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Six Groovy Groundcovers

Six Groovy Groundcovers

Plants

I garden in the Pacific Northwest zone 8b where so many plants are happy to set root. Here are a few favorite groundcovers. I call them all favorites–the way Babe the Pig’s mom calls them all Babe. So there’s that.

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Firmiana simplex aka Chinese Parasol Tree

Firmiana simplex aka Chinese Parasol Tree

Plants

I bought Firmiana simplex aka Chinese Parasol Tree as a wee plant and promptly put in the ground. I couldn’t see it behind the wall of Rhodocoma capensis out back by the fence, though figured eventually it’d be tall enough. Alas, when I did check, it had been eaten–all its big glorious leaves AND most of its stem–right down to a nub. Dang it.

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