The ultimate ground cover?
The ultimate ground cover? One of the most popular posts I've ever done on this blog is this old one from 2011 on the topic of ground covers. It talked about the difficulty of finding a suitable ground cover for our front yard, which would need to have the following features: Able to grow in our climate (UDSA Zone 7) Able to grow in our heavy clay soil Tolerant of full afternoon sun, but not requiring full sun all day Low-maintenance Able to tolerate some light foot traffic Low-growing, so we would never have to mow it (this was crucial) Non-invasive As it turned out, there weren't a lot of plants that ticked all those boxes. In fact, I'd been able to find only three: smooth rupturewort ( Herniaria glabra ), barren strawberry ( Waldensteinia fragarioides ), and Dutch white clover ( Trifolium repens ). Weighing the pros and cons of all three of these, I decided the clover was probably the most ecofrugal, and I had a go at planting some in the back yard, but...