Replacement groundcover
 

In mid-March, after posting to this forum and reading many responses,
I planted 'Blue Star Creeper' in my partly-shaded garden.

The garden is 350-feet-square so I cut 612 plugs (each about 2 1/2"
square) from 17 flats and planted the plugs 8 inches apart.

For the first two months, the plugs looked great!

However, by mid-June -- 3 months after planting, only a dozen plugs
can be found and they look near-death. The other 600 plus have died
(in fact, I can find no evidence that they ever existed).

From the day the plugs were planted, I used an oscillating sprinkler
to water the garden:

Over the 3 months, the daytime temperatures have ranged from 55 to 95
degrees and the nighttime temperatures have ranged from 35 to 60
degrees.

During cool weather, I watered the garden at least every 3 days;
during warm weather, I watered every day.

Does anyone tell me what went so terribly wrong?

=====================

I now want to try a different flowering groundcover that grows under
six inches. What suggestions can you make?

Replacement groundcover
 

gary expounded:

In mid-March, after posting to this forum and reading many responses,
I planted 'Blue Star Creeper' in my partly-shaded garden.

The garden is 350-feet-square so I cut 612 plugs (each about 2 1/2"
square) from 17 flats and planted the plugs 8 inches apart.

For the first two months, the plugs looked great!

However, by mid-June -- 3 months after planting, only a dozen plugs
can be found and they look near-death. The other 600 plus have died
(in fact, I can find no evidence that they ever existed).

From the day the plugs were planted, I used an oscillating sprinkler
to water the garden:

Over the 3 months, the daytime temperatures have ranged from 55 to 95
degrees and the nighttime temperatures have ranged from 35 to 60
degrees.

During cool weather, I watered the garden at least every 3 days;
during warm weather, I watered every day.

Does anyone tell me what went so terribly wrong?

=====================

I now want to try a different flowering groundcover that grows under
six inches. What suggestions can you make?

Where are you? Are you in any of the areas listed on this webpage
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1892/index.html where 'Blue Star Creeper'
is supposed to grow well?
--
Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
e-mail address is not checked
******************************

Replacement groundcover
 

Hi Ann,

I'm Riverside, CA (about 60 miles east of Los Angeles).

My USDA Hardiness Zone 8b which is one of the areas listed on the
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1892/index.html page for the 'Blue Star
Creeper'.

Gary