HELP!

Hi people!

Not being one for weeding and new to the wonderful world of gardening I thought I would order a ground cover collection for my front garden (to add to my numerous other attempts, one of which is actually doing well at the moment - my cosmos, despite my efforts lol)!

My ground cover collection has arrived and consists of:

Creeping thyme
Dianthus
Sedium Spureum
Campanula medium white
Campanula carpatica
Stonecrop red
Sedium kamtschaticum

I have two types of soil, one clay (which I have dug sand in to for drainage) and the other dry and shady.

None of the plants came with pictures or details on planting/height etc. Some I have found are rockery plants.

Hence the HELP!

I now have 48 plants and cannot find information on the majority of them.

Any help would be appreciated if you can possibly take pity on a pathetically inadequate south east england woman trying her best to garden.

Many thanks


Paula

 

If you type the name of any of the plants into the google bar, you'll find lots of info out there abou them.

E.g. I did that with the creeping thyme, and the first link was this...

http://www.humeseeds.com/efcthym.htm

That should answer everything you need to know about them for the moment - and you can always print it out to have as a reminder! :D

Sounds like you're doing all the right htings so far! Keep going, and stay around GC, you'll soon be answering as well as asking - and we're a friendly bunch! (P.S. I lived in Herts until a year ago, too!)

 

Hi Friend
1.crp thyme -usually (pink)(white)or (purple)
most situations but not sitting in the wet.
2.Dianthus Evergreen perennials includes pinks /carnations (full sun)neutral to alkaline soil.
Sedium/ same soil as above just a touch limy wont hurt.Free draining(sun)
4.Campanula.There are 4 groups of these.I think yours are group 2.well drained soil sun or partial shade.
5.Stonecrop .Species of sedum
6.ideal rockery plants.

 

Hi Roseman,

Thanks so much for the info I think I will have to find another home for the rockery type plants bless them.

Any idea's on ground cover plants that aren't rockery type?

The cosmo's are doing really well, as are the african daisies and astilbe - i actually sound like I know stuff

Once again thanks for the info.

 

Hi Dendrobium,

Thanks ever so much for the info and the link. Have loads of rockery plants that need a home now lol.

Good on you for moving to Scotland, I love it.

 

Hi Wots
Well how about some ground cover Roses. thers a lot of them(a red one named Hertfordshire.
Good luck

 

Hi, you can actually use the rockery plants as ground cover if you wish, I use sedums like this.