Re: ground cover
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: ground cover
- From: N* L*
- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 19:02:21 CDT
Dean said:
>
>I tried pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) as a groundcover but found that it
>actually gets 12"-14" tall when in bloom. I was expecting it to be more
>of a ground-hugger. This is in a full sun bed with average soil and
>watering. You're right, as mints go it's rather scraggly, not the
>fullness of, say, spearmint. Smells wonderful, though, and is reputed to
>repel cats.
>
>
Gee, Dean, do you suppose if I tell my cat that, he'll quit using that
flower bed as a litter box? It's one of two that he seems to prefer...
It doesn't get that tall for me; maybe because it's so shady? It's main
attraction (besides being green) is that we walk along there from the
driveway, and you can smell it when it's crushed (good thing for the cat!)
Nancy Lowe
Arkansas, zone 7
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