ground cover

celticbhoy27

hi all im looking for ground cover, and lots of it :P. my garden is huge and im looking to fill up flower beds etc. im looking for a good ground cover plant/s that spread and grow quiet quickly. evergreen would be good

Jimmy_M

Place in clonmel on adverts do it for 4 euro per m (and the roll is 5m wide)
50m x 5m is 150 euro. 12 euro delivery
Seems like good value to me.
Not allowed put up the URL... but the ad number is 5552632

celticbhoy27

celticbhoy27 wrote: »

hi all im looking for ground cover, and lots of it :P. my garden is huge and im looking to fill up flower beds etc. im looking for a good ground cover plant/s that spread and grow quiet quickly. evergreen would be good

I use crocosmia(montbrecie). Don't know the name of this orange one but great to spread and cover
http://www.aughruspeninsula.com/resources/Rossadilisk%20Road%20w%20montbretia.jpg?timestamp=1330440902984nt

crocosmia Lucifer really nice too

http://www.thelilygarden.com/images_lilies/Cro_CrocosmiaLuciferCannonBeachGarden.jpg

Arum lilies

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/images/large_db_pics/large/zantedeschia_aethiopica_crowborough.jpg

I was once told these were idiot proof plants lol. That's why they are good for me. Plant them and watch them grow and spread

If you are looking for shrubs that are good in all sorts of conditions these work for me
http://www.glenpavelich.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/potentiayellow.jpg

Potentilla 'Elizabeth' I think

lazybones32

Geranium endressei is a good option
Alchemilla mollis. (Both are perennials though)

Stachys (lamb's ear) can spread and seed nicely too: may go brown and limp from drought in Summer.
Ajuga reptans - nice blue flower.

There are a few grasses too but the only one I can think of that grows fast and spreads is one that dies down over winter. And the name escapes me...

Juniper blue star spreads nicely but isn't very fast.

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Wyldwood

For pure ground cover I'd go with something like Vinca minor both green and variegated spread really quickly and grow about 6 inches tall, nice flowers early in summer. For deep shade Pachysandra is a great spreader. Cotoneastor horizontalis is another really quick grower with nice berries in winter.

Day Lewin

The Vincas spread densely and quite fast...
So does Rubus, you often see this in the plant boxes outside parish halls, etc.
And don't forget Ivy!
And I have a dense spreading mat of Saponaria that I took from a roadside for its beautiful scented pink flower, and I now can't get rid of it...

chopper6

Nastursium will spread like mad and it self seeds so you'll always have it.

Mint is another good one as is is variagated yellow archangel.

celticbhoy27

some great suggestions thanks a million