Snow on the Mountain

The picture is a bit fuzzy on the focus but I liked the look of the plant. You mention an apple tree nearby. What kind of apples are they and do they fruit well each year?. Do you prune your own trees?

the snow is finally gone in my back yard and I can actually see the grass underneath. It has been a long hard winter in Canada. The east is nice but I hear in the west they are still having snow storms.

Our Snow on the Mountain came back this year and tripled in size! I have to thin it out and move some of it to an area that I don't mind it taking over. It is a lovely ground cover. I enjoy the color of the leaves.

I have never heard of Snow on the Mountain. It's very pretty. I have hostas and daylillies coming up from last year. I haven't planted any more flowers this year. I'm not very good at growing stuff. I have planted some cherry tomatoes and I'm going to plant some peppers. I am using containers cause the soil is not very good here.

I just had to come see your snow on the mountain. I had this all along the side of my last house. It was such a nice green with that white edge all season long and I loved the color. Does yours get some kind of blossom for a short time? Some folks think of this as an invasive weed, I looked at it as a nice ground cover and I didn't have to weed.

I don't but wish I did.. I will have to try and find some, I have a sloping area in front of my house and it is dangerous to try and mow there because it is right on the street.. I do have a few creeping Phlox there but would take a fortune to cover all of this area.. I am going to check these out and see if I can find osme of them for this particular area.. I might never need to take my life in my hands again by mowing out front..

My middle name is ground cover! Being basically lazy, my idea of weed control is ground cover! Mostly I use violets. I had just a few.. but then one day I was walking and looked over to where an old abandoned barn was next door, and there were tons of violets, so the next full moon I went over and dug some up and transplanted them (yes I was quite surreptitious, even wore dark clothing and felt like it was quite the outlaw midnight adventure - I did plug up any small holes I made however) I still transplant more which have grown from them.. I love the so pretty little purple flowers anyway.. At this same time I also saw some lily of the valley so grabbed some of those also.. they were so going to waste! And got some of these started in our acre lot. And now as they multiply each year, I transplant and spread those out. I do the same with hostas, which were here when we bought our house, but I've bought other varieties.. and I transplant these around too. Being in charge of all mowing, part of the goal is - less mowing! Plus it all looks so smuch prettier! I've even used weeds for ground cover.. around the base of trees, and in some other places.. I think the one I use most is called creeping charlie, but I'm not sure.. but it looks much neater than say, crab grass! - How does snow on the mountain respond to drought? I have a rock wall/border which I've planted violets on but the rockiness is a bit dry for them.. unless I get out there and water them lots. I would so love to not have the huge chore of weeding atop that wall every year..

Since I cannot see your picture yet, since I am responding from e-mail, I will have to tell you later. I do not have any, but, if it is what I call snow on the mountain, I would love to have some. I see it in the wild a lot. So I am going to post this so I can get to the e-mail.

I need a type of ground cover like that. Very hardy that can be cut/walked on/weedfree and keeps springing back up. My yard has some bare spots that won't grow grass for some odd reason other than shade. Been trying to find ground cover to plant in those areas and make instant 'natural' flowerbeds thruout my yard that comes back every spring. I have a few groundcovers that have red leaves growing in almost full shade under one tree. I posted a pic on here under one of your other discussions but don't have it on my puter anymore.

does it handle shade? I need a ground cover that handles shade, and dogs.... oh, and heat and dry

Hi GRANDPA BOB! That must look so beautiful! We do have Bermuda grass as ground covering in some parts of our garden. They are so easy to plant too and spread out fast too. They just like being watered two times a day. Just my thoughts dear friend. Take care and have a nice day!