Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Spring Projects - Show Us Yours!, 0 by stormyla

stormyla wrote:
I've been pondering what to do with the outside edge of my road side bed for 2 years. Finally I've taken action after seeing a similar planting in another forum. The traffic whips by here at 45 to 50 mph and the road wind & dust is non stop. Also, there is a tremedous amount of regular wind that comes through here. In the spring I find that most of the fall's mulch from here has been blown into the bed.

This is 150' x 6'. I planted 16 Blue Rug Juniper, 25 Purple Ice Plant, 15 Golden Ice Plant, 16 Iberis, 20 Sedum Red Dragon, 25 Sedum Gold Star Creeper and 15 Sedum Angelina. There are Mums, about 50 of them, planted in the upper section, from last year.

I have some other ground covers that I could add here, but I want to wait a bit and see how these do. They are Creeping Jenny & Creeping Thyme. It is very dry out there and it is difficult to get the sprinklers and hoses out there.

This message was edited Jun 10, 2009 12:09 AM