I have some sedum along a small slope right next to the street. It faces south/southwest, get full sun, heat off the asphalt, snow dumped on it in winter, plus the sand. I never amended the soil, which is shallow, poor, rocky and sandy, and I hardly ever water it now. The sedum does very well there. I have mostly Westeinphaners Gold, (sp?) and also some kamschaticum which I bought by mistake, and both do really well. The WG turns a nice burgundy in the winter, also.

On the other side of my driveway I'm currently filling in with sedum John Creech. I had pink phlox subulata there, but I had to keep replacing it. Since the sedum did so well on the other side, I thought I'd try the John Creech here, since I liked the pink.

Dee

I will check out that sedum. I have some in my garden, can't remember what kind. I would like to know about some more ground covers for roadside. Maybe creeping charlie? filix.

This site has some good info. filix http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/Extension/Woodys/CUGroundCoverSite/GroundcoverMain.html