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camomile?
rosemary?

I want to put some green stuff into one of the path areas at the lottie (from gate to shed) - would any of the above work?

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Suzie

If you intend to plant them into the path rather than along its edge the camonile grows low but does not take heavy foot traffic well at all, the rosemary and also lavenders would be best planted along the edge to brush past and release their scent as they obviously grow much taller.

They would smell fabulous Piskie.

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Some of the low-growing thymes would probably be okay - you often see it growing naturally in low grass?

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Yet Nature is made better by no mean
But Nature makes that mean; so over that art
Which you say adds to Nature, is an art
That Nature makes.

I agree with Dave but if it's for edging, I'd also plant some chives, chinese chives and welsh onions, very decorative and useful at the same time. Also nasturtiums look good as an edging plant, edible and look bright and cheerful.

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TonyF, Dordogne 24220

I have a plant with tiny leaves - think it is corsican mint. Very pretty and low growing, for use in sensory gardens.

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Shirley

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My thoughts were to have it as walking on material - some great ideas here, thanks chaps

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Suzie

The corsican mint is okay to grow in with your grass, you can also get a camomile which is for a lawn - not sure how hard-wearing it would be for lottie paths though.

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Shirley

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You'd need climbing boots if you used rosemary - mine grows to about 4 ft and is a robust woody shrub. The small mints and thymes are good, and the non-flowering camomile is ok as long as you're not going to run up and down on it all day - the variety is Treneague. Should be lovely!

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doh! I really didn't mean Rosemary - I meant Thyme I was in a hurry this morning cos my bacon sarnie was ready

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Suzie

Understandable then, under the circumstances!

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vegheaven.blogspot.comUpdated July 1st 2008

There are no plants I can think of that will stand up to the traffic an allotment path carries - even a tough utility grass will turn into mush.

There are ways around this though... What about using paving slabs to make your path, but on top of the ground rather than flush with it, and with wider than usual gaps between them (say 30mm?). Then you could plant camomile or thyme between them, and it would grow to the level of the slabs.

Or, if you can find a cheap source, there are plastic 'hex grids' available for making areas of turf more hard wearing (they use them in some public gardens to keep the lawns looking good despite heavy traffic). You lay the grids flat on the ground and the grass grows inside them. Could work with herbs too maybe?

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oooh I like that one PW thanks

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Suzie

Hmmm. Two PWs. Recipe for disaster???

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humm - maybe PW should be PW and the other PW should be PLW

*reverts to Sunday names Paul and David

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Suzie

Apart from David and I, there is also a PaulW isn't there?

I'm easy enough to confuse without things like this!

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why does this make me think of Highlander - there can be only one.....

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Suzie

I would use thyme, when you walk on it it releases its wonderful scent.

I have a thyme path in the garden (well it's a triangle filled in between two sections) and it is OK to walk over now and again (the smell is heaven) but I wouldn't think it would stand up to regular trafficing. Seem to remember that I went for thyme as it was more hardwearing than chamomile but it was about 8 years ago so my memory is somewhat hazy - a lot of glasses of wine since then!

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