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Garden planting challenge: what can I plant here...?

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LupusinaLlamasuit · 02/05/2009 14:05

...on a pathway which is damp shade?

It was a 'lawned' pathway, until my kids moved in and compacted and churned it up running in and out day after day. We have put down some of that plastic stuff which grass grows through to provide some support, but TBH the grass won't ever recover given the pounding it gets and the lack of light.

I would love to grow something bouncy and fragrant (I have in my head the romantic notion of a chamomile lawn but more robust), but suspect all that will grow there is moss (which is pretty much the only thing, other than mud, which survives).

So: can one grow, er, moss? Is it available to buy as plants? Or something else? It has to fulfil the criteria: robust, spreading, VERY low growing or mowable, NOT slippy if possible (it is on a slope).

Hhm, perhaps I just need concrete

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LupusinaLlamasuit · 02/05/2009 14:25

Ah. All the gardeners are out, um, gardening. What, you don't have your laptop open outside in the sunshine like me?

Will bump later.

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LupusinaLlamasuit · 02/05/2009 19:29
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LupusinaLlamasuit · 02/05/2009 20:09

OK so now you're all out wafting past your azaleas and paeonies and having barbecues?

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mumblecrumble · 02/05/2009 20:56

hmmmmm....

zisforzebra · 02/05/2009 21:20

Any of "this www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/gardenerscorner/john/land_maintenance/john9.shtml" useful? I really like the sound of those fragrant plants you can walk on.

Catz · 02/05/2009 21:21

Thyme? or is it just too dark and wet?

zisforzebra · 02/05/2009 21:21

Sorry, rubbish at posting short links

LupusinaLlamasuit · 02/05/2009 22:03

Thanks - will look at link. It is pretty dark and wet (overshaded by large overhanging shrubs and heavy clay soil so permanently waterlogged), I ruled out chamomile or thyme cos I reckoned it needs light doesn't it?

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Pannacotta · 02/05/2009 22:05

You coudl try "Mind your own business", which likes damp/shady conditions.
www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/868.shtml

LupusinaLlamasuit · 02/05/2009 22:08

That looks like the solution! Likes pretty much any soil/light it seems. Will look it out in garden centre/nurseries...

Thanks. Will let you know if it works...

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