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Full sun- drought tolerant-bad drainage.. ?

roni175
18 years ago

Hi. I am in the hi-desert of California near Joshua Tree National Park. My husband and I recently bought a house with um.. no landscape so we are busy filling in some spaces to make our house a home.

We were wondering.. any ideas for groundcover that starting in the summer will get quite a bit of full blazing sun, lots of wind & in the winter will contend with frost. Our temperatures at night are 20-30 degrees and in the day 50-60. In the summer we can get as hot as 115. We'd prefer it to be somewhat of a drought tolerant plant. Oh and not to mention the area we need doesn't have the best drainage. Of course we can fix that slightly but for the most part it seems like an unlivable area. :-) We are putting a flagstone path in so I considered creeping thyme but can it survive the roughness? Any suggestions? And what is a good time to plant groundcover? Thanks!

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