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In article , p.nixon1
@nospam.btinternet.com says...
I am trying to find a good low growing (3-6 inches) and tidy ground cover
for semi shade that will allow the interplanting of spring and summer
flowering bulbs such as crocus and acidantherae.

Might anyone have some suggestions?

many thanks

P.

I had Ajuga Reptans in my last garden, in the shady areas, with dark
purple leaves and vivid blue flower for a short season. Stuff used to
come up through it ok.

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On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 09:36:12 -0000, Inge Jones
wrote:

In article , p.nixon1
says...
I am trying to find a good low growing (3-6 inches) and tidy ground cover
for semi shade that will allow the interplanting of spring and summer
flowering bulbs such as crocus and acidantherae.

Might anyone have some suggestions?

many thanks

P.

I had Ajuga Reptans in my last garden, in the shady areas, with dark
purple leaves and vivid blue flower for a short season. Stuff used to
come up through it ok.

I have used Ajuga in a variety of locations, it certainly is OK in
some shade. It can also cope with some direct sun (the wild stuff grew
in the lawn in my NE-facing sloped lawn in gloucstershire). The only
areas it did not like was where it was too dry for too long. It copes
with some dryness - although it does look a bit sad at the time, it
recovers with moisture.

How about one of the many ornamental ivies? Might be a bit slower
growing than you want, maybe.

Regards, VivienB

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In message , Papa
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I am trying to find a good low growing (3-6 inches) and tidy ground
cover for semi shade that will allow the interplanting of spring and
summer flowering bulbs such as crocus and acidantherae.

Might anyone have some suggestions?

What about pachysandra terminalis?

Klara

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Clover

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"papa" (remove nospam to reply) wrote
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I am trying to find a good low growing (3-6 inches) and tidy ground
cover
for semi shade that will allow the interplanting of spring and summer
flowering bulbs such as crocus and acidantherae.

Might anyone have some suggestions?

many thanks

How about a mixture of plants. One I like to use at the moment is
galeobdolon luteum syn lamium galeobdolon, (yellow archangel).


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On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 18:32:32 +0000, papa wrote:

I am trying to find a good low growing (3-6 inches) and tidy ground cover
for semi shade that will allow the interplanting of spring and summer
flowering bulbs such as crocus and acidantherae

Sweet woodruff (Galium odatorum) is good.

Sarah

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Try Epimediums, they seem able to cope under shrubs and are thin enough to
allow bulbs to come up through them.

Steve

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"Annabel" wrote
How about a mixture of plants. One I like to use at the moment is
galeobdolon luteum syn lamium galeobdolon, (yellow archangel).

Pretty, but ought to be called Lamium 'gallopingalong', I think! It seems
rather rampant. I have it spreading in from next door.

I do like some of the other lamiums for the sort of position described;
there are several with various variegations and white or pink flowers.

Sue

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In article , Sue
writes

"Annabel" wrote
How about a mixture of plants. One I like to use at the moment is
galeobdolon luteum syn lamium galeobdolon, (yellow archangel).

Pretty, but ought to be called Lamium 'gallopingalong', I think! It seems
rather rampant. I have it spreading in from next door.

It's also beginning to spread into the wild and take over from our
native one.



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http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/garden/

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"Kay Easton" wrote in message
...
In article , Sue
writes

"Annabel" wrote
How about a mixture of plants. One I like to use at the moment is
galeobdolon luteum syn lamium galeobdolon, (yellow archangel).

Pretty, but ought to be called Lamium 'gallopingalong', I think! It
seems
rather rampant. I have it spreading in from next door.

It's also beginning to spread into the wild and take over from our
native one.


Mine is the native one collected (with permission form a nature
reserve).