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| BARREN STRAWBERRY USED AS A GROUND COVER EITHER SIDE OF WALKWAY |
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| ...ATTRACTIVE YELLOW FLOWERS, INEDIBLE FRUIT |
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| PURPLE AVENS |
Wednesday, 10:00 AM. 51 degrees F at the ferry dock, the same on the back porch. Wind WSW, light. The sky is clear, the humidity 58%. The barometer is falling slightly, now at 30.28". It is a fantastic day.
Most small native flowering herbs are not really suitable as ground covers because they are ephemeral, not only the flowers and fruits of short duration but the leaves as well. Two species that work pretty well as ground covers because their leaves last are barren strawberry, Waldsteinia fragaroides, and purple avens, Geum rivale, both in the Rose Family and both with nice flowers and very short stature. Both prefer sandy, poor soil, the later a moist habitat. Barren strawberry is native to barrens and dry woodlands of the eastern United States, purple avens is a northern, circumpolar species.
These plants are part of a native landscape at the end of Chequamegon Road on the lake, designed by Sara Bowles of Cornucopia, Wisconsin.
These plants are part of a native landscape at the end of Chequamegon Road on the lake, designed by Sara Bowles of Cornucopia, Wisconsin.
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