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Crack! I mean pavement cracks….what to plant?

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Iamtheoneinten · 07/04/2024 18:50

That actually works. I have a very old patio and various paths, all brick edged or full brick, that are old and breaking a bit with every passing year and the frost. But as the garden is so big I won’t be able to do anyth8ng about this for quite some significant time. I really want to grow, low lying, hopefully walkable on, plants in the cracks.
I have tried various Thyme plants. Some are more successful than others, and only in certain places (it’s all south facing btw). And I let some wildflowers run rampant in the cracks - scarlet pimpernel, forget me not, sorrel (yellow and pink), and there are some escapees of violets, lobelia and campanula that pop up here and there. But I can’t see, to get the rest of the gaps going, and if I do, they seem to get overrun by grass escapees.
Is there any, failsafe, carpet plant I can try to introduce (other than those mentioned) that might compete better with grass and spread a bit more?

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Yamadori · 07/04/2024 18:53

Pearlwort. Low growing, spreads like crazy, and has tiny white flowers. Ideal.

MereDintofPandiculation · 07/04/2024 20:47

Yes to pearlwort. Also, if it hasn’t already colonised, Procumbent Pearlwort Sagina procumbens which has no petals and is often mistaken for a moss.

or Mind-your-own-business, Soleirolia soleirolii.

ErrolTheDragon · 08/04/2024 00:19

Erigeron karvinskianus?

Iamtheoneinten · 08/04/2024 00:24

Oh yes I do have Erigeron too, pops up here and there, but I was. Hoping for something more carpet like, the Erigeron is a bit ‘big’.
I was wary of Mind Your Own Business as I thought it might spread a bit too easily, where I might not want it?
Pearlwort looks interesting though, thank you!

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JobMatch3000 · 12/04/2024 08:37

Chamomile.

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