Re: Lawn replacement ideas - question for David

Greetings from the San Juan Islands!

David, your post got me to thinking about succulents as groundcover out here on the islands off the coast of Washington state.  We are USDA Zone 8, but often I hear from the locals, we are actually more like Zone 7.  Which (if any) of the succulents you mentioned would you think might do well here?

Many thanks!   Christi

In a message dated 10/19/04 11:25:43 AM, davidfeix@yahoo.com writes:


If you are considering succulents as groundcovers, the
Lampranthus spectabilis is also very showy in bloom.
Drosanthemum works equally well, and a personal
favorite is the Blue Chalk Sticks/Senecio
mandraliscae, which I also often use as a mass
groundcover, often along with the equally easy to grow
South African Plectranthus neochilus, a succulent
everblooming low growing groundcover.  Similar to the
Plectranthus, another mint family groundcover worth
looking for, is the succulent Coleus lanuginosa from
the highlands of Eithiopa. 
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