good flowering groundcover for zone 6?
Hi! I’m a beginning gardener living in Philadelphia – zone 6b. I’m working on landscaping my back yard, and looking for a good ground cover for an area that is mostly shade. My soil is pretty decent and a bit on the sandy side. I’d like a low maintenance, attractive ground cover that stays under 10″, evergreen would be nice, or perhaps something that flowers? I’d like a very thick cover. Any ideas would be welcome! Thanks.
There’s a native Pachysandra and a Japanese one. Pachysandra terminalis aka Japanese Pachysandra or Spurge can be a bit of a maintenance nightmare. See liabilities here.
http://hcs.osu.edu/pocketgardener/source/description/pa_nalis.html
Pachysandra procumbens aka Allegheny spurge is native and not quite as showy as the Japanese one. It is a little slower to establish and you’ll still have the problem of cleaning up leaf litter.
Where is this groundcover going to be planted? Will it be under a tree, under shrubs, will other plants or bulbs be in the same bed?
