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What are you using as ground cover?

I'm losing the battle against my neighbor's weed farm (literal weeds like goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria), not even the fun ones) and need some good suggestions for ground cover. I've already planted a ton of geraniums and they're great, but some variation would be nice. I live in Denmark, which means winter temperatures occasionally get down to around -20 oC /-4 oF.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lupines? They self-seed, improve the soil, stand relatively tall and thick, and are very pretty to boot! Not to mention they are cold hardy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uh, that sounds promising! How much sun do they need?

[–] PostingInPublic 1 points 1 year ago

You probably have as many slugs as I do here in Germany, slugs absolutely love lupines. I had to give up on them.