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  • From: "B. K. Earl" <bearl@xnet.com>
  • To: gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [gwl-g] Re: container gardening
  • Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:40:19 -0500

Nancy,

If your landlord allows it, why not plant some inexpensive plants between the fieldstone that you can walk on and will keep the dirt at bay?. Since you have shade why not a carpet of Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea' (golden moneywort) whose golden foliage forms a mat 2 or 3 inches tall. Aggressive? Yes. But it's easy to keep it within bounds. Other choices might be Mazus reptans with it's dense mat of tiny green leaves and a violet-blue flower bonus in summer. Or even Irish moss -- Sagina subulata. For acidic soils Mitchella repens (partridge berry) is a possibility.

Take a look at www.stepables.com for some good ideas.

Betty








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