What can I plant or put on drain field?
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Why don't you try naturalizing bulbs and wildflowers? Bulbs for spring and wildflowers for summer/fall....it should come out looking like a field.
Hi Pat. Ornamental grasses would work well. They have a shallow root system that will soak up a lot of water. You can also plant some perennials like daisies, coneflowers, and day lilies. You just want to stick to a shallow root plant. Good Luck!
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My daughter put down water permeable landscaping fabric and planted iris and different heights of ornamental grass, like stipa, 'hamlin', blue oats and mondo grass. She used pea gravel as a mulch and a single layer of bricks around it, making sort of an oasis. Mulch would also work. Everything definitely has to be shallow rooted. Pampas grass can be very invasive and undesirable in some locations so you might want to check it out, plus the edges of leaves are very sharp and can cut you when you cut it back!