What is a good ground cover for lake waterfront edge?
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I just purchased a lakefront home. Part of the water's edge is full of weeds but I don't want to just rip them all out, I might end up loosing part of the land due to wave action. I am down a cove, so wave action isn't to bad. The water level is down now and now is the time to do something.
I need a plant that doesn't get tall but has a great root structure to hold the bank. The property is in northeast Texas. Freezing happens a couple of times a year and the soil is slightly acidic. It's pine tree country.
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Don't plant anything now with the winter arriving, I used to live in Lubbock and know about the extreme weather in North Texas! Contact your local county extention office and they can help you for free with what to plant and how to care for it, including when to plant. Good luck and enjoy the lakefront life!
If the water is down, rip-rock it for erosion control. Then you can plant whatever you like to the rocks.
Go to a local nursery that builds ponds and ask some questions. It will need to be something that can grow in wet conditions and they will know what will survive in your area and probably show you some options.
A sea wall or riprap rocks is the best perimeter barier to establish to maintain your shoreline. It protects your shoreline two ways...from boating activity/waves and from natural rainfall runoff silt going from your property to the lake.
You need to identify the 'weeds'. They might be native and the best thing would be to leave them. Nature sometimes knows best.
Ivy, trust me..