Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical ground cover, 0 by JPlunket

JPlunket wrote:
OK, here's a shot of the arachis pintoi I planted as sprigs in February. It's filling in pretty nicely, even though my irrigation system was off for a week and a half during a scorching hot streak with very little rain. (the plants crinkled up, looked PWP, but seemed mostly to come right back to their cheery green in a few hours.

I am still in the weeding phase, since the original planting was not dense enough to shade out all the various grasses and other weed plants --hope it soon is.

In a slightly shadier spot where I also planted the same sprigs, growth has been even better.

I now note that this ground cover is best where you don't get a heavy leaf drop, since the arachis gets so thick and tangled, there's no easy way to rake the area.