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| Help master gardeners, I need an indestructable ground cover for a very tricky situation. I live on a very busy street in Chicago, between the street and the sidewalk there is a lawn that is very tricky to grow on because of several reasons: shallow roots from 2 nearby trees, salt spray on the area during winter, and poor soil from trash and cigarette butt litter. The area is partly shady with dappled sunlight. What ground cover will fill this space quickly?? I have though of Yellow Archangel (Lamiastrum galeobdoln) The invasiveness will not matter bec the area is surrounded on all sides by concrete, but I don't know if this will thrive bec of the dappled sunlight. I want something that will take over quickly. Please help :) Is there something that will grow here?? |
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- Posted by mistascott 7A VA (My Page) on Fri, Jan 4, 13 at 15:28
| Do you want something evergreen? In terms of evergreen plants, something like Vinca minor comes to mind as pretty durable. Euonymus fortunei works as well. My pick would be a mini-shrub called Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), which is notably salt-tolerant, has brilliant fall color, winter berries to give it interest, is evergreen, and can thrive in dappled shade. However, it is slow growing (adding about 4-6" per year in width). To me, its strengths outweigh this single "weakness." See the link below for a picture of it in fall. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Bearberry
This post was edited by mistascott on Fri, Jan 4, 13 at 15:36
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- Posted by fireweed22 none (My Page) on Wed, Jan 9, 13 at 21:47
| Bearberry aka kinickinick is not tolerant of salt, and does better in full sun. Lots of experience with it here... |
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| i would like to know how big an area you covering? |
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- Posted by Christof76 none (My Page) on Sat, Jan 26, 13 at 9:29
| Hi, under these condition I think I would take "Waldsteinia ternata". Fast growing, and in case of damage able to regenerate quickly. |
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- Posted by Don_in_Colorado 6a (My Page) on Thu, Mar 14, 13 at 3:55
| Good old-fashioned Creeping Jenny, perhaps? |
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