memorialgarden

There is a semi-steep slop on the west side of the

Memorial
Garden.  Right now it is covered in weeds.  It has to be weed whacked regularly.  We are thinking of planting something in mass.  Something that can cover the slope quickly and also be attractive.  Perhaps a ground cover will work well.  Turning this slope into a lawn isn’t very practical because of the pitch of the slope.  I have some giant Ajuga (bugleweed).  It spreads real fast.  It has larger leaves than the regular leaves of common ajuga that encroaches into the lawn.  The crowns are easy to plant ant pull out of the ground.  It puts up a stunning display of bluish-purple spikes in the early summer.  It is my hope that ajuga’s extensive root system will stop erosion on the slope.