and not aggressive vinca is aggressive almost to the point of ivy wich can be a noctious weed boston ivy is decidious my suggestion would be http://toptropicals.com/pics/garden/m1/bel/ myoporum_parvifolium2359.jpg http://www.nnvesj.org/Ed10/DefSpace.htm This is a good plant and easy to grow. If you tip prune it it will spread much faster |
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12-02-2007, 01:46 AM
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Which ground covers will spread fast?
On Feb 11, 4:02 pm, wrote:
On Feb 10, 8:53 am, " wrote: Hello, Which of these potential ground covers will spread fast? Which will take over grass? (Yes, I want them to do both!) lobelia irish moss scotch moss baby tears alyssum boston ivy virginia creeper Chrysogonum virginianum golden star vinca creeping phlox Ceratostigma plumbaginoides conditions: USDA zone 4/5 (old reckoning) USDA zone 6 (new reckoning) AHS heat zone 4/5 Sunset zone 43 dark organic/clay soil half shade, half sun Thank you!! Ted Shoemaker certified Gray Thumb Lobelia and alyssum are annuals and I wouldn't reccomend irish & scotch moss ans baby tears need some shade, a lot of water and are slow phlox is slow and not aggressive vinca is aggressive almost to the point of ivy wich can be a noctious weed boston ivy is decidious my suggestion would behttp://toptropicals.com/pics/garden/m1/bel/ myoporum_parvifolium2359.jpghttp://www.nnvesj.org/Ed10/DefSpace.htm This is a good plant and easy to grow. If you tip prune it it will spread much faster Yes Myoporum is all that. Unfortunately it will not make it in zone 6 winters. Neither will Baby Tears. Irish and Scotch moss are the same plant: Sagina subulata Not many groundcovers are going to out compete grass. Lamium, maybe. Emilie Emilie NorCal |
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15-02-2007, 08:07 PM
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Which ground covers will spread fast?
On Feb 10, 11:53 am, "
wrote: Hello, Which of these potential ground covers will spread fast? Which will take over grass? (Yes, I want them to do both!) lobelia irish moss scotch moss baby tears alyssum boston ivy virginia creeper Chrysogonum virginianum golden star vinca creeping phlox Ceratostigma plumbaginoides conditions: USDA zone 4/5 (old reckoning) USDA zone 6 (new reckoning) AHS heat zone 4/5 Sunset zone 43 dark organic/clay soil half shade, half sun Thank you!! Ted Shoemaker certified Gray Thumb Virgina creeper and Boston ivy are fast growers and can tolerare the partial shade conditions you have. Good Luck http://www.gardenlistings.com |
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17-02-2007, 05:48 AM
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Which ground covers will spread fast?
On 15 Feb 2007 12:07:36 -0800, "riverbirch" wrote:
On Feb 10, 11:53 am, " wrote: Hello, Which of these potential ground covers will spread fast? Which will take over grass? (Yes, I want them to do both!) lobelia irish moss scotch moss baby tears alyssum boston ivy virginia creeper Chrysogonum virginianum golden star vinca creeping phlox Ceratostigma plumbaginoides conditions: USDA zone 4/5 (old reckoning) USDA zone 6 (new reckoning) AHS heat zone 4/5 Sunset zone 43 dark organic/clay soil half shade, half sun Thank you!! Ted Shoemaker certified Gray Thumb Virgina creeper and Boston ivy are fast growers and can tolerare the partial shade conditions you have. Good Luck http://www.gardenlistings.com But my Boston Ivy goes dormant in "winter". * Wouldn't you want full-time duty? *I'm in So Calif coastal. Persephone |
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21-02-2007, 05:41 PM
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Which ground covers will spread fast?
On Feb 16, 11:48 pm, Persephone wrote:
But my Boston Ivy goes dormant in "winter". * Wouldn't you want full-time duty? One of the appeals of Boston Ivy is the fact that it's deciduous. In autumn it's a brilliant red. Since I live in Wisconsin (where winter, they say, is the best 8 months of the year), I don't care what the plants look like under the snow. That applies to the baby tears and other plants in the original post, too. If they brown off, will they revive in the spring? That's okay. Or will they self-sow? That's okay, too. Are they gone forever? That is the undesirable situation. Thanks for all replies. Ted Shoemaker Zone 4/5 (old reckoning) Zone 6 (new reckoning) |
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