I agree & prefer the way it was with all of the creepers, but there are some tiny plants there that just couldn't compete. A little Aglaonema, Alocasia & Homalomena that I got as cuttings last summer, that barely survived being inside for winter, and were put in ground to recover over summer. That's working well, and I want to be able to see them. I also totally forgot that's where I'd put a puny little piece of Ludisia, to either finish dying or perk up. Probably needs some light if I hope for perking.
The horrible vine grass in that area is also still trying to creep back in, with a vengeance. I think it's St. Augustine grass, but not sure. About once a week, I'm having to pull the bricks up, pull the grass stolons out. Sometimes a piece 3-4 feet long comes up from behind me. Hiding under the Trads & Callisias were several new grass sprouts too. That spot is not yet fit to be unable to see the ground. I may have to install a sunken border there if I don't want to keep chasing grass out from under the bricks. There's about 15 kinds of grass (and countless other kinds of plants) in our lawn, but that particular one is a serious nightmare, for trying to garden near it. I've not had grass so determined to go under bricks before.
This spring, there was nowhere else to put creepers except around other plants. I've been pulling the grass out from under this tree to have a place where they can creep to their hearts' content, but I left the spiderworts since the only requirement I have for a plant in that area is to be a member of Commelinaceae family. As I pull creepers up from "flower beds," it's getting moved to this area. Next year the beds might be able to have ground covers, but there's too many grass & other sprouts this year. I found quite a few Phyllanthus sprouts under the clumps of Tradescantia, got to make sure all of those get pulled before they drop any more seeds. There was nothing but grass in my yard until this spring (moved last year.)
