I'd not imagined using strawberries as a ground cover plant, but it's an excellent suggestion. It's fast spreading, pretty and you can eat it. What more coul you want?!
I'd not imagined using strawberries as a ground cover plant, but it's an excellent suggestion. It's fast spreading, pretty and you can eat it. What more coul you want?!
Yes, I had strawberries in a flower bed at my old house and they made a wonderful ground cover. I have yet to get any started at my new home. Not that I haven't tried. I haven't found a spot that they like yet. I'll try again.
They do spread fast when they have the right conditions. Also, I agree edible is better.
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Wow strawberries I love them. I had never thought of this. You could be on to something! Wow what an exceptional idea.
The only thing you have to be careful about is that strawberries will put out runners, if that is the right word, and try to choke out other plants in the bed. If the strawberries do well and make a good ground cover, you will have to check them periodically to make sure they aren't trying to strangle anything else that is growing. I just break off the little shoots that try to choke out the flowers. I forget what they are called right now.
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I do have an area that used to be a garden until either moles, ground squirrels or gophers went to town on the veggies. They left me with plants with no roots and tomatoes with chunks bitten out. It is now an area strictly for fruit trees; a guava, and 2 avodacos while the rest is just barren after pulling out all the weeds that tried to take over
Would strawberries really work as groundcover or am I just gonna feed the aforementioned rodents? Like others have said, they would great and they're edible. Would they co-habitate well with the fruit trees? The trees are still relatively small, less than 5ft tall.
What do you guys and gals think?
Wow I didn't know that scalding hot water killed weeds thanks so much. I will definately do this because weed killer is so expensive.
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I like straberry so much
i also want to plant some fruits in my garden
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I've been looking into ground covers too, and I know my reply is probably too late, but i just joined and wanted to tell you about Gazanias. they are drought tolerant and long blooming. i'm starting some more right now from seed and am excited. in my opinion they're really cute. they're similar to daisies, but very low growing and come in more distinct patterns. the ones i have come in yellow, orange, and red.
i've attached a photo from the internet i found of them.
also, i'm looking into a flowering succulent ground cover called portulaca, or rock rose i believe.