Episode 36: Plants for Pathways

Options for in the cracks and along the edges

Most gardeners have some sort of pathway in their landscape . Planting along that walkway — or even in it — can be a challenge . In this episode we discuss depleted - visibility plant that can genuinely take being stepped on and even run over by the lawnmower . But , we also offer options for plants that take shape cultivated , petite mounds , arrive at them consummate for planting along the edges of a walk . These guys are the idealistic candidate for soften up the lines of a path , but without get too mussy and sprawling into the theodolite route . The episode is assault out with a guest visual aspect by garden clothes designer Riz Reyes who provides some super unique plant picks , many of which you may never have heard of .

Expert testimony : Riz Reyes , garden designer in Seattle , Washington .

Last year Steve photograph an unbelievable garden in Minnesota , designed by Frank Fitzgerald . There he saw‘Chocolate cow dung ’ ajuga(Ajuga reptans‘Chocolate Chip ’ , Zones 4 - 9 ) used in a unparalleled checkerboard pathway .

Masterwort(Astrantia majorand cvs . , Zones 4 - 7 ) makes perfect , tight mounds that are 1 to 2 pes grandiloquent and wide . Its stocky habit makes it an ideal nominee for along a pathway . Be monish : reseeding can be an egress in some arena .

An golden oldie but goodie , mazus(Mazus reptans , Zones 5 - 8) is an adorable groundcover that gets cover in tiny violet , snapdragon - like flower in spring . It ’s so tough it can even hold up getting trampled by small fry , PET , or a married person who should have it away better .

If you have shitty grime where nothing else can raise , trydonkeytail spurge(Euphorbia myrsinites , Zones 5 - 8) . It thrives in lean soils , is incredibly drouth tolerant , and gets cheerful yellow blooms in outflow that pollinators go nuts over .

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