European Gardening: Interesting ground covers, 1 by bonitin

bonitin wrote:
Baa,

Is it because of the draught that the ground covers in your front garden don't thrive ?
If that is the case and you love the pretty clover Trifolium repens 'Green Ice', then this plant might do it as it is known for being draught tolerant.
Some weeks ago when it was very hot and dry for weeks in a row without one raindrop, I noticed the grass fields in town were looking brown and yellow, only the clovers (Trifolium repens) didn't seem to suffer.

Until now, I've had no luck with the cultivars of Ajuga reptans, they don't withstand the winter and are very much under the attack of slugs and snails, only the common variety thrives.

Another 'common' woodland ground cover I love is Oxalis acetosella, it spreads happily among my shadow lovers and never hinders them.