Beginner Gardening: Tree stump, ground coverings?, 1 by dax080

dax080 wrote:
Another nice looking, tough-as-nails groundcover for under trees is Deadnettle - I've found variegated especially pretty in the shade. Dax

I don't have a picture of the deadnettle, but here is Pachysandra under a pine with hosta - it is the line in approx. the center of the pic. For them, however, I do think you will need to amend the soil with lots of organics, and will need to water regularly for them to thrive.

The deadnettle is extremely drought tolerant once established.