Star Wars Garden Gnome Proficient Native Groundcovers - Robin's Plantain In Addition To Golden Groundsel

I've trialed a lot of groundcovers in addition to made a lot of mistakes over the by half-dozen years inwards my efforts to uncovering that magical institute that volition comprehend solid soil in addition to suppress weeds, but non live too aggressive/invasive or too much operate to maintain.

Here are 2 promising evergreen / semi-evergreen candidates that stimulate got performed good in addition to thus far. The fact that they are both native to this business office of Tennessee is a big bonus.

Packera obovata, golden groundsel, fully evergreen through this by (relatively mild) winter. 
(I tried growing simply about other Packera - P. aurea - final year, but it did non seem every bit tolerant of oestrus in addition to drought, fifty-fifty inwards partial shade, every bit P. obovata.)

Erigeron pulchellus, Robin's plantain As yous tin see, the Robin's plantain gets a fleck to a greater extent than tattered over the wintertime compared to the golden groundsel. Still, inwards my sense over the by few years, the erstwhile leaf tends to decay naturally without whatever intervention on my part, in addition to the plants volition await much improve shortly every bit novel leaf appears. (Yes, the blossom caput hither looks a petty strange...a fleck similar a conjoined twin. That's non the normal blossom appearance, every bit yous tin meet below, but it's non that uncommon either amongst Robin's plantain.)

I intend golden groundsel needs partial to total shade inwards hot summertime climates similar Tennessee, in addition to Robin's plantain also thrives inwards simply about shade, but I'd similar to assay it inwards sunnier spots likewise to meet how it performs. It's relatively slow to split upwardly in addition to transplant Robin's plantain inwards early on throttle or early on autumn, but I've learned the difficult agency that divisions are unlikely to hold upwardly if yous hold off likewise long inwards either season.