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Geranium macrorhizum has turned out to be such a useful groundcover for me I am now overdoing it. I love it because it completely smothers weeds. is endlessly divisible, drought tolerant even under maples on a steep slope, maintains a neat edge, is deer proof, doesn’t need cutting back after bloom despite what they say, is good looking… Runner up for me is pachysandra but it is vulnerable to blight. I am also using various ferns but so far they arent filling in so densely that i dont have to weed. What else can I use? Extra points if native!

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artinnaturez8b
last year
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I don't know where you are but it sounds like it's fairly cold? If so Asarum canadense may work. Share your location for more helpful responses.
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kitasei2
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Im in New York, lower Hudson Rover Valley, zone 7.
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artinnaturez8b
last year
You have a lot of options in zone 7. I've had a lot of fun with several cultivars of Saxifraga stolonifera: Nezu Jinga, Hsitou Silver and Harvest Moon, Black Mondo Grass, a whole pile of evergreen Carex with various foliage colors, Acorus Ogon, Ajuga Catlins Giant, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides is blooming heavily right now in late September, try this in spots with a bit more sun.
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kitasei2
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last year
The saxifraga stolonifera or creeping strawberry is currently overwhelming the tiarella I carefully nurtured, so yes its a smothering groundcover. Black mondo grass spreads sooooo sloely it would be a very pricey option. The carexes ( would this include hakonechloe?) are possibilities. All of these are Asian, though.