Re: Favourite little ones

Hi Robin,
My choices may not be of interest as I reside in Zone 5, but I wanted to say
that last year I got a darling little groundcover plant from World Plants
called Kenilworth Ivy, Cymbalaria muralis.  It's a great filler for shady
areas with tiny leaves and very tiny lavender flowers.  I enjoy little
Anemones like A. blanda and A. nemerosa for under shrubs and at edges.  I
bought a really nice mat Veronica a few years ago, V. allionii, which seems
to enjoy sun or shade.  It's only an inch or 2 high, the flowers might reach
4 inches.  I have a miniature Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum sp) that's no more
than 5 inches high, sweet little thing.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <nofsmith@iinet.net.au>
To: <Medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 9:39 PM
Subject: Favourite little ones


Hi everyone,
    Just wondered what your favourite little fillers and edgers are. Here in
Gingin, Western Australia, I just love the species pelargonium,
P.ionidiflorum
which forms soft mounds of pretty foliage with the tiniest lolly pink
flowers
for much of the year. Also much loved is the nutmeg-scented pelly and P.
Lara
Princess, which has wonderful blue/silver leaves.
     Geranium incanum takes all the heat even we can subject it to, as do
all
the Nepeta ssp. ......oh and all the thymes...Silver Posy is especially
appealing. In shade our native Australian wood violet is a star, as is the
silver Plectranthus.
   Would like to hear about your littlies,
                                            Robin
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