[Quincy]

And advise if it is a good choice for use as a growing weed supressant on a new border? Any other suggestions/alternatives?

Ive taken this snap of an individual plant out on its own (for clarity), but in the rest of the shrub bed I was looking at, you could not see any of the stones that lay beneath, 100% ground coverage.


Thanks,

Q

[Bugs]

It looks like a Cotoneaster , Quincy . From your description possibly Cotoneaster Dammeri . I was just wondering why this one has so few leaves , when you have total ground cover on the rest.
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[Quincy]

This is planted all around the car park in my place of work. The south facing car park is 100% covered witht this stuff but in the shaded area (where I took the pic) the growth was stunted and very few leaves on the branches/stems...

I have a pretty large border I recently developed at home. I have the hard landscaping almost complete just to finish the retaining walls hopefully this coming weekend. I did plant some shrubs there just to get a feel for what we'd like.... but the rabbits came and decimated. all that survived were the Rhodedanderons (untouched) and a few other lucky shrubs they only nibbled on, i had to dig them up and pot away in safety.
I noticed this morning that we have a load of rabbits living here in the grounds of my workplace and this groundcover plant is untouched by the little nibblers.....

How prolific is the stuff?

heres a pic of the bed on the south facing side of the car park.

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