Can anyone suggest plants to grow between cracks in dry stone walls and paving slabs?. Dry shade mostly but with some sun . Clay soil. Some of the slabs won't get walked in much. Thanks.
The ones you see growing in cracks naturally. Valerian Centranthus ruber, ivy-leaved toadflax Cymbalaria muralis, sea fleabane Erigeron glaucus. Also aubretia, houseleeks Sempervivum spp and many species of stonecrop.
My marjoram seems very happy on clay and sends up nice clouds of scent when trodden on. Most pathy plants seem to like chalky/limestoney soil. I can't get my fleabane to take on clay for love nor money. FGMNs does well between the cracks and oxalis and celandine. But not sure you want those last two.
B3 sorry! Linaria not linum.... They are supposed to like sandy soils, but MIL gave us seeds from her garden and they grew. The big ones like Cannon Went grow and seed here, and they are not dissimilar, just the size is very different. Fairy bouquet is one range.
I'll give them a go. I'd say even clay between vertical cracks would be as free draining as sand. I'll just be careful where I put them. Not as adventurous as trying a tropical garden in the far north, but with a try.
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Thanks chaps.
Any seeds that I could sprinkle?
Sorry the name escapes me but I thought they were a variety called fairy ...something.
But try the Alpine garden society?
http://archive.alpinegardensociety.net/publications/Alpine-Gardener/cumulative-index/entry/?category=Linum
The ones we had were very pretty lots of different colours, purple, orangey amber, white and yellows.
They are supposed to like sandy soils, but MIL gave us seeds from her garden and they grew.
The big ones like Cannon Went grow and seed here, and they are not dissimilar, just the size is very different.
Fairy bouquet is one range.