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[SG] Groundcover on hill under oaks

I've been lurking here for a while, but this is my first post.

Two years ago we bought a great place in Maryland, just west of the
Washington, D.C., suburbs. About 1.5 acres of it is a west-facing hill
covered mainly with mature white oak trees. The previous owner, being an
azalea fanatic, planted hundreds of azaleas and rhododendrons underneath,
after some heroic soil emendation.

There are some unplanted spots, though, and erosion control on the steeper
parts of the hill is necessary. What do people suggest that is not too
expensive (we have lots of area to cover), reasonably fast-growing, and
compatible with oaks (acid soil, lots of leaf mulch) and azaleas?

[The flat part of the property is meadow and stream. There the two main
problems are deer destroying small trees and mile-a-minute weed (polygonum
perfoliatum) covering everything.]

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Jim Blue ...  Gaithersburg, MD
blue@nist.gov
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