Drought Tolerant Silver Carpet Ground Cover

Squaw carpet is an evergreen ground cover that grows on open slopes and under jeffrey or ponderosa pines from 4000 to 7000 elevation.

Drought tolerant silver carpet ground cover.

It only needs water during severe drought. Full sun part shade. This drought tolerant ground cover thrives in rocky soil poor soil and survives drought but it can t tolerate wet roots. Silver carpet dymondia margaretae the dymondia margaretae in the above photo gets trampled by children adults and a 70 pound dog on a daily basis in la jolla ca.

Silver carpet is a nearly flat ground cover for sunny borders. Best in full sun in well drained soils. The drought tolerant perennial has soft needle like leaves and every summer flowers with yellow blossoms. It is also perpetually run over by scooters and tricycles.

Silver carpet grows well. Read on to learn more and take advantage of this versatile ground cover. 2 inches high spreads to make a carpet like ground cover. Dymondia silver carpet dymondia margaretae is a delightfully dense drought tolerant 1 2 high spreading ground cover perfect for most sunny water wise gardens if you re looking for something attractive in your landscape you may want to consider growing this plant.

Once established it will need water during severe drought. Silver carpet usually blooms in late spring and early summer but the silver gray leaves provide an attractive low water ground cover all year. This plant has deep succulent roots and is drought tolerant. Dymondia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family there is only one known species dymondia margaretae endemic to the cape province region of south africa.

Dwarf mondo grass o. Japonicus nana grows to about 30cm in height and will spread slowly to cover large areas. This low growing evergreen goround cover plant looks similar to dwarf spruce shrubs and spreads well to cover plenty of ground. This sun loving ground cover grows between 6 and 10 15 25 cm in height.

During the first few years water regularly to encourage a strong full growth. However it grows faster with irrigation. Deschampsia caespitosa tufted hairgrass is a perennial bunch grass from mountain meadows. Silver carpet thrives in poor rocky soil drought and salt spray.

In shade there will be a distinct ring where it will not grow she says. This relatively drought tolerant ground cover grows well in full sun or partial shade. The silver leafed plant thrives in quick draining soils and is drought tolerant once established.