I planted 6 tiny plants of Lamiastrum Yellow Archangel last year in a very difficult spot- shallow soil, shaded by a huge maple tree- I am happy to report that every plant is blooming - zone 5B.
Do you have to dig the ground before planting these? I have a verge by the roadside, with long grass and weeds. I can cut the grass but digging the ground would be very difficult as it’s hard and uneven. If I planted ground cover plants here and there would they take and spread eventually? Or would the grass just come back?
I love Lamium Beacon Silver ..a good doer and I like the flowers . I also use ajuga atropurpurea for a good ground cover too. Also has a nice flower as well as foliage.
Thank you for providing the planting zones in the description. I always wonder how growers come up with the zones because they don’t seem all that accurate to me. For instance, I grow these plants and I’m in Los Angeles zone 10. I also know people in northern California, zone 9, who also grow these plants. I would hate for somebody to not try a plant because they think it won’t work, because the grower defines zones different than what they grow in.
Always useful Rosy. My favorite sun loving ground cover is Lithodora heavenly blue and not bothered by snails and slugs. Will try that lovely Achillea for sure.
I got dry clay soil so I need some tough stuff as groundcover. The golden lysimachia for example does NOT spread in my garden and it's supposed to be tough. It get smothered by grass. What do work are 3 plants : saponaria ocymoides, a beautiful thing that doesn't really spread through rhizomes but forms cushions. Origanum is amazing for anything, and althought the normal plant is a bit dull, the Thumble's Variety cultivar is just amazing with its yellow foliage. And finally, although technically not a groundcover, artemisia ludoviciana is great to run between taller perennials, provided you cut the flowers that appear in summer and make it a bit too tall and leggy. Some cultivars are shorter. If you got even tougher soil, the biggest thug of them all in my climate is cerastium tomentosum. Grey foliage, nice white flowers in may. But it spreads like wildfire, it will cover up your tough spots in a year no problem. You will have nothing but this though.
Thanks for some very helpful suggestions I have found alpine strawberries to be good for ground cover particularly in gravel and around the boarders / corners in my herb garden
Hi Rosy, thanks for another very helpful video. You mentioned your own garden,
I'd love you to do a video of it
I'm sure it's amazing!
I planted 6 tiny plants of Lamiastrum Yellow Archangel last year in a very difficult spot- shallow soil, shaded by a huge maple tree- I am happy to report that every plant is blooming - zone 5B.
Wonderful
Do you have to dig the ground before planting these? I have a verge by the roadside, with long grass and weeds. I can cut the grass but digging the ground would be very difficult as it’s hard and uneven. If I planted ground cover plants here and there would they take and spread eventually? Or would the grass just come back?
I always learn something new. Thank you!
Laminum is invasive in BC Canada. Got tips about ground covers.
I love Lamium Beacon Silver ..a good doer and I like the flowers . I also use ajuga atropurpurea for a good ground cover too. Also has a nice flower as well as foliage.
Watching from Tennessee-realized I probably couldn’t use these plants but watched anyway!
Thank you for providing the planting zones in the description. I always wonder how growers come up with the zones because they don’t seem all that accurate to me. For instance, I grow these plants and I’m in Los Angeles zone 10. I also know people in northern California, zone 9, who also grow these plants. I would hate for somebody to not try a plant because they think it won’t work, because the grower defines zones different than what they grow in.
can you just give us the common names as well please ,,, ergo , comfrey !!! just a thought
Always useful Rosy. My favorite sun loving ground cover is Lithodora heavenly blue and not bothered by snails and slugs. Will try that lovely Achillea for sure.
Very helpful and informative thank you.
Are any of these less palatable to deer?
I got dry clay soil so I need some tough stuff as groundcover. The golden lysimachia for example does NOT spread in my garden and it's supposed to be tough. It get smothered by grass. What do work are 3 plants : saponaria ocymoides, a beautiful thing that doesn't really spread through rhizomes but forms cushions. Origanum is amazing for anything, and althought the normal plant is a bit dull, the Thumble's Variety cultivar is just amazing with its yellow foliage. And finally, although technically not a groundcover, artemisia ludoviciana is great to run between taller perennials, provided you cut the flowers that appear in summer and make it a bit too tall and leggy. Some cultivars are shorter.
If you got even tougher soil, the biggest thug of them all in my climate is cerastium tomentosum. Grey foliage, nice white flowers in may. But it spreads like wildfire, it will cover up your tough spots in a year no problem. You will have nothing but this though.
Thank you, Rosy. Just the information I need for a project I am working on.
Thanks for some very helpful suggestions I have found alpine strawberries to be good for ground cover particularly in gravel and around the boarders / corners in my herb garden
Very useful video Rosy - the soil in my north facing garden is pretty poor, but hopefully some of these will fill the gaps.
Sorry I saw the zones when I pressed more on your video.
Please tell the zone of these plants - great video ..
Please leave name of plant longer on screen. Xx
hi, there is a list of the plants in every video description if you dont catch the name
Cold hardiness temperatures?
Zones are in description
Can you add deer resistant to the plant information?
Rose love all your shows. Where can I find these beautiful plants in America?
I’m in zone 9b Texas heat.
Ooh I’d like one of those achillea
Thanks for the video 😁
Thank you.