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Author Message   Goswimmin  My Favorite Photo My Weather Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 04:26 pm EST :    I bought a ground cover type of plant this summer and have lost the tag and want to look it up. It just said "silvers" on the Walmart sign when I bought it reduced to just 50 cents. It is fuzzy like lamb's ears and has a stem with roundish leaves every few inches. Maybe I will try to get a picture of it tomorrow. It crawls around the ground and and filled out nicely. I want to see if it is only an annual. Mary Mary Wenger Georgia zone7   Cahenry  My Favorite Photo My Weather My Garden Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 05:22 pm EST :    Could this be the plant, Mary? The round silvery leaves - ignore the cosmos seed head and the Helianthemums poking through. This is Helichrysum petiolare (Helichrysum petiolatum) or licorice plant. It covers quite a large area pretty quickly. I think it is actually a tender perennial (grown often as an annual). I understand it gets really woody after the first year if it winters over. I tried to winter some over in the greenhouse but it was an aphid magnet and I finally trashed it. Its pretty easy to replace. cahenry (Cathy) GA Zone 7   Goswimmin  My Favorite Photo My Weather Posted on Friday, August 22, 2003 - 04:24 pm EST :    Yes, I believe you are right. Thanks so much. I think I may try to take some pieces of it inside this year in the winter. You are sure right about it spreading fast. Mary Mary Wenger Georgia zone7

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