![]() Ice Plant - For a cheerful and vibrant ground cover that’s fast spreading, look no further than the many varieties of ice plant. Luckily for San Diegans, we have a great variety of species that offer wonderful color, ground coverage, and drought tolerance. ![]() Ground cover with flowers that also tolerates full sun can be a tall order. *This post contains affiliate links which means if you make a purchase we will be compensated. We hope you’ll be inspired to try a few of these in your yard or garden. These include ground covers with flowers, succulent cover, unique foliage colors, lawn replacement choices and a few others. This article will cover a great variety of plants that are good spreaders. Great companion posts in our gardening series include:Īny ground cover we use here in San Diego has to tolerate heat, dry conditions, and allow for full sun (the majority of the time).Conclusion: San Diego ground cover plants.Drought tolerant ground cover you can walk on.Drought resistant ground cover with unique foliage.Without proper investigation into your conditions (soil type, moisture levels, pitch of slope, etc) your specific needs can not be determined and this blog should only be used as a guideline for starting your research to the best plant/groundcover for your situation. ![]() We are only making educated recommendations of our favorite alternatives. *Disclaimer: The information contained in this blog is for general informational purposes only. Woolly Thyme: hardy, fragrant, purple blooms, walkable, low water use, creeping growth, requires full sun and hot conditions for best growth, best in flat areas but if not properly cared for can get woody and die backĪny of these recommendations can be purchased at your local nursery.Lampranthus: low growing succulent, dry or moist soil, low water use, colorful blooms, suitable for all well drained soil types, good on slopes.Cotula: hardy, requires full sun, walkable, low/no additional water use, yellow blooms.Dymondia: hardy, mat like, deep green, low water use, requires full sun/minimal shade, grows best in flat areas but can be susceptible to fungus.Malephora: evergreen succulent, bright green foliage, pink or yellow flower, full sun, low/no additional water, spreading growth, self propagating, good for slopes.it will occur again!ĭue to this concern, we have spent some time doing research into alternatives for Red Apple and have decided to share our favorites with all of you! ![]() While some of the Red Apple is able to survive and with proper treatment others are able to bounce back the reality of the situation is if it has occurred once. This has occurred due to a strain of Downy Mildew that has infected more than 80% of Red Apple on slopes especially attacking those on north or east facing sides (shown above on right). if you reside in Southern California you have also seen this normally vibrant green plant turn an awful sludgy brown color, wither and die in the last 6 months. ![]() If you are living in the Southern California area, you know the Red Apple Ice Plant well! It is the plant growing on almost every slope within HOA communities and along frontage slopes to shopping centers (shown below on left). ![]()
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