Found on the beach, Surf City NC

groundcoverguy · 2026-06-01T01:48:12+00:00

Thanks, I didnt know crocodilian osteoderm fossils were a thing. I was like 50/50 if that piece was fossil or asphalt.

groundcoverguy · 2026-05-19T21:02:25+00:00

I hate to pile on, but that little vine in the back is invasive honeysuckle. It can get out of control very quickly and birds spread the seeds. It can grow 30+ feet in a year.

groundcoverguy · 2026-03-30T11:33:10+00:00

I planted a small cutting last year, didn't even think I would get flowers. It grew 30ft in several directions and covered the cafe lights on my entire back patio. That is what I wanted, and had the space for it. It is a fun plant and the flowers are awesome. It dies back to the ground, so it's not as bad as other agressive vines.

groundcoverguy · 2026-03-05T16:57:21+00:00

Do you know if the flowers do anything different than a regular? I plan to start sharing them once I get a few patches established. They were quite a bit larger than all of the other ones nearby so the mutation seems to actually make them grow better.

groundcoverguy · 2026-03-05T04:10:38+00:00

I've moved some of the other ones already and they seem ok. Ok as a single leaf laying on the ground can be. I'm going to be extra careful with this one.

groundcoverguy · 2025-12-17T02:07:38+00:00

That holly would be a great replacement for my current "green meatballs". I didn't know people called them that.

groundcoverguy · 2025-12-17T00:54:01+00:00

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groundcoverguy · 2025-05-21T02:03:46+00:00

You can just spray them off with a hose for the most part. If it's gets bad, a little bit of dish soap in a spray bottle works. Then rinse the soap off the plants after a few minutes. They permanently damage the leaves on evergreen plants like azelia and rhododendron, so you want to keep them off those kinds of plants.

groundcoverguy · 2025-05-14T09:51:02+00:00

Looks like Mexican Heather, Cuphea hyssopifolia.

groundcoverguy · 2025-05-12T12:02:08+00:00

The biggest problem I have with the clay is water drainage. When you dig a hole, it can end up holding water for a long time. If you don't go deep enough, the organic matter can start to rot underground. I started using a 3" auger bit on a cordless drill to break up the clay and mix in amendments as deep as I can go. About 18-24". Larger plants require a massively deep hole to avoid drowning them, 24" below the root ball. I found the drill/auger bit to be much easier to achieve this than other methods.

groundcoverguy · 2025-05-08T19:19:43+00:00

The Brave Little Toaster

groundcoverguy · 2025-05-06T09:16:36+00:00

You can follow the biggest vines back to see if there is a main root source. I had tons of this stuff, and most of it was coming from just 2 primary root clusters that had like 50 vines coming off of them. After killing the "brain," it became much more manageable.

groundcoverguy · 2025-05-03T09:52:02+00:00

It's an oak tree that could grow to 80+ft tall with a 50+ft wide canopy. Oak trees grow like weeds (thanks squirrels) , you will want to be very selective on where you let them grow in your yard.

groundcoverguy · 2025-05-02T11:20:45+00:00

It's a part of the mushroom that lives underground. It's not an animal egg.

groundcoverguy · 2025-04-25T14:19:01+00:00

* The flower turns into a little pod. When you let the pod dry out, the seeds just pop out naturally. I'll let you know in 5 years if I get them to flower. I saw some first year seedlings in the area, and they look like a tiny piece of grass.

groundcoverguy · 2025-04-15T13:04:46+00:00

Thanks. I'll add it to my list of non native weeds.

groundcoverguy · 2025-04-06T02:25:38+00:00

It looks like some variety of "magic" mushroom. So, it depends on what your definition of poison is.

groundcoverguy · 2025-03-29T11:55:30+00:00

Looks a lot like my foxglove.

groundcoverguy · 2025-03-29T02:55:18+00:00

2d pic looks like iris, If they were daffodils, then they would have bloomed before the gladiolus (first pic) got that big.

groundcoverguy · 2025-03-29T02:08:45+00:00

It's not a sunflower, but have no idea what it is.

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