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Forum: Beginner Gardening QuestionsReplies: 6, Views: 47
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hilburng
Greenville, NC

May 18, 2008
9:16 PM

Post #4971093

I live in eastern North Carolina. Today I went to a pinic at a country farm. The owner had a beautiful ground cover. Its leaves appeared to be a green succulent. It had small yellow flowers.

When I asked what it is, she said "creeping charlie". It is not creeping charlie based on my research but I don't know what it is.

She said that one just pulls pieces off the plants and lays them in a pot or on the soil and it takes off. She had lots in sunny places but also showed me a large area under a tree in a very shady location.

She offered me some but things got hectic at the end of the gathering and I left without it.

Can anyone identify this plant for me so I can hunt it down??

Thanks in advance.
hilburng
ecrane3
Dublin, CA
(Zone 9a)

May 18, 2008
9:18 PM

Post #4971112

Maybe she meant Creeping Jenny instead? Lysimachia nummularia. It has yellow flowers. [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com]
KaylyRed
Watertown, WI
(Zone 5a)

May 18, 2008
9:46 PM

Post #4971297

Could the "creeping Charlie" thing be a total misnomer? The only thing I know of with that name is a hateful weed.

You mentioned succulent foliage. Could it be one of the many sedums with succulent foliage and yellow flowers?

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KaylyRed
Watertown, WI
(Zone 5a)

May 18, 2008
9:48 PM

Post #4971311

Doing a search, I did see moneywort referred to as "creeping Charlie." It doesn't have succulent foliage, but maybe ecrane3 is on to something!
ecrane3
Dublin, CA
(Zone 9a)

May 18, 2008
11:16 PM

Post #4971834

There are also a couple things that go by the name creeping charlie--there's Glechoma hederacea which is the obnoxious weed, but Plectranthus verticillatus also goes by that name (doesn't fit this description however), and there may be others as well
growgirl59
Saint Louis, MO

May 18, 2008
11:27 PM

Post #4971872

The succulent leaves makes me think of stonecrest sedum.
hilburng
Greenville, NC

May 22, 2008
8:39 PM

Post #4990243

Thank you for all your help. So far I haven't found it but when I do I'll send to you.
hilbung

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