What groundcovers do you recommend for a slope to help control erosion? I'm looking for a low-maintenance type that either have nice foliage (is that term correct?) or produce flowers. I'm in Northern California, zone 9, I believe.

Thanks in advance for any help,
NM

since most of the medians in the bay area are covered in something called 'ice plant'... a succulent that grows like a weed if you water it ever other week, and makes nice fuscia or red flowers in february.

one of the other most used groundcovers is prostrate rosemary- which flowers in august or september, and if the slope's not close to the road, you can harvest it for shish kebob stakes and seasoning :)

I would check around the nurseries for local groundcovers in the succulent families- drought toerance IS an issue in most of NoCal, and there are quite a few foliage colors (silver, blue, purple, red) to incorporate (my 'lawn' was about 6x10, so I didn't have much room to fill in) but ideally, you want a shrub or three with roots that go down deep, then a shorter shrubby thing- lavender is a natural choice that does really well on a slope, which will prevert crown rot when it rains for 28 straight days ;)

and a truely prostrate or short creeper. the varied root depths will hold the slope together better than anything else

Kristi