Berm Plantings
 

I have a 500 foot long berm I need to cover that averages 4 ft high. I can
get to the top with my riding mower but the sides are too steep and require
a push mower or trimmer. Any suggestions on low growing ornamental grasses
or plants that will not take over, are attractive, and won't cost me a
fortune that I can plant on the sides?

Zone 8, North Texas. 100 degrees today.

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I have a 500 foot long berm I need to cover that averages 4 ft high.
I can get to the top with my riding mower but the sides are too steep
and require a push mower or trimmer. Any suggestions on low growing
ornamental grasses or plants that will not take over, are attractive,
and won't cost me a fortune that I can plant on the sides?

Zone 8, North Texas. 100 degrees today.


Please consider Texas native short prairie grasses such as 'Blackland
Prairie Mix' seen he

http://www.seedsource.com/catalog/de...roduct_id=2800

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David J. Bockman, Fairfax, VA (USDA Hardiness Zone 7)
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Mark wrote:

I have a 500 foot long berm I need to cover that averages 4 ft high. I can
get to the top with my riding mower but the sides are too steep and require
a push mower or trimmer. Any suggestions on low growing ornamental grasses
or plants that will not take over, are attractive, and won't cost me a
fortune that I can plant on the sides?

Zone 8, North Texas. 100 degrees today.

Ground covers such as Pachysandra, Myrtle or Sweet Woodruff. It will
take a few years to get full coverage.