Bamby
New member
About a year we purchased a small riverbank lot near central Oh. on the Muskingum River. Last year we were content to just utilize the lot as is and contemplate on any improvements we'd like to consider or make.
Due to it's elevation and flood plain restrictions a lot of options have taken away by imposed restrictions, which I actually find understandable. But the one real improvement we would like to make is on the riverbank itself.
As purchased it's now covered with haphazardly dumped or thrown cement blocks that are now loosely filled with dirt or soil left by the river when it rises. There are a few scrubby elms that are growing like bushes I'm going to remove, but I'd like to replace them with something desirable with some eye appeal.
There are also some native weeds that bloom like flowers we fully into to keep and hopefully propagate but we'd like to find other potential perennial flowers or even some ground cover that can thrive on a river bank environment. They need to be able to survive with wet feet or even being submerged awhile when the rivers up and flowing.
As of now the search engines haven't been helpful in my search so I'm hoping someone(s) on the board may have some suggestions.
Due to it's elevation and flood plain restrictions a lot of options have taken away by imposed restrictions, which I actually find understandable. But the one real improvement we would like to make is on the riverbank itself.
As purchased it's now covered with haphazardly dumped or thrown cement blocks that are now loosely filled with dirt or soil left by the river when it rises. There are a few scrubby elms that are growing like bushes I'm going to remove, but I'd like to replace them with something desirable with some eye appeal.
There are also some native weeds that bloom like flowers we fully into to keep and hopefully propagate but we'd like to find other potential perennial flowers or even some ground cover that can thrive on a river bank environment. They need to be able to survive with wet feet or even being submerged awhile when the rivers up and flowing.
As of now the search engines haven't been helpful in my search so I'm hoping someone(s) on the board may have some suggestions.