skip to main content

ground covers in full sun

19 years ago

I have an area that gets a lot of sun, in summer 12 hours plus. I want to plant some ground cover around the plants I have in the area so basicly I dont have to mow the grass there. I have some phlox ready to plant and they say full sun but dont want to go and spend a ton of money on cover that might not survive well there. The area I want is 14x53 feet give or take.

Comments (2)

User
19 years ago
I have a dry hillside that bakes in the blazing summer sun. It's covered with a variety of sedums and some rug junipers. The trick is to plant them in little pockets cut into the slope so each plant can catch a fair share of water when it rains.

Unfortunately, the sedums are loose and I do have to spend time weeding the hill. Good luck.
Rikk30
Original Author
19 years ago
I have a couple sedums already so will get them and a couple phlox's in shortly. I will have to look in to the rug junipers. Thanks!
Related Professionals
Aberdeen Landscape Contractors · Galveston Landscape Contractors · Marlborough Landscape Contractors · Mission Viejo Landscape Contractors · New Providence Landscape Contractors · Sugar Hill Landscape Contractors · Teaneck Landscape Contractors · Whitehall Landscape Contractors · Wildomar Solar Energy Systems · Great Falls General Contractors · Jackson General Contractors · Medway General Contractors · Red Wing General Contractors · Titusville General Contractors · Wheeling General Contractors

Sign Up to Comment

Related Stories

GROUND COVERS Ground Force: 10 Top Ground Covers for Your Garden

By Carol Bucknell Garden Design

Protect your soil from weeds and drought this summer with a living mulch of ground covers

GARDENING GUIDES 6 Native Ground Covers for Tough, Dry Spots

By Benjamin Vogt / Monarch Gardens

Sun beating down on your sandy gravel? Thick shade darkening your clay soil? There’s a ground cover here for you

GARDENING GUIDES 10 Drought-Tolerant Shrubs That Thrive in Full Sun and Reflected Heat

By Noelle Johnson Landscape Consulting

Got a hot spot in your garden where plants often die? Try these tough shrubs that add beauty while shrugging off the heat

LANDSCAPE DESIGN 6 Great Ways With Garden Ground Covers

By Matt Kilburn

Use them as problem solvers, weed killers, color and texture providers ... ground cover plants have both practical and visual appeal

GARDENING GUIDES 6 Dependable Ground Covers for Warm Climates

By Steve Asbell

Swap some lawn for these drought-tolerant clumping plants — and watch your maintenance efforts diminish while they easily grow

GROUND COVERS 10 Succulents That Make Pretty, Easy-Care Ground Covers

By Noelle Johnson Landscape Consulting

These low-growing succulents create interest in the drought-tolerant garden

GARDENING GUIDES 6 Deer-Resistant Ground Covers to Plant This Fall

Learn about some of the only low, spreading plants that are reliably deer-resistant

GARDENING GUIDES Great Design Plant: Bugle Weed, a Quick Ground Cover

It’s highly adaptable, suppresses weeds, reduces erosion and provide weeks of bright flowers. Just watch for invasiveness

GARDENING GUIDES Packera Aurea Puts On a Springtime Show in Sun or Shade

By Curtis Adams

This vigorous native ground cover welcomes bees with its early-blooming flowers and makes an attractive lawn alternative

GARDENING GUIDES Great Design Plant: Glandularia Rigida Paints the Ground Purple

By Noelle Johnson Landscape Consulting

Sandpaper verbena's deep purple flowers create a colorful carpet in drought-tolerant gardens

Sponsored

Schlabach Woodworks

16 Reviews

Franklin County's Reclaimed Wood Professionals

More Discussions

Help identifying scat in garden

1