Re: Pachysandra terminalis was: ground cover

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On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 00:57:15 -0400 "Marge Talt" <mtalt@clark.net> writes:
> I tell ya' Nancy, that totally amazes me and if galeobdolan is one
> that you lost, it just goes to show how plants behave differently
> in
> different places!  If you ever want to try it again, email me
> privately and we can talk about my sending you some.
>

 

In my experience, the Lamium maculatum cultivars ('White Nancy', 'Red Nancy', 'Pink Pewter', 'Chequers', etc.) make a fuller, hardier, reasonably weedless groundcover than Lamium/Lamiastrum galeobdolan which tends to be taller and more open.  The thing about plants growing differently in different areas is certainly true, though.

 

There's that one Lamiastrum cultivar, 'Herman's Pride', which seems to have only one purpose: to attract slugs and destructive insects away from other plants.  Want slug-free hostas?  Plant a bed of 'Herman's Pride' nearby.  ;-)

 

Dean Sliger

Warren, Michigan, USA

Zone 6B