Northeast Gardening: suggestions for ground cover???, 1 by amethystsm

amethystsm wrote:
Technically, it isn't even my ground - it belongs to the apartment complex i live in. But, this is not an area anyone pays attention to. (The "landscaping" company doesn't do much - cuts the grass every couple of weeks in the summer.) It is at the edge of a grassy area, where there is an artificial concrete and rock sided waterway - i guess for drainage or runoff except there is always water in it. I'm in New Haven, CT.

I want something that will grow down this slope to the "creek." The ground is rocky and sandy, and far too steep to get too far down on. But some wildflowers and/or weeds do manage to pop up there in the summer.

I don't want to have to buy a LOT of something - i don't have a lot of $ for this. I would just really like to make it look a little nicer. And i don't want something invasive that will attack the rest of the yard. Something that could concievably be native would be even better - i don't want it to look "gardened."

I'm guessing some kind of moss or ivy, but there are so many... Help!

thanks for any suggestions!
amy
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This message was edited Apr 2, 2007 3:20 PM