Pacific Northwest Gardening: Help does anyone know of an evergreen ground cover that...., 1 by cocoajuno

cocoajuno wrote:
I want that overplanted look, I am trying to convince my DH the more you plant the less weeds you have....lol I hope he believes me.
I shared some of my old fashioned tall bearded iris's this year with two neighbors I had never met and helped them plant because they had no idea how to plant them. I had such a good time and felt good to be able to actually do the digging... Most of the mature stuff you see I planted in 1999, the greenhouse was built that year too. About that time my back started acting up on a daily basis instead of sporatically and I was very limited as to what I could do. Two years ago with the help of my DH, I scaled back the gardens to a manageable cleanup for me and only added small things I could dig on my hands and knees, so no gallon plants only seeds or small plants. I lost some of my favorites this year with the snow and frost and just wierd winter weather we had.
I am now gungho and ready, I am even visiting the rescue areas of the garden centers to get things cheaper....lol
I changed all the areas to the cherry wood because of cost...so much cheaper than the blocks or concrete edging. I found some nice topsoil and bark at Nobach's and added the two new areas. Using the cheaper wood so I could have more plants...
Here is the area up near the house, it is pretty full when everything comes up...I have bleeding heart, helleborus, 2 hydrangeas, a hibiscus and lots of fuchsias upright and basket style, I just throw those in the garden instead of baskets...it is the only shady area I have except behind the greenhouse and that is ferns and hostas.Now it is time to fill it all in....LOL