Best Shade Ground Cover For North Texas. Shade-loving ground covers can replace bare spots with a pretty palette of green. Ground covers are often used in tight leftover areas so as to reduce lawn maintenance in such areas.
Bermuda grass requires the least amount of watering and fertilizer and it does well in extended sunlight. Asian Jasmine will grow in full sun to shade. Asian jasmine is a great evergreen ground cover that grows best in acidic to slightly alkaline soil.
With moist shade and deep acidic woodland soil of good tilth it will form a tight ground cover.
Growing up over 4 tall it has a large and coarse leave with bright red tubular flowers in the summer. This plant is considered slightly invasive in portions of the Northeast and Northwest US but most gardeners will have no major problems with it. Asian jasmine is the most popular in Texas and across the south west thus making Asian Jasmin durable and inexpensive ground cover. Augustine grass does well in the shade and can endure heavy foot traffic but it requires the most amount of water.
