I live in western Washington south Puget Sound region, but in a part of my city that is mostly flat and has less trees/greenspace. I rent but am allowed to do whatever I want with lawn. This pea gravel has been here since I moved in and gets overrun with weeds every spring/summer. My housemate thinks we should salt/use some other method to keep weeds from returning, but I don’t want to ruin chances to ever grow something in the soil below. I likely cannot remove (at least not all of) the gravel, and don’t want to spent a lot of money. Are there any native plants that might work here? What would you put in this space?
by Due_Employment_530
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(Image shows a space between sidewalk and street full of pea gravel. One is an example of a weeded section and the other is an unweeded section, as well as close up of reddish pea gravel)
Pacific Northwest zone 8b by the way
How thick is the layer of gravel? Yarrow plants might work but you would need to buy potted plants and move rocks away so you are planting in the soil. You will also need to water it especially since those rocks will retain heat.