So may options! What is the rest ofvthe landscape plan?

I just wish to replace an area of lawn. Not a very big area - thanks.

That is still not enough information to understand the context .

Not much to tell - small patch to grow something other than lawn. End of story - thanks.

Sun, shade, wet?

You mow or you weed. What are your thoughts on that?

Thanks so much roxanna. Good suggestions -- I love Lady's Mantle but I think this area may get too much sun for it. I have grown Vinca and do like it. I may head in that direction. Mad_gallica -- so true so true - Either one or the other. Sounds like vinca may avoid most of all...:-)

Pv Picotte - you might give lady's mantle a try anyway. Mine grows in full sun for half the day, but the soil stays moist-ish as it is near my vernal swamp. Another batch of it is in fairly dry soil along my front walk and gets more filtered shade/sun most of the day - I water other plants here now & then, but the lady's mantle has been there for years, and doesn't seem to be too fussy!

My vinca patch is a weedy mess. The shade parts are OK, but the more sunny parts are overrun with everything from goldenrod to poison ivy. What I really need to do is clear out the deadwood, and mow it.

m_g: ...and so to mow. or pull. R--I may try LM as your details may match my situation. Thanks.

My choice would be a hardy geranium. My favorite last year was Blushing Turtle.

That sounds very nice. I will check it out at local nurseries. Thanks.

Vinca (as well as day lilies, hostas and lady's mantle) is not native. It's fairly invasive and does absolutely nothing for pollinators and wildlife. It's pretty enough when it blooms, but violets are prettier and common blue violet will make a decent groundcover.

I love violets. Will they survive winter? I bring little ones in for the winter.

Never thought of using them as a whole ground cover. It would be lovely I think. Is this the type you mean? Thanks.

Geranium maccrorrhizum if it's mostly shady, G 'Karmina' or 'Biokovo' if mostly sunny. First is a little larger, but all three mostly evergreen in zone 6 and above, easy to control, highly weed supressing, deer resistant, and bloom in spring.

So many good choices - I like the sound of these geraniums for sure. It is mostly sunny in that area. Deer resistant nice feature. I don't have much of a problem with them but they are in the area. Thanks again.

OP…What you posted is a pic of pansies, not violets.

Oh so right...Sorry for that. Time to buy some violets...Thanks.

Update and question - a friend said that the plant in the pict is a vinca...Is it? Thanks.

^^^ I believe that pic is of vinca.

Oh thanks so much. It does have a nice blue flower. It was planted in the wrong place so dug it up and put it where the photo shows (temporarily). I will be moving it and it will get a fair amount of sun in the new place but think it should do fine. Thanks again.

When you say winter-hardy, do you mean evergreen? If so, paxistima canbyi is an adorable evergreen groundcover. no maintenance. easy grower. Nice color year round.

https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=279125

I am trying to keep it contained in a small (2-3 ft wide) area. It wants to spread but easy to pull the roots out to contain it. If you wanted it to fill a larger area, it would accomodate you.

For a flowering perennial requiring more maintenance, perennial geraniums work well. In particular, I like New Hampshire Purple. Very & neat tidy clumper. Blooms twice a season when deadheaded. Lasts late into the fall with nice color. Rozanne is a bit more rambunctious and unpredictable. But like most perennials, perennial geraniums have to be cut down for the season (end of fall or beginning of spring) so there is some maintenance.

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