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Wednesday - September 26, 2012
From: Round Rock, TX
Region: Southwest
Topic: Deer Resistant, Erosion Control, Groundcovers
Title: Deer-resistant groundcovers for erosion control
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
I need a ground cover (vine??) that will help me with erosion on a sloped front yard. It gets about 6-8 hours of sun and my main need is for something that the rats in our neighborhood will not destroy. By rats in mean the hundreds of deer.. ThanksANSWER:
Here are some recommendations for a deer resistant groundcover that will help prevent erosion in Round Rock TX:
GRASSES AND SEDGES:
Bouteloua dactyloides (Buffalograss). I recommend that you read our "How to Articles"—Native Lawns: Buffalograss and Native Lawns: Habiturf™ – The Ecological Lawn.
Bouteloua rigidiseta (Texas grama)
Carex blanda (Eastern woodland sedge)
VINES:
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Ipomoea cordatotriloba var. cordatotriloba (Tievine)
PERENNIAL HERBS:
Phyla nodiflora (Texas frogfruit)
Glandularia bipinnatifida (Purple prairie verbena)
Melampodium leucanthum (Blackfoot daisy)
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