I am redoing my front garden space. I added these two raised beds. In the middle I pulled out a butterfly bush and put in a summersweet. I'm adding all the plugs I've had in pots around my yard all summer to the raised beds and was thinking of using my native strawberry plants as ground cover. Does that sound like a good idea? I'm a little worried the strawberries will take over too fast and the other plants won't have room to expand. Everything going in there is semi-aggressive there will be Ironweed, swamp Rose mallow, Mountain mint, swamp sunflower and coreopsis. Thoughts?
by RhinoWolf0207
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They will definitely be quick to fill in IME. I’d plant everything and just keep an eye on if the strawberry is choking things out. They tend to stay low until flowering.
It’s a good idea if your other plants will be taller than them. It will increase their nutrients requirements though and lower yields for both plants (but higher total yield).