Specialty Gardening: Summer ...show your pic's # 2, 1 by LeawoodGardener

LeawoodGardener wrote:
I also planted lysimachia along the street, between the curb and the boxwood hedge around my big annual bed. Here the goal was to have something that could withstand the pollution and snow/ice removal from the street and take the foot traffic from the neighborhood walkers, kids and dogs on a leash. It has met my expectations perfectly. Previously I tried ivy here. Each spring (for 2 years) I'd plant a couple flats of ivy, conscious of the "Sleeps, creeps, leaps" adage everyone gives about planting ivy, but somehow it could not take the traffic and drought this sunny location offers. Last summer I planted the lysimachia and it's been perfect.