Re: Invasive groundcover
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Invasive groundcover
- From: "* G* <v*@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 11:36:05 PDT
I would also add yellow iceplant which is very hardy, drought tolerant,
spreads quickly, forming a thick 0.5-1 inch tall mat with yellow
daisy-like flowers in summer. It really likes sun but will tolerate
partial shade, I think. The foliage turns bronze in winter in zone 4/5
but does not go away. Purple iceplant is very pretty but less hardy than
the yellow variety. I find sedum acre the fastest growing of all the
sedums here in Colorado.
Snow-on-the-mountain is a fast spreading groundcover and is a bit
taller. But it needs more water and dies back here in winter.
Creeeping phlox forms a very pretty low mat of pink/white/purple flowers
in spring and will grow in sun/partial shade pretty fast, though not as
fast as sedum acre/ yellow iceplant.
Wooly thyme seems to be the fastest growing of all the thymes here and
does not need much water.
Vinata
>My favorite invasive groundcover is vinca minor, AKA periwinkle. It
thrives
>in part sun to shade, has lovely purple flowers in the spring (they
look
>especially nice around the daffodils that can grow along with them),
and
>stay green all winter under the snow. It can suffer some winter
dieback,
>but return with vigor. It seems to be fairly drought-tolerant.
Periwinkle,
>lamium, and sedums are the most successful groundcovers here;
pachysandra
>doesn't stand a chance.
>
>Myrna, Zone 3, Montana
>
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