Re: Understory "groundcover"

Hi--Try Vinca Minor.  The common variety is dark green and there is a new
gold/green variety that is doing very well for me.

Hank Zumach
Stoddard, WI

----- Original Message -----
From: Karen Butner <abtrlife@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 1:50 PM
Subject: [SG] Understory "groundcover"


> Does anyone have suggestions for a groundcover or short, somewhat
> spreading plant that would be good to fill in under taller plants such
> as hostas that are more upright than "droopy" or shrubs. I don't want
> Ajuga - just got rid of a bunch of it. It doesn't really need to be a
> groundcover unless it's one that doesn't go as crazy as Ajuga or the too
> tall Galium odoratum (Sweet Woodruff) which I also have lots of. I'm
> looking for something 6" tall or less.
>
> TIA
> Karen
> z5a, north central OH
>
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