| Which plants are acid loving ~ I would like to use our abundant pine needles as a weed control around those plants |
| Pine needles will make a good mulch material for nearly every plant in your garden. The most commonly planted acid-loving plants include Azalea (Rhododendron) Bayberry (Myrica) Blueberry (Vaccinium) Camellia (Camellia) Clethra (Clethra) Ferns Gardenia (Gardenia) Heath/Heather (Erica, Calluna) Holly (Ilex) Hydrangea, bigleaf (H. macrophylla; for blue flowers) Leucothoe (Leucothoe) Magnolia (especially sweetbay: M. virginiana) Mountainlaurel (Kalmia) Pachysandra (Pachysandra) Pieris Pine (Pinus) Rhododendron (Rhododendron) Junipers Juniperus False Cypress Chamaecyparis Dwarf Hemlocks Tsuga Yews Taxus Dwarf Spruce Picea Mugho Pine Pinus mugo Sweetbush Clethra Dogwood Cornus Winterberry Ilex verticillata Mountain Laurel Kalmia Serviceberry Amelanchier Hydrangea Hydrangea macrophylla Bog Rosemary Andromeda Blueberries Vaccinium Lupines Lupinus Butterfly Weed Aesclepias Turtlehead Chelone Snakeroot Cimicifuga Fringed Bleeding Heart Dicentra Foxglove Digitalis Gentian Gentiana Primroses Primula Trillium Trillium Woodland Phlox Phlox stolon. Virginia Bluebells Mertensia Coral Bells Heuchera Barrenwort Epimedium Marsh Marigold Caltha Lady Slipper Cypripedium Hardy Ferns, most varieties Winterberry Cornus canadensis Wintergreen Gaultheria Lilies of the Valley Convollaria Bearberry Arctostaphylos Wax Begonias Calla Lilies Narcissus Potatoes I would keep the pine needles away from lilacs (they like alkaline soils). Best wishes with your garden! |
