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groundcover replacement for grassy ditch

rocky110501
19 years ago

Hi - i was wondering if someone could help me? We have a long, full sun, shallow (5' deep at most) ditch in our front yard that runs along our road. We don't want to mow the grass there anymore b/c it's a pain. A nursery lady suggested a few main plantings of 'calgary carpet' junipers along the long ditch since they can spread to 10'. Then she suggested mixing in some daylilies sporadically. Then she suggested, filling in the rest of the area with pachysandra (green carpet) to block weed growth. Does this sound like a good idea? I'm in WI (zone 5). I was just concerned b/c everywhere i look it says pachysandra is a shade plant. I really like the pachysandra and the nursery woman said that full sun would be fine for it. What do you think? I appreciate any suggestions.

Thank you very much!

A young, unexperienced gardener.

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