![]() ![]() You can try Creeping Thyme, but they may not be easy to start from seed, so using plants instead would be safer. Moss Phlox ( Phlox subulata), Sedum, and Hens & Chicks as you have already used are good candidates. (We realize that the shadows in the picture might be from the lower sun angle this time of year and not representative of mid-summer.)Īssuming the drainage is good and there are no issues with browsing deer to contend with, below are some ideas to start with for the western side. If the sunny area receives at least six hours of sun daily in summer, than full-sun-loving plants are a good option otherwise, if overhanging trees we see casting shadows in the photos partially shade this site during the day, then part sun / part shade plants are better suited to the site. I am thinking of planting creeping thyme seeds on the west-facing slopes to help stablize them. ![]() I have mixed in some leafgro & plan to do more. The soil that is there in amongst the rocks is clay. Ornamental grasses, mosses, and artificial turf. CREEPING THYME GROUND COVER WIKI PLUSRight now the spot has two creeping phlox, two new hens & chicks plus some babies from the original hens & chicks, a few spots of sedum previously planted and three newly planted sedums. Ground covers like clover, creeping thyme, and hosta are a great plant-it and leave-it method of lawn care. The east side is wooded so not much morning sun there. The spot faces west so it gets a lot of direct sun all summer - a very hot, dry environment. This summer I decided to reclaim it as a rock garden & proceded to pull out all the unwanted stuff and start fresh. Very soon I had a huge garden of very tall flowers which completely overshadowed my earlier rock garden plantings. I ended up tossing a bunch of wildflower seeds all over the hill just to get things going. serpyllum is another creeping thyme variety. will appear in low, dense mats, which sprawl randomly and quickly fill in areas as a ground cover. An evergreen with lightly haired foliage, this tiny-growing creeping thyme varietal rarely over 3 inches or 7.5 cm. Our first spring here (2016) I planted three creeping phlox, two hens & chicks and a flat of periwinkle (big mistake). Thymus praecox is a low-growing perennial hardy in USDA hardiness zones 4-9 with fairly minimal requirements. We have a large, rocky hill area that I am trying to turn in to a rock garden which was my original plan when we first bought this property in July of 2015. ![]()
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