gardening question.....

[captainbovine]

I would like a plant that will be excellent ground cover, no more than say 6" high at the most. It has to be able to survive in sun or partial shade, clay soil but it is well drained.

any ideas please?

[**towery**]

grass?

[**towery**]

sorry i couldnt resist

i'd  got round the village and have a look at what looks good

some plants dont grow well in some area, are you hilly, frost pockets? by the sea?  windy?

[merc1_clocks]

I have small Juniper as ground cover in some areas :-x

[captainbovine]

we are in a valley, so it gets real cold in the winter and it rains more than nearer the coast, which is only 5mins away!!!

[ilove2patch]

Campanula? Grows like a weed here.

[captainbovine]

OMG nooooooo:_| the garden was covered in the stuff when we moved in a year ago. I've had to work like stink to get rid of 90% of it, it's lovely to look at but it chokes everything.

No, what I'm after is something that would cover like a wee carpet, not too rambling in it's habit, more compact iyswim...but would cover the bare soil under the apple, pear, and other shrubs.

[ilove2patch]

http://www.hgtv.com/gardening/18-ideal-groundcover-plants-for-dry-shade/pictures/index.html

[mandymoosie]

Hi there CB, what about a nice little camomile lawn......:-x

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/AdviceSearch/Profile.aspx?pid=281

[wizilizi]

I have an area under a huge yew tree which is subject to a TPO :_| despite being wholly inappropriate for the site in terms of scale (town garden) Grass won't take off under it, nor will much else 😞

I have however found that .. .. oh horrors, I,ve forgotten the name, oh Lordy.. .. erm it's .. ..

I'll have to come back with the name.. 

Anyway, I've planted several varieties & it's spreading nicely 😄

[ilove2patch]

Camomile smells lovely.:-)

[wizilizi]

Hellebore !!!!  Hellebore!!!!  Christmas roses, so called - I have quite a few varieties & they are thriving 😄

The grin is because my memory cells finally activated 

[ilove2patch]

I often have to jump start mine with alcohol! 😉

[10phizz]

My post seems to have been moderated so will try again 

There is a plant which does very well , 3 varieties (colour ways) and it is called 

Mind-your-own-business

[ilove2patch]

Is that Mimulus? Mum used to call it mind your own business.

[ilove2patch]

Or if you mean this one beware!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/6169670/How-to-get-rid-of-the-weed-mind-your-own-business.html

[10phizz]

Hi, not mimulus, I have some of that in flower at the moment

Will have a look in me book

nah 

googled    " plant mind your own business"

yanks call it baby`s tears

all you need to know !!

Only the 2nd time I`ve had a post pulled !!

I am on a forum and if you type in the well known nursery rhyme about a small cat going to London to see the Queen it has a hissy fit

[ilove2patch]

I have that green MYOB & it is very invasive. It covers everything! 

The name for a small cat over here is something rather different in the US! :^O

[10phizz]

It dies back in the winter.

My husband always said about the moss in the grass "Well, it`s green"

Life is too short to worry about the blasted grass having a few weeds in it !!

My myob grows in the shade up against an old stone cattle trough and looks lovely as well as providing a home for lots of wildlife

Doesn`t thrive in direct sunlight very well as it just shrivels up

[10phizz]

You can always pot some up and flog it for MDCC !!

I find it difficult to strike

I just pull it up when in gets too much but am always pleased to see some return each spring as its such a lovely bright green