Re: Organic/weed control

===>Marge, thanks for your groundcovers list.  Some comments about some of them:

Vinca major and minor in assorted variegated forms===>I don't have any variegated forms, but have trouble keeping grass out of patches of this.


Phlox divaricata===>Never thick enough to be a groundcover for me.


Pulmonaria 'Mrs. Moon' - really covers large patches of assorted
ground -seeds around.  I leave it unless it gets in my way.===>Must not be happy here, as it has never seeded for me. In fact, I don't recall that any pulmonaria has done so.


Brunnera macrophylla - also seeds around.===>Ditto. Although I have kept the variegated form going for a number of years when others seem to fail.


Symphytum grandifloria===>Would not want to be without this plant.


Mazus reptans===>Ditto. I love this little guy.  It's in the grass by the pond and has spread widely.  It stays so very low that I can mow right over it without harming it. The purple flowered one seems more vigorous than the white.


Begonia grandis===>Not rampant enough here for a ground cover.


Lunaria annua===>Have not found the right spot for this yet--it has never reached blooming stage before dying for me. Everyone else seems able to grow it though.


Bill Lee
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