Help A Reader ID This Plant
Plea from Lauren:
Hi Grumpy!
I really need help identifying this ground cover. I got this at Home Depot a couple years ago and for the life of me I can’t remember what it is called! I think I remember the word “mountain” was involved in the common name listed on the tag. It has really pretty, tiny white blooms in spring and spreads rapidly. If you know what this is it would save me from continuing in my self-inflicted frustration!!
Thanks Grumpy!! Lauren
OK, Grumpians, how hard could this be? If the plant came from Home Depot, we know it can’t be that rare! So what is it? Grumpy’s first thought was bacopa, (Sutera cordata) but the foliage doesn’t look right. Whoever correctly identifies it first wins an all-expense paid luxury cruise for two to lovely Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
Mountain avens?
Dryas octopetala
Nice try, but I don’t think that’s it. The bloom of mountain avens has more petals.
Some species of Calibrachoa????
rocky mountain phlox?
At Home Depot, some of my most successful plants were from the Proven Winners brand. P. Allen Smith endorsed some varieties, including a Superbells Calibrachoa. Looking at this specimen, though, I’m not sure about that.
I think it’s Arenaria montana.
By George — or should I say, by Vivien — I think you got it! It’s ‘Avalanche’ mountain sandwort (Arenaria montana). So, Viv, the cruise canoe is all ready, whenever you want to start paddling.
Thanks Vivien and GG! Y’all are great! I cant wait to see it bloom this spring. Spring can’t come soon enough with all this freezing weather we have had in Georgia!
How does it taste? I judge nearly all plants by how they taste in cream cheese. And I know that’s no help and I’ll not have even the ghost of a chance of winning that all expenses paid trip to Pine Bluff and the paper mills, but hey, if you can’t make a good salad out of it, is it worth identifying? Good luck.
Jim,
I don’t know how the flower tastes, but that paper slurry in Pine Bluff — now, THAT’S a meal!
I sympathize, Lauren, but I bet spring gets to Georgia before it reaches Massachusetts, even this crazy year! My daughter, who is in school in Nashville, has been teasing me with reports of 65 degree days. She likes living in the South – I’m tickled to see it, given my Alabama roots.
I believe that ground cover is crownvetch.
Ibeliev the plant is a sandwort. Spreads rapidly, loves sun and blooms in spring
Is this related to ‘Monte Blanc’ nierembergia??
Would the plant be the Moon Flower?
It’s mountain sandwort (see above).
White nierembergia
judging by both the foliage and the flower, it looks like Nemesia to me!