Snow in Summer - Garden Plant?

KeenTeen17 · #1 (**permalink**) 29-05-2009, 08:49 PM

I have seen Snow in Summer on the local sand dunes forming really nice carpets all over the dunes. Is it possible that they will grow in my garden? Our soil is quite clay-y and theres only a few shrubs which grow. We've got some Cotoneaster, a Cypress and 2 Ash young trees. is it possible to take a cutting and get it to grow? Thanks

Susie · #2 (**permalink**) 29-05-2009, 08:58 PM

I've got this in the garden but it doesn't like being on heavy waterlogged soil over the winter. If you can improve your drainage it may survive.

KeenTeen17 · #3 (**permalink**) 29-05-2009, 08:59 PM

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I've got this in the garden but it doesn't like being on heavy waterlogged soil over the winter. If you can improve your drainage it may survive.

The soil very rarely gets waterlogged.

Susie · #4 (**permalink**) 29-05-2009, 09:05 PM

Do you have a sunny spot where you can put it?

Hedera · #5 (**permalink**) 29-05-2009, 09:38 PM

It's good on rockeries or tops of walls, planted in a little sandy soil. Will cover up nicely in a season.

KeenTeen17 · #6 (**permalink**) 18-06-2009, 09:33 PM

Thanks for all the advice. There was a huge patch of the plant growing in a gap in the tarmac of a path in a thin layer of soil, so I was able to take some along with a bit of soil and roots. I've planted it in the garden so will keep you all posted

Thanks again

ron1863 · #7 (**permalink**) 18-06-2009, 09:41 PM

We had it in our last house where it grew on a slope and tumbled over a wall. It spreads very quickly though.

KeenTeen17 · #8 (**permalink**) 18-06-2009, 09:42 PM

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We had it in our last house where it grew on a slope and tumbled over a wall. It spreads very quickly though.

thats what I like to hear

At the moment theres a huge bare patch in the garden because we removed one of those coniferous spider plants and a lot of snowberry

ron1863 · #9 (**permalink**) 18-06-2009, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

thats what I like to hear

At the moment theres a huge bare patch in the garden because we removed one of those coniferous spider plants and a lot of snowberry

It's growing in the wild around my area. People have been removing the excess growth and dumping it with the result that it's all over the place.

KeenTeen17 · #10 (**permalink**) 19-06-2009, 09:10 AM

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It's growing in the wild around my area. People have been removing the excess growth and dumping it with the result that it's all over the place.

Not in my garden

I encourage anything to grow

KeenTeen17 · #11 (**permalink**) 03-07-2009, 06:00 PM

I got some from a massive patch near me. It was growing in a thin layer of tarmac. I brought some home with a bit of root and soil attached and have planted it in the flowerbed. Its looking a bit bedraggled at the moment but its probably just settling.