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ground cover dilemma

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Posted by NCdreamer z7 NC (My Page) on
Sat, Nov 26, 05 at 15:03

I have 2.5acres I intend to clear when we build as it's currently brush. I will be planting trees, etc .. in the back of the lot. However, what can be used to prevent errosion and the look of desolation while the trees grow? I do not want a 2.5acre lawn. Are annual groundcovers available? I thought above clover, but it might escape into the lawn area.

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Why annual? There are many deciduous ground covers that you won't have to plant year after year. Evergreen ones, too.

There are responses to "foe lawn" in this forum that you might find helpful, including a link to an article about clover.

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I've used a mix called "Fleur de Lawn"

Low maintenance. In fact there are places I've not mowed it at all without a wilderness showing up.

Here is a link that might be useful: Low maintenance seed mixes

  
 

 

 


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