Hi all! We’re looking into replacing our lawn with something a little more native and environmentally friendly and would love some suggestions! We live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA in zone 6B.
The red areas in the photo are where we currently have or will have garden and flower beds but the rest of the lawn is fair game (wood chips will be coming up so all of that will be ground cover as well). Our yard gets full sun and we have 3 dogs so it will need to tolerate some foot traffic.
Ideally we would love something low growing to fill out the space so we don’t have to mow as often. We would also love for it to be green year round which seems like it might require more than one type of ground cover to stay green in the winter. Natives are preferred if possible. Thank you for the suggestions and advice!
by RosettaTones
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Pittsburgh gets snow. Idt you will have much luck with year round evergreen ground cover. Sedges will be your best bet, but they aren’t really ground cover. But also you have like 75% of your yard covered in red. Which means most of your yard is already counted for. So really your best bet is to just grow turf on the other areas.
I live in the same area. I’m curious about what the answer is.
I have been letting my yard grow whatever shows up. But i like your idea.
Chrysogonum virginianum is an excellent native ground cover. Can tolerate some traffic. My dogs have carved a path through mine over time though