What is the easiest ground cover for a sunny dry area?

Answer 1

Depending on your zone, try some of the following:

1. Sedum
2. Ice Plant
3. Vinca (this will go wild in it's third year and spread EVERYWHERE...may have to be cut back)
4. Pachysandra
5. Ivy (Another invasive plant...also...be sure it does not climb tree...it will choke out the tree)
6. Wisteria (same as ivy)
7. Liriope (commonly called "Monkey grass")
8. Mondo grass
9. Phlox
10. Missouri Primrose


Succulents, or cactus family plants are best for dry areas. You will have to check to see which "zone" you are in to see if the above will work. Most garden centers have a zone guide. Zones refer to the climates. Some plants do well in tropical zones, and others need a cold winter to really bloom well in spring. If you don't mind something tall, canna lilies and day lilles reproduce rapidly year after year and sprout beautiful flowers. The down side is that the foliage dies back during the fall and winter and can leave that spot bare during those months. But you can plant a combination of bulbs and spreading ground cover to keep color in your yard for most of th year.
Good luck and happy planting!

Good luck and happy planting.

Answer 2

Easiest Ground Cover

Answer 3

MASTER GARDENER TO THE RESCUE.

Did I miss something? I though the question asked for an easy GC for sunny dry area??? I think we need to explain "sunny dry" to the others who posted.?

You didn't say if you wanted perennials, shrubs, vines or trees?

"Easy" covers a lot of ground. (there is a joke here somewhere? Tee Hee)
Wild ginger.
Wooly yarrow.
Dwarf plumbago.
Mexican daisy.
Dwarf coyoto brush.
Rosemary.
California fuchsia.
Germander.
Dryas.

These are but a few from the MASTER GARDENER'S list of easy, drought tolerent ground covers for a sunny area.

Sorry, but none of the plants listed by the others fit your requirements. All that I read would require regular irrigation to look their best. The plants I listed use little to no additional irrigation once established.

Suggest you contact your local MASTER GARDENER sight for a list approved for your own area & growing conditions

Answer 4

Transplanting is acceptable done even as the flora are dormant. in case you wait till after the first demanding frost to dig up and relocate a plant, you'll have a lot extra proper success. If roots are severed, the plant received't even be conscious so long as a results of the indisputable fact that is dormant. once you replant, only fill interior the hollow with good, wealthy soil. upload some compost once you've it. be sure you plant the bush on a similar factor it changed into before. Rose of Sharon like finished solar yet they're going to tolerate some colour. i do not imagine rabbits are a lot drawn to those flora, notwithstanding it does no longer damage to cage or wrap the trunk for the first wintry climate. Squirrels do not have any activity in those flora. do not get too nerve-racking to be certain new develop next spring. Rose of Sharon are very previous due starters.

Answer 5

phlox,varias types of sedum,perriwinkle,dianthus,there are so many to choose from.even strawberries works as a ground cover.you need to check your soil type and usda climate zone for perrianial that will grow in your area.i find a combination of stuff works best so that something i flowering all season long.also look in your local area for any garden clubs, not only can you get a ton of info but alot of the members are eager and willing to give a piece of a plant that they have in their garden.good luck

Answer 6

I like lantana. Very hardy, needs little water, many different colors to choose from--yellow, orange, purple.

Answer 7

creeping jenny...It grows anywhere....but be careful...many ground covers can be invasive...Oh yeah...Creeping jenny has a pretty yellow blosom and bright green leaves