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Gardening

beac

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16. Free weeping willow, lucky you!

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Reply #15)

Sun Jul 7, 2013, 06:32 AM

Jul 2013

I love weeping willows. My grandparents had one at their house and it always seemed like a magic tree to me as a child. Never knew they were such thirsty things.

Sounds like your ugly duckling corner is on the way to being a real garden swan.

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Need some tips on moisture and shade tolerant ground covers [View all] Stinky The Clown Jul 2013 OP

Creeping Charlie works everywhere, though it's invasive The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2013 #1

Are they fast growing? How do you propagate? Stinky The Clown Jul 2013 #3

I planted my Moneywort from small plants I got at a garden center The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2013 #6

I have that.... I didn't know what it was called. femmocrat Jul 2013 #8

Vinca? Penny Royal? Mazus? NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #2

Can creeping charlie be controlled by mowing. Stinky The Clown Jul 2013 #4

not very well, because it is a low creeper and spreads by runners that probably NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #5

Periwinkle. femmocrat Jul 2013 #7

I like that periwinkle libodem Jul 2013 #10

You're right, it does look like vinca. femmocrat Jul 2013 #19

Does it have to be a ground cover? Cracklin Charlie Jul 2013 #9

This stuff seems to grow libodem Jul 2013 #11

That's lamium, and it will grow just about anywhere. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2013 #13

The hostas like the shade libodem Jul 2013 #12

Hostas will play a part in the reclamation of the area! Stinky The Clown Jul 2013 #14

if you put hosta in a wet area mopinko Jul 2013 #17

The nursery lady suggested the hostas as but one option. Since I can get a bunch for free . . . . Stinky The Clown Jul 2013 #18

I spent a little time at a small local nursery. Talk about thinking outside the box . . . . . !! Stinky The Clown Jul 2013 #15

Free weeping willow, lucky you! beac Jul 2013 #16

My suggestion is native ground covers...here BlueToTheBone Jul 2013 #20