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  • Pretty ground cover?

    Does anyone have any ideas for something I can plant during the next month or so as ground cover for an area I have just weeded? It needs to be prettyish, either nice leaves or flowers. It'll be going into a large area around & in between some established shrubs.
    I know nothing about non-edibles so any ideas gratefully received.

  • #2
    Ideally you'd have things already ready in a tray. I never weed an area unless I have something ready to go in immediately, and I always have a few spare trays of limnanthes sitting around


    Limnanthes is good, quick and cheap

    RHS Plant Selector Limnanthes douglasii AGM / RHS Gardening

    It ticks all the boxes: bee food, ground cover, weed suppressor, self-seeds, green manure, hardy*



    *in my area. Maybe not in colder areas, but it does come back in the spring from self-seeding
    Last edited by Two_Sheds; 07-08-2013, 10:50 AM.
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
      Ideally you'd have things already ready in a tray.
      Doh!
      Thanks I'll take a look.

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      • #4
        I just mean, it's going to take a few weeks for anything to grow, and in the meantime the weeds will try taking over your weeded patch.

        So, rather than weed and wait, have something waiting & ready to go in
        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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        • #5
          I just scattered fistfuls of winter clover over my vast bald patches, ....will have to watch and wait...... and weed. doh!

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          • #6
            I've just had this image of you - new boy
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            • #7
              Very funny veggiechicken : ) - I went for a walk on the Malvern's yesterday and looked over into lovely lush Wales. What a beautiful country.

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              • #8
                The Malverns are pretty special too - and I have a soft spot for Gloucestershire as my father's family roots are there

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