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Thu, May 20, 10 at 11:30
| We are transplanting some carpet-like groundcovers from a friend of ours who is getting rid of a flower garden. We've transplanted some Blue Star Creeper, Creeping Phlox and Yellow Ice Plant (Delosperma nubigenum). We have mulched our beds...will these continue to creep? |
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| Every groundcover I've ever used creeps over mulch--Delosperma, several varieties of Geranium macrorhizum, Rubus Calycinoides, Arctostaphylos uva--ursi, Yellow creeping Jenny, a number of sedums, creeping thymes, etc. |
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- Posted by buyorsell888 Zone 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Sun, May 30, 10 at 20:41
| The only groundcover I've had problems with as far as mulch goes is ajuga. Get any on the crown and it rots out. I have had issues with blue star creeper climbing up into heathers and dwarf conifers and causing damage. Really like it otherwise.... |
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- Posted by susana_2006 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 18, 10 at 16:52
| All of my groundcovers creep on top of mulch. (I think they like it). It's not a problem to remove them and to root the little plants elsewhere or to give them away. I think that the mulch holds moisture & drains well & gives the creeping plants a good surface to spread on. Susan |
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| I agree. Most seem to creep over mulch. One plant, amazingly low, perhaps invasive, only briefly flowering, and evergreen, in zone 7, is Mazus repens. I only grow the white form, but the pale pink-purple sort is more easily found. |
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