Hi, does anyone know of any plants that I can plant between paving slabs on my patio, something low growing, can cope with being walked on a bit, the patio is full sun most of the day so would get very hot.

Thanks

ld0121 wrote:
Hi, does anyone know of any plants that I can plant between paving slabs
on my patio, something low growing, can cope with being walked on a bit,
the patio is full sun most of the day so would get very hot.

How wide are the gaps between slabs?

Una

On 5/23/10 7:44 AM, Una wrote:
ld0121 wrote:
Hi, does anyone know of any plants that I can plant between paving slabs
on my patio, something low growing, can cope with being walked on a bit,
the patio is full sun most of the day so would get very hot.

How wide are the gaps between slabs?

Una

And where are you? That is, what is your climate?

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Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean
influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19)
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ld0121 wrote:
Hi, does anyone know of any plants that I can plant between paving slabs
on my patio, something low growing, can cope with being walked on a bit,
the patio is full sun most of the day so would get very hot.

Thanks





Creeping thyme or moss.

gloria p

Hi, the gaps are about 2 inches wide

Not far from Birmingham, but the patio gets full sun for most of the day, so can get very hot.

gloria.p wrote:
ld0121 wrote:
Hi, does anyone know of any plants that I can plant between paving
slabs on my patio, something low growing, can cope with being walked
on a bit, the patio is full sun most of the day so would get very
hot.

Thanks





Creeping thyme or moss.

gloria p

How is moss going to grow in mostly full sun where it gets very hot?

David

David Hare-Scott wrote:
gloria.p wrote:
ld0121 wrote:
Hi, does anyone know of any plants that I can plant between paving
slabs on my patio, something low growing, can cope with being walked
on a bit, the patio is full sun most of the day so would get very
hot.
Thanks





Creeping thyme or moss.

gloria p

How is moss going to grow in mostly full sun where it gets very hot?

David


Mea culpa. You are right about the moss. Any other suggestions?

gloria p

ld0121 wrote:
Hi, the gaps are about 2 inches wide

And where are you? Western Europe, northeastern Australia, southern
California?

Una

Birmingham UK

Una wrote:
ld0121 wrote:
Hi, does anyone know of any plants that I can plant between paving slabs
on my patio, something low growing, can cope with being walked on a bit,
the patio is full sun most of the day so would get very hot.

How wide are the gaps between slabs?

Una

My response here is completely OT, but your name reminds me of a story
of a friend who was a clerk in the Army.

They started getting a lot of paperwork that was stamped: UNA

Now, what did that mean? Use No Abbreviations!

I imagine your name has a different origin :-)

Jeff

In article , ld0121
wrote:

Birmingham UK

and?
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- Billy
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merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
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With crevices 2 inches wide, you'll want sand and/or gravel between
the slabs, flush with the slabs, so people don't roll their ankles on
the edges of the slabs. With very narrow crevices you can have the
soil recessed, and a fragile plant that is protected in the crevice.

ld0121 wrote:
Birmingham UK

That's coastal temperate, cool and wet year round. Similar to Pacific
northwest in North America. Moss would do well. Go out scouting for
some in the neighborhood, and make a mess as Billy described (I would
do it in a bucket) and smear it where you want the moss to grow.

Another crevice plant that works well is something sold as "Irish moss"
in the US that is not a moss but an angiosperm, species Sagina subulata.
It likes sandy soil and copes better than moss does with being stepped
on.

You might also try a very short variety of turf grass. One that never
grows more than 1 or 2 inches tall, so you don't ever have to mow it.
These are grasses used on golf courses. However, this may involve
more weeding than you care for. In a highly urban (paved) environment
where natural sources of seeds are limited, weeding would be minimal.

Una

You can also try in a very short lawn grass varieties. The only non- Grows more than 1 or 2 inches high, so you do not have inseparable. The grass used for golf courses.