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26-03-2008, 04:22 PM
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 fruit trees what plants can i grow around my fruit trees to give me an effect like grass iwant the ground covering      |
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26-03-2008, 04:26 PM
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| Shade tolerant, low planting - does it have to look like grass? Lady's Mantle, hardy geraniums, bulbs (cyclamen, crocus, anemones), primulas/polyanthus How about a grass seed that is shade tolerant? |
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26-03-2008, 04:32 PM
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| no it doesnt i just want it to surpress the weeds and to look nice could use woodbark but not very nice on the eye it must be cheap as they are on my allotment |
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26-03-2008, 05:01 PM
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| chives? I think they will look quite nice when they flower, plus they will multiply, thinking of the cheap side of things |
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26-03-2008, 06:08 PM
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| You don't want to plant anything that will compete with your fruit for food and water. Grass would. How about Limnanthes, grown as a green manure? They'll attract aphid-eating hoverflies if you let them flower.
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26-03-2008, 06:27 PM
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| I agree with two sheds!
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26-03-2008, 07:21 PM
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| Hedera and Vinca!
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26-03-2008, 07:57 PM
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| the area involved is about 25 feet by 14 feet |
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13-04-2008, 09:26 PM
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| how about a mixture of variegated thymes,this would give of a wonderful fragrance when walked on, |
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