Hello everybody.

I am planing to plant some creeping juniper on the part on the backyard which is too steep to mow. I read that it should be perferct for my purpose, it is very tolerant to light and soil condition, easy to control and I like the look of it. The only negative thing about it seems to be that it doesn't supress the weeds very well. Is it true in your experience?

Do I have to put mulch on before it speads enough and will I need to keep mulching to suppress the weeds?

If so I thought the permanent weed suppressor like may be landscape fabric is the best choice for this because I can imagine that it will be difficult to put the mulch under the groundcover (and it kind of defeats the purpose).