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Thread ID: 94563	2008-11-04 05:04:00	I'd like to start another (sort of) gardening thread	Roscoe (6288)	PC World Chat

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717194	2008-11-04 08:43:00	Sorry Blue, should have red multicoloured concrete. Ken 10 / 10 :D	R2x1 (4628)
717195	2008-11-04 09:07:00	Hi Roscoe. With a similar area, only a couple of metres wide by about twelve m. long, I put down gravel and inserted a few shrubs. Looks lovely, easy to maintain. An occasionalt blitz with roundup below shrub level keeps it clean.	Scouse (83)
717196	2008-11-04 09:12:00	Grass lawn?	joemac (9739)
717197	2008-11-04 10:23:00	Marnie my weeds are so good they grow straight through weedmat. Been there, done that ticked it off. Roundup a couple of times a year is my quickfix. You could go into business selling your weeds, as grass that has fantastic, durable qualities.	Marnie (4574)
717198	2008-11-04 20:15:00	What have you tried? Your answer will give some idea of what you wanted the area to look like. Paul, it has been quite some time since I bought a so-called groundcover that I do not remember the names. The last was about a year ago. Nevertheless, any suggestions would be welcome. A plant that covers the ground completely, spreads fairly quickly and requires little or, preferably, no maintenance. A flowering plant would be nice (says SWMBO) but anything that competes successfully with the many weed varieties would be acceptable, thank you. I use Bantu's method as weedkiller seems to be the most effective way, so far. Trouble is, both dead or live weeds are unattractive. Scouse, SWMBO said, "attractive" and gravel does not fit her idea of. ("Don't hit me - I'm only the messenger," he said, cowering in the corner.) Marnie, I am on the south side of One Tree Hill with a view towards Tauranga, so although plants such as poinsettia grow easily outside, we have to deliberately plant and cultivate. Apple cores in the ground are slightly more difficult up here. Pine-o-cleen, I've never smoked astro turf. Any good?	Roscoe (6288)
717199	2008-11-04 23:22:00	Ivy. Not the cute/pretty small-leaved variety (Good but takes too long to spread for your purpose) but what I call Old Man ivy. It's tough & survives practically anything. I have it in 2 places in my Dunedin garden - planted by someone unknown before I was born. One patch serves a useful purpose, but I have to get ruthless with the pruners every so often. The other was growing over a fence which needed replacing a few years ago. Killing the ivy was harder than pulling down the fence. Its branches were practically trunks... (Hence the need for occasional pruning) The large glossy leaves are quite attractive & I notice that our local hospital has used it as ground cover for awkward small plots between its proper garden beds. It's easy to grow. Just stick a piece in the ground & it'll grow roots. If you were in Dunedin, I could give you a wheelbarrowfull...	Laura (43)
717200	2008-11-05 00:21:00	Hi Roscoe.... SWMBO said, "attractive" and gravel does not fit her idea of. Careless understatement by me... I live at the foot of Takaka Hill (the Marble Mountain) and when I think of gravel I'm thinking of the startlingly white crushed marble that looks so good and is readily available here by the trailer-load..	Scouse (83)
717201	2008-11-05 00:44:00	Hi Roscoe.... SWMBO said, "attractive" and gravel does not fit her idea of. Careless understatement by me... I live at the foot of Takaka Hill (the Marble Mountain) and when I think of gravel I'm thinking of the startlingly white crushed marble that looks so good and is readily available here by the trailer-load.. :thumbs:	wratterus (105)
717202	2008-11-05 02:20:00	Not having any garden there at all is the easiest fix. Also depends on whether it is wet or dry. I grow violets in a shady area, but they like to be wet. Also I have a shady area with carpet roses. Carpet roses are the short low-growing ones you just hack the top off with hedge clippers now and then when you remember. They spread out. Roses, contrary to popular opinion do much better when not in full sun. At least these sort do.	pctek (84)
717203	2008-11-05 03:02:00	Also I have a shady area with carpet roses. Carpet roses are the short low-growing ones you just hack the top off with hedge clippers now and then when you remember. They spread out. Roses, contrary to popular opinion do much better when not in full sun. At least these sort do. Thank you pctek. SWMBO enjoys roses - not caring for them (I do that!) - and so carpet roses sounds the type of plant that might do the trick. "Spreads out" sounds promising. I assume that is the type of plant available at garden centres?	Roscoe (6288)
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