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[carnation]

Are you talking about putting in evergreen foundation plants or annuals?

We have the rock hard clay too. I hate it. We're going to try to amend it before we plant the Encores but we used to do that at the college where I taught horticulture and you know what? A year later, we'd take some core samples of the soil we'd amended and it would be all clay again.

Honeychile, the English ivy hurts brick because of the suckers it clings with. There are other vines that aren't quite as destructive to brick.

[honeychile]

Yes, I do have a brick house, but I've tried to keep the ivy lowish. *sigh* What kind of vine looks nice on brick? I could probably get the English ivy to grow on one of the nasty parts of the hillside...

[carnation]

I'm not sure what thrives up there but 2 less destructive choices might be the evergreen honeysuckles or the wintercreeper euonymus (lots of new cultivars).

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by carnation

I'm not sure what thrives up there but 2 less destructive choices might be the evergreen honeysuckles or the wintercreeper euonymus (lots of new cultivars).

is everygreen honeysuckle considered an invasive plant? We recieved a letter recently that outlined all kinds of invasive plants that the DNR would like to see eliminated in Indiana and honeysuckle was listed.

Oh, and Target had these little herb pots in the $1 section, so the two older boys picked out chives and oregano and it was our family night project. The pots are now painted and the seeds planted and sitting in the kitchen window. Now we'll just have to see if they sprout! I am also starting marigolds from seeds this year (I collected the seeds last fall). I probably won't plant anything outside until late April/early May.

[AOIIalum]

Originally Posted by carnation

Are you talking about putting in evergreen foundation plants or annuals?

Annuals and/or perennials, but not evergreens.