Easy care plants for slope?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pachysandra
Liriope

Please, no. Both are invasive.

I was waiting for this poster to chime in .
My neighborhood has many beautiful large well-contained plantings of both pachysandra and liriope, especially on slopes. They have not yet eaten the homeowners, so I think we'll all live. A little less paranoia, people!

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Its the fear mongering PP who hates bamboo. Awesome. OP, needless to say, ignore that one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pachysandra
Liriope

Please, no. Both are invasive.

I was waiting for this poster to chime in .
My neighborhood has many beautiful large well-contained plantings of both pachysandra and liriope, especially on slopes. They have not yet eaten the homeowners, so I think we'll all live. A little less paranoia, people!

Maybe that's my house! We've had liriope in the front yard in a curved bed for 20 years and I self installed pachysandra in a section of my backyard 18 years ago and both are contained and never need to be cut back.

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Beautiful!

[Anonymous]

NP here. What are your opinions on creeping phlox vs. periwinkle as ground cover for a slope? I love the color of periwinkle but I don't want to introduce something that will later be a problem.

I have a front yard that slopes about 6 feet down to the road. The ditch between the road and the yard gets quite wet in spring and summer, so a groundcover to help soak up some of that moisture would be good, and I love the look of purple/blue flowers. Right now we have just scrubby grass and weeds on the slope.

[Anonymous]

OP, first dig some trench to direct the water away from the house. Use drainage pipe or fill it with small stones from home depot. Then you can plant ground cover to control erosion. I have used Pachysandra and Vincas (creepers) for shady areas and Ajuga (Chocolate Chip variety) for sunny locations. They are not invasive if you maintain the bed couple of times during the growing season. You can't just plant them and expect to go auto-pilot. Any plants will become "invasive" if you don't maintain them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:See page 72:

http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/pdf/chesapeakenatives.pdf

+1. This is a great publication.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here. What are your opinions on creeping phlox vs. periwinkle as ground cover for a slope? I love the color of periwinkle but I don't want to introduce something that will later be a problem.

I have a front yard that slopes about 6 feet down to the road. The ditch between the road and the yard gets quite wet in spring and summer, so a groundcover to help soak up some of that moisture would be good, and I love the look of purple/blue flowers. Right now we have just scrubby grass and weeds on the slope.

This phlox is native, purple, and beautiful: Phlox carolina, stolonifera, subulata. Please don't plant periwinkle, aka vinca minor.

For a decorative border consider wild indigo,