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Re: Favorite groundcovers?

I live in zone 5 and detest cotoneaster.  They simply devour leaves and
getting the plant to give up leaves is a major spring chore.  My favorite
is the bearberry - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi massachusetts.  It thrives in a
clay soil with only minor winter damage (after twelve years).  I also like
the creeping junipers (blue rug) but they tend to allow grasses to invade.


At 03:46 AM 3/25/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Since most woody plants tend to take up more room than I have, I do what
>many gardeners do -- plant the smaller species.  I really enjoy mixing
>woody groundcovers in my perennial beds to provide some interest during
>the winter months.
>
>Does anyone have any favorite groundcovers that they use?  Right now
>I have the obvious ones -- Cotoneasters and Pachysandra.  There's also
>a few Gaultheria procumbens (wintergreen) and an Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
>(bearberry), and I've been considering some of the Genista and dwarf
>Salix (willow) species.
>
>There are a lot more that I'm not listing, but I'd like to find out
>what experience people have with these.  Do you have a favorite 
>juniper?  What about herbs as ground covers?  I love the way that
>Satureja montana (winter savory) looks when in bloom.
>
>Chris
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