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Re: [SG] REQUEST FOR HELP IN "BETWEEN'BRICKS" FILLER

Suggestions for between bricks:

I have a nice sized patch of a pretty little sedum with plain green
scalloped leaves, which grows neatly around a stepping stone in one area.
It is virtually flat. Unfortunately, I don't know its name; it was given
to me. A thyme that is TOTALLY flat is the itty bitty 'Wild Garden
Lavender' which seems to demand a little sun and has hung on for years in
my garden. It looks very delicate but must be fairly tough. Whether it
can take foot traffic I can't say as it's growing atop a stone wall.

Moneywort and golden moneywort are both very flat. The golden will not
color so well in shade. The problem with the moneyworts is that they won't
stay between the bricks but will start creeping over them so have to be
cut back from time to time.

Maybe these are TOO low-growing for your purposes but they are a start.

Bobbi Diehl
Bloomington, IN
zone 5/6

On Mon, 7 Sep 1998, Nancy Shlaes wrote:

> In my perennial garden (which is becoming mostly shade because I have
> overdone the big grasses (Misicanthus Gracillus and Zebrina) I have
> winding paths of old bricks.  Between the bricks I have planted Wild
> Thyme ( T. pulegoides or T. serpyllum--seeds from Richter) which has not
> worked out too well because it is much taller and bushier than I
> expected.
>
> Do you-all have any suggestions for something else to put between the
> bricks.  It isn't true shade, and will be less so when I move the
> grasses, but I thought I would try and tap into this collection of
> knowledge--and hope nobody minds.
>
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