Herbs: Herbal lawn?, 1 by salvia_lover

salvia_lover wrote:
Yep, I like that one too. But I have to say that the really short one would be great for "walking on it" ground cover. ut it sounds like Linnea is envisioning a replacement to her grass that won't necessarily be one flat square area but could be a bit undulating. If that's the case, then several species and spp of thyme would be just heavenly IMHO. I've got thyme and lemon thyme as ground cover under 2 of my 6 citrus trees. I also have marjoram and oregano as ground cover under 2 other citrus. For the other two citrus, there is Osteospermum under one and Aptenia cordifolia under the other. All of them do really well all year long. Only the majoram doesn't do well in our winter (not so cold here...only down to about 40F at the coldest)....but even that doesn't die...it just gets a bit pitiful LOL.

Dichondra is another wonderful idea for non-herbal ground cover that doesn't need mowing at all. We have it in two parts of our garden. One in the lower level of our garden in a stepping stone path. The other area with the Dichondra is in the upper level where otherwise grass would have been (I had no intention of hauling the mower up and down steps! LOL). I am now sad that I didn't know abotu Dichondra being so tough and easy to care for before I put the grass in the lower level. But then, it does tend to creep into whatever is nearby. I don't midn so much in the lower level where we have it in the path because it looks sweet (very natural) peeping through the Santolina or Lantana here and there. But I'd hate for it to get mixed with something shorter as I think it would choke it out. Having said that, I am so very pleased with how it is coming along in the upper level of our garden. I just put down the seeds at the end of June when we started this upper garden....before that it was nothing but a dirt plot and now look at it (see attached photo).

-Julie