Re: What type of groundcover do I use??

Bobbi,

I'm sure "scrubs" is simply a misspelling of "shrubs."

I, too, love ajuga and just this afternoon finished planting  some of the
tri-color which I purchased yesterday.  I hope and expect it to spread
vigorously.

Frances

Bobbi Brooks wrote:

> 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
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