My daughter, Ginger, who lives in Milledgeville, GA, where it is blazing hot and dry called and asked "what can I plant in the little area by my sidewalk?" There is already something there that last summer I thought was portulaca but it stayed green all winter, and she has 2 boxwoods. She wants something with color. She also wants something that will stay small. She was thinking roses, but this is a girl who is not going to pamper, spray, fertilize and so on. She said she will prune if necessary. I was thinking maybe the type of nandina that the leaves turn red, or lorepedlum which she will have to keep cut back. She doesn't want azaleas. She's going to Lowe's Sunday. Any ideas?

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I have an area like that which has Ajuga burgundy glow. It blooms blue in the spring and has nice color the rest of the year. It can take alot of heat but it grows quickly so it can be invasive.

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