The east side of my yard slopes down to the road about 1/2 acre. There is a very large oak tree dead center on the east slope. It sucks the water out of everything around it, especially the last two summers (serious drought!).

I've tried carolina jasmine under and near this tree (no luck!). Everyone said it should do great, it didn't. Even monkey grass, which normally is indestrucable just isn't spreading well (maybe I should give it more time).

Is there an everygreen ground cover that will tolerate these high heat, low moisture conditions. This is a fairly large area, so I don't want to use juniper because of the expense.

I dug a bed around this tree and added good garden dirt and lots of mulch. I thought that would help.

I'm having one heck of a hard time getting anything to grow here. Any suggestions??

I would love some suggestions!!!

Thanks, Michele