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How to Stop Overgrowth Behind Garage
"Philip Edward Lewis" wrote in message
du... of course paghat's "impermiable layer" of groundcover is great too.... it'll likely look much nicer, but will likely require at least a little more work over time. I've not alot of expereance with the groundcovers in that enviroment, but i know i've seen weeds, etc popping through some pretty thick stuff. I agree, but try and poke through pond liner sometime. It seems to be somewhat fibrous - hard to cut even with tin snips. |
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How to Stop Overgrowth Behind Garage
"Philip Edward Lewis" wrote in message
du... of course paghat's "impermiable layer" of groundcover is great too.... it'll likely look much nicer, but will likely require at least a little more work over time. I've not alot of expereance with the groundcovers in that enviroment, but i know i've seen weeds, etc popping through some pretty thick stuff. I agree, but try and poke through pond liner sometime. It seems to be somewhat fibrous - hard to cut even with tin snips. |
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How to Stop Overgrowth Behind Garage
"Philip Edward Lewis" wrote in message du... of course paghat's "impermiable layer" of groundcover is great too.... it'll likely look much nicer, but will likely require at least a little more work over time. I've not alot of expereance with the groundcovers in that enviroment, but i know i've seen weeds, etc popping through some pretty thick stuff. There will be weeds in groundcover, especially the first few years. Eventually, they will all but disappear. You can use a preemergent herbicide to control annual weeds. Preen has a formulation for groundcover. The worst situation is when you get a vining weeds in a vining groundcover. I have an area of vinca that became invaded with a sequence of wild honeysuckle, then persicaria, and finally wild strawberry. I still get the occasional volunteer tree or perennial in the area, but they are easy to control. Hostas are one of the best groundcovers for me. They block out the sun so completely that I never get weeds in areas that are thickly planted with hostas. There are hostas that will grow in about any condition with the exception of standing water, especial in winter. I find that gold standard is a good grower and it will brighten a shady area. Lancifolia also grows like a weed as does aureo-marginata and undulata mediovariegata. I get good results with hosta shade fanfare in full sun. Lancifolia also thrives in full sun but does equally well in mostly shade. |
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How to Stop Overgrowth Behind Garage
"Philip Edward Lewis" wrote in message du... of course paghat's "impermiable layer" of groundcover is great too.... it'll likely look much nicer, but will likely require at least a little more work over time. I've not alot of expereance with the groundcovers in that enviroment, but i know i've seen weeds, etc popping through some pretty thick stuff. There will be weeds in groundcover, especially the first few years. Eventually, they will all but disappear. You can use a preemergent herbicide to control annual weeds. Preen has a formulation for groundcover. The worst situation is when you get a vining weeds in a vining groundcover. I have an area of vinca that became invaded with a sequence of wild honeysuckle, then persicaria, and finally wild strawberry. I still get the occasional volunteer tree or perennial in the area, but they are easy to control. Hostas are one of the best groundcovers for me. They block out the sun so completely that I never get weeds in areas that are thickly planted with hostas. There are hostas that will grow in about any condition with the exception of standing water, especial in winter. I find that gold standard is a good grower and it will brighten a shady area. Lancifolia also grows like a weed as does aureo-marginata and undulata mediovariegata. I get good results with hosta shade fanfare in full sun. Lancifolia also thrives in full sun but does equally well in mostly shade. |
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How to Stop Overgrowth Behind Garage
My candidate: liriope--grasslike, short, but it has those pretty pale purple
flowers from time to time, loves shade, and wipes out everything else in its path. zemedelec |
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Will it strangle dogs?
"Zemedelec" wrote in message ... My candidate: liriope--grasslike, short, but it has those pretty pale purple flowers from time to time, loves shade, and wipes out everything else in its path. zemedelec |
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How to Stop Overgrowth Behind Garage
Will it strangle dogs?
"Zemedelec" wrote in message ... My candidate: liriope--grasslike, short, but it has those pretty pale purple flowers from time to time, loves shade, and wipes out everything else in its path. zemedelec |
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How to Stop Overgrowth Behind Garage
"Zemedelec" wrote in message ... My candidate: liriope--grasslike, short, but it has those pretty pale purple flowers from time to time, loves shade, and wipes out everything else in its path. zemedelec Ajuga is another good one and it comes in several colors and has flowers in the spring. |
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