hazelnut said:TomNJ. some of the plants in your guild will form "living mulch"--nasturtium for example.
I remember once in California visiting a site in Santa Barbara that had been used as a city dump. They planted climbing nasturtium over the area. It was doing a great job of turning the dump into soil - and beautiful at the same time.
They have large round flat leaves that are good at shading out undergrowth.
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