On the 27/11 Charl wrote:
"As an aside, Pride of Madeiras have been excellent in
establishing a mulch layer as they shed large amounts of foliage. Also, I
plant lots of 'dusty miller" and then uproot and use as groundcover - seems to
help."
What, please, are these plants called when Latin is
used ?
Jennifer
Pride of Maderia is Echium
candicans.
Dusty miller is a much less easy one to track
down as there are at least 7 plants which share this name.
If it is a plant with sivery sprawling growth and
bright golden flowers it is Senecio cineraria, but if this description
does not resemble your plant you could let me know what it DOES look like
and I can try again..
Sorry I can't help with the other part of your enquiry,
but you problems are so different to mine I simply would not know where to
start.
The best suggestions I can make are to follow the
local advice which seems to be available and look around at what is
growing successfully in your local area and try to choose plants and plant
combinations which seem to best survive under local
conditions.
Moira
