My Vinca Minor loves the sun, and is trying to take over in my now sunny front yard edible garden, where I had planted it decades ago under a large shade tree that is now gone. Our soil has a lot of clay, as we are across the street from a very ancient creek that did flood every hundred years or so. But it would be wonderful to have pretty green ground cover (flowers an added bonus!) that grows happily in the dry shade around my camellias and pittosporums and hardy rose that do fine with no or hardly any summer water. I am growing lots of edibles, and some favorite flowers who need Summer water. I would love to hear about healthy ground covers that do well in DRY SHADE, as it is unsustainable to have to irrigate all of my garden. I live in Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area, and we have very dry Summers, and mostly only rain in the Winter. Our activities currently include: Biological Plant Nursery, Educational Courses, Local Land Stewardship, Polyculture Research, Market Gardening​, and Consultancy and Design. Growing, selling and promoting the use of plants and plant communities that have high ecological and nutritional value Practicing an open source policy, whereby we disseminate our results freely and share all aspects of our work Providing consultancy and design for landowners and farmers across Europe Providing quality education and training to aspiring growers and landscapers Providing working examples of our designs at our sites open for the public to visit It’s a native ground cover that is disease deer, and rabbit resistance, making it an easy addition to the shade garden. Researching, designing and implementing systems on the ground Creeping dogwood is the perfect ground cover for you It forms a blanket of lush, oval foliage and boasts the classic white dogwood flowers in spring. We aim to develop and promote practices that provide nutritious affordable food while enhancing biodiversity and work to achieve this by: Balkan Ecology Project is a family project run by myself, Sophie and our two boys Dylan and Archie, and supported by the amazing volunteers we have hosted here over the years. Over 75 choices that will bloom in the second year and for years to come. Find mixtures for your region, or for special uses such as dry areas, partial shade, attracting animals, low growing, and more. Prior to that, I worked as a freelance Arborist in the UK for 15 years. Step by step instructions on how to plant your wildflower seeds. The selected ground cover plants listed here grow well in a wide variety of soil types. Some ground cover plants prefer partial shade, others thrive in deep shade or full sun a few grow well in either sun or shade. Originally from the UK I moved over to Bulgaria with my family 12 years ago and set up the Balkan Ecology Project. Groundcovers are the perfect solution for bare areas, under trees, and for those pesky overly shaded areas in your garden. Selection of a suitable plant for ground cover depends on the area where it will be grown.
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