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Re: Was Re: Underplanting Roses . . .now Re: bacopa

On Tue, 4 Aug 1998 Maura wrote:

>** Reply to note from dave-poole@ilsham.demon.co.uk (David Poole) 
>David, I was interested to see your reference to bacopa re: underplanting of
>roses (btw, I have found lavender and herb robert to be most satisfactory)
>I purchased 2 bacopa plants from a young man at the santa cruz farmers market
>last fall/winter and have been very pleased with them.  He told me he thought
>that they belonged to the nettle or deadnettle family, but neither of us could
>find reference to it in our sunset gardening books.
>Do you know what family it is in?

Its in the Scrophulariaceae and very distantly related to Antirrhinums
(snapdragons) etc.  Many species are semi or totally aquatic, but the
sub-shrubby forms - probably more correctly known as Sutera, do very
well as 'carpet bedding'.  I've also used them in hanging planters
(baskets) and given half a chance, they form a neat, but substantial,
pendulous mass of tiny, pale lilac flowers lasting well into early
winter.  There's also quite a pleasant form with white flowers called
'Snowflake'.  

David Poole
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