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Re: [SG] Slopes in Shade

Clyde mentioned that the neighbor did not want ivy or vinca, but didn't
veto Japanese pachysandra--a GREEN evergreen plant. The needle evergreens
turn funny (i.e., non-green) colors in winter, but not pachysandra, which
stays green year round. If he/she does want a needle evergreen, there are
many prostrate junipers--Blue Rug, etc.--that might appeal. I am not
familiar with a prostrate hemlock, but it sounds like a good idea and it
might even stay green, unlike the junipers.

Actually, I quite like combining pachysandra, ivy, vinca and euonymus into
one glorious groundcover mishmash! Makes it more interesting to look at
and less of a monoculture situation. You probably should get out the
Weedwhacker for the euonymus once a year, but otherwise no maintenance. No
weed would dare invade that combination!

Bobbi Diehl
Bloomington, IN
zone 5/6


On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Nancy Stedman wrote:

> For almost evergreen, try tiarella or geranium macrorrhizum or gallium. For
> real evergreen there's Christmas fern or several of the male ferns or galax
> or bergenia.
>
> >Neighbor has a very steep slope from his front lawn to sidewalk. (Glen
> >Pether---that is American English for footpath.)
> >
> >The area is in shade most of the day---open shade. He does not want to plant
> >vinca or ivy, but wants another type of evergreen groundcover. We are in Zone
> >5.
> >
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