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What type of ground cover is it in the photo? (2 separate questions)

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Posted by tangerine-jack on Friday, April 14, 2006 4:26 PM
I use parsely as a butterfly food source in the garden, it is an annual but grows very quickly and can reach a height of 12". I get mine in bulk from Norfolk Feed and Seed at a fraction of garden center cost.

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Posted by Ray Dunakin on Friday, April 14, 2006 2:36 PM
Re: parsley...

In one of the back issues I've been reading, there's a guy in the UK who uses parsley to represent mature oak trees.

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Posted by cabbage on Friday, April 14, 2006 11:09 AM
Not Parsley -but I did use other herbs as groundcover. Thymes are a non starter -but sages, basils and of course rosemarys are a good bet. One I did discover by accident was a good one -is the strawberry. One part of the layout was called Strawberry Cuttings I grew 'Cambridge' and 'Marshmellow' the latter has to be seeded the other spreads by runners.

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What type of ground cover is it in the photo? (2 separate questions)
Posted by FJ and G on Friday, April 14, 2006 10:08 AM
1. Back sometime around Nov or Dec 05 in GRR mag, there was a photo contest winners section. I've often looked admiringly at the 3rd place photo and wondered what type of ground cover it is (as I need to start putting down ground cover ASAP).

Can someone point that out to me (wish in photos they'd mention stuff like that).

2. Also, has anyone tried parsley for gound cover? And, does it grow all year or is it an annual?

Thanks

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