Ground Covers iyo Dzorera Gorosi uye Kutora Foot Traffic

Kubvunzurudza naPam Penick, Munyori we "Mambakwedza Akaenda!"

Gorosi ivhu rakavhara pasi. Asi, kushandiswa kweuswa kunowanikwa kune zvikonzero zvinoverengeka-zvisingaverengeki pakati pavo kuti zvimwe zvirimera zvishoma zvinogona kupona nemvura shoma uye zvinoda kusina mowing.

Pam Penick ndiAustin, TX, murimi wegadheni uye muumbi wehuni uyo haasi mutorwa kumatsanga anokonzerwa nekunaya kwemvura. Zvakaitika kwaari zvakamufuridzira kunyora Lawn Gone! (Ten Speed ​​Press, 2013).

Munyaya ino mubvunzurudzo, anowedzera zvimwe zvepamusoro pevhu rekuvhara uye uswa hwekusimbisa mazano:

Ndeipi Iyo Nzvimbo Dhatu Dzakakwirira Dzinokurira Vanhu Vaya Vari Kugadzirisa Kurambidzwa Kwemvura Kwenguva refu?

Kutanga, ndinokurudzira sedge, chero rudzi rwunozvarwa kana rwakafananidzirwa munzvimbo yako. Berkeley sedge ( Carex divulsa ) inoita zvakanaka muCalifornia. Pennsylvania sedge ( Carex pensylvanica ) inoshanda zvakanaka muMidwest and Northeast. Texas sedge ( Carex texensis ) inoshanda kuSouth Plains. Sedge anopa kutarisa kwemawn pasina mowing kana kumwa mvura nguva dzose.

Chechipiri, ndinoda sirivha yesirivha ( Dymondia margaretae ) nokuda kwemhepo isina mvura. Inogadzira chivharo, chikwata chinowedzera.

Chechitatu, zvinonaya zviri kuwedzera zveE cheveria genus uye Sedum genus zvinogona kuzadza nzvimbo zvakanyatsobudirira. Echeverias inowanzova yakasimba kumaodzanyemba kwenzvimbo 9, asi mbeu dzakadai 'Angelina' stonecrop ( S. rupestre ) inogona kuzadza nzvimbo munzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana dzemamiriro okunze.

Ndinoda zvikwata zvepuruu ( Senecio serpens ) nokuda kwenharaunda dzisina chando seSouth California. Sempervivums inosanganisira marudzi akasiyana-siyana ari kukura ari kumusoro-kwakasimba, akadai seminhenga-uye-chiko kana kuti houseleeks. (Ona nyaya yedu pane sedum tapetti .)

Chii Chaungadana Wakawanda "Nhanho-Inobvira" yeChinhu Chinovhara?

Zvinosuruvarisa, zvakawanda zvisingasviki pasi rinovhara hazvikoshese kufamba kwemagetsi kunyange thyme uye sedges zvakambotaurwa kare zvichabvuma kufamba nguva nenguva.

Mubhuku, ndinokurudzira tsvuku inokambaira thyme ( Thymus praecox spp Articus 'Coccineus') uye thymeyol thyme ( T. lanuginosis ), iyo yose ndiyo yakawanda yechando. Panewo zvishoma zvishoma ( Veronica oltensis ) yezvikamu 4-9, mahwisikiti ejubheri ( Rubus pentalobus ) munharaunda 6-11, uye chivako chesirivha ( Dymondia margaretae ) munzvimbo dze 9-11.

Ndezvipi Zvingasarudzwa Nevanhu Nokuda Kwakaoma Kwemvura?

PaneHabiturf yeSouth-West. Pane zvakanaka-fescue mixes kuCalifornia uye kumadokero Midwest, zvakadai se Prairie Nursery's No-Mow Lawn uye Wildflower Farm's Eco-Lawn . (Ona nyaya yedu pane turfgrass kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero .)

Dzimwe nguva Vanhu Vanoshandisa Mushonga Kuchenesa Mashizha uye Dhiyabhorosi paGorosi. Unoita Chimwe Chinhu Chinovhara Kuvhara Kwekutsvaira, Zvingava Mixed kana Isingafungi neGrasses?

Hungu, sedgesti inogona kugadzirirwa kamwe chete pamwedzi, kana uchida, kana kuti ukasiyiwa usina kupiwa "meadow" kutarisa. Liriope, iyo inoita zvakanaka kuSouth-East, inogona kudyiwa kamwe chete pagore pakutanga kwegore kuti ibvise mazai echando. Muzhinji, kunyange zvakadaro, chimwe chezvinhu zvakanaka pamusoro pekuenda musina-kusina kukosha!

Pam Penick ari kushanda mubhuku idzva, raifanira kuitwa muna 2016 kubva paGumi Speed ​​Press, inonzi " Inzvimbo Yakachengetedza Mvura: Nzira Yokukurira Jindu Rakaisvonaka neRo Less Water ."

Editor's Note:

Zvizhinji zvezvikwata zvinowedzera zvirimwa zvinowedzera zviripo zvinowanikwa kuburikidza nemunda wekurima. Asi kana iwe uine dambudziko kutsvaga zvaunoda, zvishoma zvekutsvaga paIndaneti zvinoratidza huwandu hwemashoko ehutori hwemashoko ekutsika-kukura "kufamba-on" pasi:

Creeperers yeJeeper

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