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Tuesday - November 01, 2011
From: Watauga, TX
Region: Southwest
Topic: Groundcovers, Shade Tolerant, Grasses or Grass-like, Herbs/Forbs
Title: Shade tolerant groundcover plants for Tarrant County, Texas
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
I live in far NE Tarrant County (Ft Worth), TX and need a groundcover that can tolerate complete shade and poor, rocky, clay soil. I need mostly for erosion control, and needs to be relatively lowANSWER:
Here are several groundcovers that will grow in the shade. Except for the two grasses, they are semi-evergreen or evergreen.
Calyptocarpus vialis (Straggler daisy) is evergreen to semi-evergreen. "Evergreen in areas with mild or no winter, deciduous in areas with cold winters."
Phyla nodiflora (Texas frogfruit) is semi-evergreen.
Packera obovata (Golden groundsel) is evergreen to semi-evergreen.
Carex planostachys (Cedar sedge) is evergreen.
Chasmanthium latifolium (Inland sea oats) dies back in winter but is perennial. This grass grows in clumps and can reach 2 feet or more, but is very attractive.
Muhlenbergia schreberi (Nimblewill) dies back in winter but is perennial.
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