Re: What type of groundcover do I use??
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Yes, we've been through that before, haven't we?! :)
However, there are certainly other Cajun plants that want to live in this
long strip of land??
Diann
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cajun Joe
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 4:40 PM
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
Subject: Re: [SG] What type of groundcover do I use??
Hostas don't grow well in my Zone 9
Cheers = Cajun Joe
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From: "Diann Barbee Thoma" <diannthoma@EARTHLINK.NET>
The big Ajuga is (most likely) Caitlin's Giant.
I like your idea of more plants than one groundcover, Bobbie-it is a large
space and one might want to draw the eye in more dynamically.
Diann
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Bobbi Brooks
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 3:53 PM
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
Subject: Re: [SG] What type of groundcover do I use??
On the ground cover thing...
Joe, I am not sure what you mean by 'scrubs'
That is a large area to use one ground cover...I would have thought some
drifts of plants and then some ground covers would have been nice, but then
I don't know the area, nor where you are from. I know, but I am fairly new
here to participate!
Such as using some hostas against the buildings in 7 ft drifts....is there a
path needed?
I love AJUGA, except when raking is needed, as then the shallow roots get
pulled up and you have a tangled mess, because of the runners that get sent
out.
Right now, I like the one that is larger than normal, dark leaved, and has
larger blooms. WHICH? anyone?
and the one that has tri colors...pink, white and green. I am propagating
that one right now, from clumps and tiny runners. Just plunked them in a
tray with soil almost covering the runners, and voila! in a month I have
good size plants!
I then pulled apart some good rooted ones and quart potted them for a new
project!
Bobbie
Bobbie Brooks, MA zone 6.5
Gardens In An Old Fashioned Way
http://daylily.net/gardens/bobbiebrooks.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: cajun Joe <cajun4@HOME.COM>
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Thursday, August 17, 2000 9:49 AM
Subject: [SG] What type of groundcover do I use??
>Hello everyone = I have and area about 60' long, and 7' wide that I am
>considering planting a groundcover on.
>
>The area is between 2 buildings with lot's of light, and gets about 2-3
>hours of direct sunlight a day. I also have plants (scrubs), about 2'-3'
>high, about 4' apart running the length of the area = each plant has
plastic
>edging around it, about 2" deep. I keep the scrubs well mulched, and use
>landscape cloth as a barrier?
>
>If I plant a groundcover = I would like to have one that I can control from
>going inside the scrub areas. Someone suggested Ajuga to me, but doesn't
>that propagate by underground roots? Would I have and uncontrollable
problem
>in that regard?
>
>Any help or suggestion will be appreciated. Thank you
>Cajun in Zone 9, in New Orleans
