I have a very big circular garden area with a big spruce tree in the center, years of trying teaches me nothing grows great in this space and it has become costly to try and fill it with perennials each year. My husband and I were thinking about using gout weed/ snow on the mountain/ bishops weed seems all these names are used for the plant. Anyways thinking of using this as a ground cover for the whole area. We realize its an invasive plant, that's hard to rid of, but we think it will work good in this area and lessen our expense and work. I know alot of people hate the stuff. Anyways my question if we plant this stuff... I would still like to plant some trailing petunias in pots for colour and intersperse them in the gout weed. Do you think this will look okay? I realize planting them directly into the ground is no option as they will be choked out. Has anyone done anything like this..pictures? Want to get an idea before I plant the gout weed if this will work and look good?
Thanks Julie..just to elaborate on some good points you made. The area stays quite we in the back section of this circular bed, front area gets lots of sun....I think potted petunias would do
well in there.. and agreeably going to something more shade loving in pots in the back like the impatients...totally agree. Now I love love love Hostas and I actually have put a few in..but find they don't do well anywhere in this garden.....my thoughts are that its the acidit of the soil thats making it a not very productive garden...hoping planting the snow on the mountain would survive the acidity and the petunias and impatients or whatever I decide to grow in pots would survive better in the pots and add extra interest as far as color goes! If I could figure out how to make Hostas grow in there I sure would..love them very much!
Thanks Julie..just to elaborate on some good points you made. The area stays quite we in the back section of this circular bed, front area gets lots of sun....I think potted petunias would do
well in there.. and agreeably going to something more shade loving in pots in the back like the impatients...totally agree. Now I love love love Hostas and I actually have put a few in..but find they don't do well anywhere in this garden.....my thoughts are that its the acidit of the soil thats making it a not very productive garden...hoping planting the snow on the mountain would survive the acidity and the petunias and impatients or whatever I decide to grow in pots would survive better in the pots and add extra interest as far as color goes! If I could figure out how to make Hostas grow in there I sure would..love them very much!